Runeterra Champions, Grandmasters 2020, and Ikoria at home! HearthWalkers Ep 17

Episode 17!  Intro HAI!!! Welcome to episode 17 of Hearthwalkers: The hearthstone and Magic the gathering and runeterra podcast! My name is wholfie and we got a jam packed show for you today! With some housekeeping today plz don’t forget to share and rate our podcast on itunes so more people can find the goodnessContinue reading "Runeterra Champions, Grandmasters 2020, and Ikoria at home! HearthWalkers Ep 17"

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Episode 17! 

IntroHAI!!! Welcome to episode 17 of Hearthwalkers: The hearthstone and Magic the gathering and runeterra podcast! My name is wholfie and we got a jam packed show for you today! With some housekeeping today plz don’t forget to share and rate our podcast on itunes so more people can find the goodness that is card games! Follow us on twitch and subscribe to the youtube channel!!! You can find us on twitter @wholfie and with that being said lets start out with RUNETERRA!!

Runeterra:New champs!!QuinnSejuaniViSwainMoakaiAll released on twitter along with other cards periodiclyPatch Notes:Updates to expedition for further fine tunning and  secondary archetype supportCard updatesDraven: Can now level up by hitting once with two spinning axesKatarina: Play, add fleeting blades edge in hand.Yasuo: health up from 3-4 | 4-5Kalista: Ive seen 4->3 allies dieEzreal and Karma are on the watchlist for changes`Both cards are extremely usefull in control OTK decks but haven’t hit winrates that need to be managed yet.Quality of life changes to followers including Buffs for freljord followers in health and small buff to lategame noxus followers.Hearthstone!The Outland Inn-Vitational is coming April 21 from 9am-2pmWill be pitting two teams of 10 creators, pro’s and community leadersEach player will play only one class for four bo3 roundsOn rounds 2 and 4 one team will be only demon hunter.100,000 prize pool on the line.17.0.2 patch notesKael’thas Sunstrider 6->7 manaBad luck albatross 3-> 4 manaFrenzied Felwing 3 health -> 2 healthDemon Hunter –Altruis the Outcast Old: Cost 3 mana, 3 Attack / 2 Health → New: Cost 4 mana. 4 Attack / 2 Health.Battlefiend Old: 2 Attack / 2 Health → New: 1 Attack / 2 Health.Glaivebound Adept Old: 7 Attack / 4 Health → New: 6 Attack / 4 Health.Warlock –Sacrificial Pact Old: Destroy a Demon. Restore 5 Health to your hero. → New: Destroy a friendly Demon. Restore 5 Health to your hero.Bloodbloom Old: Cost 2 mana → New: Cost 4 mana.Paladin –Libram of Justice Old: Cost 6 mana → New: Cost 5 mana.Mage –Open the Waygate Old: Cast 6 spells that didn’t start in your deck. Reward: Time Warp. → New: Cast 8 spells that didn’t start in your deck. Reward: Time Warp.BattlegroundsMillhouse Manastorm Old: Minions cost 2 Gold. Refresh costs 2 Gold. Start with 3 Gold. → New: Minions cost 2 Gold. Refresh costs 2 Gold. Tavern Tiers cost (1) more. Start with 3 Gold.
Grandmasters 2020Starts Friday April 17th!Fridays Saturdays, and Sundays on youtube gamingCasters: AMERICAS: Dan “Frodan” Chou and TJ “Azumo” Sanders ASIA-PACIFIC: Jia “Jia” Dee and Darroch “Darroch” BrownEUROPE: Simon “Sottle” Welch and Alex “Raven” BaguleyPrize Pool: USD $500,000 in prizing globally for Grandmasters Season 1Swiss rounds for the first 3 weeks, then a round robin for weeks 4-7, with the playoffs in week 8.

Gameplay format changes every week:

Week 1: Conquest with 1 BanWeek 2: Four Deck Last Hero Standing with 1 BanWeek 3: Ten Deck Conquest with 6 Bans

Weeks 4 – 7: Round Robin

Weeks 4 –7 will consist of round-robin group play within the two divisions in each region—much like the previous seasons of Grandmasters. 

Following weeks 1-3, players will be sorted into two divisions based on their points standings. Division A is comprised of the top-8 point-earning players, and Division B will be point total ranks 9-16.The two divisions compete in round-robin group play over four weeks. The standings at the of conclusion of these weeks will determine who will go on to compete in Playoffs, and who will be relegated from Season 1.The format will stay consistent during round-robin weeks:Bo5 Conquest (4 decks, 1 ban)

Week 8: Season 1 Playoffs

Round-robin weeks lead into Week 8 Playoffs, which will qualify one player per region to the World Championship at the end of the year, while three players from each region will be relegated.

Top 6 from Division A automatically make it into Playoffs.Top 4 from Division B compete in a play-in round to determine who will join the top 6 from Division A in a dual tournament bracket for Playoffs.The 7th- and 8th-placed players in Division B at the close of round robin are automatically relegated from Season 1 of Grandmasters.Final relegation will be determined via a 3-match Play-In involving the 7th- and 8th-placed from Division A, and 5th- and 6th-placed from Division B.The winner of Playoffs from each region will qualify to the Hearthstone World Championships later this year.

AMERICASASIA-PACIFICEUROPEBrian “Bloodyface” EasonYashina “Alutemu” NozomiGeorge “BoarControl” WebbEddie “Eddie” LuiNg “Blitzchung” Wai ChungElias “Bozzzton” SibeliusGuillermo “Empanizado” TolosaCheonsu “Che0nsu” KimRaphael “Bunnyhoppor” PeltzerFei “ETC” LiangHyun Jae “Dawn” JangKevin “Casie” EberleinJames “Firebat” KostesichHyun-Soo “Flurry” ChoTheo “Felkeine” DumontFrank “Fr0zen” ZhangDylan “FroStee” O’MallonCasper “Hunterace” NottoEdward “Gallon” GoodwinSato “Glory” KentaJaromir “Jarla” VyskočilDavid “Justsaiyan” ShanTsz Kin “Kin0531” LoAleksandr “Kolento” MalshMihai “Lnguagehackr” DragalinWataru “Posesi” IshibashiPavel “Pavel” BeltukovJerome “Monsanto” FaucherDasol “Ryvius” SimDima “Rdu” RaduMuzahidul “Muzzy” IslamTsu-Lin “SamuelTsao” TsaoLinh “Seiko” NguyenFacundo “Nalguidan” PruzzoWei-Chieh “Shaxy” LiuVladislav “SilverName” SinotovJason “PapaJason” MellerEuneil “Staz” JaviñasJoffrey “Swidz” CunatFrancisco “PNC” LeimontasJung-Soo “Surrender” KimThijs “Thijs” MolendijkRyan “Purple” Murphy-RootWei-Lin “Tom60229” ChenTorben “Viper” WahlPaul “Zalae” NemethTyler “Tyler” Hoang NguyenMartin “Zhym” Prête 

Current Rankings:Magic@!!Gavin Verhey on playing Commander at homeIkoria Story through cards article!Patch notes for 1.07.00.00Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths available now!Player draft is liveGodzilla Series monsters and how to get them.Stay at home, play at homeArena Promo PacksFiresong and Sunspeaker )Brawlers Guildhall)FNM Schedule:April 17, do whateverApril 24th: SingletonMay 1: ArtisanMay 8th: PauperMay 15th: Historic BrawlStore championsAdvanced filteringNew uiCan filter different copies of same cardChange deck format within filtersCompanion in deckbuilderNew Card UI for abilityes and keywords