Card Review – Hero Power: A Hearthstone Podcast

21Feb 2022

More Dots, More Dots, Okay Stop Dots! – Hero Power Episode 298

This week Avanties and Zerotio discuss and breakdown the mini-set during our card review.

News and Discussion

Onyxia’s Lair Mini-Set is HERE!
- Went live Feb 15th
- Discussion: Do we enjoy a “Quick Drop” for Mini-Sets?

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29Nov 2021

Fractured in Alterac Valley – Part 2 – Hero Power Episode 290

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`This week Avanties and Zerotio review the remaining 89 cards from Fractured in Alterac Valley.

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26Jul 2021

United in Stormwind – Part 2 – Hero Power Episode 273

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This week Avanties and Zerotio discuss our thoughts about the State of California vs Activision Blizzard and then we take a look at the recently announced cards revealed.

News and Discussion

State of California vs Blizzard Entertainment
- Our Statements
Patch 20.8.2 Notes
- Apotheosis: Changed from [+2/+3] to [+1/+2]
- Renew: From [1] Mana to [2] Mana
- Gibberling: From [1] Mana to [2] Mana
- Discussion: Has this impacted the Standard Meta?

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12Jul 2021

United in Stormwind Review Part 1 – Hero Power Episode 272

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This week Avanties and Zerotio review the first wave of United in Stormwind cards from the expansion reveal stream.

News and Discussion

Grandmasters 2021 – Season 2
- Season Starts August 12th
- Entire Season will be using United in Stormwind Set
- Rotating Conquest and Last Hero Standing (Specialist Removed)
- New Grandmasters (Promotions and Re-Promotions)
  - Americas: CaelesLuna, DimitriKazov, Eggowaffle, McBanterface
  - APAC: Okasinnsuke, Grr, Lambyseries, Trahison
  - EU: Bunnyhoppor, Floki, Gaby, J4YOU
Per Tweet from Alec Dawson: Balance Changes coming July 15th
- Noted changes to Priest and Druid, total of 3 Cards
- Per retweet from @Dyluuxx: Patch notes out Wed, July 14th
United in Stormwind Card Reveal Season
- Schedule Starts July 20th
- Last Reveals Listed for July 22nd
- Only 20 Reveals listed, at this time
- Discussion: Do we think this is all the reveals are “scheduled”?

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09Nov 2020

Madness Review Part 2 – Hero Power Episode 244

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The Madness at the Darkmoon Faire is only a few days away now and we continue our look into the cards released so far.

News and Discussion

Hearthstone 3rd Quarter saw Hours played up year over year, with BGs seeing sustained strong player engagement. Total Active Users down across all Blizzard titles.
- More details here
Patch 18.6.1 went live on Thursday 11/5
- Highlights from Zerotio
  - Duels: Shaman Hero Power now summons a “Non-Basic” Totem INSTEAD, if you are overloaded
  - BGs: Wrath Weaver now a 1/3 Minion
- Highlights from Avanties
  - Mr. Bigglesworth is removed from the treasure pool, if you watched the duel last week you saw we drew him as a treasure… Bad Kitty!
  - In BG’s Rakanishu’s Hero Power now targets a friendly minion instead of a random friendly minion.
Tavern Brawl: Brawl of Gaudiness
- Gaudy? You? Never! You look marvelous in that! Choose a class and get a random deck, all cards cost half but you can only play 2 per turn!