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Zephrys the Great Guide – Everything you need to know about the best Hearthstone card ever

There is something truly special in Saviors of Uldum. A card Peter “LegendaryFerret” Whalen has called his favorite Hearthstone card, surpassing Whizbang the Wonderful. A card Chadd “Celestalon” Nervig tweeted is his “favorite card that we’ve ever made.” The card, the mystery, the […]

Class identity in Hearthstone: the past, the present, and the future

In the developer blog post that detailed the new Hall of Fame rotation and new Basic and Classic cards, Blizzard discussed class identity in Hearthstone in quite some detail. We have always known that classes are different, and on some intuitive level it has been possible to grasp how they differ from each other, but […]

Could Hearthstone have more limited formats than just Arena?

In card games, limited formats are formats where you build your deck from a limited selection of cards instead of your entire collection. Hearthstone has one limited format, Arena, where you build your 30-card deck by selecting cards one-by-one from three random alternatives at a time. All the cards are temporary and only available for […]

Archivist Elysiana broke control matchups – but they can be repaired

Many people were concerned as soon as Archivist Elysiana was revealed. It is an immensely powerful tool for control decks, no doubt, but its powers have affected the game in unprecedented ways: It is now perfectly normal for a control mirror to end in a 45-turn draw, and tournament schedules have been hurt by hour-long […]

What will happen to budget decks in the Hearthstone Standard rotation 2019?

Over the past weeks, we have explored the upcoming Standard rotation in several articles, such as What’s Mage losing in the 2019 Standard Hearthstone Rotation? and Will there be combo decks in Hearthstone’s Year of the Dragon? In this article, the focus is on budget decks, budget players, and free-to-play (F2P) players. You see, Year […]