We are way hooked on the digital card game Hearthstone. And we want to get better. So we asked the folks at Blizzard to come drop some knowledge and give us tips on building and playing decks in their fiendishly addictive game.
Making Your First DeckBuilding a deck can be stressful, especially if you're left wondering "what do?" when staring at your collection. Deck building, how does it work?
Here are some tips for building decks:
1. Focus on a theme
The types of decks you can create are virtually endless, so it's good to know what kind of deck you want to play before you start building. If you want a fast, aggressive ("rush") deck, stick to efficient, high-damage minions. Include minions with Charge and spells that deal damage directly to your opponent.
If a slow and careful "control" deck is more your style, include healing and taunt minions. The taunt minions force your opponent to attack them before they can take a swing at you, and the healing minions help restore some health you (or your other minions) might have lost.
2. Have 5–10 early game cards.
If you get behind in the early game, it's tough to get the upper hand again. Having 5–10 cards that cost 1–2 mana and make sense to play on the first two turns can help avoid this. These are usually minions or spells that can remove your opponent's early minions.
3. Have 5–10 late game cards
Most decks can benefit from solid late-game/higher cost cards. Even for rush-themed decks, something aggressive like Argent Commander can make sense, whereas a control deck might do well to include something like Sunwalker.
Card drawing can also be useful in the late game but remember a minion that takes 2 cards to kill is better than drawing 2 cards because if your opponent doesn't have the cards to kill it you are way ahead.
4. Play mostly minions
If you play a minion and your opponent can deal with it, then you end up even. However, if you play a minion and your opponent can't deal with it, then you are ahead on the game board. Once you are ahead on the board you can start making favorable trades or smashing your opponent directly. This makes minions more important than spells which kill minions.
When first building decks, include 20 or more minions. Later you might break this rule with specific spell focused decks.
5. Improve the deck over time
Remember, this is a learning process; you're going to win some and lose some. Don't change your deck after just one game—pay attention to what cards worked out well over the course of several. Then, go back over the deck and make changes based on what you learned.
Playing your new deck1. Start with cheap minions
2. Spend your mana
3. Think twice before making a play
4. A clear board is a happy board
5. Don't play too many minions.
6. Card drawing is for late game
7. Hero power
Lastly, Even the most experienced players don't win all of their games.
Relax and have fun, switch decks sometimes, experiment, learn, enjoy!
From:http://www.hsmedal.com/news-63.html
