The Vicious Syndicate Data Reaper Podcast

Today is the day! The TITANS expansion has arrived, and we give one final overview of the set...

The Festivals of Legends is ready for a final encore. A major discovery might shake up the entire meta. Is there really a new best deck? We also discuss some of the freshly revealed cards from the next expansion!

The nerf to Whomper has made a huge impact on the Standard meta and we discuss all the ramifications. It's also time to rate the new Titans! These cards are strong... but which is the best?

A NEW FORMAT. A NEW EXPANSION. A NEW THREAT TO THE META? Let's talk about everything that's happening after the latest Hearthstone content patch.

A new mode is coming soon!! But first we have to talk about the twists and turns of Standard Hearthstone...

The Audiopocalypse mini-set has shaken things up, and we discuss where things have landed. Beyond the purely obvious, there are a few big surprises...

A miniset has been released! Up is down, down is up, Hunter has healing, and Paladin has DAMAGE.

We have a miniset announcement! But first let's discuss current Standard and perhaps the most interesting class... Warrior?!

We're looking at an early snapshot of the post-nerfs meta! The format is looking balanced with lots to experiment with... until the next mini-set arrives.

In corbett's first episode of the show we find out that Blue is out and Green is in, for a new-look Death Knight. We also speculate on upcoming balance changes!

For one last time, Hat will tell us. And he's doing fine even though this is his last episode - though don't worry, the show will be back with a new host soon.

We just put a little smorc over here and a little board over there...

He'll be nice. Promise. Hat has some big personal news and the meta has some recent developments, so what are you waiting for? Start listening!

We only have an early snapshot of the meta right now, and while some classes are flourishing, others are fizzling out. But maybe some ideas just need more exposure...

Our final podcast episode of Year of the Hydra is here to cover core set changes and the revealed cards so far.

Festival of Legends has been revealed and we have a lot of cards to talk through, especially some neutrals that may (or may not) be bait!

It's like the launch meta, but it's in March now! Get it? Get it??? The 1 mana nerfs brought back a number of archetypes that could not function under the pressure of Gnoll and Quarter. Things are pretty good!

The nerfs dramatically opened up available space for strategies new and old. Hat's pretty happy with the new best deck...

We have some things to talk about, but this isn't a format that yields a lot of deep conversation. Frost DK is broken. Play it until it's gone. 

Chaddius is not the way to win games unless you get him off evolves on turn 2. But there are ways to win games beyond evolve scams in Return to Naxx! And we talk about them!

We go through the whole set! One of us is excited about cards that cost 1 and one of us is excited about neutral legendaries.

Who would've thought that Wildpaw Gnoll was oppressing minion strategies that are now flourishing?

Do you really wanna see what the space between tempo and midrange looks like? Memes aside, we got a new balance patch and have some insights into the early data from 25.2.2.

Seriously, if that thing lives, what do you even do? Zach has some other meta developments too. 

Is this meta broken on a fundamental level? Is this a balance issue or a larger design problem? Are these questions clickbait? (Yes.)