# The Hearthstone Thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 28, 2014, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hearthstone-thread/687172 "2014-04-28T07:42:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 58
**Author:** ![crazyjoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@crazyjoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crazyjoe)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2015, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hearthstone-thread/687172/1141 "2015-12-15T18:43:51Z")
> [@crazyjoe](#): > > I finally got sick of stalling out at level 16 in ranked mode because I don’t have the uber-legend cards like Dr. Boom, Ragnaros, Antonidas, Ysera, etc. So I did something I told myself I was never going to do: I built a face hunter deck. > > I now see why these decks are so popular. You don’t need legendary cards and very few rare or epic cards to make them work. So I am using it to climb the ladder and rank up my rewards so I can craft the legendary cards I want, and then I will probably toss it aside in disgust… > > It’s really so easy to play, you just put out a creature and smash the opponent in the face. I almost feel bad for doing it, but it overjoys me when my opponent puts out Dr Boom and I still just roll right over and crush him. I really hate seeing Dr. Boom, almost as much as I hate going up against face hunters. I may have to roll this back, since I just had my ass handed to me 5 times in a row 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2015, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hearthstone-thread/687172/1142 "2015-12-15T21:34:27Z")
Anyone here ever look into Silence Priest? We’re talking things like running a whole bunch of Owls, Spellbreakers, Wailing Spectres, and then just piling on the “I’m huge but have a drawback” dudes. Silent Watcher. Doomlords. Dancing Swords. Eerie Statues. The cards you can’t really play without a silence backing them up. This deck seems, in its current incarnation (I have neither mass silence nor Silent Watchers, and the watchers are pretty important), pretty awful, but I get the feeling with the right mix, it could be absolutely hilarious. I’ve gotten a few turn three coin -\> eerie statue -\> silences off, and I can’t help but imagine the look on my opponent’s face when I drop a 7/7 on turn 3. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2015, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hearthstone-thread/687172/1143 "2015-12-15T22:58:03Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > I’ve gotten a few turn three coin -\> eerie statue -\> silences off, and I can’t help but imagine the look on my opponent’s face when I drop a 7/7 on turn 3. 😃 I don’t know whether you need this advice, but if you have the opportunity to do this, save the Silence until the Eerie Statue has already been on the board for a turn. That way, you might bait your opponent into playing something to keep it passive, not realising you’ve got the silence to smash whatever they played. ---
**Author:** ![Tabby\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tabby\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabby_Cat)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2015, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hearthstone-thread/687172/1144 "2015-12-16T01:02:07Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > Anyone here ever look into Silence Priest? > > We’re talking things like running a whole bunch of Owls, Spellbreakers, Wailing Spectres, and then just piling on the “I’m huge but have a drawback” dudes. Silent Watcher. Doomlords. Dancing Swords. Eerie Statues. The cards you can’t really play without a silence backing them up. > > This deck seems, in its current incarnation (I have neither mass silence nor Silent Watchers, and the watchers are pretty important), pretty awful, but I get the feeling with the right mix, it could be absolutely hilarious. I’ve gotten a few turn three coin -\> eerie statue -\> silences off, and I can’t help but imagine the look on my opponent’s face when I drop a 7/7 on turn 3. 😃 I have heard of Silence Druid (usually called Watcher Druid, after the first incarnation of this deck which focused on Ancient Watchers) making a comeback. It’s kind of better than Priest for this style of deck, because KOTG/Silence is a thing, and you can also run things like Mark of the Wild to give taunt. ---
**Author:** ![Tabby\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tabby\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabby_Cat)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2015, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hearthstone-thread/687172/1145 "2015-12-16T01:03:33Z")
> [@Grumman](#): > > I don’t know whether you need this advice, but if you have the opportunity to do this, save the Silence until the Eerie Statue has already been on the board for a turn. That way, you might bait your opponent into playing something to keep it passive, not realising you’ve got the silence to smash whatever they played. That, or you can immediately smash face with the 7/7. The main thing is, you don’t gain anything by playing the silence early - you can’t attack with it anyway since it has summoning sickness, and you leave your opponent to get a 2 for 1 by killing the 7/7 (e.g. PW Death or BGH). ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2015, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hearthstone-thread/687172/1146 "2015-12-16T05:42:19Z")
Yeah, I know about waiting a turn. 🙂 After all, silence is free. Thanks anyways, though. And Silence Druid, huh? I’ll look into that. It seems like such a phenomenally silly deck, but it does make some cards like Dancing Swords a lot more playable. ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2015, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hearthstone-thread/687172/1147 "2015-12-16T21:42:01Z")
The current Tavern Brawl is hilarious. 😃 Also, I think I found the “broken” deck for it. Just stuff all your low-cost mage burn spells in with Mana Wyrm, Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Flamewalker, Mana Addict, and the like, torch a box early with Flamecannon, and snowball into a quick win off the incredibly broken drops. 😃 My favorite was when my opponent failed to get rid of my Apprentice, so what kept happening was that I was able to play all my gift cards for 0 mana, proccing that Archmage that keeps giving me fireballs and a Mana Wyrm. 'Tis the season for giving; just a shame there’s no card pack this week. ---
**Author:** ![Grumman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/43a26b/32.png) [@Grumman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumman)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2015, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hearthstone-thread/687172/1148 "2015-12-16T21:59:04Z")
I’m 2 for 2 with an Enraged Warrior deck. Giving your own crate +2/-1 and running it into something to break it is fun. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2015, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hearthstone-thread/687172/1149 "2015-12-16T22:19:49Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > The current Tavern Brawl is hilarious. 😃 Also, I think I found the “broken” deck for it. Just stuff all your low-cost mage burn spells in with Mana Wyrm, Sorcerer’s Apprentice, Flamewalker, Mana Addict, and the like, torch a box early with Flamecannon, and snowball into a quick win off the incredibly broken drops. 😃 My favorite was when my opponent failed to get rid of my Apprentice, so what kept happening was that I was able to play all my gift cards for 0 mana, proccing that Archmage that keeps giving me fireballs and a Mana Wyrm. 'Tis the season for giving; just a shame there’s no card pack this week. I had a Varian Wrynn come out on me on turn 3. The gifts are so ridiculous, you just have to laugh. ---
**Author:** ![Aghris](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecccb3/32.png) [@Aghris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aghris)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2015, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hearthstone-thread/687172/1150 "2015-12-16T22:22:16Z")
Mill rogue is awesome in this brawl. My last deck almost completely consisted of 18/18 minions, as one of the early presents was The Mistcaller, which I immediately Ganged Up and was kept sending back to me through snowballs. Still, the game lasted forever and in the end I won through exhaustion. ---
**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2015, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hearthstone-thread/687172/1151 "2015-12-16T22:26:30Z")
> [@Grumman](#): > > I’m 2 for 2 with an Enraged Warrior deck. Giving your own crate +2/-1 and running it into something to break it is fun. Yeah, I opted for Warrior too to do the quests. I’m enjoying that, and the Brawl is fun too. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2015, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hearthstone-thread/687172/1152 "2015-12-17T00:03:34Z")
All right, having played a turn 4 Jaraxxus, there’s no really nowhere to go but down so I will be giving that brawl a miss. ---
**Author:** ![Wilson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@Wilson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wilson)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2015, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hearthstone-thread/687172/1153 "2015-12-17T04:43:36Z")
Doomsayer is very very nice in the brawl. ---
**Author:** ![crazyjoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@crazyjoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crazyjoe)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2015, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hearthstone-thread/687172/1154 "2015-12-17T14:10:28Z")
I’m playing a Warlock with soulfire, power overwhelming, siphon soul, demonwrath, hellfire, etc. Denying your opponent the gifts is really the only way to win, and warlock has so many ways to destroy gifts that if you don’t have one in your hand, you are likely to get one by destroying your own gift. I have done 3-cost twisting nethers several times just to clear the board and keep fighting. ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2015, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hearthstone-thread/687172/1155 "2015-12-17T15:15:37Z")
Well, I won my first 3 brawls in a combined time of roughly 90 seconds. One player conceded right off the bat before anyone made a turn (because I was a warlock?), one conceded on turn 2 when I dropped a doomsayer, and the other quit by turn 4. Do we not get a classic pack for this brawl? I didn’t get one. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2015, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hearthstone-thread/687172/1156 "2015-12-17T15:25:28Z")
No pack this time. You get a card back. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2015, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hearthstone-thread/687172/1157 "2015-12-17T15:29:22Z")
No you get the card back. I like that the lights “blink”. ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2015, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hearthstone-thread/687172/1158 "2015-12-17T18:24:58Z")
As a priest playing this challenge: “SIC 'EM, BOX!” Seriously, buffing the box is super dumb. 😃 Turn one coin+Divine Spirit, turn two Inner Fire = the eight/eight crate. Glorious. Or if you’re boring you could just shadow word pain it. But where’s the fun in that? 😛 Throw a box at their heads! ---
**Author:** ![crazyjoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@crazyjoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crazyjoe)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2015, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hearthstone-thread/687172/1159 "2015-12-17T18:47:41Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > As a priest playing this challenge: “SIC 'EM, BOX!” > > Seriously, buffing the box is super dumb. 😃 Turn one coin+Divine Spirit, turn two Inner Fire = the eight/eight crate. Glorious. Or if you’re boring you could just shadow word pain it. But where’s the fun in that? 😛 Throw a box at their heads! Someone did that to me. Almost worked, but I used siphon soul on it. They did hit me with it once, and with a few other minions, but with all the Holy Fire I got from his gift box, I was able to heal myself back up slowly enough and eventually build a hand that crushed him. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2015, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hearthstone-thread/687172/1160 "2015-12-17T19:03:46Z")
Crazed alchemist is a great one because it will kill an unbuffed box and leave a body on the board. When playing against a class that doesn’t have good ways to buff their own box (mage, hunter, warlock) I like to prioritize killing my own whenever possible. Not only does it keep the other guy from getting gifts, but gifts from your own class are more likely to synergize with your other cards. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hearthstone-thread/687172.md?page=57) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-hearthstone-thread/687172.md?page=59)