The #1 New Deck Shouldn't Work, But It Does

[@PenguinWithInternetAccess]

"I want an Artanis deck to be playable" *monkey paw curls* it's got only three protoss cards

[@lucjanl1262]

And uses non of the protos specific mechanics, its just artanis, artains tutor and artanis mana discount

[@Le_monttea]

Tbf Druid has 0 mech synergy cards. They have ramp but like, the carrier doesn’t really have a good fit anywhere to my knowledge.

[@acat5338]

@@Le_monttea Carrier (and Immortal) feels like it only exists so Priest can get it off Mothership.

[@Narokkurai]

Oh, Druid is finishing people off at 20 health with buffed chargers again? What year is it?

[@Julkabibulka]

2015- oops, 2025

[@HackionSTx]

And once again Druid is strong hahaha druidstone

[@MartB-tx5lb]

They have divine shield this time, so it doesn’t count

[@zathurian556]

Blizzard never learns that everytime a playable charge minion gets printed it becomes a problem.

[@3snoW_]

The problem here isn't the charge minion, it's the groovy cat. Otherwise other protoss classes would be doing the same thing.

[@arcstaff]

​@@3snoW_ Priest is literally doing the exact same thing

[@sathrielsatanson666]

LOL wut? What problem? Hero Power Druid is not even in top 10 of the best decks currently in the meta. 😂

[@sathrielsatanson666]

​@arcstaffcan you tell me how exactly is Priest buffing their HP damage? Asking for a friend.

[@sand3lz]

@arcstaff really priest is giving a minion + 10 attack and hero +10 attack on 6th/7th turn ? What’s the deck called

[@ethanrobinson9135]

Most deck of all time

[@Victor-ye6cz]

Most all of time deck

[@SlayersGaming]

Most deck greatest 😊

[@PenguinWithInternetAccess]

I feel like the wording on the hero power could be better to clarify the interaction, but i'm glad groovy cat gets some time in the sun again before leaving

[@MEGURMAN]

Yeah, I mean it could just say "your hero power gives 1 extra attack" instead of specifying your hero or they could make the card work as the text implies and nerf the deck if needed

[@tarkkaplan4501]

Inb4 artanis hero power is changed to "your zealots have +1 attack"

[@huzzlin4979]

Considering how op this is, it might need to happen.

[@nolanmccune8982]

@@huzzlin4979there is so much broken stuff in the game already my guess is they just nerf the cost like always

[@purpleisthesneakiest]

This can be very easily fixed by changing Groovy Cat's function to actually work as it is written. If your hero gains attack from your hero power, increase it by 1 (per trigger of the effect). This will eliminate this fringe case oversight that is so crazily strong without affecting anything else in the game.

[@FesSef-er4by]

They will probably try making Groovy Cat work as written first.

[@nickus51]

This almost brings back the oldschool Savage roar midrange druid.

[@remyllebeau77]

Those were good times. I could really punish people for going face instead of trading minions.

[@pizza87760]

Yet another example of the danger of doubling effects. Doubling something once is usually fine, but doing it three or more times can break any meta.

[@apexpredator9021]

Lmfao and we aren’t gonna talk about the infinite decks that are degenerate to the game rn? Yet when Druid gets something going for it other than dungar everyone is quick to hate 😂

[@eamk887]

I already commented on another video, but this Groovy Cat interaction does not make any sense whatsoever. Groovy Cat literally says "Your Hero Power gives YOUR HERO 1 more attack this game", this should not also increase the attack the minion gets from the hero power.

[@jpkush5198]

true but without this deck there is only like 4 other decks actually being played atm, outa of like 60 games i ran into the same 5 decks 90% of the time. last set had way more different decks being played. this deck can be counted very easy as with most these other decks they all have endless turn combos. with fizzle/jim

[@providence8398]

The hero power doesn't say it gives a minion 1 attack, it says the minion gets the same as your hero

[@B34RProductions]

But the other power says a minion and your hero meaning the hero power HAS to give the minion the same attack power. It’s perfectly clear

[@dennischiu272]

@@B34RProductions That would be clear if Groovy Cat had read "Your Hero Powers that give your hero Attack give +1 Attack." But that's not what the card says.

[@electricVGC]

Artanis Hero Power Druid is doing exactly what I expected - there was also a deck in Duels that worked around a Hero Power using Groovy Cat boosts multiple times per click

[@AsanellaHD]

Duels...mode that Got deleted cause it was too fun to play and not paying blizzard anything ...that's sad 😢

[@helixcheldenko907]

Are we going to get a extended members version for this video? I love watching overpowered decks

[@soulsedge6870]

Who could have predicted that Druid would cause problems

[@m_ism]

So now the next deck is finding a way to make crazed alchemist overheal protoss druid with the 1 mana copy spell for double charge lethal

[@amberlee4536]

Most people thought it was supposed to work like this and they mentioned in the patch notes that it was supposed to, but had been bugged before. Groovy Cat only says your hero power gives one more Attack, and doesn't specify if it's minions or not.

[@jinyaolu829]

groovy cat actually says your hero power "gives your hero one more attack"

[@amberlee4536]

@@jinyaolu829 Oh, yeah, I was thinking of Free Spirit not specifying 'your hero' because minions don't get armor. Silly me. Artanis should read 'give your hero +x attack and divine shield, then repeat on a friendly minion' if they want it to work with groovy cat as worded.

[@erykczajkowski8226]

When Chump states the winrate, it is then that you know that the things got serious.

[@ForrestBreeze]

ive been playing clarks version of this deck and its been really fun for me :) i like that you added innervate. i will try your version:)

[@rageofsweets]

your annual reminder that the face is the place

[@gearoth1]

15:51 pull of Groovy Cat is just hilarious

[@zachariahbest6626]

remember when they stopped printing charge cards because they were a problem haha

[@heavenorheck]

Still very happy with the set, but Microsoft gutting the QA out of the studio is going to be felt every time.

[@joghnythegurue2710]

I really hope they don't patch this. This is a genuinely cool and unique interaction and spices up druids game plan to be a little more than just "ramp, ramp, ramp BOOM"

[@ernesquirico8528]

So dk having +120 stats on board by turn 5 is not a problem, every f game god curving

[@froyocrew]

Yeah i died to a dk on turn 5 with 7 7/7 on his board, which will never be nerfed

[@pwl2992]

Sounds like skill issue

[@calebwilliams586]

Im just happy these SC2 cards arent op. Glad to see a lack of powercreep.

[@paperknigth2263]

Even if the deck is nerfed (Unless they completly missunderstood the asigment and destroy Groovy Cat for absolute no reason) I feel that if you want to play a Groovy Cat deck, you should play Artanis too. Specially cause the Partyhard Spirit or wherever is call the Groovy Cat Parallel never sees play.

[@dukelornek]

is the counter taunt builds? or does it regularly beat that to.

[@froyocrew]

Taunts beat this. They only have 3 charge summons in the whole deck. Only reason its so good is zerg dk has 0 taunts

[@sugar5374]

That‘s what Astral Phaser is in the deck for.

[@FesSef-er4by]

They should takes this as an opportunity to buff all the hero powers and nerf Groovy Cat, as it does not need to be as strong if the hero power is more playable. The hero powers have gotten so powercrept.

[@Romadrugaa]

Really want to see younplaying the zerg cards. Really liked the dk ones

[@retronymph]

High chance Blizzard kills this deck and calls the groovy cat artanis interaction a bug or whatever, but I really hope they don't. It's probably fair in wild and groovy cat rotates with the next expansion.

[@youbluethatone1017]

17:32 No thought of Astral Phasing out their 4/4??

[@FesSef-er4by]

Why is Druid always so annoying? Its major weakness is usually just losing to itself, if its draw sucks.

[@truehavoc5725]

How do you beat warlocks with this deck

[@Fairbranksthecat]

The protussy druid is too strong 😩

[@pwl2992]

I miss 10 seconds ago when I have not read that

[@bird3713]

I can't believe how fast these games are

[@alegend2337]

Even with rotation coming up there is gonna be a lot of nerfs for sure. I can see them being changed to rush cuz blizzard loves repeating themselves

[@upellward]

force of nature savage roar flashbacks

[@Le_monttea]

I feel bad cause I’ve been dunking with this deck as well, 8-0 thus far. I wanted something new for Druid that wasn’t just more hydration station, but this is probably getting nerfed.

[@dukelornek]

i feel like that are going to nerf this just by omitting the interaction that it also buffs the creature

[@nathones]

I think this deck wouldn’t be that good if Zerg DK wasn’t infesting ladder

[@froyocrew]

Real. All you need is taunts which zerg has none of. Normal meta this deck will be good but not super amazing. Im glad there's a counter to zerg dk

[@kaimanic1406]

I played against this deck today and he also got 2 groovy cats out of the cactus construct. got a k.o. punch in the face OTK.

[@lynyrdskinyrd]

Chump always has a sadness in his eyes 🥺

[@sonarchy5158]

Wait a minute, this is standard! I thought Festival rotated by now, my bad

[@JJJ-oh9cj]

im waiting for the paladin fun deck😍😍

[@Satherian]

Mana cheating and charge, a classic

[@alexandervaschenko5402]

It's not 93% win rate though

[@viktordurbak6776]

For our Tennis!

[@3nelad]

2 mana 10 damage every turn.

[@froyocrew]

Kerrigans hero power? Yeah it does do 10 dmg for 2 mana

[@christopherbronson3275]

I built this deck cause it looked fun and Im in mid silver rank. Thought I'd be fine. IMMEDIATELY ran into 5 mirror matches back to back to back to back to back that got their groovy cats before I did then died to them. i FUCKING hate this game

[@Andrea-ur5cr]

PLS chump a good DH deck!

[@nikolakarapejevski]

well i played with star shit shaman from rank 5 to legend. and it was 99 % this teck and i won every single game

[@Ghostface4k]

Yeah it's not THAT good mate... It's great against Zerg DK and other aggro decks. But Starship Warrior and Priest beat you 9 out of 10 times. If the opponent have a million taunts, you're just lost. You can't go through all of them and eventually you die.

[@huzzlin4979]

Rarely see those decks. I've beaten protoss priest pretty handily with HP druid. But might be seeing them more as HP druid takes over the meta.

[@donghoangvan1449]

there are many ways to bypass taunt - make them dormant (spell) - steal them - AOE to clear them with swipes and I even run 2 wild pyromancer to counter those fking 2/2 taunt of starships

[@eamk887]

It's literally in the top 5 best decks in the current meta.

[@donghoangvan1449]

lol now this deck is everywhere. 2/3 game is against it

[@huzzlin4979]

@donghoangvan1449 how are you dealing against it? I played a few more games today with it. Lost to grunter hunter and really lucky shaman who kept putting up taunts. And another lost to mirror match. He drew his protoss cards (while I had none) and played Artanis on turn 5.

[@p.a.r.c1694]

Out aggro the aggro is so balanced. 😮‍💨

[@hazzua]

93% winrate but start at 5323 rank and end at 6783

[@froyocrew]

Lmao for real. Blud wants to play zerg dk with no resistance ig

[@connman8d617]

This game has just become so stupid. I keep watching games where people are pulling these massive board states out of thin air 3, 4 and 5 times per game. And now I am watching a druid deck pull 23 damage from hand on turn 7. Unplayable IMO.

[@doomalope]

Did they fix Siege Tank x Shudderblock yet? Battlecry still doesn't hit the hero when the Tank is evolved

[@brandonallen9913]

Shudderblocked battlecries can’t damage heroes

[@SomersBugtopia]

Yeah that's not how it works. There's nothing to fix, that interaction is functioning as intended.

[@Mrz-bq2yb]

23 damage on turn 7 is fucking ridiculous.

[@froyocrew]

Yeah but summoning 3 15/15 and refreshing your mana with dungar on turn 8 is fine right

[@SomersBugtopia]

Where have you been?

[@greenposay3993]

Another abomination of a deck. What happened to board matter ? Lowering power level ?

[@brainletgaming8093]

An unintended interaction happened, if this doesn't get fixed I'm eating a groovy cat irl

[@oxob3333]

​@@brainletgaming8093At least groovy cat have an expiration date, but idk if i want to wait 3 months for it

[@schneeluchsalpha2966]

It is even stranger because when it was released it was not working that way and they hotfixed it to work as it now does.

[@schneeluchsalpha2966]

A personal opinion: Hearthstone developers are not able to satisfy their users, the two possibilities are: a) lower power level by making cards that are just on par (or even sub-par) with pre-existing cards - community reaction: the new cards did not even have an impact (even if they are exactly on par, they are new and no one knows how to play them efficiently, especially because the old cards have their synergies already found) b) print cards that can compete with existing cards - community reaction: the game is getting so fast, it sucks.

[@drewpeacock9087]

@@brainletgaming8093 It was very intended, they intentionally changed it to work this way lmao

[@raviel498]

Dew Neck.

[@ramonestefano]

I can't believe blizzard allows this hahaha

[@vigormortishs]

This archetype was the first deck I tried this expansion, and it didn't work. I was honestly glad of it (hero power druid was already pretty bonkers and had some really dumb matchups)

[@drewpeacock9087]

This deck definitely does work, you probably had a bad list

[@mrdig2011]

omg omg this deck works but its a little cheat?

[@lastbestplace8112]

a big downvote for playing this deck...booooo!

[@rinneren]

i still dont understand why this heropower gives so much attack, when it should be giving only +1, and +2 or +3 with groovy cats

[@NetMaple]

Groovy Cat's effect is on Battlecry AND Deathrattle. So it's giving up to (1)+4 with two Groovy Cats, not (1)+2. So 5 x2 (for Sing Along) gives +10 to both Hero and Minion.

[@rinneren]

@NetMaple ah, I forgot a out the deathrattle part, thanks

[@austinbleyaert9100]

got me to legend for the first time :)

[@huzzlin4979]

Congrats. Really ez to get legend with this deck. Finally able to get legend this season with this declas well. Was about to give up trying before this came along.

[@froyocrew]

Only good against dumpster legend zerg dk players

[@sathrielsatanson666]

This only works in the low ranks. Seen Thijs try it yesterday and he started with 1-3 in first 4 games 😮

[@fumetsu-950]

what does "low rank" mean to you? cause he did these games in legend rank

[@sathrielsatanson666]

@fumetsu-950 dumpster legend, it's around Diamond rank MMR-wise. I am saying that Thijs played this deck in top 100 and he was crushed as long as I watched. It's not a bad deck but nowhere near as crazy as people say.

[@MightyM0-p9s]

⁠@@sathrielsatanson666the entire hs player base in legend or dumpster legend? The other players dont count, no. Agree its not that bad but ppl have opinions other to yours which is no less valid.

[@sathrielsatanson666]

@MightyM0-p9s what player base? Sure, people are entitled to be wrong, no sweat 😆 Seriously tho I have checked out after this mini-set, the amount of ridiculous play patterns in HS is too much for me. I quit playing Wild because of this shit and now Standard is Wild in power level.

[@hazzua]

yep, this deck get absolutly destroy by shaman with more than 3 braincell, destroy by weapon rogue, destroy by dungar druid, destroy by every deck with cheap taunt, it only work vs specific deck or people that don't know how to play arround

[@apexpredator9021]

So many Druid haters on this channel man 😂

[@mcksysar8620]

Wow! MarkMcKz video! 😂

[@ooooooMATToooooo]

Such an oversight with the hero power interaction.

[@Jartran72]

Microsoft cut all the QA from the studio. That means no play testing anymore. Players have to do all the testing...

[@xsas8731]

It's not an oversight. It's intended that way. It was even bugged first and changed in the last hotfix to work correctly now. It's questionable design tho

[@danielesquivel8469]

your affect is so flat

[@seomaticlp5710]

Let's go

[@Talguy21]

Yeah, that interaction should definitely only be boosting the hero, this bug(?) is just broken.

[@omega4223]

No it makes sense, it makes your hero power give +attack to both you and the minion, nothing in it specifies it shouldn't. The issue is that its just an oversight that breaks it.

[@eamk887]

@@omega4223 No, it does not make sense, Groovy Cat specifically mentions giving "Your Hero power gives *your hero* 1 more attack". So, when your hero turns into Artanis, it should only buff your hero, since the buff your hero power gives to a minion wasn't raised at any point. If Groovy Cat listed something like "The attack your Hero power grants is 1 more for the rest of this game", then it would make sense if it worked with Artanis.

[@Talguy21]

@@omega4223 Groovy cat says "when your hero gains attack". Which imo means the Hero should get the bonus but the minion shouldn't.

[@alonsomarcucci79]

This is going to be nerfed 😂

[@ΜιχάληςΛάλος-ξ5ρ]

fixed, not nerfed. right now it doesn't work as it should, based on card wording

[@ВиталийСозонов-ш3ш]

​@@ΜιχάληςΛάλος-ξ5ρThis is already fixed, it didn't use to work like this when patch released

[@hazzua]

no way, the deck is autolose against almost every terran deck (cheap taunt), against weapon rogue (faster) or just against every oponnent with some way to have taunt and more than 3 braincell. Not a bad deck for sure, but not so good at higher rank when people play good deck and know how to play

[@huzzlin4979]

​@hazzua not my experience. I beaten weapon rogues 100% of the time. They cant handle the divine shield and all the charge minions on board

[@hazzua]

@@huzzlin4979 maybe unlucky then, out of 6 weapon rogue, 5 beat me before turn 6/7 so no time After playing artanis

[@danielfechner5898]

Hate this deck. I do. You should.

[@BUtZUe]

Bad deck. Too powerful for its game plan.

[@galkanftw]

it is a good deck I tried to play it w/o Artanis but it doesn't work consistently w/o it so the p2w comes in to play yet again.Matter of fact I only have one cat no dust left to craft and no cards left to dust unless I go through and dust 20 commons at 5 dust each to get 100 to get a second groovy cat but still no Artanis.90% is not a real WR but I do feel with Artanis it would be around a 60% WR I was hovering around 50% with no Artanis 1 cat.

[@biggali]

Is it really that hard to not gamble on packs and save up a couple thousand gold for the mini-set?

[@drewpeacock9087]

I am free to play and manage to get the mini set, this is not a p2w thing just a you being foolish thing

[@MightyM0-p9s]

Good ol blizzard idiots at it again. Literally just need the hero card and stick into an old deck 😂😂😂

[@luiszuazaga425]

I leave this game for this expansion, pay to win. Pass.

[@hazzua]

where is the p2w i don't get it? the miniset is free like always

[@SomersBugtopia]

Just never come back actually, thanks.