How a Hearthstone Pro Won Chicago [Disney Lorcana Challenge]

Brian Cortade won Disney Lorcana challenge Chicago. Join us as we review his journey, his deck, tournament preparation, and how he things about TCGs. This is a brilliant interview.
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Chapters:
0:00 - TCG Background
01:16 - Why Emerald Steel?
02:41 - Matchups & Meta
05:24 - Why the "one ofs"?
07:07 - Why Hidden Cove?
09:24 - What did you learn this weekend?
12:05 - On play vs. deck building
14:52 - Preparing for tournaments
19:01 - Resetting between rounds
20:45 - The first four turns
27:47 - On Losing
29:52 - What's Next?
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[@AladdinsCastle23]

Such a professional and humble player. These are the types of winners and leaders who can be great role models for the game. His positive attitude about losing games to anyone and being okay with it is refreshing to hear. Great interview guys! Ill be uploading my interview with Tomas who finished 3rd Place in Chicago soon!

[@Ivanitis]

Congrats Brian! Thank you Illumiteers for the interview!

[@King_Of_Games]

29:53 😂 don’t get me wrong. I love the positivity in the comments but it’s hilarious that this guy literally found the nicest way Of getting away with saying that this game is not skill it’s chance. And also, you should probably get good it’s not the deck😂 The polite Trash Talk is amazing

[@lukewright9145]

Congratulations Brian ! Great interview- thanks for the in-site to the game !!

[@lunatesworld3047]

Woah!! I hope one day I can challenge players like him!

[@Illumiteers]

He’s a very nice guy and a great player!

[@saullozanoii]

Congrats Brian, from a fellow Michigan player!

[@markmiller6744]

Great interview! Wonderful questions and answers!

[@KrisPBaconnn]

6:10 so many people say you have to discard a song, but it’s an action. So Ba-Boom could be discarded as well for the shift.

[@Illumiteers]

This is a good point.

[@MrMac6375]

Winning is winning, regardless, but I'd love to see some fresh card game players come in and win.

[@Illumiteers]

I’m sure it will happen. Hard to catch up to 10+ years of experience this quickly, but, can’t wait for a new TCG player (first card game is Lorcana) to come in and win one!

[@chrisfurseth8586]

14:22 RIP Pixelborn

[@wolfwolf4686]

You can play on Table top simulator but it’s all manual

[@King_Of_Games]

27:33 It’s so weird seeing a casual player talk about regular plays like they’re the most big brain plays ever

[@Illumiteers]

I think, as we get better, we sometimes lose perspective on where we came from. Some of these plays are regular moves to more experienced players, but to someone who plays very casually, those may seem like brilliant moves, you know? And we also end up surrounding ourselves with players of similar skill, oftentimes. Especially to tournament grinders. So, we forget the casuals are out there! Erin is not a tournament player and prefers kitchen table and starter deck games (which is a fun way to play!) So, hearing how experienced players think is kind of cool.

[@King_Of_Games]

@@Illumiteers fair but what worries me in the future is that a simple competitive play someone gets enamored by and attributed to an individual versus the competitive scene. It is perspective, but it can also become a misleading narrative and a misleading perspective when a casual becomes the face of interviews for the competitive scene Somebody describes a play and what they were describing was giving themselves the best chance to win by ABC They got the out and took advantage of the opportunity from a turn 4 misplay. Or turn 3 gamble The players describing one thing and the interviewer is hearing chess in the fifth dimension I hope as she becomes a Prominent figure in this game. She is able to bridge the gap between a competitive player and a casual viewer instead of just being a part of the audience.

[@Illumiteers]

@@King_Of_Games all fair points. We’re trying to do both on our channel. Erin represents the casual player. Liam (me) represents the competitive player. Very experienced card gamer with tournament wins…although I haven’t been able to play on either Lorcana Challenge as I was asked to commentate. Take a look at our other deck profiles and competitive player interviews as you’ll see us present both perspectives. To your point, there is a danger to going too far the other way as well. If all casual players see is interviews conducted by high skill players to the point that the casual player doesn’t understand the conversation, then the bridge to competitive play seems VERY far off. It can be intimidating and off putting. So, having newer players take part in this conversation can be helpful. And, to be fair, Brian isn’t the average competitive player. He’s years on experience on the competitive Hearthstone circuit. Definitely above average! We really appreciate the insightful comments, by the way. Thanks for helping to make us better!

[@Illumiteers]

@@King_Of_Games all fair points. We’re trying to do both on our channel. Erin represents the casual player. Liam (me) represents the competitive player. Very experienced card gamer with tournament wins…although I haven’t been able to play on either Lorcana Challenge as I was asked to commentate. Take a look at our other deck profiles and competitive player interviews as you’ll see us present both perspectives. To your point, there is a danger to going too far the other way as well. If all casual players see is interviews conducted by high skill players to the point that the casual player doesn’t understand the conversation, then the bridge to competitive play seems VERY far off. It can be intimidating and off putting. So, having newer players take part in this conversation can be helpful. And, to be fair, Brian isn’t the average competitive player. He’s years on experience on the competitive Hearthstone circuit. Definitely above average! We really appreciate the insightful comments, by the way. Thanks for helping to make us better!

[@King_Of_Games]

@@Illumiteers of course I really wish the part that would’ve been highlighted because obviously he’s not an average competitive player the actual amazing advice that he gave to players to just get better with your deck. I think wasn’t highlighted enough or adressed enough. Some people believe it was humble He was for being able to lose to newcomers? It’s just he’s very realistic . The game has some you trying to get better by fixing your deck in an unsolved format Like that you lose a few times that’s gonna happen even if you’re really good with the best, it’s just a part of it Getting better regardless of accolades something that I think very much needed to hear so people don’t just keep switching

[@sphinx9517]

Bucky will get banned…… prob not lol

[@parttimecomix]

Can’t believe he dodged the mirror all weekend Sometimes you gotta run hot! GGs 💚🩶

[@Illumiteers]

Right? Couldn’t believe it!