Blizzard's Ben Brode Answers Unsolved Hearthstone Mysteries | Ars Technica

[@whut9245]

Press f to pay respects to Ben brode rotating to wild permanently

[@MajkaSrajka]

He is in the Hall of Fame.

[@copsarebastards]

Is he no longer director?

[@MajkaSrajka]

@@copsarebastards He quit Blizzard like half a year ago or longer for his own project (his own company or something).

[@galek2629]

F INSECT

[@germangonzalez4347]

F

[@lostarinokripparino4605]

This might just be my favourite Kripparian video

[@isskipperinokripperinolate3380]

True Legend

[@ElMuzs]

thanks for existing in other channels

[@lostarinokripparino4605]

Maxii Gonzalez Narvaez other channel? Wait a minute... where am I?

[@lordnichard]

What are you doing here, Kripparino? Are you lost?

[@lostarinokripparino4605]

lordnichard I think so, do you have directions to Kripps channel or stream? Either will do

[@darkmatterpancake]

my jaws that bite my claws that catch my animations will last until the next patch

[@RougenTCG]

My jaws that bite My claw that catches I'm so damn slow You probably miss Patches.

[@defectivesickle5643]

My jaws that bite. My claws that catch. My deck popularity is going down the hatch.

[@Cloontange]

*I WANT YOU, AND YOU, AND YOU!* I Miss Shudderwock, I hate Post Boomsday Rogue

[@crunchygoose9675]

my jaws that bite my claws that catch odd paladin and shudderwock are gone with the newest patch :)

[@tommyculver5004]

My jaws that... I don't make mistakes, I bury dem.

[@jcal1059]

“Hi my name is Ben Brode I’m I’m hearthstones lead game designer” 😭💔

[@stereoraptor6940]

No U he got reincarnated into bartender bob

[@Salu_TV]

Person: hi Ben brode: *laughs hysterically*

[@DoTheThingDTT]

lol

[@cccbbbaaa110]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAHAHAHA

[@KartoffelKonig]

Pretty much my story with Brode at Gamescom last year :P

[@SoundwaveSC]

4Head

[@alivepiter7770]

SaluTv o

[@tommihommi1]

>What's the wackiest card Idea that you just couldn't make work? Patches the Pirate

[@worldwithoutbass]

tommihommi1 what? How did patches not work?

[@fabipower1]

wooosh

[@FrumpyMcDumpster]

Balance is ya-hard.

[@JoshSweetvale]

tommihommi1 Oh but it did work. So, so well.

[@mariuscarausu9352]

James A It actually didn't work.It was op with charge and bad without charge...It might've worked well with rush

[@romeocasido5723]

That ooze would have been a fun card.. by it being 600/600 is also telling your opponent "Yup is lost 599 times in a row"

[@kingmidas3287]

Romeo Casido sheep incoming

[@Welchlocket]

It will be hard to accomplish because people will have the same idea and you dont want to win , but you did

[@cloyd9953]

And your opponent would simply hex it and bite it with his jaws and catch it with his claws

[@CeeLowification]

Just imagine you conceded 598 times in a row and then you run into someone trying the same thing but he concedes faster and resets your 599/599 to a 1/1 Feelsbadman

[@Known_as_The_Ghost]

Just concede against Bots! Rank 1 legend EZ

[@TheIndian211]

Ah, yes. My favorite creature, Goldshire Footman.

[@goyut1]

Donkey Brains sound like your "ready for action"

[@harinaicker4267]

Ready for action!

[@StriderZessei]

goyut1 *you're

[@goyut1]

Strider Zessei ahhhhh grammar nazi

[@StriderZessei]

goyut1 no need to thank me, good-hearted citizen! Captain Grammar's calling shall take him whatever the need may be!

[@Zambieman-kj5ck]

"I don't think we are gonna end up in a world where the entire classic set gets rotated to the hall of fame"

[@AppaYipYipBro]

Oof

[@nerdlish]

What exactly is Shaman's class identity supposed to be? It feels like the class that has the least cohesion between sets.

[@kennethokubo3435]

nerdlish random chance?

[@nickpavon4388]

Supposedly they're supposed to be all rounder. Good at a lot but not great in one. Got this from the hearthstone website btw

[@mocha2237]

It's just Blizzard making terrible Totem cards, realizing they suck, and giving Shaman insane RNG and 4 mana 7/7. Seriously though, I think they're trying to develop Elemental and Battlecry shammy right now and some healing on the side. Token shaman's been semi-viable in most years but barely has any support.

[@kennethokubo3435]

Spencer Lu also murlocs.... for some reason.

[@hatedumb]

Nothing screams Shamanistic more than tentacles and abhorrent evolutions, right?

[@Michael-sq3nf]

brodes the opposite of zucc

[@MediciMedic]

Something something congruencey something something showing palms

[@bighamerreis2058]

indeed, he is not a lizard. bot a murloc

[@jacobhindman1375]

zpitt

[@thesomnograph7278]

I dunno. That laugh is inhuman.

[@sunnytv6378]

Mikwal I

[@dandorsano9982]

We'll miss you Ben, can't believe you leaving Blizzard :'(

[@morsmagne]

Perverted_Fangirl2158 Brode has left Blizzard to start up his own games making company. I suppose he thinks he’s ready for new challenges and a purpose in life beyond one game

[@morsmagne]

@Perverted_Fangirl2158 I'm not sure what will happen to Brode. He might be very creative and thrive on having creative freedom. Or he might be doing this to get a bit more experience of running a company so that he can re-join Blizzard at an even higher level - CEO? Alternatively, it might go badly and then all bets are off! It's amazing to think that he started his career as a night-time play-tester for WoW!

[@MajkaSrajka]

You are not Hearthstone game director - you are head Blizzard rapper, and a head of laughing departament!

[@danang5]

why cant he be all of it at the same time?

[@The4Genie]

4Head HAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHA

[@arrowghost]

Well met... my name is Ben Brode.

[@whatisthis-uw9ok]

MajkaSrajka dumb. Comment.

[@MajkaSrajka]

Dumb comment? On the internet? Impossible!

[@AwpWilliams]

Imagine Jeff getting fatigued. "I NEED HEALING"

[@cvb115]

AwpWilliams lul

[@LFPGaming]

The biggest unsolved mystery is how *Shudderwock* made it through testing

[@Known_as_The_Ghost]

I guess nobody *catched* on. You could say he *clawed* his way into this expansion. I don't think they're gonna *Bite* the bullet here, and remove him. Edit: My *Jaw* hurts after someone punched me in the face for this stupid comment.

[@LFPGaming]

It was a *battle* reading your puns. I think I might *cry*

[@davidhagensten4264]

Because it’s not that good.

[@susamogus8331]

Wow all these puns are making me *shudder* at the thought of this many puns imagine if someone *repeated* them all

[@ondralavicka3455]

And then Blizzard printed Descent of Dragons

[@yahyatunahankurt]

Props for setting the thumbnail from the first seconds of the video and that actually being the real first seconds of the video, i came and saw what i wanted to see and just because of that, i am gonna leave a like

[@double2254]

Why not they make a reverse Hall Of Fame? Where they pick cards from expansions that rotated out and put them into the standard set? I just want Grim Patron back, make it happen Ben Brode!!!

[@TheSquareOnes]

It sounds like they are, since Shatter is a real card already.

[@icyjules]

EVERYONE GET IN HERE

[@Backstabmacro]

Brian Kibler from Omni/ suggested that idea in his video of why the Classic set is a problem in HS. It’s solid and I support it. Take a leaf from MTG’s book and do a short season or special mode where certain key cards that were deck-defining are back in the meta.

[@desertranger82]

I want draconic operative back xD

[@darkfire9969]

Wow, this think actually appended with Halloween

[@GWOTvetx4]

He always says "well met" Paladin confrimed

[@tgg099]

GWOTvetx4 i want him to say i greet you with That weird guldan voice

[@judahc7586]

He also does a killer Jrax impression, for your Warlock needs, Emil. :-p

[@BenderUnit22x]

If you're looking for a replacement for Ice Lance in the classic set, don't pick Shatter, pick Snap Freeze. It's what Shatter was supposed to be and it mirrors Ice Lance's dual effect. Also, you should have gotten rid of Auctioneer already.

[@Thormedor]

I'm pretty sure they made Snap freeze so if it succeeds as a card in these years they will include Shatter, if it fails, they include Snap into the Classic set. In this way they can be sure that the inclusion will get the right card.

[@makaramuss]

actually if you put snap freeze into your deck you also want shatter too since you can play snap freeze and then shatter

[@Thormedor]

Except that Shatter is an Old Gods card, so in Standard you definitely can not put it in your deck.

[@makaramuss]

was it? well since card never (and literally never) seen play I forgot when it was added XD

[@Thormedor]

I actually had to check before comment, because me too :D Like, "Did it really rotated or I'm just not using it at all?"But whatever, having +10 dust with that reminder :D

[@Idiotmaster]

Is it me, or did it feel like the editing got the Echo and Reno mechanics mixed in together as if it were the same card. Reno with echo?

[@digiquo8143]

Reno was used as an example of interesting card mechanics, when Brode mentioned building decks with 30 different cards.

[@3ternalHours]

Giving Reno echo is the most pointless thing. 1. His effect gains no benefit from echo. 2. His cost is 6, so you couldn't play any further copies. 3. His stats are already terrible, with the stat-reduction he'd receive from Echo he wouldn't be worth playing multiple times a turn.

[@Serjohn]

MY JAWS THAT BITE MY CLAWS THAT CATCH!

[@JoshSweetvale]

Serjohn ^,_,^ ---

[@dogied6709]

MY JAWS THAT BITE MY CLAWS THAT CATCH! MY JAWS THAT BITE MY CLAWS THAT CATCH! MY JAWS THAT BITE MY CLAWS THAT CATCH! MY JAWS THAT BITE MY CLAWS THAT CATCH! MY JAWS THAT BITE MY CLAWS THAT CATCH! MY JAWS THAT BITE MY CLAWS THAT CATCH! MY JAWS THAT BITE MY CLAWS THAT CATCH! MY JAWS THAT BITE MY CLAWS THAT CATCH! MY JAWS THAT BITE MY CLAWS THAT CATCH! MY JAWS THAT BITE MY CLAWS THAT CATCH! MY JAWS THAT BITE MY CLAWS THAT CATCH! MY JAWS THAT BITE MY CLAWS THAT CATCH! MY JAWS THAT BITE MY CLAWS THAT CATCH! MY JAWS THAT BITE MY CLAWS THAT CATCH! MY JAWS THAT BITE MY CLAWS THAT CATCH! MY JAWS THAT BITE MY CLAWS THAT CATCH! MY JAWS THAT BITE MY CLAWS THAT CATCH! MY JAWS THAT BITE MY CLAWS THAT CATCH! MY JAWS THAT BITE MY CLAWS THAT CATCH! MY JAWS THAT BITE MY CLAWS THAT CATCH! MY JAWS THAT BITE MY CLAWS THAT CATCH! MY JAWS THAT BITE MY CLAWS THAT CATCH! MY JAWS THAT BITE MY CLAWS THAT CATCH! MY JAWS THAT BITE MY CLAWS THAT CATCH! MY JAWS THAT BITE MY CLAWS THAT CATCH! MY JAWS THAT BITE MY CLAWS THAT CATCH! MY JAWS THAT BITE MY CLAWS THAT CATCH! MY JAWS THAT BITE MY CLAWS THAT CATCH! MY JAWS THAT BITE MY CLAWS THAT CATCH! MY JAWS THAT BITE MY CLAWS THAT CATCH! MY JAWS THAT BITE MY CLAWS THAT CATCH! MY JAWS THAT BITE MY CLAWS THAT CATCH! MY JAWS THAT BITE MY CLAWS THAT CATCH! MY JAWS THAT BITE MY CLAWS THAT CATCH!

[@EhtaZUGGE]

40% winrate OMEGALUL

[@EbonMaster]

MY JAWS THAT BITE MY CLAWS THAT CATCH!

[@randomcatname7792]

People complain about this instead of odd pally.... ok XD

[@arrowghost]

Ahh... the fatigue mechanic, I remember the MTG days when my library deck ran out, I lost even if it takes 1 more turn to kill my opponent but oops, no card to draw. HS makes it better by representing the players fighting each other, instead of an instant loss, it shows the players are already tired and exhausted. Can you keep running at the field when your legs already gave way?

[@Known_as_The_Ghost]

Yes. Run with your hands. _Kappa_

[@Abelhawk]

Beware the Shudderwock, my son.

[@ertomusic]

J A W S T H A T B I T E C L A W S T H A T C A T C H

[@giorgiozagami2402]

He went snicker-snack

[@throl4o]

I reaĺly miss your Warcraft secrets series :(

[@daddelbox2717]

Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!

[@forg7864]

Erppi7 I thought he says SPAGHETTE

[@Zuignap]

1:33 Ben Brode revealed Witch Wood is gonna be the next expansion too

[@henRYANand]

Rip He recently left Blizzard

[@ninjocswtf5833]

henRYANand haha

[@IREALLYLIKEHAMS]

Who would have known that just two days later he would retire.

[@coltonzoglman3594]

Nɘon he did

[@Volvary]

Thing I like the most about Fatigue existing, it makes it so Blizzard is not afraid to potentially push Mill to be a fringe thing as you still have time to react after your deck has been burned out.

[@btackett2]

Thanks for taking the time to do these videos Ben

[@Jotarun]

dislike for not a single iconic laugh in the video

[@alexg1720]

Jotarun Lin JOTAROOOOO

[@George-jz1bf]

Jotarun Lin a cult disliking all videos on Brode without any iconic laughs

[@tristanponomban277]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA there you go

[@lorenzoherreros6641]

We miss you Ben.

[@gibz5700]

He's definitely right about HS meta. Most of my favorite decks were ones that were discovered a month before a new expansion

[@Rorther]

A Ooze 1/1 that sucks the weapon and gain attack based on weapon's attack and health from its durability. Would be pretty cool

[@fadedshade8927]

Rorther use that to chew a massive kings bane lol

[@lucasnadamas9317]

Rorther how much would it cost?

[@phantomboyhalo1112]

Lucas nada mas 4

[@cronotosaur2881]

I would price it at 3 or 4 mana, depending on how competitive you want it to be. I think that most of the time it won't have more than two or three health, so making it five mana seems kind of expensive.

[@matteocarta7678]

Cronotosaur H. Actually 3 mana is ok: not always you play a ooze to destroy the opponent's weapon, and against a deck which doesn't run weapons, playing a 1-1 for more than 3 is just not worth. Anyway they should add also something to SILENCE a weapon.

[@puztupas]

"The balance" *Lord Godfrey shows up*

[@doombybbr]

Purify(worst card design ever) says hi

[@bee_irl]

what's with Lord Godfrey? It's a playable legendary, neither op nor terrible.

[@bagyinszkiadam8507]

: )

[@touchpadnm1]

I think I've gone against one Godfrey since Witchwood came out. Great card but doesn't really need to be shoved into Cube.

[@Inn0c3ntGuy]

*Infinite Shudderwock PTSD Intensifies*

[@kathrynion]

Great to have a Q&A with these types of questions - thanks!

[@lens_hunter]

I might not always be having fun playing Hearthstone, but God damn do I love this man

[@cptpropane]

first seeing this in 2019 feels strange, as the sets Ben talked about are already released, new classic cards added, and Ben had left HS team. Still a great video, thanks for all the joy, Ben, players will never forget you and your laughs.

[@Harridas]

13:14 when Brode leaves Blizzard

[@desertranger82]

Did he run out of cards?

[@oddeda]

Underrated comment :)

[@MrEmm]

I could listen to an hour long podcast of this every week!

[@nooneatall5612]

Best one is kobolds board where you can blow up the door and then a keyt drops that you can use to animate teh chest.

[@warllockmasterasd9142]

He has improved so much with his interaction with people, doing his videos. Ben Brode is so awesome and energitec.

[@ramnaftaliavni6532]

5:02 Toast...

[@arrowghost]

He went to jail, but managed to appeal in the end. XD

[@tyvarok]

Thijs and his "meta breakers" hahaha

[@tonton9598]

MY JAWS THAT BITE MY CLAWS THAT CATCH

[@robertharaldsson2881]

THIS so much XD I was thinking of toast every time he said "some players....."

[@cat11112222]

Jorge Scarella thijs is trash

[@corbinsears5589]

Wow Ben. You are just so damn good at your job. Thanks for being a part of Hearthstone. :)

[@kensukeliu8976]

Ben, Good luck with the new company!

[@Xeneonic]

This video is a veritable gem of information and insight to the game that is Hearthstone. Thank you so much Ars Technica and Ben Brode! p.s. You can see the greenscreen behind Ben Brode through the reflection in his glasses (Bounced from the camera). Make it a true Hearthstone backdrop next time :P

[@13PartyGhost]

No. 1 hearthstone question: Why is disechant value of cards so low?

[@biophoton7545]

money

[@TheSquareOnes]

It's not. You're guaranteed 40 dust per pack at minimum, meaning you can get any two rares every five packs or any epic every ten packs before considering the extra rares, epics and legendaries opened along the way. That's a perfectly reasonable rate for a system that is meant to solve the problem of opening duplicates, it just seems low because you're probably expecting to get every card you want for free.

[@tcoren1]

Cyan Light or you just don’t want to spend 240$ a year just to have all the cards

[@TheSquareOnes]

Then don't pay. You can have some of the stuff for free, half the stuff for a little bit of money or almost all of the stuff for not that much. Nobody is going to force you into any of those options but I don't understand why you think you should be entitled to combine the best aspects of the two extremes with none of the downsides. How would that even be a functional business model? The game would fail within five years even with the backing of a massive company like Blizzard to keep it afloat at a loss. There has to be some reason to actually buy packs and I've yet to hear anyone asking for more free stuff give a good reason for it other than "I want it, so I should get it." *For example, I spent $50 on The Witchwood and already have basically all of the cards I wanted due to the preorder being larger and having four month to save gold. That's crazy cheap by CCG standards.

[@13PartyGhost]

Cyan Light do you honestly think it is ok to get 400 dust from a legendary?

[@attention_shopping]

Amazing questions! super fun great interview

[@Alex-xn8zr]

12:55 kepp jeff kaplan from the overwatch team

[@Anne-ug4jv]

Thanks for all your contribution to Hearthstone Ben! I just found out today is your last day in Blizzard :(

[@jeffbiz9568]

"gain +1,+! for every game you lost in a row" this could work if the concede doesnt count as a loss. its also funny that you get pounded on turn three by bad players.

[@patricklundgren6823]

This is so amazing, plz do things like this as often as possible

[@MALEMization]

So Papa Kaplin is the reason for the Fatigue mechanic eh?!

[@tristanponomban277]

MALEMization I NEED HEALING

[@davidgee4048]

I love that Ben Brode does videos like this. I hope they keep them coming.

[@Laerei]

That's too bad, cause he JUST left Blizzard.

[@TheEel228]

up legendary card drops in packs pls. at least epics i need dust.

[@YourSuizo]

Rico O' Rourke They really should do same thing for epics as they did with legendaries that you won't get more than you can play, it would help with getting epics you need.

[@johnsims9907]

they've increased the legendary rate several times and made a guaranteed legendary in first 10 packs plus cut out dupes....That's pretty solid, do you just want all the plebs to get free cards?

[@sorcey6957]

john sims Yes.

[@digiquo8143]

Ideally we'd get all the cards for free and then we'd buy golden card packs instead.

[@TheSquareOnes]

They've done it several times now so you're guaranteed to get two free legendaries on day one of any expansion, they've increased quest rewards, they give you a free pack every week from brawl and yet you keep complaining it's not enough. When will it honestly be enough? When you get everything? Do you spend any money at all on this game? If not, why should you have everything? If yes, are you remembering to actually complete all of your quests and brawls to supplement that? I spent exactly $50 on the new expansion, only getting the preorder (which they also increased the size of by nearly 50% from previous preorders), and I already have almost every card I wanted due to saving gold and dust since the last one. A couple hundred dollars a year is an insane value for a CCG like this, if this were Magic that would barely be enough for a deck or two. If you don't want to invest in the game fine but frankly if you can't even be bothered to drop $50-100 a few times a year then I don't think you should have all of the cards and I don't understand why you think you should either. The entitlement of F2P players is getting ridiculous.

[@thefreelancequeen]

Putting the one teased in the thumbnail first I love you

[@joeyh31]

God I love this channel. How does a channel with such a small sub count get these amazing guests though?

[@randyb.k.4018]

Joey Harder Money.

[@joeyh31]

Randy B. K. Where do they get money with such a small channel?

[@randyb.k.4018]

Joey Harder Bunch of hookers and cocaine.

[@SeventhSolar]

It has a small sub count because their content is very unreliable. You know it's gonna be a different person on a different topic each time, so there's no point in subbing. But Ars Technica itself is some other organization with the power to get people.

[@oompaloompa7301]

Joey Harder Ars Technica small? Are you high?

[@brettpierce5225]

Very great questions and interesting answers, really hope to see more of this!

[@AlvinCornelius]

*ex game-director

[@realhumanbean7915]

Alvin Cornelius Wait what

[@rockinfluff3295]

Yeah wat???!!

[@Father_Qese]

aquamsheep 24 he left blizzard

[@LoganOliver1]

Making his own company apparently and they are gonna make "games"

[@briancooley8777]

D:

[@neutralmob4739]

will you ever make it easy're to get the old cards, that only are in wild+?

[@dbungart3044]

Craziest idea... a 7 cost card that summons 2 giants with rush, equips you an Arcanite Reaper, and makes your hero power OP as hell.

[@chrisblogs5115]

Naaaah they would never do that Kappa

[@MagicianOfFlame]

Are you thinking about hall of faming gadgetzan auctioneer? I feel that it resticts design for rogue, and prevents rogue from getting any control cards.

[@ragnarokreykr888]

You will be missed

[@TheR-DaciousOne]

What was the unicorn priest deck you talked about during Kharazan?

[@Azure_Wulf]

0:30 Auto-Pecker you say? Sounds like a reverse Sybian.

[@peergynt9852]

Miss this golden era of hearthstone :(

[@Nick_Patrick]

is this the last Ben Brode interview on HS ever? Crazy news

[@HeloisGevit]

It is, treasure it.

[@wiz4e]

Awesome, more please!!

[@wiz4e]

Dead Inside no :( Ben is awesome guy, sad to see him leave. Btw I commented before seeing the news.

[@javyz6197]

2:41 *MY JAWS THAT BITE*

[@AokijiTheIceWarrior]

Javyz they actually tested and came up with the same combo during development soooo

[@BrooksPMA]

Nice interview. YOU FIRED!

[@cycledance]

I love watching these.

[@Zthrox116]

I honestly love how much Brode loves the game he works on, how much he loves everything about his job, he just loves it and you know it.

[@kungfudragon321]

They left out a question Is there ever going to be a monk, death knight, or demon hunter class introduced? Even if only as a tavern brawl or something?

[@SaithMasu12]

In main game the never will. Deathknights were introduced as Cards in KFT and Monks and Demon Hunter might see something of that sort, but never as a real class with own cards. Why? Because they cannot balance properly 9 classes already. It doesent add much to the game if you think about it.

[@Aeivious]

youd have to add like 150 cards and think about how they would impact every other class, finding a new flavor for them and making them unique among the other classes, pretty much impossible

[@hawkeyemihawkgettingmoneylord]

SaithMasu12 how can you say it never happen you don’t know that

[@hawkeyemihawkgettingmoneylord]

wardudekid well if you watched the video they work with 3 different expansions at a time that’s plus 500 cards when the time comes and they want to had more classes it’s possible for them to do so.

[@AtrociousNightmare]

Fun stuff! The fatigue mechanic is truly genious, good job with that!

[@martixtutorialz8066]

My man Ben Brode just left Blizzard:( You will be missed lord!

[@Hopebestman]

9:04 is there anyone knows that guys name?I like to watch that clip.

[@connorgriffin7046]

I wanna see worldflipper ingame

[@Шизлманизл]

Connor Griffin same here. If we have nozdormu we can have worldflipper

[@insignia4321]

Connor Griffin is phone users would be advantageous.

[@voltus20]

Insignia not at all, in phones, hearthstone auto switches the screen when you flip the phone around.

[@malcolmboddie237]

Voltus 20 on certain phones you can lock auto rotation

[@voltus20]

Hiruko Kagetane i can lock auto rotation on my phone and hearthstone ignores it, still rotates, tested it in a couple of different phones i have. Can you tell me a specific brand where it doesn't do it? Im courious now xD

[@moralesfox]

Very interesting! It's great to know that you are one whole year ahead when designing the new sets, i'll look at the cards from a different angle now that i know that. Also, the fatigue mechanic is pretty genius, it's coherent with the game and it can be use as a win condition too. Great work there.

[@Lucas-dt5gr]

"OOZE OF LOSE" OMEGALUL

[@catspoons]

Will there be more cards added to the classic format?

[@thehound9370]

6:55 "making your hero *immune* for a trun" do you even play your game bruh?!

[@murlocleader9942]

The Hound well it isnt literally immune but 98% of the times People couldnt use a Card or hero Power on valeera the hollow the turn its played so its 'immune'

[@amethonys2798]

The only thing that could ever hit Valeera during the turn in standard were steady shot and juggle effects. Against something like mage or warlock? You're immune for a turn. It's not entirely a "true" statement, but it gets the point across to people who do not know specifics of the game which is possible since this ISN'T a Hearthstone channel.

[@iliaslerias7374]

Hellfire, arcane missiles. Greater arcane can kill you. Also baron gedon and coldlight. I get your point but you are not immune.

[@invisible4ever]

You can be killed even if u are imune...^^ I just say otk pally.

[@Retzerr41]

Amethonys warlock and mage can both kill stealthed heros idiot.

[@alvinbagaoisan2680]

Will any of the old sets come back into standard combined with new sets?

[@0IIIIII]

Goodbye Ben Brode. We will miss you

[@p41n1c]

was it Kripp who invented that Togwaggle combo Brode talked about here? Do I remember correctly?

[@polosolo3040]

I still miss him 😢

[@barkspawn1906]

(If you're gonna do a continuation Of this video) is there any chance of players playing adventures like naxxramas or black rock mountain but they enter the hearthstone after they become wild?

[@talaniel]

I think it is possible to buy them in blizzard e-shop: eu.shop.battle.net/en-gb/family/hearthstone

[@MarkOfTzeentch]

its funny that like 2 days after this was posted.. he quit blizzard

[@jm6323]

I can't recall Team 5 ever doing something like this, amazingly informative and interesting thank you.

[@dante3190]

I want a card that removes a players concede button. That would be tourture

[@thaliatikasz]

Why can't i get my 800 dust dor c'thun when some of the hall of fame cards (eg. Cthun's servants) can be disenchanted?

[@alexandreroudaut3418]

We miss you...

[@adrianpotat]

12:28 "I dont think we're gonna end up in a world where just all of the classic set rotates to the hall of fame" Well that didn't age well

[@NightWolf5628]

You will be missed BibleThump

[@FangedBeauty]

0:14 Blizz shouldn't throw those crazy cards away. They could implement a wildcard system, where those cards could become available (discovered/earned by quest/etc) for a short period of time. Maybe for a week or something like that. It would shake up the meta and it would be surprising/fun.

[@deeras2183]

But now Ben Brode left Blizzard. Press F to pay respects.

[@keyneslobtgesell5053]

ever thought about implementing card which can be used in the oppents turn from the hand? (i think not that would be an other game x)

[@IRONVENOM64]

He looks like Sal from impractical Jokers. 😁

[@kowen112]

Peter Universe Agreed.

[@xblazex2]

Ben has a phobia of cats

[@coltonzoglman3594]

Peter Universe did you see the latest combos he literally may be sal

[@D3usExMachina]

Is there any chance that you could add wild expansion cards into classic?

[@Chrono826]

*plays 600/600 slime for 3 mana after conceding for 8 straight hours.* *polymorph*

[@RichardPugsley]

atleast you now got a 601/601 slime now babyyy

[@wheedler]

It's fascinating that these are the unsolved mysteries surrounding this game. For most games they would be something like "Why is this object in this random place?" or "What happens to this character you never see again?" but for Hearthstone, they're just basic questions about the development of the game. It really says a lot about how understood every aspect of the actual game is and how closed Blizzard must be regarding audience interaction.

[@cattolord33]

Not Blizzard's anymore.. :(

[@TheZackofSpades]

Liquifying an opponents deck with the Toggswaggle combo is probably my favorite experience so far.