Welcome to Doctor 3 a Hearthstone podcast dedicated to giving you explosive growth in 

climbing the standard ranked ladder. Hosted by AlkalineKat, dragonrider, and sendmeyourarms (Smarms)

Previous Poll Question Results

NEWS: 

• “really big balance patch planned for later this week, with changes to around 30 cards”
  • “attempting to address issues which have cropped up with the overall health of Standard”
  • “Internal discussion about certain gameplay patterns in the current meta – particularly hyper-efficient AoE board clears, “OTK” style decks that lack sufficient counterplay, and powerful Legendary cards like Zarimi, Reno Lone Ranger, and Wheel of Death”
  • Increasing the overall feeling of player agency is our key focus with this patch
• BGs 34 buffs, 15 nerfs, 6 mixed, 4 being added back in, 3 cards being taken out
• Duos 1 card buffed, 5 cards nerfed

Mini Topic

Hopes for changes?

Anything you want to see buffed?

Main Topic

In-depth changes discussion, past philosophy, keywords changes, and general feelings

Next Poll Question

What class do you hope to see get buffed the most?

• Druid

• Mage

• Paladin

• Other

*We’ll talk about the results on next week’s show*

*And speaking of the show, you can find us:*

Doctor 3 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Doctor3HS

Email us: [email protected]

Discord - https://discord.com/invite/qY8SxKJ

Kat - https://twitter.com/Alkaline_Kat, https://www.twitch.tv/AlkalineKat

Dragon - https://twitter.com/dawniedk , https://www.twitch.tv/dragonriderTCCG

Smarms - https://twitter.com/sendmeyourarms https://www.twitch.tv/sendmeyourarms & Blizzlet podcast

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Where can we find you?

Doctor 3 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Doctor3HS

Email us: [email protected]

Discord - https://discord.com/invite/qY8SxKJ

Kat - https://twitter.com/Alkaline_Kat, https://www.twitch.tv/AlkalineKat

Dragon - https://twitter.com/dawniedk , https://www.twitch.tv/dragonriderTCCG

Smarms - https://twitter.com/sendmeyourarms https://www.twitch.tv/sendmeyourarms & Blizzlet podcast

Welcome to Doctor 3 a Hearthstone podcast dedicated to giving you explosive growth in 

climbing the standard ranked ladder. Hosted by Katrina, dragonrider, and Smarms (send me your arms).

Previous week's poll question

How do you feel about the upcoming changes?

• Excited 29.2%
• Sad 16.7%
• Indifferent 54.2%

NEWS: 

• Masters Tour
• Duos probably coming with the next bgs patch

Mini Topic

What decks people might be bringing to the masters tour?

Main Topic

Impact of buffs and nerfs

What we’ve been seeing

Speculation of nerfs and timing

This week's poll question

Will you try Battlegrounds Duos when it comes out?

• Yes, I usually play BGs

• Yes, but don’t BGs usually

• No, not really interested

*We’ll talk about the results on next week’s show*

*And speaking of the show, you can find us:*

Where can we find you?

Doctor 3 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Doctor3HS

Email us: [email protected]

Discord - https://discord.com/invite/qY8SxKJ

Kat - https://twitter.com/Alkaline_Kat, https://www.twitch.tv/AlkalineKat

Dragon - https://twitter.com/dawniedk , https://www.twitch.tv/dragonriderTCCG

Smarms - https://twitter.com/sendmeyourarms https://www.twitch.tv/sendmeyourarms & Blizzlet podcast

You've Been listening to Doctor3

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Welcome to Doctor 3 a Hearthstone podcast dedicated to giving you explosive growth in 

climbing the standard ranked ladder. Hosted by Katrina, dragonrider, and sendmeyourarms (smarms).

Previous Poll Question

NEWS: 

• Whizbang Workshop launched
• Balance changes teaser image posted today on socials
• New in-game event

Mini Topic

What have we been playing?

Main Topic

Coming nerfs and buffs

• Nerfs: Awakening Tremors, Tigress Plushy, Deputization Aura, Shroomscavate, Thrall's Gift, Odyn Prime Designate, Zilliax Deluxe 3000 Ticking Module
• Buffs: Sky Mother Aviana, Frost Lich Cross-Stitch

Poll Question

How do you feel about the upcoming changes?

• Excited

• Sad

• Indifferent

*We’ll talk about the results on next week’s show*

*And speaking of the show, you can find us:*

Where can we find you?

Doctor 3 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Doctor3HS

Email us: [email protected]

Discord - https://discord.com/invite/qY8SxKJ

Kat - https://twitter.com/Alkaline_Kat, https://www.twitch.tv/AlkalineKat

Dragon - https://twitter.com/dawniedk , https://www.twitch.tv/dragonriderTCCG

Smarms - https://twitter.com/sendmeyourarms https://www.twitch.tv/sendmeyourarms & Blizzlet podcast

You've Been listening to Doctor3

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Welcome to Doctor 3 a Hearthstone podcast dedicated to giving you explosive growth in 

climbing the standard ranked ladder. Hosted by Katrina, dragonrider, and sendmeyourarms (smarms).

In this first half of our set review for Hearthstone's Whizbang's Workshop expansion, we each give a rating and our thoughts on all of the cards for Priest, Rogue, Shaman, , Warlock, Warrior and Neutrals . We'll have our ratings and thoughts on all

Where can we find you?

Doctor 3 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Doctor3HS

Email us: [email protected]

Discord - https://discord.com/invite/qY8SxKJ

Kat - https://twitter.com/Alkaline_Kat, https://www.twitch.tv/AlkalineKat

Dragon - https://twitter.com/dawniedk , https://www.twitch.tv/dragonriderTCCG

Smarms - https://twitter.com/sendmeyourarms https://www.twitch.tv/sendmeyourarms & Blizzlet podcast

You've Been listening to Doctor3

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Welcome to Doctor 3 a Hearthstone podcast dedicated to giving you explosive growth in 

climbing the standard ranked ladder. Hosted by Katrina, dragonrider, and sendmeyourarms (smarms).

In this first half of our set review for Hearthstone's Whizbang's Workshop expansion, we each give a rating and our thoughts on all of the cards for Death Knight, Demon Hunter, Druid, Hunter, Mage, and Paladin. We'll have our ratings and thoughts on all of the cards for Priest, Rogue, Shaman, Warlock, Warrior, and Neutrals on next week's show!

Where can we find you?

Doctor 3 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Doctor3HS

Email us: [email protected]

Discord - https://discord.com/invite/qY8SxKJ

Kat - https://twitter.com/Alkaline_Kat, https://www.twitch.tv/AlkalineKat

Dragon - https://twitter.com/dawniedk , https://www.twitch.tv/dragonriderTCCG

Smarms - https://twitter.com/sendmeyourarms https://www.twitch.tv/sendmeyourarms & Blizzlet podcast

You've Been listening to Doctor3

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Welcome to Doctor 3 a Hearthstone podcast dedicated to giving you explosive growth in 

climbing the standard ranked ladder. Hosted by Katrina, dragonrider, and sendmeyourarms (smarms).

Last Week's Poll Question

News

Dragonrider's Card Reveals Behind-the-Scenes info!

Hearthstone’s 10th Anniversary Celebration Info

• In-game event from Feb 27 - Mar 19 to get golden versions of the gift cards and a birthday coin card cosmetic
• March 11th official anniversary
  • Legendary Quest to earn the 10-Year Anniversary Card back
  • Launch of Hearthstone: Music from the Tavern album (Anniversary picks) with over 30 Hearthstone in-game tracks - 2 more albums later this year, these will be available on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, and more
  • Community Day starts 10am Pacific runs til 10am Pacific, Twitch drops will be available, more details closer to the date
  • WoW crossover starts - log in to Hearthstone to get a Fiery Hearthsteed mount for WoW, and seek out Hearthstone matches in capital cities in WoW to earn Hearthstone-themed reward

Mini Topic

What have we been playing?

Main Topic

Sets that are rotating and the most impactful cards/archetypes that are leaving Standard.

Voyage to the Sunken City, Murder at Castle Nathria, March of the Lich King, Path of Arthas

Next Poll Question

Which of the 3 expansions leaving Standard will you miss the most?

• Voyage to the Sunken City
• Murder at Castle Nathria
• March of the Lich King

*We’ll talk about the results on next week’s show*

*And speaking of the show, you can find us:*

Where can we find you?

Doctor 3 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Doctor3HS

Email us: [email protected]

Discord - https://discord.com/invite/qY8SxKJ

Kat - https://twitter.com/Alkaline_Kat, https://www.twitch.tv/AlkalineKat

Dragon - https://twitter.com/dawniedk , https://www.twitch.tv/dragonriderTCCG

Smarms - https://twitter.com/sendmeyourarms https://www.twitch.tv/sendmeyourarms & Blizzlet podcast

You've Been listening to Doctor3

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We get a little distracted earlier on in the show and talk about a lot of different stuff then we talk about the potential nerfs and buffs coming this week. 

Doctor 3 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Doctor3HS

Email us: [email protected]

Discord - https://discord.com/invite/qY8SxKJ

Kat - https://twitter.com/Alkaline_Kat, https://www.twitch.tv/AlkalineKat

Dragon - https://twitter.com/dawniedk , https://www.twitch.tv/dragonriderTCCG

Smarms - https://twitter.com/sendmeyourarms https://www.twitch.tv/sendmeyourarms & Blizzlet podcast

Welcome to Doctor 3, a Hearthstone podcast dedicated to giving you explosive growth in 

climbing the standard ranked ladder. Hosted by Katrina, dragonrider, and Smarms.

Last week's Poll Question

NEWS: 

Year of the Pegasus

• Message from Game Director Tyler Bielman - essentially public announcing him as the game director
• Teaser image for the 3 expansions for 2024
• Announced Core Set Update
• Hearthstone’s 10th Anniversary Celebration Stuff
  • Harth Stonebrew and “gift” spell cards in the patch
  • In-game event from Feb 27 - Mar 19 to get golden versions of the gift cards and a birthday coin card cosmetic
  • March 11th official anniversary
    • Legendary Quest to earn the 10-Year Anniversary Card back
    • Launch of Hearthstone: Music from the Tavern album (Anniversary picks) with over 30 Hearthstone in-game tracks - 2 more albums later this year, these will be available on Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, and more
    • Community Day starts 10am Pacific runs til 10am Pacific, Twitch drops will be available, more details closer to the date
    • WoW crossover starts - log in to Hearthstone to get a Fiery Hearthsteed mount for WoW, and seek out Hearthstone matches in capital cities in WoW to earn Hearthstone-themed rewards
• Twist Season (Smarms will talk about in patch segment)

Patch 28.6

• Pre-Purchase Whizbang’s Workshop, Get Early Access Epics
• Log in rewards
• Twist Seasonal Update: Fast Forward

• •  This March, take a walk through Hearthstone history in Twist! On the first day of the season, only Legacy will be in the card pool. On the next day, Hearthstone’s first infusion of cards, Curse of Naxxramas, will be added to the card pool. The next day: Goblins vs Gnomes. Each day, the next infusion of cards will be added until we've fast forwarded through the entire history of Hearthstone (through Showdown in the Badlands)!  
  • Demon Hunter and Death Knight will be unlocked in the Mode with the set that corresponds to their first appearance in Hearthstone. Starting in Patch 28.6, Whizbang the Wonderful will temporarily function in the same way he did at launch (decklists from The Boomsday Project). He’ll be reverted in a major patch after the Fast Forward Twist season ends. After the March season, the Twist Mode will be paused again for the April season.

Battlegrounds

Quests are back, some new  minions, spell quest rewards

Main Topic

Announcing Whizbang’s Workshop, Hearthstone’s Next Expansion!

Miniaturize- Key word-Whenever you play a card with Miniaturize, you get a 1-mana 1/1 copy added to your hand.

Customize Your Own Card with Zilliax Deluxe 3000: Next level Etc. “Can’t find the exact card you’re looking for? Build your own! Zilliax Deluxe 3000 is fully customizable. While building your deck, choose two Zilliax Modules to combine their costs, stats, and effects into your perfect Zilliax. Then, finish your Zilliax off with your choice of cosmetic finishes.”

Colifero Log in reward

Pre Purchase award

Core set changes 

• Druid loses soul of the forrest nourish and wild growth
• King Krush leaves hunter but gains back spell stone and kill command 
• Mage losing pyro blast but getting back frostbolt and primordial glyph
• Priest loses benedictus and shard of the nauru and gains spell stone and obsidian statue
• Rogue loses hanaar and secrets while gaining sap and flik skyshiv
• Shaman loses bloodlust and strength totem but gains kalegos and wrath of air totem
• Warlock loses imp gang boss and fiendish circle but get back doom guard and spell stone & Rafaam (replace your hand and deck with legendary minions)
• Warrior loses sword eater andc gets back deathwing and original fiery waraxe 
• Netural alexstraza ysera and slyvanias get replaced by their classic variants.  Siamat, justicar trueheart,  leeroy, mountain and molten giants south sea deck hand stone hill defender and firefly

This week's poll question - answer on twitter or in our discord!

*We’ll talk about the results on next week’s show*

*And speaking of the show, you can find us:*

Where can we find you?

Doctor 3 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Doctor3HS

Email us: [email protected]

Discord - https://discord.com/invite/qY8SxKJ

Kat - https://twitter.com/Alkaline_Kat, https://www.twitch.tv/AlkalineKat

Dragon - https://twitter.com/dawniedk , https://www.twitch.tv/dragonriderTCCG

Smarms - https://twitter.com/sendmeyourarms https://www.twitch.tv/sendmeyourarms & Blizzlet podcast

You've Been listening to Doctor3

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This week with not a lot of news and DragonRider feeling under the weather Smarms and Katrina take sludge warlock on to the ladder with smarms as the pilot and Kat and the coach!!! We play a couple of games and talk about what we had learned at the end of the games!!! Come hang out!!! 

Doctor 3 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Doctor3HS

Email us: [email protected]

Discord - https://discord.com/invite/qY8SxKJ

Kat - https://twitter.com/Alkaline_Kat, https://www.twitch.tv/AlkalineKat

Dragon - https://twitter.com/dawniedk , https://www.twitch.tv/dragonriderTCCG

Smarms - https://twitter.com/sendmeyourarms https://www.twitch.tv/sendmeyourarms & Blizzlet podcast

Welcome to Doctor 3, a Hearthstone podcast dedicated to giving you explosive growth in 

climbing the standard ranked ladder. Hosted by Katrina, dragonrider, and Smarms.

Mini-Podcast in a Podcast?

Last week's Poll Question

NEWS: 

• Patch 28.4.1 launched yesterday, Monday Jan 29th bringing changes to standard, BGs, arena offering adjustments and bug fixes https://hearthstone.blizzard.com/en-us/news/24046220/28-4-1-patch-notes 
  • We’ll discuss standard changes in main topic
  • Pyrotechnician is no longer banned in Standard.
  • The Lunar New Year event started today and runs from January 30 to February 13, complete event quests to earn event XP on the special event rewards track. 
    • Complete the rewards track to earn 6 Signature Cards (2x Kobold Miner, 2x Walking Mountain, and 2x Howdyfin), the Lantern Stringer Galewing Battlegrounds Hero Skin, and the Dragon Dance Celeste Hearthstone Hero Skin!
  • Twist returns this week, starting February 1st with a commons and rares ONLY format!

Main Topic

• Standard balance changes

• Velarok the Deceiver (2nd half of the card) from a 3/6 to a 3/3
• Shattershambler now just kills the next Deathrattle immediately when its played and doesn’t discount the next Deathrattle minion by 1
• Cactus Construct now summons a 1/1 version of the chosen minion instead of a 1/2 
• Herald of Nature now only buffs +1/+1 instead of +1/+2
• Pendant of Earth now restores Health to your hero equal to the cost of the discovered minion instead of gaining armor equal to the cost.
• Shattered Reflections no longer adds a copy of the chosen minion to your hand, it just adds it to the battlefield and deck
• Dew Process from 2 mana up to 4 mana
• Boogie Down from 3 mana up to 4 mana and the finale now summons another 1-cost minion instead of giving the summoned minions taunt.
• The Garden’s Grace now gives Divine shield and +4/+4 instead of +5/+5
• Thaddius, Monstrosity now has your odd-cost or even-cost cards costing 2 less instead of 4 less.

• Thoughts of impact on meta/decks

Next Poll Question

• What rank are you ending in STANDARD for Jan 2024?
  • Legend
  • Diamond Ranks
  • Platinum Ranks
  • Gold/Silver Ranks
    
    

*We’ll talk about the results on next week’s show*

*And speaking of the show, you can find us:*

Doctor 3 Twitter: https://twitter.com/Doctor3HS

Email us: [email protected]

Discord - https://discord.com/invite/qY8SxKJ

Kat - https://twitter.com/Alkaline_Kat, https://www.twitch.tv/AlkalineKat

Dragon - https://twitter.com/dawniedk , https://www.twitch.tv/dragonriderTCCG

Smarms - https://twitter.com/sendmeyourarms https://www.twitch.tv/sendmeyourarms & Blizzlet podcast

You've Been listening to Doctor3

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