whelp. since the latest patch exclusively gimped Mage Control decks, i decided to add a bunch of minions, bench all of the cold-esque cards and thus, "theHeater" was born.
for the moment, 2x Acolyte of Pain is working out well enough that i may drop one Arcane Intellect and pick up a second Dalaran Mage. without a single Frostbolt i feel kinda naked vs equips, in which case i'll need to squeeze an Acidic Swamp Ooze in or perhaps more taunts? it's working as is so i won't mess with it just yet.
btw, turn 2: Faerie Dragon, turn 3: Shattered Sun Cleric, turn 4 Dark Iron Dwarf is really scary!
as the month is coming to an end, the first 'season' is also ending and my current Rank is floating from 19-17. personally i don't think a month is quite enough time for casual players to reach the higher ranks especially IF patches roll out after each season to adjust the meta game. there's also much less time to experiment with different classes which is something Blizzard would probably want more people to do.
that said, my interest in Hearthstone has spiked back up post-patch(es). hopefully the handful of glitches are fixed soon so that the game could finally be released. in the meantime, happy holidays everyone! -J.A