LOTI 304 : Barrens – Mage

Legend of the Innkeeper : A Hearthstone Podcast for Casual Players

Updates:

What did you do this week?

Quests? Ranked play? Fun Guaranteed with friends?

Espo:

Rank : Silver 9 Standard – Gold 4 Wild

Level 49 in Tavern Pass

95 Gold, 390 Dust

I’m 27 cards short of a full Barrens collection achievement

9% of the Barrens Gameplay Achievements

Vastidious:

Rank : Gold 5 Standard – Platinum 5 Wild

Level 64 in Tavern Pass

55 Gold, 8930 Dust

I’m 2 Legendary cards short of a full Barrens collection – 183

35% of the Barrens Gameplay Achievements

Switched to FireStone for card tracking instead of Hearthstone Deck Tracker

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News

• Grandmaster’s Week 2 is coming up this weekend. You can watch it on the Hearthstone YouTube channel. April 16-18
  • Winning 1st in the weekly match will earn the player $3,000
  • No pack drops enabled for this weekend
• Patch 20.0.2 went live April 13th
  • Standard Balance Updates
    • Deck of Lunacy
      • Old Cost : 2
      • New Cost : 4
    • Sword of the Fallen
      • Old: 1 Attack, 3 Durability
      • New: 1 Attack, 2 Durability
    • Jandice Barov
      • Old Cost : 5
      • New Cost : 6
    • Pen Flinger
      • Old: Battlecry: Deal 1 damage. Spellburst: Return this to your hand
      • New: Battlecry: Deal 1 damage to a minion. Spellburst: Return this to your hand
    • Far Watch Post
      • Old: 2 Attack, 4 Health
      • New: 2 Attack, 3 Health
    • Mor’shan Watch Post
      • Old: 3 Attack, 5 Health
      • New: 3 Attack, 4 Health
  • Battlegrounds Balance Updates
    • Returning Heroes
      • Queen Wagtoggle – (new) Give a friendly minion of each minion type +1/+1
      • Captain Hooktusk – (new) Remove a friendly minion. Choose one of two from a Tavern Tier lower to keep.
    • Minion Updates
      • Steward of Time
        • Old: 3 Attack, 4 Health – When you sell this minion, give all minions in Bob’s Tavern +1/+1
        • New: 3 Attack, 3 Health – When you sell this minion, give all minions in Bob’s Tavern +2/+1
      • Pack Leader
        • Old: 2 Attack, 3 Health
        • New: 3 Attack, 3 Health
      • Monstrous Macaw
        • Old: 4 Attack, 3 Health
        • New: 5 Attack, 3 Health
      • Herald of Flame
        • Old: 5 Attack, 6 Health
        • New: 6 Attack, 6 Health
      • Wildfire Elemental
        • Old: 7 Attack, 3 Health
        • New: 7 Attack, 4 Health
      • Lieutenant Garr
        • Old: 5 Attack, 1 Health
        • New: 8 Attack, 1 Health
      • Lil’ Rag
        • Old: 4 Attack, 4 Health
        • New: 6 Attack, 6 Health
    • Duels Balance Updates
      • Ace in the Hole
        • Old: Costs 2
        • New: Costs 3
      • Rally the Troops
        • Old: After you play your first Battlecry card in a turn, draw a card. It costs (5) less.
        • New: After you play your first Battlecry card in a turn, draw a card. It costs (3) less.
      • Connections
        • Old: Passive
        • New: Costs 1

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Espo Mode

TOP 3

Rules:

Let’s mix it up a bit, shall we? Pick three cards and we’ll make you a deck with ten copies of each card.

Rewards:

A Year of the Phoenix Card Pack for winning the Brawl once.

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Barrens – Mage

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Top 3

Espo: Runed Orb, Reckless Apprentice, Mordresh

Vastidious: Refreshing Spring Water, Wildfire, Reckless Apprentice

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Reviews and Emails

iTunes Reviews:

Emails:

Twitter: James! Thanks for the packs!

Facebook Shoutout:

Legendary Patron Shoutout:

Next Week : Druid

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Outro

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