ZenStyle and the Top Deck Miracles

by JR Cook - 11 years ago     show comments

There’s a certain stigma in card games to profiting as a result of top decking a card. Despite the obvious amount of luck that comes with something like a great starting hand, or getting the right spells and minions in the right sequence, veterans and new players alike shout from on high the dishonor of being ‘lucky’, as opposed to skilled. Regardless of the negativity that’s sometimes associated with it, there’s really nothing more satisfying than seeing the perfect answer pop up in your hand, saving you from certain death.

I had a hilarious and amazing experience tonight in the arena, where in, beset by overpowered Blood Imps and a hoard of marauding enemies, my poor Mage deck was forced to dig through card after card in desperate search of Blizzard and Flamestrike. In the process of digging, I would slaughter my own Loot Hoarder, and singe my own Acolyte of Pain, the sad price of progress. The video below shows the fight from my end. BlizzPro site owner Eldorian joined me, and the two of us tried to make sense of what was happening. Sadly, I ended up losing, but it was easily the most entertaining game of Hearthstone I’ve played yet.