Hearthstone (Card Soul Talk)

I have a huge love hate relationship with Hearthstone since my brother forced me to play it a year ago. He's currently a streamer for the Malaysian hearthstone association http://m8gaming.net. On one hand I love the game and the blizzard character cards, on the other, PvP tends to give me anxiety. 

In Hearthstone, you're given a set of basic cards and the option to buy rarer/better cards via in game currency or actual currency. With these cards you build a deck of 30 cards and use it to duel against other players. Some cards synergies with others to form a strong deck or you could build a deck using strong minions, the possibility is endless. Putting all the strongest cards in the game into one deck does not guarantee a win while using only the basic cards provided on the game before pack purchases does not guarantee a loss.




The next thing I would like to touch on is the concept of Heroes. These are character classes from Blizzard's own World of Warcraft. They are Mage, Warrior, Priest, Rogue, Warlock, Shaman, Druid and Paladins. Choosing a class determines the spells (and certain minion cards) that are available to you along with a class exclusive power. This power spends 2 mana (the amount of cards (minion or spell) you can play on that turn) for an action that benefits you, whether it's healing with a Priest or summoning a small minion on the board with Paladins.




Each card has a mana cost, you start the game with 1 mana and it goes up by 1 to a maximum of 10 mana. Minion cards have a mana cost, and a HP and Atk number while spells only have mana cost and it spends it to cast a certain spell either to you, a minion or any of your enemy's character. The goal of the game is to get your opponent's HP down to 0.

It's a fun game that dwells in the veins of Magic: The Gathering and Yu-gi-Oh to name a few. You're able to play it online with a massive community of players, so you won't run into the problems of traditional card games of having to go to a venue every other day to practice your skills or participate in competitions.