Matt and Croque first breakdown all of the news from the past week's patch notes, including 22.2.2 and 22.4. (As a side note, much love to the Blizzard dev team for all of the attention duels has recently gotten. After many months without attention last year, we've gotten multiple changes for each week for several weeks in a row. It's great and we appreciate it!)They then spend the majority of the episode going through the new cards from the Onxyia's Lair miniset that were revealed as of 1:00 PM PST on 2/11/22. This includes the hosts' real time reaction to Kibler's reveal of Kazakusan and how his arrival will bring the duels treasures to standard! The timing for the reveal truly could not have been more perfect. Did it add 15 minutes to the length of the podcast? You bet! Did the hosts understand how the card worked for the first 5+ minutes of their analysis of the card? Stick around and find out!

In this episode, Matt and Croque first discuss the latest news from patch 22.2.1 in Hearthstone Duels. Is the patch live as of this posting? We don't know, but it should be soon!For the main topic, the guys discuss the current hottest deck in the meta, Battle Tactics Vanndar. They discuss various big cards you can throw in and some fun interactions (Marin the Fox is out to steal some games!)   They also discuss various counters to the deck, including both Mage and Shaman options.Finally, the guys discuss some interesting decks they've both played and watched, included soul lock, elemental shaman, secret hunter and boar mill druid/Drek'Thar??

In this episode, Matt and Agent Croque discuss their experience with patch 22.2 for Hearthstone. This includes launch day experiences, what has and has not been successful thus far. They then discuss some theoretical changes to deck construction, buckets and treasures that the hosts feel could improve player experience. Both Matt and Croque had excellent runs with Harness the Elements Drek'Thar in the past few days and discuss this early meta monster in the second segment (50:30.)Finally, will the Darkness finally awaken in the meta? Probably not, but Matt had a fun game against someone using it!

In this episode Matt and Croque breakdown all the Duels details from Hearthstone's Patch 22.2. This includes every existing nerf and buff as well as the new treasures and both of the new heroes, Vanndar Stormpike and Drek'Thar! Stick around for Matt's spicy hot take on Shadowcasting 101! Will he eat his words in a week or two? Almost certainly! Note: This episode was recording prior to the updates to the patch notes, quoted below: [NEW] Pool 2 Treasure offerings will now be more synergistic with your deck.[NEW] CARD POOL CHANGESEmbrace the Shadow, Ignite, and Korrak the Bloodrager have been banned from deck construction.These changes will certainly have profound impacts in how Duels will perform next week when the patch goes live. The hosts regret not being able to discuss them! 

Listen as Matt and Agent Croque talk about the latest news in Hearthstone Duels and then go over Matt's favorite recent deck, Buff Priest!