Personal goal

My personal Hearthstone goal for this season was to hit rank 10...and I just did it last night!

With five days left in the season, we'll see how far I might be able to stretch this little achievement!

Opening my second 40-pack bundle

I purchased my second bundle of 40 packs this past Thursday and would like to share with you some of the highlights:


Got my first (and second) Angry Chicken! While a great card to troll with, I've also recently got into The Angry Chicken podcast, which I highly recommend for players both new or old, competitive or casual.


Gold Far Sight: If I'm going to get a bad Epic or Legendary, let it be a gold one! This happened with my first bundle when I got a gold Kidnapper.


I was missing some of the staple Paladin cards, but was fortunate to open two copies of Equality, a second Divine Favor, Sword of Justice (which always reminds me of churrasco, aka Brazilian BBQ), and Lay on Hands. Time to level up my Pally!


Legen...dary: True to the estimate of 1 legendary card for every 20 packs, I cracked open a Harrison Jones and a Tinkmaster Overspark. I look forward to trying out Mr. Jones in various decks, but the Tinkmaster will almost certainly be dusted.


Most importantly, from all the dust I gained from duplicates and breaking down terrible cards, I was able to finally craft Mr. Leeroy Jenkins, who fits right into most of the decks I play. Do I feel cheap when I win with him? Sure. Does his signature call when hitting the board put a big grin on my face? Hell yeah!

How I got into Hearthstone

I started playing Hearthstone a few weeks before the open beta in late January 2014. After playing a month or so and getting all of my Heroes to level 10 to open up all the free cards, I stepped away and went all in on League of Legends…that is until Blizzard released HS on the iPad in late April! It’s been all Hearthstone, all the time since then…that is of course when I’m not taking care of my son.