AVENGE: Paladin's Newest Secret From Hearthstone's Curse of Naxxramas

"JUSTICE DEMANDS RETRIBUTION!"

This summer, "Avenge" will finally be available for Hearthstone players. It is believed that this Secret will allow Paladin players to have a good early game, especially when it is utilized with Argent Squire and another minion (Leper Gnome or a 1/1 recruit token). If the squire dies, you get a 5/3 Leper Gnome, which is actually a deadly thing to battle against during your first three turns or so. If the gnome or the token dies, you get a 4/3 Argent Squire with Divine Shield. Exciting, right? The problem for now is that it randomly choose the minion to buff, aside from the fact that it will probably always depend on your opponent's play. Will this be the card that will push Paladins back in the top half of classes that dominate Ranked Play? Breathe in, breathe out. This is only the first of many (about thirty) cards that will be released once Curse of Naxxramas, the first Hearthstone Adventure Mode, arrives. So, prepare your gold and your bank account.
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Amaz's TURN 4 Victory at DreamHack Bucharest 2014

Surprisingly, Amaz didn't use a priest deck. Yeah, we're all used to seeing him play priest (don't expect him to play Rogue anytime soon). Anyway, Amaz is at the DreamHack Bucharest 2014 NESCAFE Hearthstone Tournament and he just made a big impression by winning a game by his fourth turn using a Hunter deck.

His opponent was the first one to play, but didn't do anything. Amaz then used Coin to play a first turn Scavenging Hyena. On the second turn of this opponent, a Faerie Dragon was cast. Amaz responded by summoning two Stonetusk Boars and attacking the Faerie, allowing Hyene to deal six damage to the face. On the opponent's third turn, a second Faerie Dragon was played, along with a Mana Wyrm. Amaz used two mana for Unleash the Hounds and again killed of the Faerie, allowing Scavenging Hyena to become a 10/6 and attack directly to the opponent. On the opponent's fourth and final turn, an Armani Berserker was cast, with Mana Wyrm attacking directly to the face, accompanied by a Fireblast. Finally, Amaz responds by attacking once again with the Hyena (for a total of 26 damage), and ending the game short victoriously with a Kill Command for five.

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Mad Bomber Summoned Twice Really Has Issues

I used to have Mad Bomber on my budget Mage deck. Used to.

Aside from being a strong 3/2 for a mere two mana, it boasts three damage! The downside? The targets are chosen randomly. Sometimes, they kill off exactly what you want to get rid of. Then again, it could also deal damage to yourself and to your opponents, perhaps as an evidence of Bomber's craziness. This short video clip here presents the absolute best a Mad Bomber can do. Kill of the minion and deal heavy damage to the face. The only problem is that you own that minion and that face. RNGesus was not on his side, obviously.

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Reach Legend in Hearthstone with a Relatively Cheap Priest Deck

Let's face it, apart from Control Warrior, Control Priests are the next expensive decks out there. From Alexstrasza to Prophet Velen to Ragnaros, legendary cards abound for this class. I think we are aware that Amaz uses an expensive Priest deck, especially with the Firelord and Sylvanas. However, even with all this, priests are still an uncommon sight in ranked play, perhaps because of the huge amount of aggro decks, especially those of Warlocks and Hunters.

Here comes a relatively affordable Priest Deck that still takes advantage of Mind Blast, but does not have as much legendaries. Looking at this deck, you can have Novice Engineer or even Coldlight Oracle if you do not have Bloodmage Thalnos. Anyway, as stated by redditor BCNU, this deck's advantage is its effective board wipes, especially with Wild Pyromancer + cheap spells and/or Auchenai Soulpriest and Circle of Healing (a zero-mana Flamestrike, essentially), not to mention Holy Nova. This will ideally force the opponent to try to end the game fast by making high value trades, which is your objective. A turn nine Alexstrasza play and a turn ten casting of two Mind Blasts and/or Holy Fire (in combination with Prophet Velen and/or Holy Smite) will win the game for you.

Just like the UTH + Starving Buzzard combo, it is best to wait for all the essential combo cards for wiping the board before playing them. This is why (just like Tracking and Flare for Hunter) Loot Hoarders, Novice Engineer, and Bloodmage Thalnos are included as cheap card-drawing minions. Now, against an aggressive deck, a turn one Northshire Cleric play is great, but against control decks, it would be better to wait for a combo with it. Finally, you have Senjin Shieldmasta, Injured Blademaster, and Earthen Ring Farseer for the opponent to deal with so that you can prepare for your late game victory.

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Aggro Frost Mage: Reach Legend Rank In Hearthstone

While everyone seems to be familiar of the fact that Trump was able to reach Legend using budget mage, there are now new varieties of mage decks that are going up the ranks. From those that utilize Ancient Watcher and Defender of Argus to those that have Knife Juggler and Arcane Golem, the mage is still a class to be considered in ranked play. This one, which has Wolf Rider and Leper Gnome, is an aggro Frost Mage deck.




A key to winning here is to get an early aggressive play that will force your opponent to trade with your minions, all the while protecting the Leper Gnome and Loot Hoarder to ideally trade with 3/2s. Additionally, Knife Juggler works well with Mirror Image to protect your other creatures, aside from dealing two damage. Sorcerer's Apprentice is included to make Fireball cheaper, in case a big minion arrives or simply for the finishing blow. Even a cheaper way to finish the game is by using a Frostbolt to your opponent's face and following it up with an Ice Lance for a total of 7 damage for a mere three mana (or 1 mana if Apprentice is in play). Arcane Intellect is there for the needed reload of more firepower, in combination with Loot Hoarder.


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