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delirium · May 11, 2016, 7:13pm

It’s kind of a goofy brawl, but it is fun to see what people come up with.

I got a golden Onyxia for my reward this week, which was also nice.

Ninyu · May 12, 2016, 5:16am

Frostbolt and ice lance works really well, too.

Nezz · May 12, 2016, 6:30am

Coldlight Oracle + Naturalize. I’ve never had that much fun in a brawl.

ineffablebob · May 12, 2016, 7:17am

These sorts of combinations are exactly why I hated this week’s brawl. Watching the other guy basically play solitaire.

Trelane · May 12, 2016, 7:30am

Dust Devil + Rockbiter got me a turn 3 kill against that cheesy Hunter Mech deck everyone is playing.

IMO, the real fun of this brawl is trying to score a win with all sorts of silly combinations. Like Sorcerer’s Apprentice + Fireball = Pass 7 turns then one-shot your opponent.

JFrazer · May 12, 2016, 7:35am

Mana Wyrm + Arcane Missiles makes for a quick game. To get my druid quest wins, I threw together Addled Grizzly + Living Roots. That one was kind of fun, actually.

Still, yeah, probably my least favorite Brawl so far.

Pleugim · May 12, 2016, 9:25am

Innervate + Loatheb is pretty dumb. With the right draw they can’t play anything but hero spells until turn 6.

Gordon_Cameron · May 12, 2016, 9:57am

I found this brawl quite interesting but then I never replay brawls after I get my free pack. Took me 3 or 4 tries — interesting to see what solutions other players came up with.

Chris_Gwinn · May 12, 2016, 12:19pm

I really enjoyed Raven Idol +Naturalize. Random everything + removal.

Unstable Portal + Effigy wasn’t as fun as I thought it would be.

Gordon_Cameron · May 12, 2016, 12:32pm

My winning combo was pally, with the 1/1 divine shield minion and the weapon that buffs divine shielded minions. It was tight, though.

Wendelius · May 12, 2016, 1:27pm

Loatheb + Thoughtsteal as a priest for me. The opponent often couldn’t cast and was replenishing my hand with his combos. Nice. :)

Wendelius

AStott · May 12, 2016, 2:22pm

I had a lot of fun with Forbidden Ritual + Power Overwhelming.

JFrazer · May 13, 2016, 8:14am

This morning I get the annoying “watch a friend win a game” quest. I delete it and get “Win 5 Tavern Brawls” - ugh, of course, right after I post that this is my least favorite brawl so far, I get that quest. :)

I made a Lightwarden + Lightwell deck that turned out to be fun to play.

Wendelius · May 13, 2016, 8:20am

Watch a friend is the best. I’ll take an easy free pack any time.

Wendelius

JFrazer · May 13, 2016, 8:26am

I’m a bit of an Arena junky, so I prefer the gold quests. Plus, my list of Battlenet friends that play Hearthstone is relatively small. They’re more the WoW and Diablo 3 types.

delirium · May 13, 2016, 10:24am

This evolve shaman deck has been super fun and effective for me. It’s also cheap to build! Only has one epic which isn’t even critically important.
https://manacrystals.com/decklists/475-serology-s-darwin-midrange-shaman-feat-evolve

Evolving a Nerubian Prophet or a Thing From Below is usually insane value since they end up costing 3 mana or less and will morph into a 7 drop. Evolving a Fire Elemental is awesome too because it will get its battlecry off, maybe clear a smaller minion off the board, and then you evolve it and it’s now a beefy 7 drop at full health.

Lunarstorm · May 13, 2016, 11:10am

I highly recommend this for the current Tavern Brawn, if you want to run a hilariously effective priest deck:

Doomsayer
Thoughtsteal

It’s very satisfying to beat your opponent with their own combo. :)

ducker · May 13, 2016, 11:35am

I found this week’s brawl interesting but annoying. It really isn’t that much fun, as most of it would come down to… who goes second, to get the leg up with the bonus mana. and then it’s off to the races. Of those decks that weren’t of the IWIN mentality there were a few creative ones. Those, as much as they also pissed me off. Clearly had a little more thought put in to them, which made them enjoyable to play against.

I went with a http://www.hearthpwn.com/cards/35190-shifter-zerus and http://www.hearthpwn.com/cards/27211-jeweled-scarab
So I would be getting stuff, so my opponent wouldn’t know what to expect.
Interesting in theory, but ultimately pointless. As people had decks designed to take out the opponent ASAP. It didn’t matter really what someone put down on the board really at all.

JFrazer · May 13, 2016, 1:17pm

Tried out a Brawl shaman deck with Tunnel Trogg + Evolve. Bit of a roll of the dice, but dang, it worked out well.

ineffablebob · May 15, 2016, 4:53pm

delirium:

Yogg Saron is much more fun than it is good. He’s better when you play him on a full board. Playing him on an empty board, he is almost always going to kill himself, and has a significant chance of doing lots of damage to you as well. He will also usually end up drawing a bunch of cards, which can sometimes be good, but I’ve also been milled to death by Yogg in my Miracle Rogue deck. I think he is probably most useful in a deck that plays a lot of cards without a lot of refill opportunity in those cases where you stall out before dealing enough damage. He’s a good Hail Mary for when you use up all your resources and need something to draw you a few cards, or clear the enemy’s board, or do a bit of damage to finish off your opponent. But he is also totally unreliable. Always fun and exciting, though.

I ran into a Yogg-Saron Mage deck today, and it was a crazy battle. Won in the end, but it was largely due to my having put enough pressure on earlier that his Ice Block/Barrier secrets were all gone. With those out of the way, I only needed one Y-S effect to hit him, and that happened before the randomness got me. Whatever the outcome, Y-S endings are certainly memorable.