Deckbuilding

Intro:

Welcome to the Legend of the Innkeeper.  I’m Vastidious, I’m Ariannwyn and I’m Espo.  We’re glad you could join us for our 49th episode.

This week we are talking about…

Updates:

What did you do this week?

Espo was asked by Viscious Sydicate to cast the “Show Match” with @Dusty_Dog_96

Claudia/Mantastic played against Kevin Kookie

Top 3 of the week – Deckbuilding mistakes (Maybe later in the show?)

* Playing advanced level decks when you are a beginner.

News

1. New Hero Skins – Magni Bronzebeard shown

http://www.hearthpwn.com/news/911-new-heroes-are-coming-magni-bronzebeard-confirmed

Thread with Q&A about the new skins: http://us.battle.net/hearthstone/en/forum/topic/17999419813

2. Rumor is that the Hero skins were not the ‘big thing’ coming in this next patch

http://www.hearthpwn.com/news/912-ben-brode-on-deck-slots-more-than-just-new-heroes

Getting Better

Terms around Deck Building:

NetDecking – Searching the internet and picking a deck someone else built online. Using it as is or using it to then tweak to make it your own.

META – What is happening in the current ladder.

Tech Cards – Cards that are a direct response to what is happening in the META or against specific decks. (BGH, The Black Knight, Harrison Jones, Hungry Crab and Ironbeak Owl are Tech Cards)

Vic Weidman (Mertz)

May 28 at 7:40pm

I have an important question. (at least for me) I have played decks that are great decks and win, but not always. I tweak my decks constantly and by the end of the second or third day, sometimes I have a whole new deck which was not the plan at the beginning. My question is, when and how do you know when to change out cards in a new deck? I have played decks that I win 10 in a row then get bad draw and lose 10, but are solid decks, you know what I mean? How many times does a deck need to lose before you decide it’s not good, and is it the whole deck or just a few cards?

I don’t like to just net-deck all the time, I like to learn how to make good decks myself, that’s fun for me.

Today:

Vic Weidman (Mertz)

You know this was my question several weeks ago and what I came to as an answer was to learn to play by playing decks that were proven good decks, but when you want to create your own deck, keep “fun” as the focus and build your deck. Change out cards as necessary based on your win/loss ratio. I keep track of what decks I have beat what decks I play on the ladder. This info is invaluable for me to help me understand am I having bad draw, do I have a deck with the wrong mix of cards, where am I lacking (don’t have enough removal, minions, spells, etc), or do I need to take a different approach all together to improve my win ratio.

Unless you are trying to be competetive and climb to the top of the ladder (someplace I’ll probably never be) fun is the key here. If you enjoy a game you will keep playing, if you’re not having fun, it probably will cause a dis-interest and you will move to another that will give you the fun you didn’t find in your last game.

Matt Buttle (iButtle) I’ve struggled to figure this out to, so I started taking good net decks and then start to make edits. It would ask myself “why are these cards in here?” “What combos exist?” “Where am I losing with this deck and what card effects would help it.” Example,