Coin Concede: A Hearthstone Podcast

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200 - Coin Concede "A Little Help" Aug 10, 2019

Show notes

On episode 200, The show hits a big milestone and celebrates 200 episodes! This is a multi-part episode extravaganza with some surprises along the way. Thank you to everyone who's helped us get this far and here's to another 200 in the future!

News Highlights - 31:31

Tournaments - 47:40

BAWOH tournament
Inn-vitational
Qualifiers

Decksplanations - 1:28:10

Day 1 Decks

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199 - Coin Concede "Tekahn For The Team" Aug 04, 2019

Show notes

On episode 199, After going over life and ladder from the past week, the hosts dive into the most recent patch including yet another change to Crystal Core and a new Arena season. Closing out the news section is a breakdown of the Grandmasters changes as well as a discussion of the interview of the Hearthstone Global Esports Lead - Sam Braithwaite. The tournament section is light this week, but that leaves us more time to talk about the new cards! Each host picks five cards they want to talk about from the new set and grades each on their potential playability.

News Highlights - 12:42

Tournaments - 1:00:28

Qualifiers

Decksplanations - 1:04:06

New Cards

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198 - Coin Concede "Dirty Scorp? Big Scary" Jul 29, 2019

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On episode 198, This week the guys go over how their recent laddering and AutoBattling has been before they get into the news. News covers Dog's resignation from Grandmasters with Gallon replacing him. They cover the new tavern brawl with a pirate menace running amok and afterwards, they cover some card reveals. The tournament section covers the WCG finals and Hat brings us results and a breakdown of the Chinese Gold series. In Decksplanations, each hosts picks on card to tall about for each of four criteria: one card they're excited to play with, one they don't want to play against, one they don't understand, and one they think is overrated.

News Highlights - 22:40

Dog retires from GM
New Tavern Brawl Controversy
Reveal Streams/Videos
Frank Pearce retires

Tournaments - 43:35

WCG Xi'an
Gold Series

Decksplanations - 57:37

New Cards

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Coin Concede: "B10: Verses Syndicate" Jul 27, 2019

Show notes

The boys answer another round of listener questions on the 10th bonus episode, including discussion about the impact of reports on the meta's stabilization, the state of organized play, and rankings of Hearthstone's theme songs and cute card art.

Discussion Topics

Puzzle box of Yogg-Saron

Master qualifier system

Team 5 no longer working on new modes

VS reports contributing to meta stabalization

Current reward system

The future of offline HS events

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197 - Coin Concede "Floop Gloop Loop Hoops" Jul 22, 2019

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On episode 197, New cards are on their way! This week, the hosts go over their experiences on ladder and Botticus goes into some detail about Plot Twist Warlock. The News this week includes the San Diego Comic Con panel, the card reveal schedule, and some Wild drama including over 100 Chinese players and Sn1p-Sn4p. Hat, as always, gives us the best specialist breakdown in the business and rounds off the tournament section with some GM playoff games to watch. Decksplanations is a breakdown of all the most recent card reveals, and the hosts have some spicy hot takes for these.

News Highlights - 21:12

Tournaments - 44:59

Grandmasters
Bucharest Qualifiers

Decksplanations - 52:30

New Cards

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196 - Coin Concede "Divine Space" Jul 15, 2019

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On episode 196, This week the cast spend some time discussing their life and ladder, including Mechanical Bunnies, Magic, and saving Pugs from bones. The news section packs a punch with a new video featuring new cards and Alec (formerly of the Golden Wisp Podcast)! Other topics include the Fire Fest-EVIL, the most recent developer AMA on reddit, and Grandmaster's playoffs. At the end of the news section, the hosts give some heartfelt thoughts on the most recent World Championship announcement. Hat gives us his classic story time while breaking down the Grandmaster's league and at the end, he opens the floor to discussion about the ethics of the Nalguidan/Rase/Purple drama. To round the show out, decksplanations is a recap on the Rise of Shadows meta and dive into how it got to where it is.

News Highlights - 16:43

Tournaments - 1:22:15

Grandmasters
Seoul Qualifiers

Decksplanations - 1:46:23

Fall of Shadows

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195 - Coin Concede "The Light Shall Burn U(ldum)" Jul 06, 2019

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On episode 195, Saviors of Uldum has been announced! After talking about their 4th of July pizzas and earthquakes, the crew go over the newly revealed expansion and the brand new cards coming with it. Hat gives his weekly rundown of specialist and Grandmaster's, topping it off with a recap of a very interesting Shark Rogue vs Control Warrior game. Decksplanations this week is the final segment of the three-week series on Initiative and each host helps to explain how Control decks use initiative to their advantage and touch on the counterintuitive play-patterns of the archetype.

News Highlights - 12:29

Tournaments - 1:01:05

Grandmasters
Seoul Qualifiers

Decksplanations - 1:07:18

Initiative Part 3

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194 - Coin Concede "Identity and More Initiative" Jun 30, 2019

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On episode 194, Appa, Botticus, and Hat spend some time talking about their successes and struggles on ladder recently. They break down all the new cards coming to replace those rotated to hall of fame and dig deep into the class identity article. Hat recaps the limited tournament news from this week covering recent Master's Qualifiers and the Grandmasters meta. In Decksplanations, the crew continue the discussion from Episode 193 in Initiative: Part 2.

News Highlights - 28:28

Tournaments - 1:26:56

Grandmasters
Seoul Qualifiers

Decksplanations - 1:31:14

Initiative Part 2

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Coin Concede: "B9: Magic and Hearthstone" Jun 27, 2019

Show notes

If you like hearing our hosts talk about one card game, this episode should be double the fun - it's time for our crossover bonus episode on Magic and Hearthstone! If you're familiar with one game but want to get to know the other - or if you know both and you want to hear about the gang's experiences trying to juggle the two - you'll enjoy this look back at the history of the card game genre and a discussion on its present state.

Discussion Topics

What did Magic do? Why is it Important

What's not great about Magic?

How does Hearthstone factor into all of this? Why is/was it such a big deal

HS and Magic comparisons

MTG Arena stuff

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193 - Coin Concede "Don't Sweat Initiative" Jun 23, 2019

Show notes

On episode 193, Appa's back, the first Masters Tour event is in the books, and there's a ton to talk about! The cast goes deep into the Battlefy decklist scandal (after some Vegas story time) while Hat leads a full breakdown of the metagame for the first big specialist tournament. Decksplanations begins a multi-week dive into the complex topic of initiative.

News Highlights - 26:51

Tournaments - 1:00:57