*NEW* Murlocs & Dragons! | Hearthstone Battlegrounds

[@Ahzealion]

They recently changed cultist to also say "with its maximum stats" instead of with enchantments, so I imagine the trinket will also behave like cultist currently does.

[@TheMirksta]

Yeah idk why nobody is noticing this, the interaction with Bramblewitch means maximum stats when the minion dies are 3/3

[@MrDragonorp]

​@TheMirksta yeah brainfart. I remember utilizing this new change to ruin cultist boards, and also because of this change I was mindful af with enemy running 2 bramblewitches ahahh.

[@CaptainSweatpants90]

Exactly this. The word "maximum" is just there because if it wasn't, it would always give 0 health, since that's its current health when it died.

[@Shadybunny]

Good spot!

[@panbrzoza5920]

Hey Boss. Just wanted to thank you. Thanks to your videos I climbed from 4000 mmr to 7500 in this season!

[@mifesta2570]

I might be wrong, but itsn't it THE FIRST TIME Rockpool has been removed since the beginning of bgs?

[@UserNameAnonymous]

Yep. One of only a couple of og minions left.

[@TheMirksta]

19:30 Seems like this trinket with golden Poet will just double your entire boards attack every turn which is pretty insane

[@MrDragonorp]

yeah, imagine you also have 2 great trinkets with the other one making the attack also the health super cool. but I also like is that every hero can run this setup, and its not every game.

[@BlazingLemurian]

The way I see it there are 3 ways this could work: 1) Like you said, it doubles your whole board's attack. 2) Each minion will get the difference twice, so with a 20 damage dragon and a 25 damage dragon the first one would get +5 twice. 3) They get set to the highest attack twice, which does nothing different than setting it once.

[@TheMirksta]

@@BlazingLemurian What it should do (I think) is set the dragon next to the golden poet to the highest attack, then double the amount of attack that was added to that minion to make it to the highest attack value, and make it permanent. So for example if I have a 20 attack minion, 2x5 attack dragons and a golden poet with one 5 attack not touching the poet, the 5 attack dragon touching the poet will gain 15 to reach 20, and then double that to get 35 attack permanently. The rest of the board will be set to 20 attack that fight, then reset after. Then next combat, if we swap the 5 attack dragon and the new 35 attack dragon's places so that only the 5 is touching the poet and the 35 isn't, attack will be set to 35, the dragon touching the poet will double the difference so ends up at 65 attack, and so on. You need to get a new small dragon next to the poet every turn, but other that it seems relatively easy to do, especially if you start with a higher attack 'big' minion than only 20.

[@ViktorLoR_Mainu]

Its "set", not "give".

[@TheMirksta]

@@ViktorLoR_Mainu Technically true but to set a minions stats to something higher that they already are you have to give them stats. As far as I know setting stats usually activates bonus effects like Whelp smuggler, and even something like an evolve effect can if a dragon transforms from a smaller one to a bigger one. If that is true then this trinket should work with gold poet too

[@rexchance5598]

Still think nothing beats Leapers with Titus (+stealth). Don't forget, you only need to fold a piece of paper 42 times to reach the moon and 103 times to leave the observable universe behind.

[@NightStarReal]

8:32 No. As they said when nerfing Cultist, if minion is Brambled, its maximum stats are 3/3.

[@fluffy4338]

Who said it? And btw, isn't the bramblewitche's stat change to 3/3 considered an enchantment? So it has no effect on the cultist's reanimation?

[@NightStarReal]

@@fluffy4338 devs said it. Bramble set stats to 3/3 (not reduce the stats to 3/3), so max stats will be 3/3 (it work as a spell "set minion's stats to 20/20")

[@Aeternae02]

TY editor for leaving the end in. 🥰

[@gabry2558]

Brann portrait is also gonna boost the buff from murky by being a murloc, so you get an ever better gain of stats compared to type-less brann

[@shanedancer3895]

I think a build that might almost impossible to pull off but has exponential scaling is doing leapfrogger + amalgam + persistent poet + kelthuzad. If you can get some leapfrog deathrattles onto an amalgam permanently using persistent poet, KT will be able to spread them permanently between two friendly amalgams. If you have gold KT and a Titus they will quadruple their stats every turn. At the end it would be like a Teron Buddy + KT build except once you scale hard enough you can run beasts like the new tier 6 to become immune to scam because the leapfrog deathrattle will spread in combat making any summoned units massive

[@rckxu5969]

Yo thats sick, i wanna try that

[@shanedancer3895]

@@rckxu5969 beasts and dragons arent allowed in the same lobby because of an unwanted interaction and I'm 99% sure that's what it is. I realized that you dont even really need the kel thuzad, just havinf persistent poet move leapfrogger deathrattle to motley and then having two motleys could have it get very out of hand without even needing a tier 6 minion

[@rckxu5969]

@@shanedancer3895 I see, by unwanted interaction do you mean the combo you are talking about?

[@shanedancer3895]

@@rckxu5969 yeah I think I underestimated how strong it would be bc I didn’t realize how op leaders would be in general. Getting like 4 leaper deathrattles on an amalgam is absurd and also really easy to do and it scales so absurdly fast compared to anything in the game except actually exponential scaling like gold argent braggart

[@TheMirksta]

15:25 I think there is a world where you play the in combat double stats trinket with only two Tarecs on the board and just powerlevel

[@Reyhue]

Was thinking the same. Hard to survive and very easy to scam in late game, but you could potentially just overrun people with some 1000/1000 tarec if they don't expect it. Can also add the alliance keychain so one tarec grows when the other die

[@MrDragonorp]

​@@ReyhueI would build a tarec only board, and run in hand a scam build to pump late game, bramble, leroy, venom and alike

[@lushapane]

The problem with this is that it is more likely that your small tarec always dies first

[@TheMirksta]

@@lushapane I'm talking about the start of combat double stats one, it doesn't matter the order in which they die because they always get the stats

[@lushapane]

@@TheMirksta 👍👍

[@jamesjohnsoniii8068]

Pirates: here is an MST, it now negates Murloc/Dragon: Here have a Zeus Beast/Undead: My Zeus also banishes opponent's hand brah

[@dokka94]

Loved the bloopers

[@iliya1933]

16:26 - Training certificate is going to be doubly difficult with any sort of Brann/Kalec build, because Brann would take buffs from this and not keep them even when next to a Poet. Maybe with a Rallier/Poet build it makes sense, but I can’t see this being easy in general, as you said. EDIT: Just saw the Bronzebeard Portrait. That would definitely change things.

[@jenszyballa3135]

The "Brann Guy" is getting the perfect Trinket. That has to be fun

[@lorenzocorrea7178]

There are some really relevant trinket combos that are worth mentioning. The trinket that doubles the attack isn't too slow if it is permanent, specially due to being 2 units. It's problem is the fact that it isn't actual exponential, because it's the weakest. That being said, there are 2 greater trinkets that should've been brought up that fix that problem: the first is the one that sets health to be the greatest between health and attack, and the second is the one that levels the attack across the board. With the one that levels, it means you get exponential attack scaling for a 7 unit board, provided that you can get permanent buffs to 6. So 2 tarec, 2 poet, and you can even afford a non dragon unit because you're doubling the 2 weakest, and you only need 1 of those to be permanent. With the one that sets health for attack, I believe you should find 2 tarec or 2 poet and just sell everything else. 2 tarec on 6 means they have 40 attack if you do nothing else, but you could easily hold some buffs. And you're going to lose. But if you find the make health = attack on 9, you're not losing to anyone anymore except scam. You can milk the double exponential scaling for a few turns as well until you need more units to survive scam, because no one can beat you in stats anymore

[@snigor1775]

Interesting that the Brann Portrait makes Brann both murloc and dragons, which can sinergize with some combat buffs while playing murloc

[@snigor1775]

Can't yet think of a way this can benefit anything, but still interesting

[@asais44]

11:30 This combo seems absolutely insane for a lesser trinket

[@keyforlock4299]

Yeah I agree. It's just an auto pick and hardroll for the tier 5 dragon. It's gonna get changed in some way for sure but we can abuse it while its here

[@acelovesit]

Thanks for all these videos. It's a good way to learn some different styles of play. Am I right in thinking that the Trinkets are a new mechanic and not a mode? So basically staying around regardless even if a new mode comes in half way through the season?😊

[@gustavofarias1417]

The Brann portrait won't be as strong with murlocs, because Murky is out. But with dragons it might be a new S tier strat, since Kalecgos is still around

[@drewmenzel3914]

Murky is out? it got nerfed I know this last patch, but it wasn't in the minions that Shady had rotating out

[@RafitoOoO]

It's not out and support for battle cry still sucks so Kaly is still mid at best.

[@MrDragonorp]

​@@RafitoOoOyeah true, kali really needs to get buffed to 1/2 per battlecry

[@Blasthole]

Dragonwing glider on Hunter of gathers with a quilboar/naga game where you generate spells or blood gems could be insane. Spam buffing the hunter with gems and they double dip with their buff with the glider

[@vitorqueiroz8791]

That tier 6 murloc seems Extremely op

[@DragonZarman]

IMO strong but not OP because it'll buff random other cycle minions you've in your hand.

[@EnderGoku9001]

I can almost imagine it with the Tier 7 murloc

[@DerekRawlings]

Agreed. This feels like this rotation's Ghoulacabra. I wouldn't be surprised if it was eventually nerfed to +3/+3.

[@drdickinson5910]

Time to spam some murlocs

[@christophergideon8786]

If you buy the lesser trinket will you always be offered the upgraded version of that one on the greater trinket turn?

[@jojoj81Gaming]

Timepiece send very nice for warp wing, pump attack as much as possible and it's health will match in combat giving it even more trades

[@anderandersson5229]

Mrglin burglar, fun with that 1+1 hero. Fun with the quest guy with the give board stats that you sell

[@orlando3983]

With leapers and stealth titus plus the support for damage beasts, beasts might be the best. I do have a huge beast bias though because they are my favorite tribe 😂

[@vincanthofred8195]

From the way it's worded, the Alliance keychain makes it seem like it will work for the first time EACH minion dies? or is it just the first minion

[@vincanthofred8195]

After looking at rockin music box, it does look a bit slow but it also says you get a battlecry at the end of each turn , so maybe if you were already planning to go for drakkari, it might be interesting

[@hoodiegaltf]

I think golden poet + emerald dreamcatcher is going to be incredible, doubling the attack of two+ of your dragons

[@Plumerlly]

Wannabe Gargoyle seems like it'll be really fun to play around with. Depraved Felfin seems like it'll be good when playing Bigglesworth and Silas (depending on how you roll tickets). Burglar seems like it's going to be very, very strong. It'll probably get nerfed to only giving +4/+4 and +8/+8 for regular and golden versions respectively. Twilight Emissary coming back is nice, it's just a solid T2. Warpwing will be so good for Kalecgos builds. I'm excited to play with it again. Poncho and Murcules are just good early game minions that could be good to build around if you're staying low on purpose - maybe for an Aranna build if Elementals aren't in? Glad to see the 2/5 Murloc leave. I didn't find it to be useful at all. Paper Drake leaving makes sense since Warpwing is coming back. Smart change. Murozond leaving makes Brann-centered builds weaker but I don't think it changes the game in a revolutionary way. It's been one of my favorite cards for a while but I'm not heartbroken to see it leave. Nightbane leaving makes the game much healthier imo.

[@Plumerlly]

Dragonwing Glider is gonna be a fun little scam when playing Thorim because if you roll a Ravager and build the rest of your board well, you'll just have an insane cleave that'll probably avoid amage 90% of the time.

[@Plumerlly]

Nerglish Phrasebook with 'Loc Prince might be really strong just to make a huge minion. Won't be game winning but will be a good tempo play mid-game.

[@TheMerryOne]

with brann trinket, you should be able to discover more branns from spells and the 5 drop murloc then no?

[@mefpk5674]

Training certificate (15:41) with lasher could be fun, when its a little tough to buff damge on it, and giving it double health is just like, ridicoulouse

[@sebastianjobson1696]

What is the ordering for these new start-of-combat trinkets? If it’s in-combat board buffs, followed by greater trinket, followed by lesser trinket, you could do some absolute shenanigans with emerald+certificate

[@fluffy4338]

I wonder how Bronze Timepiece will work with minions with auras, like the Eternal Knight

[@gantref9202]

The trainijg certificate seems busted if you can get double powts in a reasonable amount of time. Eapecially if you can get a yoolon and golsen them. Quadruple stats on your 2 lowest minions seems really really good

[@onegirltwojackets2835]

I feel like Wannabe Gargoyle should have been Undead as well. Not really for any balance reasons but for flavor reasons. Also will there be three Tier 6 dragons this season? I don't recall seeing anything about Hatespawn (or Kalecgos) being removed.

[@zillstilltrill3446]

Yo didn't saw the rest of the reveals but Tier 5 Demon Murloc on a Mech board with Boxer and the discovers of Clunker Junker seems insane!!

[@NetherstarGamer]

1:43 This looks good for Murk-Eye (I'm assuming it's still in the game, haven't watched the video fully). Because if you get a full hand of murlocs that's 20 buffs if you had nothing else in your hand. Average of 3/3 per murloc for arguments sake, that's 60/60, and then golden is 120/120, so its possibly a hidden gem. Again assuming murk eye and stuff are still in. Unless I've just wasted my time 😂😂

[@georgefreewell7336]

I find it weird that you didn't break the trinkets into which one were murlocs and which ones dragons. The card reveal was all mixed together too. I still thumbs up the video. For the onesie combo, how about that new reborn dragon? Then they would have to Leroy it twice to really get rid of it and you would still be ahead

[@kujojotarostandoceanman2641]

11:40 hunter gatherer + naga board would be crazy fun

[@tutumcorda5972]

why naga?

[@jacobvest3750]

Oh man…bronzebeard portrait waiting room over here. That’s the dream lol, I’ll take that every time it’s offered 🤣

[@VGDeepLore]

Discover murloc seems kinda nutty when you’re popping off with Brann-Murkeye. I feel like people are really under-valuing it.

[@Esonar]

I am so happy leapers are back. I'm going to be perma 3k MMR because I'll try and force them every game. I love them *THAT* much. 😂

[@AppleJaxx4U]

Thank you, editor, for leaving it in 😆

[@vincanthofred8195]

You forgot to mention that you can give divine shield to warpwing (glowscale and more) and it's crazy

[@rij9889]

Emerald Dreamcatcher with golden poet sounds fun...

[@ImLqzr]

Loves these daily videos and your daughter at the end made me smile!

[@dylanh.3793]

new drinking game, take a shot every time shady mentions persistent poet

[@MsMassacre-j9y]

Removing magmaloc is a stab in the heart

[@trungthanhtran2236]

I wonder if poet can keep Warpwing immunity or not, that is an enchantment

[@LegendRed01]

There is some Lore to unpack here.. reno a Blue Dragon and Bran a Murloc Dragon 🤔

[@0zzmarXTv]

When we will see this update into the game?

[@AngryLlamas]

Murozond is gone but we now have the Murozond spell!

[@DanteKrystal]

Such a shame the editor got fired after leaving that last clip in They will be missed

[@RafitoOoO]

Nightbane paid for the sins of Kel'Thuzad.

[@CubanBeastt]

Leapers woth stealth Baron is going to be the strongest build. No cap

[@ragingdragon5646]

Automaton would be missing 4 health because it has base 5 health even with aura buff

[@mayonnaiseRL]

Wasn’t Rockpool an original card that hasn’t left yet

[@Bemxuu]

Burglar looks absolutely bonkers O_o

[@drdickinson5910]

You just know they removed the windfury dragon on tavern 2 because of Warpwing. They thought of everything. 😂

[@kujojotarostandoceanman2641]

WARPWING WE'RE SO BACK!

[@sadeqkhuraibet779]

What is the background music?

[@richard2mitchell]

12:42 haha the only time you taunt a bird and not say....fucccccck.

[@ArchbardWava]

When does the patch drop?

[@TroublesomeOwl]

NO ROCKPOOl! The only OG unchanged card from BG launch has finally met its maker. :(

[@Meca-Mat]

Al'akir + Warpwing would also be pretty good and not really that hard to get either.

[@noneofyourbusiness4294]

Issue is the taunt. It's good, if not great if you attack first, but even then, that Warpwing tends to have a relatively short life.

[@TheMirksta]

@@noneofyourbusiness4294 It's very solid tempo though and you can always just slide the warpwing out of the first slot if you really think your warpwing is going to attack more than 2 times on average

[@Meca-Mat]

@@noneofyourbusiness4294 You could still use that spell that removes Taunt the turn after.

[@noneofyourbusiness4294]

@@TheMirksta the point is: Warpwing in Al'Akir isn't a great option by default. Leeroy can screw you both ways, Bramble Witch and Blaster one way. Shady made that point here: you do not want your Warpwing(s) to be taunted, nor do you want them to attack into a taunted leeroy. Or any leeroy for that matter. By taunting the warpwing, you're exposing your strongest minion by default. Doesn't sound like a great idea.

[@XJessernstX]

So long Nightbane, been a pleasure

[@blueboii4828]

Don't understand the full atk full health isn't it always on full atk???

[@specs232]

when something is buffed but reborn, it goes back to it's original attack and 1 health but that card will keep it's maximum buffed attack (and health when its golden) when it reborns

[@facundocanan1150]

APM murlocs enter the Game 🚬🗿 with the new tier 6 all types Minion and tethys... OP

[@rexchance5598]

If they bring back leapers they need to give us an option to skip through the combat animations. Honestly, just let me pay for skipping animations in general. Surely that would be enough to make this mode a financial success T_T

[@haydyn1993]

Mrglin Burglar, because murlocs really needed a buff 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@catchpokemon904]

i am not sure about how you understand "Depraved Felfin", it does not say aafter you discover a minion "it gains" the statss of the other option. It says "gain", so in my opinion it is the depraaved Felfin that gains the stats; Which makes sense, for a demon mechanic

[@vic_torugo]

Burglar is OP

[@Val_1992]

F for Rockpool Hunter, I think it was the only minion from release that avoided any nerfs/buffs/temporal removal from pool. :( Btw. not sure if you misread or just misspoke, but new 6* murloc gives buffs for minion im warband, not murloc. :)

[@zuccinixl7993]

Hi shady , I'm just saying that ur videos make me more flexible playing on mobile thanks

[@Meca-Mat]

Bronze Timepiece + Tarecgosa + Brukan is gonna break the game, most likely.

[@Imbahex]

probably murlocks and undeads

[@TheUltraSinx]

Love your videos!

[@jayfreedom]

Warpwing ❤

[@giacomomazzei1888]

burglar so broken omg

[@leoperez8852]

if everything is OP then nothing is OP😭💀

[@landonlecoq5660]

Im looking forward to the youtube video with training certificate and a board with only 2 poets.

[@johnjordan9399]

I love your videos!

[@candymountain5]

Not sure if its your decision and im trying to be supportive but you have so many adds in these videos, first one hit not even a minute in.

[@crystalclear3177]

No more muro? That's it I quit

[@wowfunctions6612]

yooo