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The Lightforge Podcast: A Hearthstone Arena & Battlegrounds Podcast

English, Video Games, 1 season, 100 episodes, 4 days, 10 hours, 37 minutes
About
The Lightforge is a weekly podcast that digs deep into the Hearthstone Arena and Battlegrounds meta to help YOU grab that 12-Win Lightforge Key and become the Last Hero Standing. Hearthstone is always changing, and the Lightforge is the best podcast for staying on top of the game. Co-hosts ADWCTA and Merps are infinite Arena players since beta, averaging ~7.5 wins/run in the Arena with all classes played evenly, and Top200 Battlegrounds Leaderboard players. They are also creators of the Lightforge Arena Tier List and stream at twitch.tv/GrinningGoat.
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Lightforge - Ep392 - "The Last One"

The Last Lightforge...maybe.
5/23/20230
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Lightforge - Ep391 - "DADWCTA"

ADWCTA & Merps talk arena...and being a new father.
4/30/20230
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Lightforge - Ep390 - "Festival Week 1"

ADWCTA discusses the first week meta.
4/23/20230
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Lightforge - Ep389 - "Festival of Legends Review" (Part 3)

ADWCTA and Merps review the latest expansion.
4/10/20230
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Lightforge - Ep389 - "Festival of Legends Review" (Part 2)

ADWCTA & Merps discuss the latest expansion.
4/10/20230
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Lightforge - Ep389 - "Festival of Legends Review" (Part 1)

ADWCTA & Merps review the newest expansion.
4/10/20230
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Lightforge - Ep388 - "Past and Future"

ADWCTA & Merps discuss why they love Arena and what they hope to see in the future.
4/3/20230
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Lightforge - Ep387 - "Year of the Puppy"

ADWCTA and Merps preview the upcoming expansion mechanics.
4/3/20230
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Lightforge - Ep386 - "Witch Woodstock"

ADWCTA and Merps discuss the upcoming expansion.
3/23/20231 hour, 7 minutes, 25 seconds
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Lightforge - Ep385 - "Incremental Advantages"

ADWCTA & Merps discuss ways to gain incremental advantages in this crazy meta.
3/14/20230
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Lightforge - Ep384 - "More Leaderboards"

ADWCTA & Merps discuss the newer updated leaderboards.
3/12/20230
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Lightforge - Ep383 - "Live Leaderboards"

ADWCTA & Merps discuss the flawed live Arena leaderboards.
2/26/202352 minutes, 54 seconds
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Lightforge - Ep382 - "Swing Swing"

ADWCTA & Merps discuss the Naxx meta and the wild swings that happen every game.
2/20/20231 hour, 42 minutes, 8 seconds
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Lightforge - Ep381 - "Chill Meta"

Sorry for the late upload! This was from 2 weeks ago.
2/19/202349 minutes, 34 seconds
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Lightforge - Ep380 - "Looking Better"

ADWCTA & Merps discuss the new Horror-less meta.
1/26/202337 minutes, 8 seconds
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Lightforge - Ep379 - "The Horror"

ADWCTA & Merps discuss the still present DK problem and Malignant Horror.
1/17/202351 minutes, 17 seconds
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Lightforge - Ep378 - "2022 Retrospective"

ADWCTA & Merps discuss Arena in 2022 and look forward to 2023.
1/5/202343 minutes, 4 seconds
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Lightforge - Ep377 - "The Arena Scourge"

ADWCTA & Merps discuss the Death Knight issue and break down the rune system.
12/19/20220
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Lightforge - Ep376 - "The Death Knight Problem"

ADWCTA & Merps discuss the overwhelming win rates for Death Knights.
12/19/20220
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Lightforge - Ep375 - "March of the Lich King Review" (Part 3)

ADWCTA solo reviews the MotLK expansion, second part of class cards.
12/6/20221 hour, 22 minutes, 20 seconds
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Lightforge - Ep375 - "March of the Lich King Review" (Part 2)

ADWCTA solo reviews the MotLK expansion, first section of class cards.
12/6/20221 hour, 9 minutes, 23 seconds
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Lightforge - Ep375 - "March of the Lich King Review" (Part 1)

ADWCTA solo reviews the MotLK expansion neutral cards.
12/6/20221 hour, 52 minutes, 41 seconds
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Lightforge - Ep374 - "Death Knight Review"

ADWCTA & Merps review the newest class for Hearthstone.
11/28/20220
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Lightforge - Ep373 - "Long Live the Lich King"

ADWCTA & Merps preview the new mechanics and talk about the Arena update.
11/16/20221 hour, 11 minutes, 17 seconds
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Lightforge - Ep372 - "Not So Dual Class Arena"

ADWCTA & Merps discuss the new "dual" class arena event.
11/8/202254 minutes, 33 seconds
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Lightforge - Ep371 - "Baseless Speculation"

ADWCTA & Merps guess at what's coming up.
11/2/202249 minutes, 22 seconds
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Lightforge - Ep370 - "The Mulligan"

ADWCTA & Merps talk about optimal mulligan strategies.
10/24/20221 hour, 7 minutes, 17 seconds
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Lightforge - Ep369 - "Criminal Imp-Tent"

ADWCTA & Merps discuss the meta and mulligans.
10/23/20221 hour, 8 minutes, 27 seconds
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Lightforge - Ep368 - "Special Meta Unit"

ADWCTA & Merps discuss the latest changes and why the meta needs a bigger change.
10/12/202245 minutes, 13 seconds
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Lightforge - Ep367 - "Maw and Disorder"

ADWCTA & Merps review the newest mini set Maw and Disorder.
9/26/20222 hours, 27 minutes, 7 seconds
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Lightforge - Ep366 - "Subtle, Small Changes"

ADWCTA & Merps discuss the updates (really not much updates) to Arena.
9/25/20220
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Lightforge - Ep365 - "Murmy of the Heart"

ADWCTA & Merps discuss Murmy and Stoneborn General.
9/14/202250 minutes, 23 seconds
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Lightforge - Ep364 - "Arena Hijinks"

ADWCTA & Merps go meta on the meta.
9/6/202241 minutes, 57 seconds
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Lightforge - Ep363 - "Pay2Win"

ADWCTA & Merps discuss the P2W BG changes.
8/30/20221 hour, 26 minutes, 6 seconds
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Lightforge - Ep362 - "The Modern AGE"

ADWCTA & Merps discuss the recent changes to the meta.
8/26/202251 minutes, 54 seconds
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Lightforge - Ep361 - "Week One Meh-Ta"

ADWCTA & Merps discuss the new expansion meta.
8/26/20221 hour, 26 minutes, 41 seconds
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Lightforge - Ep360 - "Location Location Location"

ADWCTA & Merps discuss the Nathria meta and the problem with Mages and Hunters.
8/9/202245 minutes, 8 seconds
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Lightforge - Ep359 - "Murder at Castle Nathria Review" (Part 3)

ADWCTA & Merps review the last 5 classes for Nathria!
8/3/20220
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Lightforge - Ep359 - "Murder at Castle Nathria Review" (Part 2)

ADWCTA & Merps review the first half of the class cards for the new expansion!
8/3/20220
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Lightforge - Ep359 - "Murder at Castle Nathria Review" (Part 1)

ADWCTA & Merps review the neutral cards for Murder at Castle Nathria!
8/3/20220
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Lightforge - Ep358 - "Infuse"

Sorry, this is a late upload! This is from 7/10 and I forgot to upload until now.
7/31/202236 minutes, 55 seconds
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Lightforge - Ep357 - "Taverns Rewind"

ADWCTA & Merps discuss the new Taverns of Time event.
7/4/20221 hour, 19 minutes, 20 seconds
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Lightforge - Ep356 - "Metas of the Future"

ADWCTA & Merps discuss the metas of the future.
7/3/20221 hour, 1 minute, 33 seconds
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Lightforge - Ep355 - "Fast Changes"

ADWCTA & Merps discuss the quick response from the Arena dev team.
6/26/202241 minutes, 55 seconds
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Lightforge - Ep354 - "Big Moves"

ADWCTA and Merps discuss the latest adjustments to Arena.
6/15/20221 hour, 5 minutes, 2 seconds
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Lightforge - Ep353 - "The Raging Seas"

ADWCTA & Merps discuss the new Thrones meta and the new power level.
6/12/20221 hour, 50 minutes, 47 seconds
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Lightforge - Ep352 - "The Coming Tides"

ADWCTA and Merps preview the new mini set.
5/30/20221 hour, 29 minutes, 45 seconds
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Lightforge - Ep351 - "Small Steps"

ADWCTA & Merps review the small Arena changes made.
5/23/20221 hour, 17 minutes, 32 seconds
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Lightforge - Ep350 - "Lady Nagaga"

ADWCTA & Merps discuss the latest Arena changes.
5/21/20221 hour, 9 minutes, 9 seconds
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Lightforge - Ep349 - "Rise of the Nagas"

ADWCTA & Merps discuss the new upcoming BG patch.
5/9/202257 minutes, 38 seconds
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Lightforge - Ep348 - "For The Naysayers"

ADWCTA & Merps discuss the meta.
5/8/202250 minutes, 40 seconds
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Lightforge - Ep347 - "Glutton Gone"

ADWCTA & Merps discuss the Sunken meta and the latest ban.
4/25/20221 hour, 1 minute, 4 seconds
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Lightforge - Ep346 - "The Deep Dive"

ADWCTA & Merps discuss the Sunken meta.
4/18/20221 hour, 30 minutes, 52 seconds
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Lightforge - Ep345 - "Sunken City Review" (Part 3)

ADWCTA & Merps finish the classes for Sunken City.
4/12/20222 hours, 7 seconds
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Lightforge - Ep345 - "Sunken City Review" (Part 2)

ADWCTA & Merps review the rest of the neutrals and start reviewing classes.
4/12/20222 hours, 11 minutes, 9 seconds
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Lightforge - Ep345 - "Sunken City Review" (Part 1)

ADWCTA & Merps review the best neutral Sunken City cards.
4/12/20222 hours, 31 minutes, 11 seconds
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Lightforge - Ep344 - "April Showers"

ADWCTA & Merps discuss their latest worries before the expansion.
4/7/20221 hour, 10 minutes, 26 seconds
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Lightforge - Ep343 - "Sleepy Submarines"

ADWCTA & Merps discuss the new neutral minions threatening to ruin the arena meta.
3/30/20221 hour, 2 minutes, 42 seconds
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Lightforge - Ep342 - "Voyage To The Sunken City"

ADWCTA & Merps discuss the preview of the latest expansion.
3/22/20221 hour, 11 minutes, 38 seconds
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Lightforge - Ep341 - "2022 Wishlist"

ADWCTA & Merps look ahead to the next expansion and rotation.
3/16/202255 minutes, 5 seconds
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Lightforge - Ep340 - "This Is It"

ADWCTA & Merps discuss Arena. This is it.
3/7/202255 minutes, 41 seconds
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Lightforge - Ep339 - "The Worst"

ADWCTA & Merps break down why the meta is bad.
2/28/20221 hour, 7 minutes, 6 seconds
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Lightforge - Ep338 - "Epic Meta"

ADWCTA & Merps discuss the Onyxia Meta and how the rarities are messed up.
2/21/20221 hour, 8 minutes, 50 seconds
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Lightforge - Ep337 - "Onyxia's Lair Review"

ADWCTA & Merps review the newest mini-set: Onyxia's Lair.
2/15/20222 hours, 30 minutes, 8 seconds
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Lightforge - Ep336 - "Buddy Changes"

ADWCTA & Merps discuss the Arena leaderboards and the small BG changes.
2/5/202244 minutes, 58 seconds
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Lightforge - Ep335 - "Bloated Buddies"

ADWCTA & Merps discuss the new BG buddy system, the BG meta, and problems with the current state of BGs.
1/31/20221 hour, 8 minutes, 35 seconds
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Lightforge - Ep334 - "BG Buddies"

ADWCTA & Merps discuss the new BG Buddy system.
1/24/20221 hour, 13 minutes, 37 seconds
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Lightforge - Ep333 - "Bye Bye Button"

ADWCTA & Merps discuss the recent revelation that the button was actually a person.
1/17/202243 minutes, 47 seconds
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Lightforge - Ep332 - "Slow News Day"

ADWCTA & Merps lay out what they hope to see for BGs in 2022 and talk about Knight Captain.
1/10/202242 minutes, 44 seconds
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Lightforge - Ep331 - "2022 Resolutions"

ADWCTA & Merps talk about their visions for Arena in 2022.
1/3/20221 hour, 4 minutes, 45 seconds
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Lightforge - Ep330 - "Button Waiting Room"

ADWCTA & Merps discuss the problematic Arena meta and the lack of adjustments.
12/20/202157 minutes, 26 seconds
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Lightforge - Ep329 - "A Fractured Meta"

ADWCTA & Merps discuss the week 1 meta for the new expansion.
12/13/20211 hour, 15 minutes, 49 seconds
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Lightforge - Ep328 - "Fractured In Alterac Valley Review" (Part 3)

ADWCTA & Merps finish off the review with the last 6 classes.
12/6/20211 hour, 59 minutes, 15 seconds
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Lightforge - Ep328 - "Fractured In Alterac Valley Review" (Part 2)

ADWCTA & Merps discuss the neutral deep cuts and review the first 4 classes.
12/6/20211 hour, 57 minutes, 6 seconds
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Lightforge - Ep328 - "Fractured In Alterac Review" (Part 1)

ADWCTA & Merps discuss the top neutral cards and relevant neutral cards in the new Fractured In Alterac Valley expansion.
12/6/20211 hour, 55 minutes, 39 seconds
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Lightforge - Ep327 - "Perspective"

ADWCTA & Merps discuss the power level of the upcoming expansion and how we can persuade Blizzard to make Arena better.
11/29/20211 hour, 14 minutes, 20 seconds
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Lightforge - Ep326 - "FAV Expansion"

ADWCTA & Merps discuss the new expansion and power creep.
11/22/20211 hour, 31 minutes, 19 seconds
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Lightforge - Ep325 - "Arena Rating"

ADWCTA and Merps discuss the Global Innvitational and the latest tweets from Iksar.
11/15/20211 hour, 33 minutes, 43 seconds
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Lightforge - Ep324 - "The Herc of Mercs" (w/ TeamAmerica)

ADWCTA and Merps are joined by TeamAmerica to talk Mercenaries and the problems in Arena right now.
11/8/20211 hour, 39 minutes, 56 seconds
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Lightforge - Ep323 - "Deadmines"

ADWCTA and Merps review the cards from the upcoming mini-set: Deadmines.
11/1/20211 hour, 55 minutes, 59 seconds
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Lightforge - Ep322 - "Mercenaries"

ADWCTA & Merps review the newest game mode: Mercenaries.
10/25/20211 hour, 36 minutes, 48 seconds
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Lightforge - Ep321 - "Vegas"

ADWCTA and Merps discuss the slow HS news cycle and preview their big Vegas trip next week.
10/4/202153 minutes, 22 seconds
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Lightforge - Ep320 - "Hellforge Podcast"

ADWCTA & Merps discuss the new Arena and BG metas...and Diablo 2!
9/27/202151 minutes, 23 seconds
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Lightforge - Ep319 - "Frog Be Gone"

ADWCTA & Merps discuss the datamined nerfs and Arena leaderboards.
9/20/20211 hour, 6 minutes, 16 seconds
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Lightforge - Ep318 - "Decision Date"

ADWCTA & Merps discuss the changes they want to see in BGs.
9/13/20211 hour, 22 minutes, 58 seconds
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Lightforge -Ep317 - "Battlegrounds 2.0"

ADWCTA & Merps review the biggest BG patch and explain the new meta.
9/6/20212 hours, 5 minutes, 17 seconds
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Lightforge - Ep316 - "Shuddering at Shudderwock"

ADWCTA & Merps discuss the Shudderwock problem in BGs and the Wild Rotation problem in Arena.
8/30/20211 hour, 3 minutes, 4 seconds
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Lightforge - Ep315 - "Tempo Patch"

ADWCTA & Merps discuss the latest Arena adjustments and patch.
8/23/20211 hour, 8 minutes, 9 seconds
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Lightforge - Ep314 - "Back to Tempo"

ADWCTA & Merps discuss the importance of tempo in the meta.
8/16/202155 minutes, 5 seconds
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Lightforge - Ep313 - "Deeprun Dive"

ADWCTA and Merps discuss the United in Stormwind meta.
8/9/20211 hour, 42 minutes, 47 seconds
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Lightforge - Ep312 - "United In Stormwind Review" (Classes 2)

ADWCTA and Merps review the cards for the last 5 classes of United in Stormwind expansion.
8/3/20211 hour, 28 minutes, 2 seconds
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Lightforge - Ep312 - "United In Stormwind Review" (Classes 1)

ADWCTA & Merps review the cards for the first 5 classes in United in Stormwind.
8/3/20211 hour, 51 minutes, 53 seconds
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Lightforge - Ep312 - "United In Stormwind Review" (Neutrals)

ADWCTA and Merps review the neutral cards for the upcoming United in Stormwind expansion.
8/2/20213 hours, 4 minutes, 58 seconds
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Lightforge - Ep311 - "A Broken Blizzard"

ADWCTA and Merps discuss the recent Blizzard lawsuit.
7/26/20211 hour, 20 minutes
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Lightforge - Ep310 - "Together"

ADWCTA and Merps talk about...everything.
7/19/20211 hour, 47 seconds
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Lightforge - Ep309 - "Big BGs Upcoming"

ADWCTA and Merps discuss the huge upcoming BG changes.
7/12/202155 minutes, 13 seconds
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Lightforge - Ep308 - "United"

ADWCTA and Merps discuss the latest patch and the announcement of the newest expansion.
7/5/20211 hour, 48 minutes, 34 seconds
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Lightforge - Ep307 - "Scorpid OP"

ADWCTA & Merps discuss the Venomous Scorpid problem in the Arena.
6/28/20211 hour, 5 minutes, 36 seconds
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Lightforge - Ep306 - "Hunter to Hunted"

ADWCTA & Merps discuss the latest adjustments for the Arena.
6/21/202136 minutes, 54 seconds
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Lightforge - Ep305 - "The King of Taunts" (w/ Shadybunny)

ADWCTA & Merps are joined by Shadybunny to discuss the BG meta and Taunt comps in particular.
6/14/20211 hour, 51 minutes, 58 seconds