Hello everyone and welcome to our pre-holiday Touchstone Tavern, our weekly roundup of the best Hearthstone [Free] news and videos. As to be expected, most of the stories this week are still about the effect of Gadgetzan on the game, be that in terms of how the meta has changed or how the game feels after the influx of the 132 new cards. There's an interesting article on how Patches the Pirate came to be as well as an article on how to beat that scummy Pirate. Overall, most players seem to be happy with the current state of the game, and that's great because the game needed a nice boost of positivity after the last few months. And as to be expected, we won't be publishing a Touchstone Tavern next Monday because Christmas, of course. Let us begin.

   
A Cheap Deck for Pirate Warrior
Pirate Warrior is admittedly the most powerful deck currently, although I have a hunch that won't be the case for long. This story talks about the dominance of that deck and the one deck the writer has found great success with against Pirate Warrior. The deck is a Beast Druid that doesn't even use any of the Gadgetzan cards. He goes on to talk in depth about the deck's key cards and how to go about piloting it to beat Pirate Warrior.
 
How Patches the Pirate was Made
Patches the Pirate is definitely a controversial card at the moment (Reynad really dislikes its design), but no one can dispute its importance in the meta. This story is an interview with senior game designer Matt ...