[Hearthstone] We Need Better Board Clears

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Thoughts on why board clears make the game more interesting and some awesome gameplay examples highlighting the point.
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[@Dreamchime]

Twisting Nether should be Silence, and then destroy all minions.

[@trot34lol]

This would've balanced the meta so well back when Naxx or GvG was released.

[@codebracker]

+Dreamchime Or return to your hand.

[@Dreamchime]

***** You're sucking the minions into another dimension, not your hand though :P

[@codebracker]

Dreamchime no; i meant the card returns to your hand, like the rogue legendary

[@ADDICT_GAMERSSB]

+codebracker then how would you win? no minions=no damage. maby return to your deck?

[@murlerinokripperino6600]

You can clear the board with murlocs, or just go face and win

[@facerinokripperino2352]

+Murlerino Kripperino Wise words my friends also you can use unleash for more face damage

[@huk6249]

Is it possible for you to add Kripparrian's mustache and beard to that murloc?

[@murlerinokripperino6600]

+Huk6 maybe, I tried it 2 month ago, and it looked horrible, but I can try it again

[@casimiropicazo4161]

+Murlerino Kripperino maybe try with a different murloc?

[@murlerinokripperino6600]

+casimiro picazo hmm ok

[@SylvanasWindrunnerResurrected]

Is it just me or is Kripparrian slowly turning into Wario?

[@Jkirek_]

it's just you. are you sure you aren't high?

[@nukins]

Now someone is gonna make a Wariorino Kripperino account

[@mothgru]

+Sylvanas Windrunner More like Waluigi tbh

[@DoctaDuckroll]

it's just you. are you sure you aren't high?

[@bob71598]

it's just you. are you sure you aren't high?

[@MagmaRagerinoKripperino]

I am the best board clear in game!!! Just Magma Rager Shadowflame for 7 mana 5 damage to all enemy minions. Thats even better than flamestrike and we all know flamestrike is op (even in arena).

[@TheTomlav]

But the poor magmarager dies!

[@murlerinokripperino6600]

TheTomlav​ We don't die, we respawn

[@MagmaRagerinoKripperino]

TheTomlav no you may think that I die, but actually I will survive

[@Kavriel]

+MagmaRagerino Kripperino Pretty sound argument, well made !

[@ResponsiveHydra]

+MagmaRagerino Kripperino costs 2 cards though

[@hearthstoneplays]

Boarderrinno Clearrino...

[@luigiparodi4612]

lol I'm a sub :)

[@Sorarixicaric]

+Hearthstone Plays boarderrinno clearrino kripperino. PogChamp

[@LegendStuff]

His kripps are sweaty, kripp weak, kripps are heavy There's kripp on his sweater already, kripp's spaghetti He's nervous, but on the surface he looks kripp and ready to drop kripps, But he keeps on forgetting what he wrote down, The whole kripp goes so loud He opens his kripp, but the kripps won't come out He's choking how, every kripp's joking now The kripps run out, time's up, over, wow!

[@9476ds]

4:33 20:48

[@Dall_]

+DJ Khalerino Kripperino xDDDD

[@timzelikovsky490]

OMG LOOOOOOL

[@pleasekeeppeace]

+DJ Khalerino Kripperino Omg! U genius.

[@berter0295]

Another one!

[@Racker411]

+DJ Khalerino Kripperino waited for u so long

[@ikillnoobjunglers6141]

GET DOWN!!!

[@crapbag1968]

Thanks, literally saved my life

[@RegardeMonCom]

Thanks dude don't worry, my redemption will help you too :)

[@martijnbakker320]

I had sword of justice and it was just a spectral spider, your safe...

[@MrQwerty999222]

+Defender Where were you when the Mage cast double Fireball on my face? :(

[@6funnys]

+Defender A Ha HA! I live!

[@vjjrhm]

Shaman Card: Shockwave 6 mana Silence all Enemy Minions, then destroy them. Overload: 3

[@trot34lol]

I really like this idea

[@MrTheArtico]

just a little op

[@AwesomeAfrojim]

way too OP. Make it silence + destroy ALL minions, that would be pretty good. with 6 mana, you could still have mana left to play something else in the late game.

[@ToraAnbu]

stun all minions, then destroy them at the start of your next turn. There, more possibilities, less op

[@mmilife6957]

6 mana silence all enemy minion then deal 4-5 damage to them (overload 2) seems the most balanced and shaman related.

[@BananenBread]

Board clears are really good ... unlike this comment section.

[@crapbag1968]

I still don't like you. You said I'm worse than this comment section once.

[@Mahavir_lol]

+ThisCommentSectionIsShiterino Kripperino preeeeeeetty good*

[@tostupidforname]

+ThisCommentSectionIsShiterino Kripperino acutally it not a community fighting in every comment section so im pretty happy about that

[@BananenBread]

tomorrow i will write that whis comment section is shit like i allways do but i will also say that dick butt is awesome and apologize to him.

[@SkipperinoHS]

5:20

[@murlerinokripperino6600]

That was fast

[@MortuusYT]

On point.

[@coperinokripperinoakacoppe5862]

+Murlerino Kripperino too fast....

[@facerinokripperino2352]

+Skipperino Kripperino Do you love me daddy ?

[@NilsKimman]

Video:23min ago. Comment:30 min ago. Bruh wassup with that? XD

[@johnphillips1782]

At 24:37 "doom for everyone, gifts for all"! Gave me a chuckle

[@coperinokripperinoakacoppe5862]

And I need better donuts! Seriously Kripp, you should invest more money on my food. I work really hard to keep your comment section clear, but all I get back from you is a shitty donut once a day!

[@WickedDealer]

+Coperino Kripperino AKA Copperino Kripperino If your playing Simpsons Tapped Out, that could be a good thing.

[@mathiaswbbe7711]

+Coperino Kripperino AKA Copperino Kripperino ACAB

[@HumbleOmnipotent]

"How good is Coliseum Manager? - DAY 5

[@HumbleOmnipotent]

+Danilo Kastratovic It's been 5 days now

[@Chris1111116]

No! It's how good is brawl!

[@shernandez31]

+Danilo Kastratovic change your name to managerino kripperino

[@HumbleOmnipotent]

Brawl is pure RNG, how good is brawl would just be a game of luck. But what about the WORST CARD IN HEARTHSTONE (Coliseum Manager). That's a challenge.

[@HumbleOmnipotent]

Sebastian Hernandez sounds good, maybe, but I don't want to be .... one of them.

[@SlackerMagician]

1:22 "a dreadsteed deck or something DREADful like that." I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE KRIPP

[@L0LWTF1337]

I am saying that since Naxx, but no one is listening...

[@Arbyz1]

Well, this IS his 1337th video.

[@L0LWTF1337]

Arbyz1 Leet

[@nolking96]

+L0LWTF1337 I did a reddit thread about how can we make board clears better, and got shit on, oh well reddit

[@walrusdojo]

"I'm the NetherMaster!" *grins wickedly*

[@wayneb36ify]

Kripp has become so Hollywood. Besides the fact he doesn't wear old stained shirts any more, he now even has ART hanging in the background.

[@DarkurTymes]

The present brawl was my favorite actually. I built a warrior deck that went 20 and 1, literally. And every game was basically like that one. You just constantly take board clears and hoard all the presents and you'll win eventually. And that style also makes youthful really good.

[@Yagizino]

"Say my name baby" "Kripperino" "thats pretty good"

[@MrThaumaturgical]

In yugioh there's a card called "Dark Hole" that does what Twisting nether does and it costs 0 and you can run 3 And there's Raigeki that destroys only enemy minions and it costs 0 and you can run (1).

[@adud6764]

arent those banned for ages now?

[@M_CFV]

+MrThaumaturgical it's a shame both suck, since everything floats/is a pendulum monster

[@MrThaumaturgical]

+Alex GoesNuts nah they came back cuz the whole game changed

[@MrThaumaturgical]

+Matthew Day yeah the game just aint the same no mo

[@PrimeKeroHS]

+MrThaumaturgical You are talking about a TCG that has essentially 0 costs on cards. Yugioh's a broken mess of a game with the worst price tag it's had in a long time, a constantly changing meta [making it even more expensive since the quicker banlists] and a quickly declining playerbase. Konami. Destroying everything one product at a time

[@ililillilillliliilil]

That "uhhhhh never" at 20:00 scared the shit out of me

[@dannydizzle21]

its been a few weeks since ive graced this channel with a view and man the Kripperinos are stronger than ever

[@dragensrul]

I have an interesting card idea. 5 mana spell deal 1 damage to ALL minions and then deal 2 damage to ALL minions.

[@hugh1146]

Everytime Kripp picked twisting nether I quietly whispered to myself "A nether one"

[@sordhacker]

"I don't think it will last forever" ..." The end is coming!"

[@osmium6832]

6:05 Actually it turns out that Mistcaller does NOT buff discover minions. I tried this personally by playing it with a fire elemental in my hand and discovered another fire elemental afterwards. I accidentally played the small one assuming they'd be equal. However, all the pirates in the deck become overloadless totem golems, so any card draw after a Mistcaller is really good.

[@TheRealKommentator]

"You have to go full BM. Thats very important!" I see what you did there

[@Ofordgabings]

The concept of the board clear card though is insane card advantage at a high cost. Imagine playing 5 cards on the field and having all 5 taken out by 1 card. True clears need to stay expensive.

[@EpicLadderHS]

good point Kripp, all board clears in game are kinda week right now, and with all the deathrattles it is impossible to wipe board completely. Good video man.

[@brokenrag9746]

How about a Face Cleaner SMOrc

[@nukins]

How about a Weeb Cleaner DansGame

[@cpowelson9228]

Ryan DeGraw PogChamp

[@coperinokripperinoakacoppe5862]

Kripperino cleaner would help my job a lot!

[@murlerinokripperino6600]

+Coperino Kripperino AKA Copperino Kripperino Never !

[@milesedgeworth132]

+Ryan DeGraw She isn't from an anime. Failfish

[@huk6249]

Warrior needs a better board clear than whirlwind and bouncing blade.

[@danil8663]

Brawl???

[@nukins]

They do have brawl though

[@huk6249]

+Brodo Faggins *sigh* I always forget that's a card, and now I look like an idiot.

[@nukins]

+Huk6 it happens. Everyone overlooks something from time to time

[@huk6249]

Ryan DeGraw The thing is that I always over look it. Every time I list off every board clear in my head, I always remember brawl ten minutes after I listed all of them.

[@Proxoa]

Here's an idea I'd like to pitch to you Krip! What about Double hero skills? I mean like cross-class making. Next to your main hero power you can get a second one with like a spell or a minion. You can only trigger one once a turn. Unless offcourse with minions or spells that allow you to use it more times! Hell even weapons should allow you to use it multiple times, like say a Mage's staff or something. The best part would be like a legendary or an epic that can fuse your hero powers together. Like a dagger and the druid roar, gives you 2 attack and 1 armour for 2 turns. There are of course counter productive synergies as well, but that's what makes it interresting. There are so many way this could go. Like make the first neutral spells, spells that give a random or a specific hero power from another class. I guess this will open so much variety. But Blizzard should like test this first in let's say a tavern brawl. I hope this isn't too chaotic and that you actually read this comment. I would love to see your vision on this kind of idea. I thought of it a couple of days ago, but I'm just a no-one. However if you read this and find it interesting, even Blizzard might find it interesting and pick it up. Maybe it isn't a change hearthstone needs, but it might help certain classes to get their mojo up. Like a shaman who can both armour up or heal together with his "usefull" totems. I won't make this comment longer than needed. cheers!!

[@Proxoa]

+Proxoa Just to add something extra, Cross-class ladder! Which you can only play with decks that can get a second hero skill. Because else the new players might get overwhelmed or something..

[@warriorbeta]

I totally agree with you Kripp. Just wondering if u think all classes should be able to have board clear potential or only the more controlling classes?

[@strongside4565]

My problem with too many consistent board clears is that it can become something like Yugioh when it first came to America. You could run 2 dark holes (full board reset), you could run 2 mirror force (enemy monster clear) and you could run a metric fuck ton of flip effect cards that cleared monsters so it just became a matter of who could clear the board while getting a few pot shots until you either chipped your opponent down or let them drawn themselves out. That isn't really a fun meta because you never get to use your cards, they just instantly get slaughtered. I agree that big boards can be a problem because of how weak clears are but I don't think cheaper clears are the way to go. I personally don't know the answer but such a dramatic shift in the meta could make the game worse.

[@seriouscommentkripperino4406]

i really enjoyed your video where you came up with your own card ideas to improve shaman as a class. Same goes with the legendary card ideas or how to fix cards that are too strong or too weak in the current game state. I hope in the future there will be more content with card ideas (maybe you put some more effort in the ideas in terms of balance) so there can be a discussion on how to improve hearthstone as a whole. As we know Ben Brode and maybe some other guys of the development team are watching the content you put on youtube and they (might) take some of your ideas into account when releasing the next expansion, if there is a lot of positive feedback.

[@filippodelloiacovo2285]

Damnation of MTG is actually one hell of a card, since you can play an infinite number of creatures (destroying 40 elves at once just feels sooo good)

[@MCTutorialmaker]

You wan't some spells that can be used by every class? 4 mana: silence all enemy minions and deal 2-4 dmg to each minion. 4 mana: shuffle 2 random enemy minions into your opponents deck. 6 mana: deal 12 dmg randomly split at the enemy's minions. Draw a card for every minion died. 2 mana: deal 1-2 dmg to every enemy. Gets double damage from Spell damage. 5 mana: If your opponent has 2 or more deathrattle minions, silence and destroy them. 1 mana: deathrattle effects won't trigger this turn. 8 mana: summon a magnet trogg (6/6) , it takes control of every enemy minions' deathrattle effect.

[@AureaPersona]

Wrath of Dog 4 Mana / Hunter Destroy all minions If your hand is empty, draw a card.

[@AureaPersona]

NuggetsTM Dog loves you.

[@Aquilenne]

+AureaPersona Sounds fair since you need to have an empty hand to draw the card.

[@Jonseredi]

Saw the title and instantly thought "No." We already have enough great board clears.

[@ChrispyNut]

The presents brawl was so much fun. My favorite so far, closely followed by mechazod, with a decent ally.

[@CuriousMoth]

Freeze and Grinder Mage are a couple of decks that can support big board clears. If you like clearing shit out, that's where you probably want to look, particularly the latter if you enjoy the back and fourth.

[@ericbess5917]

A point towards the Magic comments surrounding a card like "Wrath of God". Hearthstone is a direct-attacking game, Magic isn't. Unless a minion has stealth, I can get rid of nearly any minion simply by attacking it enough. Yes - that is an oversimplification, but the point remains that many limited format Magic games end up having a lot of creatures in play on both sides. Hearthstone frequently only has minions on one side of the field and a board clear like Twisting Nether really punishes someone for overcommitting. I'm not saying it wouldn't be interesting to have lower-costed good board clears, but comparing it to Magic and saying that 8 is more than 4 is comparing apples to oranges.

[@EnderPryde]

Speaking of MTG... they have an entire game mode (Elder Dragon Highlander) where about 75% of the metagame is nothing but board clears. AND IT IS AWESOME.

[@jackwinterheld4335]

It's actually a very delicate topic. At one hand, Kripperino is right and a really good boardclear would be great in our world of sticky annoying shit. On the other hand, really good boardclears encourage nobrain plays. I often find myself in awkward situations when I know that if I don't play as much stuff as possible - I will lose, because I don't have enough life. But if I play that stuff - opponent will just throw away a flamestrike or lightbomb, and the game is basically done at that point. You have to be very careful in this area, or HS might turn in an awful game where you become punished for simply PLAYING the game.

[@SamH980]

you will never unsee this: consecration looks like moonkin in it's picture description.

[@OrdoMallius]

We need something like "remove from game"

[@Thegenerator100]

Forever

[@GigaPhoenix9001]

+OrdoMallius Yeah, Yugioh totally had the right idea on that...it just went back on it and had alot of ways to actully bring those "removed from play" cards WTF!??!

[@AlexTi17]

+Giga Phoenix It was called "banish". A pretty cool mechanic, used to be my favourite back in the day.

[@Spartan0430]

+Alex T still is my favorite

[@AlexTi17]

Same. I was refereeing to me not playing anymore. I used to run a macro control deck.

[@minutemancl]

Shaman should get an earth shock-like that targets multiple minions. It'd be a very effective board clear for a class that needs some very effective cards

[@anonasocah]

Each class could have their own legendary spell board clear. An example could be in Mage where they could have a Legendary Flame strike for 4 or 5 mana that deals 4 damage to all minions. I have thought about this for a while, and I think if they made each board clear unique, but equal as well as a legendary spell then it could work.

[@sebastianrahbek4931]

Twising Nether: Banish all minions Banish: Remove a minion completely

[@mails65]

I got to agree with you kripp on just this one: Hearthstone is getting close to REALLY fast mtg decks like zoo, affinity, infect etc but not that close just yet. I dont think there are many decks in hearthstone that can consistently kill you in turn 3 - 4. I mean when you get your fourth mana crystal. I know its possible with a godlike hand, but i am talking about your average hand. Yes removal spells are overcosted in hearthstone, its a fact, still no need for hearthstone to be magic. Its more fun :)

[@MiroKrotky]

this is one Kripps video i enjoy. no really, thanks for this video Kripp

[@sprites75]

that was one crazy brawl! so many neithers! well in magic you get soem cards that are not creatures... namely artifacts and enchantments, they have their own removals too... but the pace is different and you don't often go in the 10+ mana territory

[@jon-o-5-anhour239]

I never really noticed the distance in quality until he upgraded it turns out it's preeeetttty good

[@joshuanatzke1110]

Kripp, what are your thoughts on HS implementing different formats like MTG does? With an ever-growing card pool it seems like new players will have an even harder time catching up in order to be competitive and Blizzard will have a rough time keeping balance in check. Are there other solutions to this problem?

[@mathrepkin1551]

that twisting nether war was so epic. hahaha

[@Carionoso7416]

Hey Kripp, what would you think about adding in the "remove from game" functionality that card games, like Magic The Gathering, have into Hearthstone? Something that bypasses all the bullshit of things like Deathrattles, instead of "destroy minion", which triggers on death effects, just have a "remove from game" which technically does the same thing as a hard removal, as it takes a card out of play, but doesn't technically "kill" the monster?

[@soulseek2]

"in magic you can have much more than 10 mana" even though you can with ramp decks it is quite unlikely with every other deck. slowest competitive format in mtg is sealed afaik and even there you are not super likely to have more than 10 mana in a game. the way you worded it sounded like "oh and there is hearthstone where you can just play a 6 drop on turn 1"

[@Aspartem]

+soulseek2 Actually it is likely to have 10 mana in a game nowadays. Modern has Tron and Legacy has combo decks which produce infinite mana and kill you with it obviously. Ulamogg costs 10 and is hard casted nowadays. But anyway the HS boardclears are really bad compared to MTG and MTG often needs a Wrath of God-esque card in the format to keep aggro in check, else people get overrun by T4-5, though they changed the Wrath of God cost to 5 in recent years, because T4 was to early for a board wipe. But seriously, Flamestrike could be a mana cheaper without being OP, for example

[@Inorisso]

+soulseek2 Modern Tron and Legacy Twelvepost would like to have a word with you about that, mate. :3

[@xxapoloxx]

+Aspartem BS those are the exceptions, modern pretty much ends at turn 4 and that is 4 may be 5 mana.

[@Inorisso]

+Vader Skywalker That is a very broad generalization, though. From watching a lot of both Modern and Legacy, this is what the deal is: You cannot play a deck and NOT expect to be killed by turn 4 in modern, or turn 2 in Legacy. Because, if you should be realistic, you will be. Several times. HOWEVER, in actual games, a lot of variables adds to games taking way longer than that, like when you see, let's say, Legacy Miracles vs Legacy Merfolk. The match will oftenly stretch rather long (for legacy), and Miracles can end up with 10 lands without it being To weird. In modern, something like a Delver mirror can take a Really long time (once again, for modern), since both players got pretty much optimal answers for eachother, and, well, landdrops will keep happening. I'm not saying that Modern or Legacy are formats where you can easily go for playing 6+ mana spells, because they ain't (except for stuff like Tron, Twelvepost, MUD, Elfs), however, saying you won't reach that mana in those formats quite oftenly isn't true either. It does happen, and it happens more oftenly than one would think from hearing about Storm or Dredgedecks in Legacy. Oh, and especially now, in modern, when Splitertwin got banned!

[@Aspartem]

Vader Skywalker Tron is an exception in modern? It's the most played Deck next to Affinity and SplinterTwin and Twin has been banned recently, so it's to be expected to rise in % of the playing field. Also Bloom got banned so it won't take over. Yes, not every deck will have it, but being in a game where one player reaches that amount of mana is definitly no exception in eternal formats. And Legacy always had infinite combos. Also you're not telling me anything new, i am actively playing MTG since more than 10 years, thank you.

[@Methor8]

Do you think that part of the design logic behind making board clears more expensive/ less common is that in Hearthstone you only have 30 cards as opposed to in MTG where you have 60? If you continually wipe off large amounts of minions you might repeatedly get into a fatigue situation which might not be that fun for all deck types, or do you think players would simply adapt to this by tending to keep their board down to only a few creatures at a time. Again however, this could punish certain deck types like zoo which focus on flooding the board. It's an interesting design problem. Personally I think it would be pretty exciting to play with larger decks, sometimes there are just so many good cards it'd be nice to put a few more in your deck.

[@tcgeezy875]

I assume by the four mana board clear you mean "Wrath of God" one of the archetypes of board clear cards. The board clear in standard right now, one of them anyway, is Planar Outburst. It is 5 mana, (2 white 3 generic) and it destroys all nonland creatures, so this is pretty advantageous for you if you are playing an "Awaken" strategy (you can "animate" lands to make them creatures). This and all the other big board clears I can think of (Kozilek's Return, Planar Outburst, Languish) are mythic rares. So you'll almost never get them in a drafting situation. And from what I've seen of high-level MtG play, you often get stalled with complicated board states, and board clears are less of a thing, especially in a 60 card deck. Having stuff on the board is also not an indication of "advantage" as it is in HS, you could have a bunch of flyers vs. regular creatures....and you're just in a damage race. 4 or 5 mana is also pretty likely to be close to the top of your mana curve in magic, so as far as cost HS 8 mana and MtG 2 white and 3 generic are actually pretty close. I think part of the reason for low quality board clears in HS is that it encourages more novice players to think about board control. When I first started playing HS as mage, I would just hope I got a flame strike and not really deal with the board turns 3-6...not really a good habit to have. I think having a card that clears the board, says to a new player "I don't have to worry about the board" and having creatures stick, or think a turn or two ahead. The good board clears, force you to think about your creatures or hero in a new way. Hellfire, makes you think about playing into a molten giant strategy. Lightbomb actually makes "on curve" creatures (7/7 for 7) worse and rushy creatures (ie 5/2 for 5 with charge or something) worse-er still. You may have mentioned it and I missed it, but I like Shadowflame a lot. It is really good at adapting to different situations. You can sacrifice a big creature that attacked (like a Stone giant at 1 health), or with an ancient watcher rotting on the board, you basically have a 4 mana flamestike. It's also really "flavorful" it feels really appropriate for a warlock to sacrifice a creature to get a reward like that. Another point is that in HS, creatures can attack each other directly so you always have a little "spot removal". In MtG, I always feel like the board is even for five turns, and someone is just waiting to top deck a spell or a flyer. The lack of interaction can feel very psychological and "poker-like" at times....but then others its just like....I can't do anything. I feel like there are far less situations in Hearthstone where I get utterly decimated/have a bad hand/can't respond at all. I think my ultimate point is that this is a good problem to have, and a fun one to try and solve (for the designers) or get close to solving. I think limiting board clears and not giving them dynamic costs (like Molten Giant) gives you fewer situations to play around, and let's newer players feel like the game is less random, and you can blame a loss on miss-plays more often.

[@J1ffyLub3]

i think reducing the cost of most AoEs by 1 mana would be a great fix. 6 mana flamestrike, 2 mana frost nova, 3 mana consecrate, they all seem fine at that cost we could also use way more minions like zombie chow and unstable ghoul

[@SaltyRad]

there was one game in this tavern where i played around 25 twisting nethers lol, i even have a screen shot of me holding 8 nethers in my hand. my opponent just quit

[@WillowMelody]

I want more cards that shuffle things into the decks. Like a Vanish, but for the deck. Or Shadowstep... but for the deck. More "removal" that doesn't trigger the deathrattle of a minion, but can risk having it show up later would be great.

[@strider714]

~It is the card that NETHER ends!~ ~It keeps showing up and up again!~ ~The players started playing it, just knowing what it does!~ ~And they'll continue playing it forever just because!~

[@stwida91]

Krip never begs for likes Which is why I always give him my likes Thumbs up the kripparino, i beg on his behalf.

[@Goonwild5299]

Kripp, don't you think weapons kind of puts an odd twist in adding newer board clears? Would have to be quite careful with who gets what.

[@LovingTinha]

reworking twisting nether mechanic so that it also kills anything from deathrattles might be worth considering to make a true board reset. Maybe a board reset card could be introduced

[@ValuedOpinion]

6 mana 3/3 "Silence all deathrattles" Deathrattle: Deal 3 damage to all minions

[@murlerinokripperino6600]

silence his own effect...

[@ValuedOpinion]

+Murlerino Kripperino fair play

[@Der_Waldmeister]

We all knew it... Kripp is just NETHER LUCKY

[@vertex546]

"Imagine a game with more board clears!">20min matchnaw I'm good

[@YamiBeast]

The points on concecrate are so true. Great video.

[@Shadoww2309]

I think the point here isn't about board clears; it all comes down to the fact that the defending player cannot choose to "block" and force combat between their creatures and the ones his opponent controls. In hearthstone, the "block" mechanic is replaced with taunt minions, but not many decks can afford a big number of taunt minions because other options are overall stronger, or more efficient. What are the only taunts that get reliably played in constructed? Belcher and Druid of the Claw? Can't think of any more. And still, even taunt minions leave the initiative to the other player who gets to choose what minion attacks what. This in turn lets aggressive decks get ahead on tempo because they can keep pushing for damage while the opposing player tries to catch up, forcing combat 1 turn later than when they play their stuff. Having better board clears is a very delicate wish, because if you give one to all the classes, some classes will have 2 and be ahead in the arms race. If you just instead give it to classes not having them, those classes might see one of their weaknesses fixed so that they become too strong. And overall, having more/better board clears will only lead to pushing midrange decks out of the meta and only leaving aggro/face decks still too fast to be destroyed by a clear and control decks that don't care about them until they start chaining game-winning threats.

[@danoconnor6272]

I saw the title and grabbed my empty salt shaker

[@Covenus88]

"The only time you can play it is when you're running like a dreadsteed deck or something dreadful like that" I see what you did there.

[@tobiashedelund6379]

Another video, another day closer to Afrorino.

[@ubelmensch]

We need less insects climbing the ladder. And more vegetables...

[@Jimtegra]

Good vid Kripp! Keep up the good work.

[@Shyhalu]

As a priest main, I assure you lightbomb is horrible. Kills your own guys, takes up a ton of mana in doing so, and has you playing around yourself (in regards to putting minions down in fear of killing them) the entire game. Example: I throw down raggy, opponent throws down alex....Don't have death? Whelp, better spend half my mana killing my own 8/8.

[@johnriggins9467]

when kripp controls the nether region

[@PatriciaCross]

This game needs a Wrath of God for sure. The availability of a 4 mana "kill all creatures" for control decks in Magic has been a huge part of what has kept the game balanced for all these years. Creatures in HS seem more efficient overall; but there is also a huge difference between 20 life and 30 life. I think 5 or 6 mana may be the right cost for such an effect. Lightbomb is almost right; it really should just be a Twisted Nether for 6. For the effect Lightbomb has at 6 mana; it should either flat out kill everything, or work as stated but Silence everything first. This actually may be part of how they fix Shaman. Give them a 4 or 5 mana "Destroy all creatures" effect with Overload. Perhaps even 6 mana and it leaves Totems alive.

[@dennischiu272]

This is just a crazy idea, but what if Blizzard were give each class an Equality effect (a Battlecry, a spell, etc)? A 1-2 damage AoE spell turns into a tempo-swinging quasi-Twisting Nether. If nothing else, it would encourage the use of lesser - used board clears like Arcane Explosion.

[@JoViljarHaugstulen]

Well at least Twisting Nether is doing something right... it looks awesome XD

[@Dabordi]

24:37 "Doom for everyone!" "Gifts for all!" I'm getting mixed messages here.

[@Sephiko]

The nether-ending story.

[@MrScallywag331]

If a card like Enter the Coliseum was 5 mana, it would be insane. I would certainly bring Control Paladin into the meta, plus it would actually be a really good board clear.

[@empollak]

I was playing the mage class challenge for brm and i had 3 summoning portals in the mulligan. I was like, "wow! What a coincidence. I'll keep one of them." Then I drew 2 more summoning portals and I laughed so hard at the full summoning portal deck it gave me...

[@---yg1wv]

"Dreadsteed deck, or something dreadful like that" Come on Kripp, stop horsing around.

[@user-3dy]

Hey, play murloc shaman with everyfin is awesome,...Is the most relaxing and greatest deck in my opinion!

[@murlerinokripperino6600]

good guy

[@user-3dy]

ikr :D

[@Ropsuguy]

Isnt everyfin a paladin only card -, -

[@pulsefire5871]

+GangpanSpock anyfin is a pally card everyfin is neutral :)

[@JCloozy]

BEASTfckingCOAST I'm good broseph.

[@DenisCavalcantiMartins]

Twisting Nether - 8 manas ,clears board in HearthStone Wrath of God - 4 manas, clears board in Magic. Just think about which game is less SMOrc and thinking

[@daniggez]

+Denis Cavalcanti Martins This comment doesn't make sense at all.

[@HeyRamy]

you do know that almost no magic game lasts longer than 5 turns?

[@DenisCavalcantiMartins]

Ramyrror 47 If you play Legacy. There are a lot of turn 1 - 3 Combos. But T2 is another thing. Besides you can answer a lot of things in opponent's turn, just becasue you pass without using mana, so to make a play you need to think.

[@RealCoachMustafa]

+Denis Cavalcanti Martins I was thinking of of Damnation than Wrath of God since Damnation's art is practically the same thing as Twisting Nether.

[@Kahgro]

+Ramyrror 47 pretty sure he's talking about standard

[@LaMereACaniche]

Wrath of god, damnation, merciless eviction,day of judgement, supreme verdict. Yeaaaah, HS needs more.

[@Arne_Z]

+LaMereACaniche Terminus, that is the Card we actually need! (Maybe without the miracle though^^) gatherer.wizards.com/Handlers/Image.ashx?multiverseid=386295&type=card

[@LaMereACaniche]

Terminus would be waaaaaay too crazy imo ahah, that's why I didn't include it here. Some sort of miracle mechanic would be interesting though..

[@Arne_Z]

there is something like a Miracle mechanic allready... It´s called flame leviathan and isn´t all that great^^ But honestly a Card that said: 5 Mana Put all minions on the Bottom of their owners Decks and empty all your mana crystals. I think that would work since you can´t play it and establish any board on the same turn, but you can cast non creature spells (or creatures with battlecries you want) before casting it if you have the mana. Just an idea^^

[@purplebunz]

Chandra Pyromaster plus stoke the flames.

[@purplebunz]

+Purple Bunz or also forked lightning

[@jubeatrb5552]

I think the major reason for not putting so much board clear in the game is because most players would need to play around so many cards, which doesn't make the game that fun. Being the receiving end, board clear is the most enjoyable experience; though, the one being destroyed has a very negative feeling about the game.

[@Cranberrie123]

It should be said though that the 4 mana board clear (Damnation or wrath of god(?) are pretty old cards, and similar things in standard now cost several mana more. Damnation is also a 50 dollar card. The board clear abilities available now are still better than twisting nether though.

[@walkingbye]

End Hostilities 5 Mana though...

[@Cranberrie123]

+Kuru -chan yeah, I don't follow standard too much standard to much, but the point was that 4 mana destroy all creatures is not something that exists in standard.

[@bogdanstanciu7946]

Twisting Nether - Destroy all non-demon minions.

[@zukuu]

I'm gonna be honest. I played the whole time and never noticed that you can hide the discover pop up, until I saw you do it a few days ago and I play since closed beta and was multiple times legend and all that. lol

[@Roaming_Hobo]

Magic has several board clears that cost four mana. It also has much better spot removal. It also has a graveyard...

[@orccen]

To be fair Wrath of God is ludicrously good, most board clears are more like 6 mana in mtg, still fair point kripp

[@eliasvonknorrhane1356]

Hearthstone needs an exile effect.

[@Karpata1]

"More Twisting Nether" => Destroy all minions... Twice...

[@Kagarin05]

what about the warlocks boardclear, the one that destroys your minion? that ones pretty good combined with power overwhelming! smorc then clear board for 5 mana!

[@anthonyharding4380]

"and another one" - DJ Kripphaled 2016