Doctor3 : A Hearthstone Podcast

Episode 238: All About Those Gems, 'Bout Those Gems AND CHANGES!

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Welcome to Doctor 3, a Hearthstone podcast dedicated to giving you explosive growth in 

climbing the standard ranked ladder. Hosted by Katrina, dragonrider, and Smarms.

 

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Last week's Poll Question

 

NEWS: 

  • Patch 28.4.1 launched yesterday, Monday Jan 29th bringing changes to standard, BGs, arena offering adjustments and bug fixes https://hearthstone.blizzard.com/en-us/news/24046220/28-4-1-patch-notes 
    • We’ll discuss standard changes in main topic
  • Pyrotechnician is no longer banned in Standard.
  • The Lunar New Year event started today and runs from January 30 to February 13, complete event quests to earn event XP on the special event rewards track. 
    • Complete the rewards track to earn 6 Signature Cards (2x Kobold Miner, 2x Walking Mountain, and 2x Howdyfin), the Lantern Stringer Galewing Battlegrounds Hero Skin, and the Dragon Dance Celeste Hearthstone Hero Skin!
  • Twist returns this week, starting February 1st with a commons and rares ONLY format!

    • Main Topic

    • Standard balance changes
    • Velarok the Deceiver (2nd half of the card) from a 3/6 to a 3/3
  • Shattershambler now just kills the next Deathrattle immediately when its played and doesn’t discount the next Deathrattle minion by 1
  • Cactus Construct now summons a 1/1 version of the chosen minion instead of a 1/2 
  • Herald of Nature now only buffs +1/+1 instead of +1/+2
  • Pendant of Earth now restores Health to your hero equal to the cost of the discovered minion instead of gaining armor equal to the cost.
  • Shattered Reflections no longer adds a copy of the chosen minion to your hand, it just adds it to the battlefield and deck
  • Dew Process from 2 mana up to 4 mana
  • Boogie Down from 3 mana up to 4 mana and the finale now summons another 1-cost minion instead of giving the summoned minions taunt.
  • The Garden’s Grace now gives Divine shield and +4/+4 instead of +5/+5
  • Thaddius, Monstrosity now has your odd-cost or even-cost cards costing 2 less instead of 4 less.
    • Thoughts of impact on meta/decks

     

    Next Poll Question

    • What rank are you ending in STANDARD for Jan 2024?
      • Legend
  • Diamond Ranks
  • Platinum Ranks
  • Gold/Silver Ranks

    • *We’ll talk about the results on next week’s show*

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    Kat - https://twitter.com/Alkaline_Kat, https://www.twitch.tv/AlkalineKat

    Dragon - https://twitter.com/dawniedk , https://www.twitch.tv/dragonriderTCCG

    Smarms - https://twitter.com/sendmeyourarms https://www.twitch.tv/sendmeyourarms & Blizzlet podcast

     

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