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Rastakhan’s Rumble Control Paladin: The Past and Future of the Archetype
In a historic development, Team 5 are actively trying to make a slow Paladin deck viable – while the class’ control archetype was one of the premiere decks during the Classic era, it slowly fell by the wayside and transformed into something faster. We’ve never had an expansion before Rastakhan’s Rumble that included more than […]
The Rise and Fall of Control Paladin
Nowadays, Uther’s versatility is showcased by the various hero power upgrades bestowed upon us by The Witchwood – and while Paladin is certainly in a renaissance period of sorts thanks to its multiple strong archetypal options, perhaps the most mouth-watering prospect of Rastakhan’s Rumble is the potential return of the deck that started it all: […]
My Dire Mole and Other Animals: The Unsung Heroes of The Year of the Raven
We all remember the flashy, meta-breaking cards or the ones that flew under the radar but nonetheless ended up creating new archetypes from scratch. Less attention is given to those unassuming little critters that may lack the fancy stat-lines or unique card texts we’re looking out for in the card reveal season but do an […]
From Cards to Themes: How Hearthstone’s Mechanics Were Changed Over Time
One of the more interesting and underappreciated aspects of the new Overkill mechanic is how it’s leaning on an already existing element of gameplay in Hearthstone in order to change the available strategies instead of creating something from scratch like Discover or Echo. In fact, this is the more common approach looking back at the […]
What Happened to Class Weaknesses in Hearthstone?
Have you noticed how nothing seems to be a safe play anymore in the game? Gone are the guarantees of problematic threats, approaches which are nigh unanswerable by a specific class. Back in 2014, each and every hero had their well-defined strengths and weaknesses, a feature which has been consistently muddled by the plethora of […]
