Coin Concede: A Hearthstone Podcast

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222 - Coin Concede "New Cards, New Nerfs, New Tournaments" Jan 12, 2020

Show notes

On episode 222, Appa, Bott, and Hat are back to talk about the past week of Hearthstone. The guys recap some weekly highlights including some Battlegrounds from Botticus and Appa introduces the world to Carlos Danger. The news is pretty packed this week with a huge nerf announcement and patch, updates to the 2020 Masters Tours, and Galakrond's Awakening cards. Hat goes over the previous week of qualifiers before everyone gives their takes on the upcoming meta and the new adventure cards.

News Highlights - 15:45

Galakrond's Awakening Revealed
Balance Update
Hearthstone Masters in 2020
Worst Cards Ever mystery

Tournaments - 57:40

Qualifiers
Ladder

Decksplanations -1:01:35

New Cards, New Nerfs

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Coin Concede: "B14: Design is Hard" Jan 09, 2020

Show notes

It's time for another bonus episode! The Appa, Bott, and Hat are back to answer questions about their favorite Battlegrounds hero, legendary crafting advice, and Stonetusk Boar. They give their thoughts on arena and class design of Priest and Shaman's classic/basic set before diving into their own custom hearthstone cards. They dicsuss what decks they would bring to a conquest lineup with the best unnerfed decks of all time available. Finally, they go over what classic/basic decklists would look like if we knew then what we do now.

Discussion Topics

Quick Hits #1

Arena

Class Design

Set Design

Conquest lineup

Classic Decks

Quick Hits #2

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221 - Coin Concede "Paytears Dot Com" Jan 05, 2020

Show notes

On episode 221, The news is a bit light this week, but that leaves more room for the guys to talk about what they've been playing! They discuss how they feel about Amnesiac's retirement before recapping the most recent Master Tour Bali Qualifiers. Finally, in Decksplanations, the guys give some really important tips for how to keep up with a shifting meta and their top tips to improve as a player.

News Highlights - 20:25

Tournaments - 34:45

Qualifiers
Ladder

Decksplanations -45:20

Keeping Up With the Meta

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220 - Coin Concede "A Rogue By Any Other Name" Dec 30, 2019

Show notes

On episode 220, It's Valeera's world and we're all happily just living in it. The hosts get together over the holiday week to marinate on the few events in the Hearthstone sphere while Blizzard is on break. There are a few tournaments to discuss, not to mention a ladder meta that continues to shift. Decksplanations is all about Rogue and the many flavors you'll see on the ladder.

News Highlights - 22:40

Draconic Lackey
Co-op brawl

Tournaments - 31:50

HGG
Qualifiers
Ladder

Decksplanations -50:40

Rogue

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219 - Coin Concede "Elementary Reactions" Dec 22, 2019

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On episode 219, It's nerf time! Blizzard released the nerf information and the patch this week to shake up the meta. Bott and Hat are also joined by special guest Bemmie to discuss his tournament organizing - including the upcoming event at Dreamhack. Tune in to hear about exciting events and the very first day of the new meta.

News Highlights - 36:25

Tournaments - 1:07:19

HGG
Tespa
Qualifiers

Decksplanations -1:27:10

Post nerf meta

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218 - Coin Concede "The Element in the Room" Dec 16, 2019

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On episode 218, Appa is back this week! He's returned from his hiatus just in time for the Shaman Apocalypse. Hat, Botticus, and Appa spend some time discussing how Galakrond Shaman became the best deck in standard before diving into the news. Hat gives a quick rundown of recent tournaments and Masters Tour Bali Qualfiers in the tournaments section Finally, the guys cap off the show by discussing the winners and losers of the expansion so far as well as what the post-nerf meta could look like.

News Highlights - 10:26

Galakrond Shaman
16.0.3 update
Bugs and fixes coming
Masters Tour Indonesia announced

Tournaments - 1:13:40

SEA games
HGG
Tespa
Qualifiers

Decksplanations -1:17:23

New Meta Discussion

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217 - Coin Concede "Ascent of Dragons (Blizzard Dev Interview!)" Dec 08, 2019

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On episode 217, First things first - this episode starts with an interview with Conor Kou and Mike Donais from the Battlegrounds team, who took time from their busy schedule to share some cool info about all things BG! After that, Edelweiss joins Bott and Hat to talk about the massive 16.0 patch and rate some Descent of Dragons cards before the expansion release next week.

Mike Donais and Conor Kou Interview

News Highlights - 45:24

December 5th Patch
Sathrovarr bugged
New China-only currency

Tournaments - 1:26:17

SEA games
HGG
Tespa

Decksplanations -1:30:19

New Cards

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216 - Coin Concede "Qualifying Statements" Dec 02, 2019

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On episode 216, In a truly dragon-sized episode, Hat and Botticus spend quite a bit of time diving into many of the newly revealed DoD cards - but while they try to justify their opinions, they're joined by Appa in a pre recorded segment to discuss his qualifier win that he earned this week! Listen in for a peek into the tournament mindset and lots of card talk.

News Highlights - 4:37

Wild Cards Leaving Standard 12/5
HCGamer Article with Donais and Conor Kou
Personal Rating in Battlegrounds
BG interviews
Misc reddit comments

Tournaments - 26:59

HGG
Tespa
Arlington Qualifiers
Ladder

Decksplanations -1:13:26

New Cards

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215 - Coin Concede "In The Gurgle Bag" Nov 25, 2019

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On episode 215, It's a packed show this week! The gang goes over their recent ladder and Battlegrounds experiences and Appa gives some insight into what prompted a big mindset shift for him. Botticus gives us the rundown on the recent Battlegrounds patch and Mike Donais' willingness to talk about their future plans for the mode. Hat breaks down the Hearthstone Global Games format before delving into the $300k Battlegrounds Brawl event. To wrap up the tournament section, he highlights some new and interesting lineups from recent Master's Tour Qualifiers. In Decksplanations, the crew highlight some new Descent of Dragons spoilers before getting into the nitty-gritty of the Battlegrounds patch!

News Highlights - 27:05

BG Changes
Mike Donais Commentary
State of the game
Matthiest leaving HS Esports

Tournaments - 46:33

Grandmasters Globals
Tespa
Arlington Qualifiers
Ladder

Decksplanations -1:06:08

BG Changes & New Cards

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214 - Coin Concede "Mulling over Mulligans Again" Nov 17, 2019

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On episode 214, Edelweiss is back to join the boys and talk about many things! There's much discussion to be had about ladder, battlegrounds, the esports grind and the system's structure itself, and an extended discussion on specific mulligan examples. Bring your notebooks and flowcharts, because Appa goes deep.

News Highlights - 29:07

Tournaments - 50:27