How did we get here? What are these meta-defining decks? Is this good for the game? Stage One: Board Is for the Weak For the most part, if you’re slower, you’re out. We might see minions, but we do not see a whole lot of board battles, especially back-and-forth ones. Very fast-paced normalcy, perhaps, but at least we are seeing minions on the board again, so that’s good, right? Well, maybe. At the time I’m writing this, a few days into United in Stormwind expansion, the game has returned to some semblance of normalcy. It was truly a sight to behold, and something extraordinary for a game typically known for its board battles between minions. Despite all this, games were typically over in fewer than ten turns. Furthermore, anyone who had to play a minion often made an effort to kill it off immediately to not give the opponent a chance to target it with their spells. However, on the second day, the most common sight on the ladder was a game between two decks that used hardly any minions.
On the first day, people were playing all kinds of things, as usual. The launch of United in Stormwind has been unique in the history of Hearthstone.
