Intro:
Welcome to the Legend of the Innkeeper. We’re glad you could join us for our 90th episode.
This week we are talking about…
Updates:
What did you do this week?
Quests? Ranked play? Fun Guaranteed with friends?
News
Release Date – April 26th (27th in EU and Asia)
Blizzcon Tickets go on sale Wednesday at 7pm PDT
New Hero Portrait – Khadgar
You can get it up until April 24th from the in-game Hearthstone shop on iOS devices ONLY! It’s for the World Wildlife Fund promotion and 100% of proceeds go to WWF. Once you have him, you can use him on any device.
Special Livestream Thursday (4/21) @ 10 am PST
We’re on the Google Play store now – http://www.legendoftheinnkeeper.com/googleplay
Espo Mode
The Great Stone of Challenge – You build your own deck, but there are 2 rules you have to follow. 1. Spells must have an even mana cost. 2. Minions must have an odd attack value. These rules were used in the first Challengestone tournament where players had 20 minutes to build 3 decks using these rules. Link to Hearthhead’s recap of the tourney if you want to check it out. http://www.hearthhead.com/news=247539/recap-challengestone-brings-much-needed-freshness-to-competitive-hearthstone
New Cards
Servant of Yogg-Saron
5 mana cost and under spells = 190 spells in Standard (212 in Wild) (http://www.hearthhead.com/cards=5?filter=stat-cost-max=5#text)
Played with Brann Bronzebeard on the board?
Casino Mage deck inclusion
Can kill itself (not confirmed)
Can anyone say, Astral Communion?
Won’t work with cards like Flamewaker and Mana Wyrm. (not confirmed)
Doesn’t work with spell damage (not confirmed)
Faceless Summoner
On average you could get a 3/3 minion, so it’s average a 6 mana 8/8
Better summons: Injured Blade Master, Mounted Raptor, King Mukla, FelGuard
Bad summons: Edwin VanCleef, Warsong Commander, Fencing Coach, Coldlight Seer, etc
Paired with Brann Bronzebeard
Excellent in Arena
Forlorn Stalker
A better card for Wild than Standard. Would work great in a Feign Death deck
Good also in Arena
Cards it works with: Savannah Highmane, Bloodmage Thalnos, Sylvanas Windrunner, Polluted Hoarder, Leper Gnome, Loot Horder, Harvest Golem and Huge Toad.
Shadowcaster
Works best with cards that have big effects: Antique Healbot, Sylvanas Windrunner and Ragnaros the Firelord.
Could be insane with Edwin VanCleef.
Malygos Rogue deck inclusion?
Anub’arak leaves behind a 4/4 and returns to hand as a 9 mana 8/4
Xaril still gives toxins on entry and death
Use on Brann Bronzebeard to get 2 Brann’s
Use on Coldlight Oracles in mill deck
Used with Thaurissan
Demented Frostcaller
Not that great of a card. Flamewaker is better.
Could be better in Wild using Spare Parts.
It won’t freeze already frozen characters (https://twitter.com/robertawing/status/720978147919814657)
More of a Freeze mage card, where as Flamewaker is a Tempo mage.
Shifting Shade
4 mana 4/3 + half a Thoughtsteal = good in my book
Mixed thoughts on the forums.
Finally a good card for Arena?
Twilight Flamecaller
Arcane Explosion with a 2/2 body, which no one plays Arcane Explosion, so Meh.
Could work in a Control Mage deck
Good counter to Stand Against Darkness
Probably best used in Wild against SAD and Muster.
Princess Huhuran
Decent in Standard, Insane in Wild Feign Death deck
Works well with: Brann Bronzebeard, Savannah Highmane (comment from forums: Muster for Hyenas!),
