Hearthstone: Quest Mage - 1-Star POWA! (Standard)

[@Dalkian]

"This is our turn scrub!" "Yeah, wait for it!"

[@deadpizza2436]

Dalkian :|

[@NoviceartistJC]

Burgly Bully is so good in this deck. On average you're guaranteed at least one spell for them to remove it. It's especially good against Rogues running the bounce combo, they pretty much give you all the spells you need to clear the quest.

[@xAvatarHAx]

In that case though, you would most likely have to cut the Acolytes, Intellects, Kappas, or something else like that. Would be too risky otherwise. If they overdraw your good cards or combo pieces, you're going to be in some deep shit.

[@justinwong5410]

nah works against the win condition. against most decks they will just kill it with minions alone. if you've played freeze before you encounter a lot of large boards of minions and are just hoping to stall them. opponents would never cast spells to clear burgly even if it's quest rogue that's just 1 matchup

[@zTSirBradley]

Just a casual 2000 dust from disenchanting extra cards...

[@SaturninePlaces]

I had almost 4k, it really adds up when you get lots of dupes.

[@daveslave7858]

i have over 14 000

[@zTSirBradley]

Alright anyone else going to show off here?

[@SaturninePlaces]

I knew it would come off that way, I only opened ~70 packs, I just wanted to point out that duplicates (esp. of legendaries) give you a lot of dust. I only got one legendary that I even want to play, the Shaman quest. I honestly wish I had gotten cards that I wouldn't play than duplicates, so I could play more decks, because right now I can basically only play shaman and mage.

[@michaelchen1026]

I got 10,200 from all golden hall of fame classics, and I'm completely free to play. Don't even play that often. Fight me bro.

[@spezistyle]

25:17 was the funnyest thing I ever saw in a Hearthstone game :D great editing jens!

[@ddhelmet]

I love watching Trump's videos because sometimes the editing is so good. It's unbelieveable sometimes.

[@FangedBeauty]

new otk-mage looks very fun and interactive to play against. I like the way Blizz thinks ! *jumps out of window* Crap, I live on the ground floor.

[@vermillio1789]

FangedBeauty oh please, its way easier to beat and harder to play than the raw talent that is required for pirate warrior and quest rogue...

[@leotamer5]

Use the shards of glass, it is faster than finding another building.

[@FangedBeauty]

I like the way you think as well!

[@eliwalker1058]

i love how people complain about otk decks being uninteractive when aggro decks that kill you on turn 5 exist

[@jerodast]

Aggro at least gives you stuff to try to kill.

[@jamesmossultramossbros]

Let's slow down the meta... Rogue has permanent 5/5 minions by turn 5...

[@knightingaelx6831]

Moss Bros pirate warrior still lives rogue is just as aggressive and shaman stone still exists. Literally nothing has changed except for rogue. other classes and builds now are slightly more competitive but it's still the same.

[@MrPtakopisk]

reno decks are gone, hunter is more viable, and priest is unplayable... some things has changed

[@SaturninePlaces]

I honestly think people are being driven to pirate warrior as it's the only deck that can beat rogues before turn 7, after they get infinite 5/5s they're almost impossible to beat

[@FangedBeauty]

how about the new deathrattle priest? He looked pretty ok.

[@dan240393]

The Quest Shaman deck I've been using can just about outpace them. Would probably be able to do it fairly consistently if I could be bothered to refine the deck.

[@SirRebrum]

27:03 - Doomsayer: "THE END IS COMING!" --Babbling Book (Dying): "The eeennndd"

[@Upup2211]

I'm pretty sad to not see ANY comments about that glorious next level play at 18:50. That's the kind of plays we'll see sweeping the meta. (not actually but it was incredibly hilarious)

[@InfiniteDarkMass]

The fuckup witch Crystal Core was the funniest thing I saw today. = )

[@InfiniteDarkMass]

lol, and then I saw last card Antonidas.

[@sayftarek9326]

if you dont know which cards came from cabalist tome, hover over the quest, and cards in your hand that didnt start will not be black and white. (or vise versa can't remember honestly)

[@avdusknoir3090]

18:50 never have i seen someone get milled so quickly. ignoring the fact they did it to themselves.

[@orangejoey1459]

Richard Hahn I laughed so hard when he did it XD

[@aokiji99]

its a combo hunter deck i think i saw someone use it you can deal 20 damage in one turn with tundra rhino hit face with raptor

[@DieEnteable]

Only if you already have a board or are holding the coin. Rhino is 5 mana, so you can play 5 3/2 along with it, for a total of 17 damage.

[@Nachtkok]

Richard Hahn i laughed so hard but then realized it was a pretty great play

[@JoseSoulitario]

probably one of my favorite edits throughout the whole video

[@DeadlyDuel]

Here are the cards that trump rated low but ended up being good. Mysterious Challenger. Darkshire Councilman. The Cavern's Below. Darkshire Councilman pretty much rekt trump the most for underestimating it.

[@superlouis3333]

Too soon to call Cavern's Below a good card.

[@Some_Context]

Don't forget the worst mistake of all, Dr.Boom.

[@confuseray1230]

dragon777man and dont forget imp gangboss and flamewaker! Predicting upcoming cards seems like impossible to me though...

[@saulgoodguy1840]

yeah, both dr. boom and mysterious challenger ended up being cards that dominated the meta for months tho so its hard to tell which one was underestimated the most

[@switchingtime]

EVERYONE underestimated Doctor Boom, and to be honest their logic was fair. "It's like War Golem but with two 1/1s that will do, on average, around 2 damage to a random target. Not good enough." People just didn't realize the power of RNG...

[@zane4218]

laughed at that last game though. Trump going in: "I have no idea how this matchup plays" Trump ending the game: "I have no idea how this matchup plays."

[@Miguel-ik1hn]

23:40 MEGUMIM

[@MALEMization]

EXHUPLOHJHUN!

[@davi-brz]

Lies on the floor!

[@DarthBigMan]

"A jump to the left, and a step to the right." This is why I love the Blizzteam.

[@KambEight]

NeXus I think of that line EVERY. DAMN. TIME. I hear the words "time warp".

[@MrDarkmaster0]

NeXus Let's do the time warp again!!

[@volbla]

That was a really neat reference :3

[@MrDarkmaster0]

Firehusary The Rocky Horror show :)

[@FuzionKABOOMIE]

Now put your hands on your hips

[@stebe5999]

That last deck really showed what hearthstone is all about. It was a battle of attrition, each side being smart about they're own moves

[@waltermoran9344]

Its astounding, time is fleeting. Madness takes its toll...

[@Malais00]

JENS STAHP WITH THE THUMBNAILS IM DONE 🔥🔥😂😂👌🏻👌🏻

[@TheKangarooBeard]

Love the editing.

[@skylerchang8711]

what is the overlay thing that you are using? The list on the right that shows which cards you draw and whatnot...

[@erich1380]

exodus version pretty much guarantees a win against fellow slow decks but further sets the gap between it and fast paced decks and gets beat. I like giants version because I find that it has a reasonable chance against all types

[@erich1380]

exodia

[@Chameleonxx3]

Kinda not fair to assume its poorly constructed. Not everybody has all cards. Sometimes you have to pick what you actually own.

[@SaddisticSpeller]

Chamaeleonx It's still a worse version of the deck aka poorly constructed.

[@xAvatarHAx]

That's exactly his point. He said it might be a well constructed deck, but with a limited card pool. Effectively making it a worse version of the "optimal" deck, but still the best he could have constructed using the resources available to him.

[@TheLastScoot]

Trump's not very limited on the decks he can make.

[@volbla]

Well, you could still call that "poorly constructed", just not because of incompetence.

[@AJ-kj1go]

Hey what happened to Oligarchy/Prison Trump type fun stuff?

[@eatgluegetstrong2991]

Dunno. I love Trump but he's been phoning it in for like a year as far as 'fun and interactive' streams go.

[@AJ-kj1go]

Seems like he's toned down the sponsored content - wonder if he knew it was getting to be a bit much or if it has something to do with switching streamer gangs to TS.

[@DAEDRICDUKE1]

Well given he has no job he's not going to say no to free money anytime soon.

[@orangesilver8]

Prison Trump only gets out of Blizzard jail on Halloween.

[@volbla]

Has no job? He's one of the more popular streamers out there. That pays a fair amount already.

[@ahoy1014]

Value went out the window that last game.

[@amiramduby]

25:19 That one was ON POINT!! LMFAO

[@jasonyang6150]

Amiramduby oh man that was funny lol dat rouge definitely knows wut shes doing

[@vaalesha2278]

Is it bad that when I saw "Star POWA" I immediately thought of Star Platinum and Jotaro shouting "STANDO POWAH"

[@needfood4279]

Vicious Fledgling is by far my favourite card of the expansion, having a blast with the card

[@petrmacek520]

When you mouse over a quest in progress it will highlight cards for that quest (in that case cards that are not from your deck)

[@turn0back0sarah]

This explains all my recent matchups today.

[@fredstertaco2991]

I'd say that the exodia version *is* better because you don't actually need to get time warp, you can just get 4 apprentices out, play both tomes, all the cards from them (assuming they're 4 or less costing.) and still have enough mana for the time warp. Point is, exodia is "if you draw your whole deck, you win." and arcane giant is "If you draw the vast majority of your deck, they don't have a taunt up, AND you took an extra turn or two to get time warp you win."

[@ぬんぬんビム]

"The first time you do it feels so satisfying" -- Trump, 2017

[@patrickfreeman6851]

have you considered bully? the coins don't start in your deck and often allows you to combo 1 turn earlier.

[@brodericksiz625]

Finally! I was waiting for someone to make a Rocky Horror joke! It seemed so obvious, why nobody else thought of that?

[@JackolynSparrow]

I'm pretty sure that last game shorted out Trump -- great games! I will have to give this deck a whirl

[@OmegaA1000]

Jens you are top notch editor

[@RealKingLoui]

I want to build a good Mage deck with which i can climb the ladder a bit. Bus as I am new I have not so much dust and am unsure what cards to craft. Is there any good meta deck list for a mage deck in the new patch?

[@condescend6772]

This thumbnail is hillarious, nice job jens :D

[@willfreedo]

What show/film was the original footage from 25:20 from?

[@BlackbirdProductions]

This is pretty much the same as my time-warp mage, only difference is that it runs tons of discovery synergy and it runs molten giants as well as arcane giant.

[@Ghostface4k]

So which version you think its more efficient, the one with the Giants or the Exodia combo? Exodia is a guaranteed kill but you need 5 cards in your deck that are specificaly for the combo plus one extra spell to trigger the combo. That means 5 less removals and cards that ll help you make it to late game. Combo cards in your hand are dead cards, until you collect all pieces. Giants on the other hand are only 2 cards and they can be used just as big minions if the game demands it. Alex also can be used for healing. Not sure which deck is better in the current meta though, just collecting opinions and watching maches.

[@isaactjones]

Alex Val imo I think giants is more consistent because it frees up deck slots a bit and varied win cons. so less all in on a grand finale.

[@IceJT15]

Hey trump do u rember wen u sed time warp, meteor and glyph wer a 2 star cards?????????????

[@davidiswhat]

Primordial into primordial will get less likely as new mage spells are introduced. Just a thought about meta discover cards

[@None38389]

23:25 Tarcreaper does belong in that deck if you think about how weak quest rogue is against heavy aggro, pirate Warrior wins consistently against it.

[@samtran3473]

For anyone ragin at the quest, Druid could basically do the same with Aviana + Kun combo.Though minions can't attack, but hey, 1 mana Malygos or C'thun is pretty sweet

[@alexanderburrows9047]

All of the meta decks seem to require at least one legendary now (not just quests, also pirate warrior and jade), like you can't even do a sub-optimal version of the deck where you replace the legendary with a more accessible card. Not fun for people who don't want to spend loads of money on packs

[@ZhangHe2369]

The Exodia version of TTK quest is surprisingly more consistent. Its at least better vs warriors cause you can ignore armor.

[@NachtBogen]

FML just realized open the waygate's flavor text is a rocky horror picture show reference

[@albanwhaka5083]

in my opinion exodia is better than giants

[@xIPatchy]

August Nyberg i think so too, however it's hard to make exodia mage work against ridiculous aggro like pirate warrior and quest rogue because of clunky cards like molten reflection. But exodia version is much better against all control decks like taunt warrior, plantlock, quest priest, etc. because it gets around armor and taunts.

[@theteamxxx3142]

+Patchy aggro decks are more belanced than otk decks btw

[@blanksilver3851]

finally someone understands exodia mage will be never good until aggro rotates out every combo /OTK deck is weak against aggro.

[@antonsundin2974]

Idd giants version might be better against pirate warrior... But how do you actually win against armor and taunts? Almost every other class has either of the 2 and he only won that last game because he got random burn spells and the opponents last card was antonidas.

[@rwkrieger7508]

I tried both exodia and giant, and i must say, giant is better. it gives much more protection on board, and you could easly win even without alexandra in your second free tourn if you deal enough damage. I played a lot of games with exodia mage, and it depends too much on drawing the right cards... if you dont find for exemple an apprendice or archmage in time, you will easly be killed, even with all your ice blocks.

[@Tralfaz2007]

I'm about 50% win rate with a version of Trump's Plantlock against various quest decks. Quests are only slightly more creative than C'thun. It looks like it will be quests versus aggro for a while. The true challenge it to craft a good non-aggro, anti-quest deck.

[@falken8642]

Freeze mage vs quest mage, which is better in Wild? Freeze mage doesn't work very well in standard anymore...

[@GigaStink]

I wonder what happens when you play Time Warp vs Kel'Thuzad on the phase change turn.

[@jaihummel5057]

Is there a replacement for Medivh's vallet?

[@michaelzhao3537]

Jai Hummel frost bolt

[@salviaterra8734]

Jai Hummel don't use this version of the deck, it's trash.

[@jaihummel5057]

Unit Lost Can you give me the optimal decklist then? I prefer giants Alex to exodia style.

[@isaactjones]

Jai Hummel use frostbolts in place of the valets

[@adamr7305]

Jaina's purse.

[@Frikgeek]

I think the "exodia" version of this deck with apprentices, molten reflections, and Antonidas is better. Not because it has "infinite damage" but because the apprentices and molten reflections make it much easier to complete your quest the same turn you cast it. So you don't have to pay a fair manacost for a bunch of random mage spells before you can combo people, you just cast your spells as part of your combo and you cast them for 4 mana cheaper(pretty much free in most cases).

[@A_rodis]

I find adding hemet jungle hunter and playing him after you're done the quest allows you to draw your combo pieces really fast. he's a better legendary than people give him credit for

[@aajjeee]

PoundCake Smash that sounds reasonable, you still need to daw it

[@A_rodis]

Yeah, I mean sometimes it sits at the bottom of my deck and does nothing but you can still get the combo

[@ShepherdV]

Will the other expansions like GvG come back for standart or can I disenchant all these cards.

[@wavingatfat9650]

Joshua Hirt They will never Come back to Standard Once They rotate out. But Wild is fun to play, and a Heavily underrated format. I wouldnt dissenchant it

[@Sephiko]

If it's sharp enough, one star is all it takes.

[@Banshee704]

What deck program is Trump using? Like the thing showing his cards in the deck and whatnot

[@johnhemsley3790]

Hearthstone deck tracker

[@Meitti]

That Hemet animation is so brutal.

[@patricktriglavcanin7939]

do you always draw quests in your initial hand

[@zane4218]

Trump should at least theorize how adding in the 6 mana 5/5 who gets cheaper with secrets would interact with his deck. It would be 0 mana by Waygate time in most of his games in this video.

[@joshroberts2566]

How about replace acolytes for cold lights? Guaranteed 2 cards

[@1Diabolicalgenius]

that hemet play is genius.

[@hellhunter323]

23:34 Was...was that a konosuba reference?

[@kai-xuanyao4666]

Why do people run meteor? Single target removal plus some AoE?

[@samhobart2754]

Sooo I have a golden king mosh that I'm running in my warrior quest deck, should I disenchant it and craft a ozruk, since I love playing elemental shaman and mage and I already have pyros and kalimos? Should I craft a different legendary? Should I even disenchant the golden king mosh?

[@emeraldaurora1958]

Teledildonic Overlord Ozruk isn't very good :/

[@samhobart2754]

Lorok Helltap Whale then what do you recommend?

[@tempestatu]

It's fun and interactive. Once again.

[@zimmermanjohn3797]

Why no fireballs or frost Bolts?

[@OddManeuver]

The new quests have driven everyone to outpace each other before the other deck gets the advantage. I'm not sure how i feel about how the meta will evolve from this standpoint

[@francobriano8681]

how you win to this deck? just with another otk mage?

[@rengaryolo4872]

why not include jenkins for an easy 12 dmg plus 16 from the giants?

[@tornado100able]

First Dr Boom, now Open the Waygate... Ok Trump, we still love you KappaPride

[@jirobow]

18:50 I laughed so hard, thanks Jens.

[@ghuruzilla]

My lungs had a break down on 18:40. I'm fucking broken because of that damn zoom in and how he lost his entire fucking deck.

[@alexandruflorian8580]

So, the probability to have the quest in the starting hand is 100%? I've never played against a quest deck without the opponent casting it in the first turn

[@superlouis3333]

Yes it always appears in your hand, but you can choose to mulligan it away if you want.

[@jordanliu8849]

1:28 "drawl through the deck" strifecro is that you?

[@KeepitShredda]

Quest mage seems like a more rng dependent freeze mage from what I can tell so far

[@owiseone1]

Please do quest Druid and quest Warrior!

[@gendergoo1312]

1:04 Cute Rocky Horror Picture Show nod

[@lukeyilonen]

Fun and interactive

[@MyViolador]

Gotta admit that how that hunter used hemet was very creative. but not running tundra rhino? that is dumb

[@wavingatfat9650]

I lost it when the Rogue overdrew. Jens gets better and better at editing

[@sammyghp]

the rogue quest is op as well. some dude got it in like 5 turns. good thing i have a strong control warrior quest deck.

[@nicogrimaldi5842]

Have 4500 dust right now, just wanna have your guys opinion as to what's the best deck to craft right now, or should I wait until the metta settles down?

[@SaddisticSpeller]

Nico Grimaldi Wait about a month and just hope you can still work with what you have. Metas shift way to much in the early days.

[@MaxMustermann-jj7qz]

generaly the best decks are figured out after a month or so. After that happens feel free to copy any tier 1 deck you like.

[@TheHalogen131]

1:04 Jump to the left, step to the right, wiggle your elbows and look up into ttthe light! IT'S A IT'S A IT'S A RICK DANCE!

[@Dattyification]

Seeing this deck, it really makes me think Alexstrazsa will be one of the next to be rotated out to the Hall of Fame.

[@Raithul]

Dattyification Honestly Alex and Auctioneer make way more sense to be rotated out than Azure and Rag imo

[@SilverBullet27188]

When did Trump switch to Tempo Storm?

[@GHgondo]

is it just me or why is noone seeing the kill potential through iceblock? if you take another turn with warpgate and trigger block in that turn, can't you just kill him when you take another turn?

[@younzc5409]

Isn't the exodia Mage version of this deck generally just better?

[@MazDconDecepticon]

Trump just has the best thumbnails xd

[@Marci568]

can you sylvanas demonic portal?

[@zephyrsaix8319]

TheLegend27 nope

[@davi-brz]

no you can't, it's not considered a minion.

[@Marci568]

Damn

[@slendeaway7730]

As well as it not being a minion, Sylvanas isn't even in standard anymore.

[@slendeaway7730]

Kain Ark Yes. I'm glad you know that cards not in standard are moved to wild.

[@zegeorge3911]

Is the version with antonidois better?

[@isaactjones]

Evan Degener it's more fun, but I think it's a less consistent version

[@erikhyrkas1450]

here is a question can you mind control a nether portal?

[@wavingatfat9650]

Erik Hyrkas No, its not a Minion

[@atrustworthyfellow6887]

whenever I see the time warp card, I always flashback to trump getting double turned and getting demolished

[@Frostbyt3zGaming]

I initially thought both players were able to contribute to the quest, and whomever would complete it first gets the reward.

[@devynrockey9217]

Why do you never take gold cards?

[@Jaricko]

I had to start running flare because of this damn deck. I cannot afford to run two so, if i do not draw it, my win chance is super low.

[@bluemozes6570]

In this episode Trump explains what it's like in theory to lose your virginity.

[@calebb8051]

Against that rogue, Trump might've been better grabbing some counterspells... wreck the bounce combo

[@SaddisticSpeller]

Caleb B Huh, I didn't think about counterspell. Seems most of the bounce is from minions instead of spells though.