Coin Concede: A Hearthstone Podcast

On episode 224, Appa, Bott, and Hat have quite a bit to talk about this week with a new Galakrond's Awakening meta, Battlegrounds changes, and card reviews at the end of the show. As always, the guys talk about what they've been seeing and playing on ladder before Hat serenades everyone with sweet, sweet data and lineup prep during the tournament section. Last but not least, the guys all get down to review two new cards each from Galakrond's Awakening and there are certainly some spicy ones to talk about.

News Highlights - 15:06

• Patch 16.2
• BG bugs
• Lunar New Year
• The Donut Thread

Tournaments - 27:52

• Qualifiers
• Ladder

Decksplanations -36:43

• All cards from Galakrond's Awakening

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I think you can win this thing! Bob Concede is back and Hat and Bott are just in time to catch the new changes. Animations are faster, matchmaking is better, and demons got a buff for some reason. After covering the BG news, there's an extensive discussion on specific heroes followed by the key concepts of carry units and late-game scaling.

Discussion Topics

BG Update

Hero Tips

Review of Early game

Finding a Carry

Scaling

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On episode 223, Find serenity with the burgles and peace with the lackeys in the latest episode of Coin Concede. There are quite a few cards to discuss and review around Reno's Roulette table and we also have some great developer commentary from Iksar to dive into. The tournament section covers the latest post-nerf pre-Awakening micro meta and decksplanations has a grab bag of listener questions ranging from when to play for tempo to reminiscing about the last time an adventure set was released.

News Highlights - 14:27

• Galakrond's Awakening New Cards
• Dev Commentary
• Poacher in Arena
• iPad patches
• Brawl issues

Tournaments - 59:40

• Qualifiers
• Ladder

Decksplanations -1:09:10

• Question Grab Bag

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On episode 222, Appa, Bott, and Hat are back to talk about the past week of Hearthstone. The guys recap some weekly highlights including some Battlegrounds from Botticus and Appa introduces the world to Carlos Danger. The news is pretty packed this week with a huge nerf announcement and patch, updates to the 2020 Masters Tours, and Galakrond's Awakening cards. Hat goes over the previous week of qualifiers before everyone gives their takes on the upcoming meta and the new adventure cards.

News Highlights - 15:45

• Galakrond's Awakening Revealed
• Balance Update
• Hearthstone Masters in 2020
• Worst Cards Ever mystery

Tournaments - 57:40

• Qualifiers
• Ladder

Decksplanations -1:01:35

• New Cards, New Nerfs

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It's time for another bonus episode! The Appa, Bott, and Hat are back to answer questions about their favorite Battlegrounds hero, legendary crafting advice, and Stonetusk Boar. They give their thoughts on arena and class design of Priest and Shaman's classic/basic set before diving into their own custom hearthstone cards. They dicsuss what decks they would bring to a conquest lineup with the best unnerfed decks of all time available. Finally, they go over what classic/basic decklists would look like if we knew then what we do now.

Discussion Topics

Quick Hits #1

Arena

Class Design

Set Design

Conquest lineup

Classic Decks

Quick Hits #2

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On episode 221, The news is a bit light this week, but that leaves more room for the guys to talk about what they've been playing! They discuss how they feel about Amnesiac's retirement before recapping the most recent Master Tour Bali Qualifiers. Finally, in Decksplanations, the guys give some really important tips for how to keep up with a shifting meta and their top tips to improve as a player.

News Highlights - 20:25

• Technical Issues
• Amnesiac Retires
• Iksar thread
• Celestalon on Zephrys

Tournaments - 34:45

• Qualifiers
• Ladder

Decksplanations -45:20

• Keeping Up With the Meta

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On episode 220, It's Valeera's world and we're all happily just living in it. The hosts get together over the holiday week to marinate on the few events in the Hearthstone sphere while Blizzard is on break. There are a few tournaments to discuss, not to mention a ladder meta that continues to shift. Decksplanations is all about Rogue and the many flavors you'll see on the ladder.

News Highlights - 22:40

• Draconic Lackey
• Co-op brawl

Tournaments - 31:50

• HGG
• Qualifiers
• Ladder

Decksplanations -50:40

• Rogue

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On episode 219, It's nerf time! Blizzard released the nerf information and the patch this week to shake up the meta. Bott and Hat are also joined by special guest Bemmie to discuss his tournament organizing - including the upcoming event at Dreamhack. Tune in to hear about exciting events and the very first day of the new meta.

News Highlights - 36:25

• 16.0.5 Balance update
• Performance Update
• Iksar Twitter thread

Tournaments - 1:07:19

• HGG
• Tespa
• Qualifiers

Decksplanations -1:27:10

• Post nerf meta

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On episode 218, Appa is back this week! He's returned from his hiatus just in time for the Shaman Apocalypse. Hat, Botticus, and Appa spend some time discussing how Galakrond Shaman became the best deck in standard before diving into the news. Hat gives a quick rundown of recent tournaments and Masters Tour Bali Qualfiers in the tournaments section Finally, the guys cap off the show by discussing the winners and losers of the expansion so far as well as what the post-nerf meta could look like.

News Highlights - 10:26

• Galakrond Shaman
• 16.0.3 update
• Bugs and fixes coming
• Masters Tour Indonesia announced

Tournaments - 1:13:40

• SEA games
• HGG
• Tespa
• Qualifiers

Decksplanations -1:17:23

• New Meta Discussion

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On episode 217, First things first - this episode starts with an interview with Conor Kou and Mike Donais from the Battlegrounds team, who took time from their busy schedule to share some cool info about all things BG! After that, Edelweiss joins Bott and Hat to talk about the massive 16.0 patch and rate some Descent of Dragons cards before the expansion release next week.

Mike Donais and Conor Kou Interview

News Highlights - 45:24

• December 5th Patch
• Sathrovarr bugged
• New China-only currency

Tournaments - 1:26:17

• SEA games
• HGG
• Tespa

Decksplanations -1:30:19

• New Cards

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