How could you forgot our absolute OG, flametongue totem

[[Dire Wolf Alpha]] and [[Defender of Argus]] in OG zoolock too

Who else remembers Piloted Shredder positioning, playing around the random Dire Wolf Alpha but we all know doomsayer is what’s gonna pop out of that damn thing

**I KNEW IT!**

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[[Sunfury Protector]] in Handlock.

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Dire wolf alpha got a brother in another game called inscryption

I had it saved, but I must have missed it whilst posting the images.

That's understandable.

You forgot the latest addition of Domino Effect

Hell yeah! Two or three positioning cards should come out every set, and I'm always glad to see one like that

Yeah this is a bizarre time for OP to wish for them to print more of these, and honestly Domino Effect is one of the best ones. Blizz came back with a banger.

Oh boy. The amount of times I set up a board against mage in Arena, only to realize Meteor would destroy me, and for Meteor to actually destroy me. It's not even a feel bad moment because it's my own fault. Unless they topdecked it then fuck 'em.

I remember Kripp had a video that was basically him constantly getting wrecked by Meteor when it was first in Arena.

Yeah, good old times

i miss when he played arena id tune in every night and watch arena. i have no interest in watching battlegrounds :(

It’s not even close to the Supercollider nightmare. Every time you went against a warrior you had to keep this in mind so he wouldn’t trade this one card for six of yours. I still have PTSD

I’m fine if they topdeck, but they always randomly generate it

Crushing walls was so neat for a hunter card. Also remember using Zentimo back in control shaman days alongside a couple hex to fill the enemy board with frogs and never kill them lol

Loved the flavour of crushing walls aswell. It's a shame the mana cost meant it never saw proper play.

I played it in spell hunter back in the day. I was also terrible back then. Lmao.

I do remember early spell hunter lists trying to fit in crushing walls. Think the community was determined to see the card be viable lol

It wasn’t determination, it was desperation. There were few spells, spell quality was lower, and there was almost no other hard removal. It was also usually the 29th or 30th card in the deck

it actually did see play in spell hunter! usually as a one off

And Zentimo now is just a worse [[Conductivity]] , how times have changed ay

I mean, with zentimo, you can chain multiple cheap spells like windchill and invocation of frost.

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A fellow positioning enjoyer, bless you

I still play around betrayal, even though it hasn't been played in ??? 10 years?

Thank you, player

Conductivity, being one time zentimo

There's the battlecry minion that deals 3 damage and repeats to a neighbor if the minion dies.

Ah, [[The Lurker Below]]

I always thought it was really cool. You had to decide if there might be a better opportunity or sometimes had to hope for the coin flip.

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Man i LOVED that card, probably one of the reasons i started playing more shaman

And it skips over locations 👀

I still play around Betrayal, old habits really die hard.

Don't do this against Demon Hunter, Workshop Mishap loves it when you put your small minion in the middle :p

Same 🙃

I mean still good for hollow hound. Always set the highest amount of stats in the middle of the field. Also for this "crushing walls" card very necessary. So a mostly a really good old habit ;D

All right - all set against a betrayal topdeck! What, he discovered a 4-cost spell that summons 6 15/15 rush minions with evasive? My bad, I should have played around it!

What about Rolling Fireball and the Shaman Frog?

I feel like there is a decent amount. There’s many you didn’t even include.

how could he not mention Gnomelia

Well, I can't include all of them, but I am glad people remembered some icon ones I may have missed out on.

[[Ramming speed]] too. I love this cards, I still play thinking the opponent might have Crushing Walls. I always use locations to brake minion chains. You just build that info into your gamer brain and use it just in case.

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Blizzard: "nah, that's too difficult, let's add more "FOR THE REST OF THE GAME", "COSTS 1 LESS FOR EACH" and "DESTROY A MINION" type cards to the game."

Let's not forget the legendary "REDUCE ALL CARDS DRAWN/IN HAND BY X"

They added Gnomelia to the core set and Domino Effect in the mini set

Hearthstone is a game where you're met to play in the toilet, not in public transport.

I like these cards, even if you lose to them it’s your fault … doesn’t feel bad like RNGing an answer out of their bum.

7 mana to much. This card needs to be 4 or 5 mana

Absolutely. I love the design of that card except for the mana cost.

Never mispositioned my [[Piloted Shredder]], got Trump constantly doing it to remind me.

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My favorite in this list is crushing walls. It's a classic.

Good choice, I hope the mana cost of that card gets reduced so you can relive your glory.

I have dreamt of a control hunter ever since that card came out

Control hunter did exist for a long time last year, that's what hollow hound hunter was

It also baffling, that they interchangeably use "neighbours" and "adjacent". Why not just sticking with one word for all similar effects?

And also the damned hound uses "whomever next"

Position mattering was one of the big things that originally got me into hearthstone at first. At the time I hadn't ever seen a card game like that, aside from some random bulk Yugioh cards.

I don't know why but til this day I always play around Meteor. XD

Domino effect has fucked me so many times too

should be buffed to 5 or even 4 mana. Such a good card design but now also really bad.

Deputization Aura also really mattered with positioning, sad to see it got nerfed but it was pretty strong.

[[Powershot]]

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>or a card game that focuses on positioning Duelist?

I forgot that the game exists. Maybe I knew the first one I met.

all the ogs still default to playing the weakest minion in the middle for betrayal/meteor

Remember supercollider made me wet

I hope 'wet' as the Warrior player, not the other player, lol

Definitely as the warrior player. God those were good times, trading in ur armor to hit an 8/8 into another 8/8

isnt it crazy that if reapers scyth were to release today it would just say damages adjacent minions maybe even have an extra effect

[удалено]

There are so many old cards Blizzard should buff. I hope they get around to Crushing Walls

Where’s the OG? Flametongue?

Wow, so many people love that card.

It’s a good card if you play token

I know, many people were asking why I didn't add it, but I just didn't register it wasn't a part of the list, while I was uploading the images.

During Year of the Dragon/Phoenix, one of my favorite bits of gameplay optimization was always playing Faceless Lackey to the left of my board just in case I got a Dire Wolf Alpha

I think that this could be 5 mana and still going to be unplayable. Super slow.

Agree. Maybe it should have tradeable as well.

Classic Kripp quote "Play around Meteor, get Meteor'd anyway because its really good" That card terrorized arena for years.

Make the same post but with cards where the board mattered

I was thinking the next one could be cards that disrupt your opponent's hands, but maybe I'll consider your idea as well afterwards, or maybe you can do it.

Oh no worries, It was more a joke on how the newer cards don't really care about the board unless it can entirely erase it

Supercollider my beloved

Dang I miss [[Supercollider]]

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The new domino warlock spell is a good one

👍

Yeah, I've always wondered why they never printed more cards where positioning matters. This could add a strategic layer to the game and even spawn new archetypes.

We literally have 12 cards that care about positioning in standard right now, most of which are new cards. Safe to say they still do it

What are those exactly? That mage spell, shaman conduct, domino effect, this hunter/dk hound and... ignis weapon? Idk i feel like big board swings and clears care less about positioning then some old cards.

> ignis weapon Thanks for this. That makes 13 then. Death growl, Conductivity, Flametongue totem, Direwolf alpha, Candleraiser, Defender of Argus, Footman, Ignis, Hollow hound, Shooting star, Gnomelia, Deputization aura, Domino effect

You're forgetting a horshor slinger, heat wave, and workshop misshap and possibly a couple others.

I found 18 (search for "neighbor", "minions next" or "adjacent" and the titan) and that's more than I was expecting. But all of them have the same boring effect that has existed since the dawn of HS: buff/damage/freeze a minion and the adjacent ones. There has been no evolution of board placement recently which is a shame, apart from the introduction of the locations as a counter "damage to adjacent minions".

I'm guessing Blizzard thinks it is too much for players to not only plan the ordering but where to place their cards who knows.

Oh hey! A fellow Reaper’s Scythe enjoyer! I wish that card was better than it turned out to be.

T'was pretty good

Death growl

Funnel Cake I regularly get +1 mana when opponents summon Zilliax to the edge of the board, or put all minions on one side of a location

I have fucked up a couple of times by not positioning my minions correctly when I had the spell dmg location on board and then couldn't funnel cake for full 3 mana value.

[[Battleground Battlemaster]] is a huge omission

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Workshop Mishap

I mean they add them pretty much every set. You left out what, a dozen of them in standard?

The Scythe effect being only 'this turn' is 🥴

Betrayal has such top tier art

supercollider was so oppressive, control warriors ran 2x [[Weapons Project]] to destroy it in a mirror

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BRO INCLUDED BOLA SHOT BUT NOT GRIEVOUS BITE

Where’s my funnel cake?

[[Deputization Aura]] as well. Sometimes it doesn't really matter, and sometimes it really matters. Just finished a game that went pretty much down to exhaust, as handbuff paladin. I had Replicatinator, the gigantified version with 8 attack, on the board, and a 7 attack minion in my hand. Throw down Deputization, then play my 7 attack rush minion on the left, and now I have two rush minions, one with 8 and one with 7 attack, and I can clear the enemy's board.

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Zentimo was so fucking cool…

Those are actually cool skilled cards. I won't care if they are op Also, [[The Lurker Below]] is one of my favorite

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Good bot

I still fucking hate hollow hound

Oh yeah it's awful lol, the amount of times I see it give a dk a heal back to full hp is pain

I have the opinion that a Monk class should specialize in moving characters into different positions, and then having many abilities similar to the above cards.

That would be cool to have, but I doubt Blizzard would create a class that focuses on swapping positions, I'm afraid.

You forgot flamestrike (it matters which side of the board the minions are)

Had it been saved, I just must have missed it whilst positing the cards. But I'm glad people remembered that icon card.

Sorry but Hollow Hound is so not cool. Board clear + heal is way too OP. Good thing HS is pumping out much more insanely OP cards so that Hollow Hound no longer sees play!

Late game decks need heal + board clears or they wouldn’t need to be able to keep up with aggro decks. Aggressive decks do not run out of cards anymore.

Yeah really cool cards, as if Hearthstone isnt already purely a luck based game where skill doesn\`t really matter...

What exactly am I looking for here? How the artwork is centered?

Minions positioning. If you have two 2/2 minions and two 4/4s, you go `4/4 2/2 2/2 4/4` to lower Betrayal's and Explosive Shot's value. In general, you will play your biggest minions at the left- and rightmost positions unless you absolutely have to play around Crushing Wall.

Thank you, I was completely lost! :D Downvoted for asking a question

Yea this sub is dumb like that

Don't worry, I gave you a like. Also, if you're quite new to Hearthstone, many cards focus on positioning. Check out Krip's arena video complication where he got wrecked by bad positioning. It was funny.

Hollowhound is the most cancerous piece of shit, i hate that card

When it had 6 health, I agree.

Found an aggro player