Introduction

WellPlayed Cup

Winners Round 1 Match 3 Game 2 (~11:45)

Trump (Zoo Warlock) vs ThijsNL (Miracle Rogue)

Winners Round 1 Match 4 Game 2 (~15:00)

Reynad (Shaman) vs Darkwonyx (Control Warrior)

Losers Round 2 Match 2 Game 2

Reynad (Miracle Rogue) vs TidesofTime (Aggro Hunter)

Winners Final Game 3 (~8:00)

RDU (Druid) vs Darkwonyx (Miracle Rogue)

Losers Final Game 2 (~1:00:00)

Darkwonyx (Hand Warlock) vs TidesofTime (Druid)

Losers Final Game 5 (~1:29:10)

Darkwonyx (Miracle Rogue) vs TidesofTime (Shaman)

Grand Finals Game 1 (~1:50:20)

TidesofTime (Freeze Mage) vs RDU (Miracle Rogue)

M-House Cup 4 Hearthstone

Losers’ Round 1 Game 1

Gaara (Hand Warlock) vs Kolento (Hand Warlock)

Semifinals Game 1

Gnimsh (Druid) vs Gaara (Hand Warlock)

Semifinals Game 1

Kolento (Druid) vs Amaz (Druid)

Winners’ Finals Game 3 (time: ~17:11)

Amaz (Priest) vs Gnimsh (Hunter)

Grand Finals Game 2 (time: ~8:43)

Amaz (Druid) vs Kolento (Miracle Rogue)

Over this past weekend, sixteen of the best Hearthstone players in the world competed in the online WellPlayed Cup as well as the Numericable Millenium House Cup 4 in Marseille, France. Below, we have a recap of some of the best games from both tournaments.This game was interesting in that it proved that Zoo can still work even versus Miracle Rogue. ThijsNL seemed to be on the ropes against Trump’s Zoo Warlock right until he top decked aon turn seven. Trump’s buffeddropped ThijsNL to seven Health. Luckily for ThijsNL, he found aon turn eight, drew into an, which subsequently brought out. With all this however, ThijsNL could not answer both theand the rest of Trump’s board and conceded the game.Another important note on this game is Trump's use of. Not only is it a neat tech card,alone gave him board control from the majority of his games and allowed him to convincingly counter Miracle Rogue and Freeze Mage.In the early stages, Reynad rendered Darkwonyx’s Acolytes of Pain useless with a doubleplay. Both players traded spells and minions until Darkwonyx dropped Alextraza to break the Health parity. Even with the huge lead in Health, Darkwonyx never regained board control. Even a timelycould not give Darkwonyx the board presence he required to finish off Reynad. A questionable choice by Darkwonyx to dropresulted in eight damage to abefore Reynaded the Rag. Darkwonyx dropped acombo to bring Reynad to three Health but Reynad countered with the power of Taunts as he playedon two totems as well as. The Taunts bought Reynad the time to stall until he could draw, and. These key pieces enabled Reynad to turn the game around and eliminate Darkwonyx’s Control Warrior deck.Reynad almost escapes again. TidesofTime successfully applied early game pressure with Zoo cards such asandin order to drop Reynad to 19 Health. What made this game so interesting is TidesofTime’s use of Stealth minionsand Stranglehorn Tiger in the mid game to keep up the pressure. Reynad, however, would not throw in the towel and succeeded in clawing his way back into the game with a Miracle arsenal of combo spells. Unfortunately, for Reynad, he was unable to draw the requisite cards to finish off TidesofTime and the Stealth Hunter Aggro deck reigned supreme in both the game and the series.steals the game, which is something you don’t hear too often. RDU’s earlyintoplay proved too much for Darkwonyx. RDU’sallowed him to remove Darkwonyx’s Edwin van Cleef with a Spellpower-buffedand the game snowballed from there. Unable to deal with the, Darkwonyx kept taking damage until RDU had the win with a Force of Nature/Savage Roar combo.A very close game overall which demonstrates the raw power of today's Druid decks. A double Savage Roar/Force of Nature wins it for Tides: once to clear the board and again to Finish off Darkwonyx.TidesofTime’sperformed its duty before exiting the board as Tides transitioned by throwing down consecutives as well as an. On the next turn, he placedbetween his twos to produce a 7/5 charge minion. Darkwonyx could not cleanly clear the board and Tides finished off Darkwonyx with his Flametoungue Totems to clinch the Losers Finals.TidesofTime’sput in work in the early rounds as RDU failed to deal with it until turn six. RDU played into TidesofTime’sgambit by placing hisalongside hisand 4/4 Edwinright before Tide’s seventh turn. RDU’s doubleplay ran into a road block in Tides’which cleared the board. Tides immediately followed with aninto Coin into, which filled his hand with a total of fours. RDU attempted a Miracle OTKcombo that ran headlong into Tides’. Tides’ finished off RDU’s Miracle Rogue with a doubleand, proving once again the potency of Freeze Mage.This game epitomizes Handlock’s late game potential. Well into the late stages of the game Kolento and Gaara would not let the opposing player retain board control as they traded minions and made liberal use of, andto clear taunteds and Giants. The twenty-two minute stalemate finally ended after Kolento droppedontoand copied it with ato clinch the game.This game proved to be scrappy and intense. Gaara’sandintoforced a Savage Roar/Force of Nature board clear from Gnimsh; however, that play also dropped Gaara’s Health to nine. Gaara threw down aandto set himself up for a possible lethal next turn. Unfortunately for Gaara, Gnimsh top decked anthat in turn drew into a. Both players traded for multiple turns until Gaara Life Tapped himself into Gnimsh’s lethal range. Gnimsh sacrificed histo find him athat secured him the game over Gaara.Amaz seemed to be on the verge of rolling over Kolento in this game. Amaz’suncharacteristically hit Kolento’s face instead of his, however, which allowed Kolento regain board control with three 5/5 creatures. Kolento turned the tables on Amaz as he dropped him to five Health. Despite his dire situation, Amaz would not throw in the towel as he top decked ato eliminate Kolento’sand regain the board. Kolento could not remove the, which allowed Amaz the lethal follow up withAmaz took control in the mid game with athat cleared Gnimsh’s one Health minions. The tides turned in the mid game when Amaz played an Aucenai Soulpriest and a, which left his board susceptible to Gnimsh’s. WIth the board reset, Amaz put outto drop Gnimsh’s Health down to five. Amaz took no chances on the next turn with Gnimsh’s Cold Light Oracle as he played ato guarantee the 8 damage to Gnimsh’s face and the win.Amaz and Kolento faced off again in the Grand Finals after Amaz knocked Kolento down to the Losers’ Bracket in the semis. In Game two, Kolento utilized the Miracle spell and combo arsenal to great effect against Amaz’s mid-range minions and. Amaz wouldn’t be able to control the board until he threw down. From that point on, Kolento could not answer the board or set up a OTK combo. Amaz hit Kolento in the face with a, leaving his opponent with one Health left and allowing the fatigue to finish the game.