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Pete, Jed and Brent have another Hearthstone Arena podcast and Brent hogs the mic yet again. This time, they'll talk about drafting and playing strategies for all nine classes as well as drop some tips about how to play against each class.

What's the best way to counter a Hunter? What makes Paladin so boss? Why does Jed know so much about armor classes? Find out in this week's ep.

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Pete, Jed and Brent finally get back to podcasting, but only because Jed has decided to jump in with both feet to Brent's current obsession: Hearthstone Arena.

How did Jed's first Arena go? What are some limited Hearthstone basics? Where are the best locations to play a game or two of Hearthstone? Find out in this week's ep.

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Turn 3 Kill in Hearthstone's Tavern Brawl

If you haven't stopped by The Inn recently to play Hearthstone, there is a new game mode out that perfectly blends a fresh challenge every week with the fun of casual spell slinging mixed in with a dash of Blizzard zaniness. Tavern Brawl is a 1v1 match that adopts new and unusual rules each week, making for constantly fresh gameplay while the hardcore player base waits for a fresh expansion. And thus far, your first win each week earns you a Classic card pack, which also makes it a great way for newer players to build their collection.

Welcome to my Inn!

The first of the crazy rulesets have allowed us to play as Nefarian and Ragnaros, starting with 60 life and including non-collectible cards in our preconstructed decks that were from the Blackrock Mountain adventure. Since then, we've had fully random decks, a free Mukla-style banana every time a minion dies, a Webspinner challenge, and a free random minion on the board every time you cast a spell. Sometimes you get to pick your entire deck, sometimes just the class, and sometimes you get whatever the game gives you

Play Arena for Free with Unreleased Goblins vs Gnomes Cards

To celebrate (hype) the upcoming release of the new Goblins vs Gnomes Hearthstone expansion, Blizzard has generously gifted all players one free Arena run. And there's the bonus: until the expansion goes live on Monday, December 8th, it will be the only place you can play with the new cards. It's basically a prerelease event, but for Hearthstone! Just log in before the 8th to get your free Arena ticket (value: $.199 or 150 in game gold)

HYPE!

If you haven't played Hearthstone for a while, this is a great time to get back in there and see all the new hotness on the house. The community's understanding is that Arena runs won't pay off in GvG packs until Tuesday, so if you want to wait until then to play your free Arena, that is understandable. Or, you could start the run now, play up to two losses or 11 wins, then wait and finish the run after the official launch next week.

Our Blizzard overlords have also changed a couple existing cards, so dust Gadgetzan Auctioneer and Flare now for full value, especially if you don't think you'll play them for a while.

How much will Curse of Naxxramus cost?

Some Curse of Naxxramas colon A Hearthstone Adventure details have been announced and while there is still no date yet on which it will drop, we do have important pricing information now.

The first wing (of 5) will be completely free if you start adventure mode during the first "month or so". Be sure and do that for maximum value. Then, the remaining 4 wings (which will be released on a weekly basis) will cost 700 in-game gold each, or $5.00 per if you buy more than one with cold hard cash. If you only purchase one at a time, they are $7.00. Do me a favor and don't do that.

As for me, I have been grinding the Arena and an average of 90% of my daily quests, so I am stocked up on gold and will remain a free-to-play player. I just ticked above 5,000 gold saved up, with 2,800 earmarked for Naxx.

At 1,000 wins across all formats, you'll get a 300 gold bonus.

Unless there are plans for another expansion announced soon, I may just spend some of the leftover gold on cracking packs for dust now that I know how much I'll need for Naxx. To keep everyone up to date, I have seven legendaries thus far (five opened, with one duplicate dusted and three crafted). Just 28 more to go and I'll have the full set!

Literally have never touched Prophet Velen and forgot I even owned him.