Kripp Reacts to The Purity of the Cards and Designer Insights with Ben Brode: Purify

/ nl_kripp

[@Pebble_Collector]

"I hero power and emote" was one of my favourite lines.

[@PuckishAngeI]

the light shall burn you

[@TheAwkwardGuy]

So many good quotes from this one lel "I Pass!" "I summon the mighty 4 mana 7/7!" "If you can't deal with one, then what will you do against two?" (the face makes it good) "Purifier, Purify!!!" (the face makes it good) Oh well the entire video was gold xD

[@BabyConan41]

i found myself saying this to myself now when i play priest and have no turn 2 play

[@lemurman2635]

why would u put this card in ur deck

[@gulpsterhq5797]

Astounding!

[@htasul]

"and are rank 20, any deck is viable..." wise words, wise words indeed

[@TheScaper28]

tbh thought it said any deck is buyable.

[@htasul]

TheScaper28 its viable (makes far more sense since you cant buy decks)

[@j4kfr05t5]

+Harvey Sullivan Wanna' bet?

[@TheScaper28]

***** are you silly?

[@htasul]

TheScaper28 unless you're being sarcastic, it's viable.

[@noneofyourbusiness3288]

6:59 "some players like to win with bad cards." So that was the plan behind priest all along.

[@pinovids]

0.0 you cracked the code!!

[@markfidelix]

I lost my shit when he said that, holy fuck

[@lewicy165]

The problem is that you DON'T win with BAD cards

[@Robert399]

That's their ultimate design goal: make ALL the cards bad then all classes are equal. Next rotation: the year of the wisps!

[@pinovids]

Robert R thats actually the current problem, all cards swing the game, so its just a matter of who has the best curv, and who has the best answers, wich makes for more of a gambling game then a strategy game, dont get me wrong there is always a matter of drawing the right cards and shit, but if turn 1 or 2 decides the game... its kinda shitty,

[@Weckname]

''IN THE FUTURE OF HEARTHSTONE, THE FIRST PLAYER NOW STARTS WITH THE COIN. BLIZZARD NEVER EXPLAINED WHY THIS CHANGE WAS MADE.''

[@alanspirand880]

I actually paused video 8 times to read this. XD

[@longyinlai3021]

3:30... NOT THE ONLY ONE

[@Jack_Rakan]

It was for balance reasons, since players with the coin lose 10-20% more matches then players without it. They did that so it would balance out the increased win rate of players going first.

[@AIpuchino]

You literally read this sentence the opposite of what it says. FIRST PLAYER STARTS WITH COIN. its not that hard, now you know its a joke

[@rhysbarrett5449]

this was done so you have a 50% chance to win the game no matter what deck you play, because whoever goes first wins

[@MatijaReby]

God damn it every time i remember this video exists and watch it again it gets even better.

[@petertaylor4647]

Matija Reby Ii

[@umutoruc832]

ikr :D

[@DecayedPony]

5 years later, still is a banger.

[@pozhiloemyaso7045]

neverlucky , fukin top Deck Purifier

[@blackdragons8011]

"There you go boys. never lucky. fucking top deck purifie" i fucking cried holy shit

[@SmashCentralOfficial]

I still watch that yugioh edit every couple of months because it's just so good lmao

[@bonesawII]

I watched this and the laughing spannish man talking about priest being bad now 5 year later. Im laughing so hard xD

[@JB-rl8ki]

It's so good haha

[@EteamProductions]

Same, I come back to it even after not playing Hearthstone haha

[@Winning781]

6th or 7th time watching the purity of the cards reaction...... that shit is hilarious bro

[@TheLocoRunner]

"Grandpa why would you put this card in your deck?" xD

[@yung_mlody]

Me too

[@wolv0223]

This is why Old Man Willakers is the best.

[@Itsyykki]

Yep, gotta watch always when youtube recommends it

[@Spironic]

Yeah for some reason KZbin will randomly stick this video in my recommended videos feed every few months and I always watch it again. So good.

[@archaontheeverchosen7980]

This is better then actual new yugioh epsiodes.

[@nicholaschandler8583]

Any-fucking thing is better than that atrocious series

[@when7573]

Adam Smith Got past Synchros. Added in a multiverse and a character that, while being weaker than everyone, is stronger than everyone. Added idiotic new rules, the newest of which requires you to buy a pendulum. The avatar, the essence, the very core of garbage.

[@NetherPrime]

You activated my trap card!

[@Mylifestoriesmaybe]

Adam Smith new yugioh is shiat

[@expressrobkill]

how can you say that more good meme's have bean made about yu-gi-oh then any other animated series.

[@xgalarion8659]

purify is not that bad, you can pull crazy combs with it For example you can alright i give up.

[@jeanpablotwice6058]

From the time perspective, this card was pretty good and seen the use. Lmao.

[@plantpreyer2135]

i mean you could purify an ancient watcher on turn 3, coin play another ancient watcher and silence it

[@PaddyRoon7]

I mean you could have just coined a yeti on turn 3 and played another one on turn 4.

[@themiamiman1393]

You can combo purify into concede

[@krukblood-axe3649]

@@PaddyRoon7 Best kinda card. Just 3 numbers and a dream xD

[@MaeseEidos]

3:31 "In the future of Heartstone, the first plaer now starts with the coin. Blizzard never explained why this change was made".

[@jacobwillis2012]

did anyone else try to close the ad at the beginning? LOL

[@LaJin9292]

No, I have AdBlock.

[@GandalfsBeard88]

I did, thank god he closed it ahah

[@TheAwkwardGuy]

I did too lel.

[@SpicyFiur]

I tried...

[@advkow]

Yeah, it's kind of ingrained into me

[@armaniac661]

"This card is useless" xD

[@PvtVallen]

Purifying an ancient watcher, so its a 4 mana 4/5, for 2 cards that then draws a card. Which makes it a 1 card 4 mana 4/5, hmmmm I wonder if there are any other cards like that in the game already.......

[@pixywings7715]

You need a 2 card combo to get a card that sees ZERO play.

[@jurajhojcska5920]

don't forget you lose a card in your deck.

[@tomekkret617]

But you can play it on turn 2 and attack already on turn 3 + for example give it PW:S. Wombo combo!

[@petrmuzik3497]

Toraps: that combo wombo sux alot and with nonaggresive class like priest its waste of dust/cards/time.

[@Dylems]

what about using the 0 mana silence that priest already has ? xD

[@IncomingGhost]

His argument for Majordomo ignores the fact that Majordomo is neutral, and a legendary card. This basically diverts the fact that Purify fucked up Priest in Arena

[@tcoren1]

The video goes on to talk about arena balance. Ben says that they plan to eventually have a system for determining how often cards come up (aside from rarity) but for now they're just gonna make purify not appear in arena

[@martinzyka6432]

Well, the argument also ignores that Majordomo is actually fun to play, and even useful in some specific cases like tavern brawl or solo adventures. Like that last heroic when the opponent summons 1/1 copy of your minions. Shit card, but really really fun to play. Purify is not fun at all. I wouldn't mind a shitty card with some crazy wild effect, but Purify is a joke. I can silence Ancient Watcher, great, that was fun in Hearthstone beta, not now.

[@markfidelix]

He actually was trying to say that Purify is a great card... to silence Majordomo

[@Idlehampster]

Purify wont be included in arena.

[@spielwoj1319]

+Mark Fidelix that's pretty stupid considering majordomo is 9 mana and purify is 2

[@ZombieMonkey7]

F to the original Purity of the Cards since it was deleted after the creator suffered an existential crisis/meltdown

[@theeleventhdoctor2043]

Why did they delete it?

[@ZombieMonkey7]

@@theeleventhdoctor2043 Basically they had this tabletop roleplaying game called Urealms Live going on that was fairly big for what it was. A lot of things happened to make it go awry, it was canceled, and about a half a year later he removed all his videos.

[@theeleventhdoctor2043]

@@ZombieMonkey7 damn that makes me sad

[@ZombieMonkey7]

@@theeleventhdoctor2043 To make it more sad since you knew him from the hs meme side of content. He actually did some other good hearthstone memes besides purity, but he made one bad one that was received poorly by the community, so he didn't make anymore hearthstone memes after that.

[@theeleventhdoctor2043]

@@ZombieMonkey7 damn now I’m really sad

[@k9commander]

9 months later, Purify Priest is a tier 2 deck. The Purifier, AKA Humongous Razorleaf. Do you hear that?! Its the sound of Ben Brode laughing.

[@leagueofpentas5942]

They dont want make purify 1 mana because it would be too powerfull just to draw cards? Power word shield??

[@willdiaz943]

i guess they dont want a bunch of 1 mana cycles because in therory if priest can cycle 20 cards, they can have an otk combo by turn 10 guarenteed

[@SOADandLeftWing]

and still be dead by turn 6 :D, since all the good healing and good removal is in paladin :D

[@turntsnaco824]

Good removal in Paladin? luuuuuuuuuul

[@candy-ass4915]

It's because Purifier is too strong, obviously.

[@SOADandLeftWing]

Turnt SNACO does the game have anything more powerful than pyro + equality for 4 mana and 2 cards?

[@FellTheSky]

the risk was too high to make priest actually competitive

[@calvite100]

you just have to believe in your deck :P

[@Terrible_name]

and be rank 20

[@_DarkMoves]

and no priest

[@alexboyles9344]

Dont forget about only playing tavern brawl sometimes

[@rapsody230]

Yep, now autoplay priest is tier one, what a joke.

[@kroolini3678]

I have to watch this thing at least twice a day to keep my depression at bay

[@Aflay1]

2 mana Silence all friendly minions Destroy all silenced minions Discard entire deck Deal 30 damage to your hero

[@sweatyeti]

I suggest 0 mana, so you can play it on turn 1.

[@Mancboy2000]

At least its only 2 mana Kappa.

[@Dc-rh5vp]

Still better than purify

[@krzysztofbartczak3834]

All you have to do is have a way to gain armor/iceblock and paladin cards. Then when you're above 30 EHP, you just need to play Grand Crusader and get Eye for an Eye and you instawin, this is way too op dude!

[@Fucisko]

Eye for an Eye doesn't work on your own turn (where you'd take the damage).

[@rdk750]

3:32 "In the future of Hearthstone, the first player now starts with the coin. Blizzard never explained why this change was made."

[@kirayoshikage8007]

Even after all these years this is still my favorite hearthstone video

[@Ludonym]

I think Ben was really just trying to say: "We made a jank card because we could"

[@chrisberg2]

That yugi meme video is probably one of my favorite - wish there were more great hearthstone meme videos out there.

[@gregorymichaels9095]

“I’m sure sometime priest will be really good.” Kripp said. Now look at Raza priest. It actually got nerfed because it was so strong.

[@indo1354]

5 years ago: 2 mana, Silence a friendly minion and draw a card 5 years later: 1 mana freeze a minion and draw a card. I see a problem

[@user-jc1kq1qb5j]

Just you wait for 0 mana freeze all enemy minions,gain 5 armor,draw a card,reduce its cost by 2

[@ptderu7349]

brode actually commented about this card " there are players who want to win with bad cards, that is why we made Purify"

[@Carpatouille]

This is why I don't play TCG games anymore despite loving them so much. The power creep over the years become too much and too ridiculous, and always pushes you to either pay or play 24/7 to be up to date, and all your previous cards and decks are usually obsolete in a matter of months if not weeks.

[@Lolminport]

THE UNICORN PRIEST IS REAL!!!!

[@Fatality101]

He played his 2nd flamewreathed faceless on Turn 5, but he was overloaded by (2) so he only had 3 mana to spend. :O Damn cheating Kripp!

[@scopeless22]

If you pause it at the time the text appears, it says that the player who goes first starts with coin in the future for no reason.

[@Fatality101]

Screw the rules Kripp has money!

[@Terrible_name]

he coined it out! read the rules :P

[@argumentumadhominem3977]

But what does pot of greed do?

[@Sargedaheavy]

When you play Pot of Greed (which lets you draw two cards from your deck), you get to draw two cards from your deck.

[@asrer579]

I miss the old hearthstone. I love this video.

[@masterjas2]

This parody was already hilarious but Kripps reaction makes it even better.

[@uzernam303]

This is a video uploaded by a fourth party of a streamer reacting to a video made by a third party of a hypothetical duel between himself and another person. Mind = blown.

[@Guyviroth]

Well this card definitely changed the meta. It completely removed a class from the game. Kappa.

[@superduper853]

Thanks for compiling this for us!

[@NKofman]

11:40 The day has come my friend...

[@vladvoinea7759]

NKofman Kripperino seerino

[@Gundams33d00]

Silence Priest. Silence Every Priest Player By Making Them Uninstall The Game For Good

[@candy-ass4915]

I guess if you silence priest, he turns into a 0 mana 0/30, which can then be countered by shadow word: pain, making PRIEST VIABLE! GENIUS!

[@maxshibanov818]

draw a card

[@johnerana6483]

Is that old man willakers

[@phosie1380]

Yes, though it was voiced by deadbones I think

[@Slashatopia2]

Yeah, both Kripp and B.B. Jr. were deadbones

[@NeostormXLMAX]

Awww the original video has been deleted, Rewatching this only now i realize how often people grunt in anime

[@mauricioc.7746]

Everytime I come here to rewatch this masterpiece I try to close that video AD only to fail miserably

[@meattape574]

This is one of my all time favorite videos

[@rasmusbjrn9179]

“We are compairing a half eaten sandwich with a rotten cucumber”

[@harryb12993]

honestly that card wouldnt even get played if it was real

[@Zebo12345678]

Well, it was a joke card in parody of Yu-Gi-Oh, because Yugi is not only the most lucky sonofabitch ever, but he also has totally bunk victories. XD

[@artificialfreedom]

Yeah actually 95% of yugis duels follow the same concept :D

[@KarstenOkk]

Are you sure? 3 card combo for 10 mana. Seems pretty good.

[@Junmitis]

thanks for uploading this

[@qenjaboy]

A damn masterpiece.

[@LotusIII]

2020 and still coming back to this masterpiece.

[@crisakawlni9185]

I miss those days man

[@MrRaja]

gain 2 mana for silencing your own minion and draw 2 cards if it was a death-rattle minion.

[@superduper853]

That's actually a really good idea, kudos

[@ElJefeBingus]

+Jamie Miller no it's not

[@superduper853]

Really? I'm not that good at evaluating cards, could you tell me why it would be bad?

[@maskajunior9675]

too situatinal. another good, but dead card for priest

[@superduper853]

yeah, but at least its better than purify

[@patbateman6647]

Love the "I call on the 4-mana seven-seven!" lol

[@DemiizeLol]

I can't believe it's been over 7 years since this video

[@DuBstep115]

Felt like it was the peak of HS, best decks, best streams and the game was actually fun. I quit about 5 years ago

[@lemondude6174]

Now we know that it only takes one expansion to make a class from the worst to almost straight up overpowered

[@sorinnoctis652]

lol that shit was funny. ben brode looks really upset at the fan base.

[@goggariS]

The feeling is mutual

[@ThatGuyWhoHides]

cause he fucked up

[@Sirbananajack]

Cause hearthstone fanbase is never satisfied with what they have

[@TwistedFireX]

Sirbananajack I wonder why...

[@DASHVEED]

almost 3 years later.... still amazing

[@bronzieblue63]

Brode, make a fun card that is also viable for competitive, that is the only thing that I can say to you.

[@lemondude6174]

BronzieBlue Yogg :>

[@bronzieblue63]

Okay, Yogg is a good point, but make MORE fun and competitively viable cards.

[@jake-xy3pq]

Yeah, I loved Yogg enough to disenchant a Golden Deathwing

[@jake-xy3pq]

*and craft yogg

[@tcoren1]

BronzieBlue that's the problem. Yogg was great for precisely this reason and then they killed him

[@citybuilder45]

11:40 I'm sure sometime priest is going to be really good... fast forward to September 2017

[@clemoutoftime]

fast forward to February 2018... yikes

[@maiktheliar6807]

@@clemoutoftime Fast forward to july 2018... yikes yikes

[@noxytrox4474]

@@maiktheliar6807 iS sOmEoNe InJuReD? ?? ? ?

[@moltrescompany]

@@noxytrox4474 I see a dark future

[@samjones5399]

he should rename himself into: Ben Troll.

[@TheMistaBiscuit]

Maybe Ben Trolled

[@levinbarnes1995]

anyone else notice that he mass dispelled 4 of the 5 minions not all five and therefore lost the game?

[@Superpanzy]

He had a 0 mana silence aswell, it makes the noise on the last turn

[@FateStayN1ght]

Well if you look at the unicorn text it just needs opponent to have silenced minions not all of them to be silenced .

[@Maxman013_]

"5 silenced minions" It needs 5 minions to be silenced. He would have needed to play his 0 mana Silence card on the 2nd 4 mana 7/7 to have 5 silenced minions.

[@roppis9258]

You can hear the silence when they are talking, so he did have 5 silenced minions.

[@jaaki94]

Also the shaman played 2nd flamewreath even though he as overloaded

[@ZachStachelski13]

BruceWillikers is actually the legendary Rhyukar who made Jimmy the World of Warcraft story and Time Gnomes.

[@prdprdprdprdprdel]

And here we are in 2018, when 4 mana 7/7 is not good enough to see any play and purify is still being used in silence priest meme decks..

[@airalert33]

Maybe only applicable to those who lived through the Tunnel Trogg/Totem Golem openers era, but every time I watch this it gets more and more hilarious

[@ExFragMaster]

My Fav Video with Kripp i think.

[@randompastahandle]

to be fair purify is genuinely one of the top 10 most iconic cards in Hearthstone history.

[@jodyrappin]

"reacts"

[@lel90]

yes

[@Joey_Shepard]

Does anyone have link to VOD on Twitch or know which date it was streamed?

[@Joey_Shepard]

Found, if anyone wants it: www.twitch.tv/nl_kripp/v/82552522?t=2h33m26s

[@rishabhbapat5824]

Shepard thank you ny friend!

[@benmoxon]

"I'm sure at some point priest is going to be really good." I wonder if the blow back from purify was what led to the highlander days :P

[@evantyler8647]

I'm really happy Bruce had a video get so popular. Is this the first channel this aired on, or a repost?

[@Carpatouille]

Was the original video deleted ?

[@lostfound4361]

"never lucky... fucking topdeck purifier" rest in kripperronies

[@TimS1337]

is Kripps voice in the video the one from GreenHamGaming? for me it sounds like that

[@kylianos3907]

Funny that he'd bring up Majordomo, that card actually combos really nicely with purify.

[@KirillTheBeast]

You can tell BBrode is very aware of the fact that nobody respects him nor his criteria to design cards

[@damienweyrauch1124]

don't be rude to dad :(

[@Psychoranma5027]

One year later imagine a purify that could silence anything and makes you draw a card for 2 mana in pre-nerfed razakaza. That would've been kinda insane. Same goes for silence priest. I think they made a good job on purify, just not in the right timing.

[@HierapolisPhrygia]

I rewatch this often

[@tigolbitties8008]

This is truer than ever at the movement with OTK and combo decks all over ladder. That and Hunterstone. Side note: this is still as hilarious as the first time I saw it.

[@imaloony8]

It's extra funny because Purify and Silence were eventually part of a really good priest deck. I don't know if it was ever Tier 1, but it was at least Tier 2.

[@matthewlittle9475]

Been subscribed to Bruce forever

[@squiddy286]

why no chat?

[@jakea4558]

Go to bruce willakers channel, bet there is alot more views and chat there :)

[@Baldie22]

+Jake A no there isn't....

[@jakea4558]

Michael Impoco Well im stumped. The video is hilarious. Kripp needs to add this to his channel.

[@jakea4558]

Michael Impoco Yes there is a lot.

[@Fiufsciak]

You seriously want to see LOLs and Kappas from the bottom to the top?

[@Protopro91]

"Well now it's my turn! I pass!" "Hah! Well played!"

[@limen008]

Its weird to see this video again after years now that silence is a somewhat used keyword

[@Rakshasaaaa]

The golden times.

[@sunny3545]

Who else thought there was a and on their screen at 0:33 kill me

[@pedroluiz2516]

"Never lucky, f#cking top deck Purifier" Simply Kripp

[@beyOndzZz]

man i dont even play hearthstone anymore (since karazhan) but this is one of the funniest parodies i've ever seen :D I laughed my ass out . tbh yu-gi-oh/HS parodies are all golden

[@jschram84]

at around 3:30 there's a frame with a lot of text on it can anyone read it i can't get it to pause on that frame

[@darkchiron]

"In the future of Hearthstone, the first player now starts with the coin. Blizzard never explained why this change was made." I assume this was to make up for the fact the mana curve doesn't work out correctly otherwise. :D

[@Sai1Nonly]

That text was there because on turn 4, he played a Flamewreathed Faceless, which cost 4 mana but has an overload of 2. Which would mean on turn 5, Kripp would only have 3 mana. Yet he played another Flamewreathed Faceless, which again, costs 4 mana. So to solve that, the video creator put in a little note to explain it.

[@hom3slicez]

For future reference, you can press ',' or '.' while the video is paused to move backwards or forwards 1 frame respectively.

[@TemporalOnline]

+Homeslice TYVM!!!! Where did you learn that?! That's really useful!

[@mZStarCraft]

Wow, thanks this is super useful!

[@marcushendriksen8415]

"We're, like, comparing a half eaten sandwich with a rotten cucumber", LOL!

[@Darkspawn6666]

This is fucking amazing

[@theviewerofart]

"We're in the gutter, comparing a half-eaten sandwich to a rotten cucumber." Exactly right, Kripp. Also Brode mentioned that sometimes trash cards are fine, like with Majordomo Executus. But the fun factor of Majordomo Executus is that it's a ridiculous card that can win or lose either player the game regardless of who plays it or is randomly given it through minion summoning mechanics. Purify's supposed fun factor lies in being able to occasionally win with crappy minions by removing their downsides (or restoring diminished minions to their full glory), but the card is just abysmally bad at doing this. A bad card is only fine if it's still fun when it's bad. Purify would only really be fun if it were good since it simply doesn't fulfill its intended design purpose in other scenarios. That's just my two cents on the matter though. I know I'm beating a dead horse with this, but this design decision is interesting enough for me to want to discuss it anyway over a year later.

[@treedude4246]

Has the original gone?

[@Dryaspis]

I just laugh every time its so good XD

[@Zaturn_]

FeelsBadMan Rip Ben Brode

[@moekofi2561]

Wait... Won't purify silence the purifier before purifiers effect activates?

[@jhar842]

I missed the 'nah that is fucking bullshit' at the end by Kripp in the first video

[@johnathant6735]

Unicorn priest will never be forgotten

[@cihangunes1502]

The prophecy is coming true

[@GamezGamer]

so what was wrong with the ad?

[@christo6194]

THIS WAS 6 YEARS AGO??????? WTF

[@adrianronquillo6410]

I know time flies so fast :(

[@geebster.]

Funny part is...Purify priest ended up being pretty good a couple expansions later.

[@Wolfiegangs]

When you try and close the ad but pause the video instead...

[@cladothehobbit8290]

Looking back, does anyone think that a 1 mana purify would see a one of in razakus priest as a one of to as lyra and cycle bait?

[@slo8503]

What I think the Hearthstone team doesn't understand is the meta.... people play fun decks, sure. But not a lot. 99% of matches are played for one reason: to win. To win, you must play the meta decks, of which few are very fun (in my opinion). Instead of changing the meta around, they are saying: but we made fun decks! Yeah, welp, almost nobody plays these.

[@morrigen3]

i only play to make the other player feel bad. thats why i run 2 varieties of mill rogue and a mill druid i dont win very much : ^)

[@Eshiay]

Did anyone else try to delete the ad in the video of the video?

[@andrewpurvis1754]

best thing since Jimmy the WoW story and Time Gnomes