Top 10 Best Tech Cards in Hearthstones History 

I don't see myself ever getting back into the game, but it's fun to reminisce.

Just to note, Loatheb has always seen play, when the card came out it had good stats and an amazing effect which was used in aggro decks as a finisher or to lose tempo for the opponent if they were about to use a devastating spell. So yeah tldr Loatheb has always been a really good card.

As someone who’s been playing hearthstone since beta I can easily say that Loatheb was in almost every deck back when Curse of Naxx was live. He was a good stated minion with an amazing effect that could literally fit into any deck.

Pretty sure Loatheb saw plenty of play when he came out. I feel like I remember the simple fact he was a 5 mana 5/5 was good enough to see play since he could squash Yetis and Sludge Belchers and survive.

Seeing these old cards gives me flashbacks! Missed my guy MCT though!

The actual best tech for Silence was "ironbeak owl" it was almost always used over Spellbreaker as 2 mana is easier to slot in a turn than 4 mana, especially for aggro decks, which used silence a lot to bypass taunt minions, so they nerfed Owl from 2 to 3 mana to prevent users having too cheap of a silence, While spellbreaker was still rarely used , as they did not want to invest 4 mana to get through taunt minions, Meanwhile most slow decks have hard removal to get rid of the minion instead of silencing it, the only advantage silence has over hard removal was to bypass strong deathrattle effects, but decks who run their decks based on strong deathrattle effect (Hadronax, Carnivorous cube, Possesed Lackey) would often kill their own minion to trigger the effect, never giving the opponent the chance to silence it, During this Carnivorous cube era, you had to still remove the silenced body left behind, or you risk the enemy using the Cube on the silenced minion and trigger cube's deathrattle (dark pact/play death) and you suddenly are dealing with 2 of these problematic minions Spellbreaker was hall of famed later, only because they deemed Silence unhealthy for the game, even though it did not see a lot of play during that meta, which consistent mostly of Galakrond + highlander decks, which were nearly all battlecry effects giving you almost no worthwhile target you wanna invest 4 mana into to silence On top of that Highlander decks have Zephrys the Great would offer you silence anyway if they ever needed it, giving them no reason to run Spellbreaker

Would love to see a "one day fly" kind of video, where the card was incredibly strong for a short while until it got nerfed into the ground and never saw play again. like Undertaker

Wasnt Loatheb heavily played as soon as Naxxramas came out? D: Also no Mind Control Tech? :P

Good stuff as always, and this helps me as a new player. Also I got an ad with no sound right after getting to #9's Silence effect and thought it was a purposeful gag at first lmao

Loatheb 100% saw play early on man

Top 10 Generically Good Legendaries. Neutral legendaries that see tonnes of play in Standard because they have a good effect and no deck building restriction. Mankrik, SN1P-SN4P, Dr. Boom, that type.

Ran double spellbreaker for like a year when the meta was all taunt control. Was so sad when they HoF'd it

15:51 Boompistol Bully, Loatheb stats and cost but works on battlecry minions. I played it in every deck I could when it came out and it was so nice against the galakrond decks at the time

Good list! I will say on the Viper section however that there are still a lot of good decks that use weapons in Standard like Libram/Buff Paladin's Immovable Object off of the Cariel hero card and Control Warrior's Outrider's Axe/Bulwark. The reason weapon decks tend to vary in prevalence in the meta isn't because they aren't good, but because the mere existence of Viper being such a strong and versatile tech always makes running them more of a risk, which I think speaks to the power of Viper even more.

Love the content. Could you make a Top 10 Best/Worst Hero Cards video please?

Great list, each card is a very great tech card and were powerful in their own time and metas. Although that 3 mana gnome that steals a minion is good I understand why It didn't make the list since it's not a guaranteed tech use like the other ones on the list

I once made a whole deck that was nothing that tech cards designed to destroy combo mostly but also had the anti-tribal and such. It was glorious, but didn't often work.

Sweet!

I remember using Loatheb to stop the savage roar/force of nature combo that was big at the time.

good weapons are still pretty popular in standard. a lot of decks run viper just to counter the immovable object or swinetusk stank !

Ironbeak Owl saw a lot more play than Spellbreaker ever did because of its mana cost. In general, Ironbeak Owl actually broke the game for years due to any deck having access to 2 mana silence, completely denying strong deathrattles and other non-battlecry effects for little to no mana cost. Loatheb was everywhere when it came out. Everyone knew how strong it was when it was released.

Loatheb was used as a finisher in aggro, locking out your opponent's spells.

BGH has been an accronym for Big Game Hunter(s) since the StarCraft map.

Ah Spellbreaker. I hate that card so much because I used to play Buff Pally and hated hearing “Your magic will not save you!”

You should do a top 10 worst legendary minions/ best legendary minions or top 10 best Hero Cards

Hearthstone too :)

Big Game Hunter isn't just an old card. The Classic game mode is a thing, and it's still played there all the time. (Spellbreaker, on the other hand, is not. Ironbeak Owl is the silence of choice).

Eater of Secrets was actually made to counter Mysterious Challenger. Mysterious Challenger’s voice line is actually countered by Eater of Secrets. Pretty ironic when considering how good Mysterious Challenger was in the set previously.

Here's an idea, Top 10 cards that where changed to balance them. Like being nerfed or buffed from their original stat line

Loatheb is just perfect

You forgot about Unseen Saboteur: 6 mana 5/6 “Your opponent casts a random spell from their hand (targets chosen randomly). “

Can't believe that mysterious challenges wasn't mentioned for eater of secrets

Dirty rat is good against control and combo decks, it really isn't all too good against aggro. Love the channels

idk if it would be too hard to do but you can do like biggest changes in Hearthstone that was good or bad

What comes to mind are Cult neophyte Mutanus Irondeep trogg Doomsayer And maybe Samuro

top 10 worst 10 mana cards.

I remember that Bad Luck Albatross can also counter Kazakusan deck (only dragons in deck)

If you ever pick up this game again, a list on the worst tech cards could be fun.

Mutanus the devourer should be on here, it can eat any minion in your opponents hand at random, completely shutting quests off after completion!

I was very confused by the thumbnail. Thought it was a different channel at first😅 Why did you change the thumbnail design format?

Bro you did acidic swamp ooze dirty. That was the tech card against weapons for the longest time. Sad it got power crept

Lotheb basically just says “battlecry: skip your opponents turn”

I like the new channel a lot and I like your list, still I am surprised about your number 1 pick. Loatheb has seen play for its (at the time) incredible power level, not to tech against specific decks. Every aggressive deck in older metas and even in wild for a long time played Loatheb as a staple. Similar to the 2 mana 1/4 "battlecry minions cost 2 more" that was a staple in every single token druid, it's been put in because it fits your strategy, not to counter your opponents strategy. In terms of tech cards I would rather suggest something like MCT, Platebreaker, or Gnomeferatu that was played to counter Druid back when it had like 3 top tier combo decks at the same time.

As someone that hasn't played this game in a very long time, it would really help if you could leave the cards you reference on the screen a little longer. Like for example Kezan and Flare when talking about Eater of Secrets scrolled by really fast.

Spellbreaker? Prenerf owl ❤️

I Missed Mind Control Tech. None would play more than 3 minions 'cause if this for Years, unless you're aggro and don't care (even your best minion could be stolen)

maybe loatheb has picked up steam again but there was a time between loathebs early peak and i guess his current viability where he just didn't hit much

Love the video as it brings back fond memories but please don't use the backgrounds you used for 6, 5, and 1 again they're very distractting.

So silence Removes the active effects of a minion? So would lose taunt or holy shield etc? I watch these because I like learning about card games and because it's fun to listen to you in the background, so I don't know much about the keywords of hearthstone just more basic how the game works haha

Images you can hear

Mind Control Tech is MIA

Hm as far as I remember loatheb saw decent play in nax already.

Kinda sad, my main boy mossy horror got left out to sleep on the couch

talks about skulking geist, leaves out funnest use. swapping with your opponent and casting explore ungoro and using geist if they take their deck back destroying all their cards.

Top 10 cards that was too powerful at one mana cost and had to be nerfed with mana increase.

Where is black knight? Harrison Jones? And the owl... it was much more popular then spellbreaker before it got nerfed

Top 10 random generation cards?

I guess watch posts are kinda like tech cards

Not only do you do wow lore, you play yugioh card history AND hearthstone card history?

Carriel? Rustpot viper is the only way to beat carriel

Big Game Hunter wasn't abbreviated as "BGH" because of how widely he was used... The name "BGH" is a reference to a famous map in StarCraft 1, notorious for players to turtle themselves in their bases and tech to late game units (i.e. Battlecruisers, Carriers, etc.). If you need some help with researching material for these, let me know lol

Not seeing MC tech on here is a complete oversite.

Literally almost everything you said about loatheb is wrong It has always seen a ton of play

Not a great list. Alot of misinformation. I understand you are not a long time player but some things were just flat out wrong. That being said I did still enjoy the video.