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 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!!
    • Quinn
    • Sejuani
    • Vi
    • Swain
    • Moakai
      • All released on twitter along with other cards periodicly
  • Patch Notes:
    • Updates to expedition for further fine tunning and  secondary archetype support
    • Card updates
      • Draven: Can now level up by hitting once with two spinning axes
      • Katarina: Play, add fleeting blades edge in hand.
      • Yasuo: health up from 3-4 | 4-5
      • Kalista: Ive seen 4->3 allies die
      • Ezreal 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-2pm
    • Will be pitting two teams of 10 creators, pro’s and community leaders
    • Each player will play only one class for four bo3 rounds
    • On rounds 2 and 4 one team will be only demon hunter.
    • 100,000 prize pool on the line.
  • 17.0.2 patch notes
    • Kael’thas Sunstrider 6->7 mana
    • Bad luck albatross 3-> 4 mana
    • Frenzied Felwing 3 health -> 2 health
    • Demon 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.
    • Battlegrounds
    • Millhouse 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 2020
    • Starts Friday April 17th!
    • Fridays Saturdays, and Sundays on youtube gaming
    • Casters: 
      • AMERICAS: Dan “Frodan” Chou and TJ “Azumo” Sanders 
      • ASIA-PACIFIC: Jia “Jia” Dee and Darroch “Darroch” Brown
      • EUROPE: Simon “Sottle” Welch and Alex “Raven” Baguley
    • Prize Pool: USD $500,000 in prizing globally for Grandmasters Season 1
    • Swiss 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 Ban
• Week 2: Four Deck Last Hero Standing with 1 Ban
• Week 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.

• Current Rankings:
• Magic@!!
  • Gavin Verhey on playing Commander at home
  • Ikoria Story through cards article!
  • Patch notes for 1.07.00.00
    • Ikoria: Lair of Behemoths available now!
    • Player draft is live
    • Godzilla Series monsters and how to get them.
    • Stay at home, play at home
      • Arena Promo Packs
      • Firesong and Sunspeaker )Brawlers Guildhall)
      • FNM Schedule:
        • April 17, do whatever
        • April 24th: Singleton
        • May 1: Artisan
        • May 8th: Pauper
        • May 15th: Historic Brawl
    • Store champions
    • Advanced filtering
      • New ui
      • Can filter different copies of same card
      • Change deck format within filters
      • Companion in deckbuilder
    • New Card UI for abilityes and keywords