A Less Friendly Game of Chess

Things have gotten a little underhanded at Medivh's Magical Chessboard. Bring 6 unique cards and hide them under the table, they could swing the match in your favor!


How It Works

  • Select a class and build a 6 card deck; 15 auto-attacking chess piece cards (first introduced in One Night in Karazhan solo content) will be added to it.
    • The starting deck will have 8 Pawns, 2 Bishops, 2 Rooks, 2 Knights, and 1 Queen.
  • You'll start from 20 Health, and play as White King or Black King. Your Hero Power is Castle.
  • Hero Cards, as well as Whizbang and Zayle are banned.

Castle Card ImageWhite Pawn Card ImageWhite Bishop Card Image

White Rook Card ImageWhite Knight Card ImageWhite Queen Card Image


Hot Decks for A Less Friendly Game of Chess


When We've Seen A Less Friendly Game of Chess

Week Started Ended Reward
Week #159 Tuesday, June 26, 2018 Saturday, June 30, 2018 1x Classic Pack
Week #216 Wednesday, July 31, 2019 Wednesday, August 07, 2019 1x Classic Pack
Week #292 Wednesday, January 13, 2021 Wednesday, January 20, 2021 1x Classic Pack
Week #375 Wednesday, August 17, 2022 Wednesday, August 24, 2022 1x Standard Pack
Week #349 Wednesday, February 16, 2022 Wednesday, February 23, 2022 1x Year of the Phoenix Pack
Week #435 Wednesday, October 11, 2023 Wednesday, October 18, 2023 1x Standard Pack

Comments

  • MurlocAggroB's Avatar
    COMMENT_COUNT_900_HS 1170 903 Posts Joined 06/12/2019
    Posted 2 years, 1 month ago

    Thanks for the suggestion. There's not a chance I would've remembered that card existed on my own.

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  • sinti's Avatar
    Senior Writer Chocolate Cake 2070 2774 Posts Joined 10/20/2018
    Posted 2 years, 1 month ago

    I dont like this one :/

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  • coriolis's Avatar
    380 284 Posts Joined 07/03/2019
    Posted 2 years, 1 month ago

    There might be a bug in this edition (February 2022). Opponent conceded on turn 7 and I got my pack, but my daily and weekly quests weren't credited (play mage; win 5 arenas/battlegrounds/brawls)!

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    • coriolis's Avatar
      380 284 Posts Joined 07/03/2019
      Posted 2 years, 1 month ago

      A few more details:

      • The class you select is ignored for quests and any other effects that refer to class (one opponent used Guidance to get a Greater Healing Potion and Feral Spirits)
      • If you go second (Black King), the Coin will automatically be shuffled in your deck and replaced by a card on turn 1.
      • Further wins were credited to my "Play Arena/BG/Brawl" weekly quest, so I suspect the missing win was caused by the opponent conceding too early.
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  • Pezman's Avatar
    Staff Writer 2235 2220 Posts Joined 06/03/2019
    Posted 3 years, 2 months ago

    Why have they banned some evolve effects, but not all? I had a quick, easy win yesterday with Explosive Evolution and Bogstrok Clacker, among other things.

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  • MurlocAggroB's Avatar
    COMMENT_COUNT_900_HS 1170 903 Posts Joined 06/12/2019
    Posted 3 years, 2 months ago

    Hero cards are banned. Lord Jaraxxus however is not.

    If you want to goof around, that's a pretty good meme to do it with. Hero Power + Shadowflame isn't too shabby either considering everything has 6 HP.

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    • giantpunda's Avatar
      195 62 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
      Posted 3 years, 2 months ago

      I won with Jaraxxus as well. Also pulled off a decent meme with Silas and Howlfiend. Discarded 4 of their cheat cards so their game plan was pretty much hosed.

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  • Hydrafrog's Avatar
    Gul'dan 1840 3268 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 3 years, 2 months ago

    Shocker, I went Warlock and used Plague of Flames, Raise Dead, Wicked Whispers, Shadow Council, Defile, and Shadowflame.  I've not gone past turn 6 without my opponent conceding.

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    • Janusi's Avatar
      Face Collector 595 225 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
      Posted 2 years, 1 month ago

      Tried it, lost the first game at turn 6 but the second one I won. Barely.

      I'm probably playing it wrong.

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      • Hydrafrog's Avatar
        Gul'dan 1840 3268 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
        Posted 2 years, 1 month ago
        Quote From Janusi

        Tried it, lost the first game at turn 6 but the second one I won. Barely.

        I'm probably playing it wrong.

        To be fair... my post on this was from last year.  There could be a better combination no

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    • stratloc's Avatar
      Charmander 160 13 Posts Joined 08/08/2019
      Posted 3 years, 2 months ago

      I hate chess brawls.  Thanks for making something equally annoying as the brawl itself.

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    • CaptZoey's Avatar
      765 201 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
      Posted 3 years, 2 months ago

      For the lazy:


      # 1x (0) Raise Dead
      # 1x (1) Plague of Flames
      # 1x (1) Shadow Council
      # 1x (1) Wicked Whispers
      # 1x (2) Defile
      # 1x (4) Shadowflame
      #
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      3
    • DarkFrostX's Avatar
      Old God Fanatic 830 1229 Posts Joined 07/26/2019
      Posted 3 years, 2 months ago

      Tried it since I didn't know what to do and won turn 4 with random demons. Great deck!

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    • PLANETCRUNCH's Avatar
      E.V.I.L. Dragon 820 1248 Posts Joined 07/19/2019
      Posted 3 years, 2 months ago

      Thanks for the tip, I'll try this out 

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  • Thonson's Avatar
    HearthStationeer 1740 1714 Posts Joined 03/24/2019
    Posted 3 years, 2 months ago

    Maybe not the best, but still my favorite deck for this Brawl!  I mean, when else can you play Wailing Soul unironically?!?!

    Token Chess (Big Burst Potential)
    A Token Druid Deck created by Thonson. Last updated 4 years, 7 months ago
    2

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  • MalusCrabus's Avatar
    205 18 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 4 years, 7 months ago

    After winning a bunch with very mediocre and useless cards. Obviously didn't really get it at the start, but luckily neither did my opponents, so just played for tempo and won, also, discovering the Queen every times helps a little.

    Then I decided that I could've/should've just put together a weapon, buff it and just go face, so I did.

    1x Waggle Pick
    1x Deadly Poison
    1x Tinker's Sharpsword Oil
    1x Preparation
    1x Goblin Auto-Barber
    1x Naga Corsair

    Worked pretty well.

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    • psychoontherox's Avatar
      Eldritch Horror 945 41 Posts Joined 09/24/2020
      Posted 3 years, 2 months ago

      This worked for me!

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  • Horus's Avatar
    Detective Pikachu 2565 3339 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 7 months ago

    After about 10 games, I came to the conclusion that the 6 card's decklist don't make much of a difference*. It is mostly about your starting hand, tempo and keeping a steady aggression. The moment you start playing defensively, you most likely have already lost.

    *Some card, such as Vanish, Imp Gang Boss & Mal'Ganis - to only name a few - have noticeable effect

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  • Xynot's Avatar
    135 25 Posts Joined 05/30/2019
    Posted 4 years, 7 months ago

    Cybertech Chip has been the MVP for me.  Played on a full board, it refills your hand with mechs of a variety of cost.  With the extra cards and the ability to play on curve and go face, it's easy to outclass their production.  The dark horse award goes to Faceless Rager which gives you a 5/6 early in the game. Of course, you could always decide to play Warrior and Explore Un'Goro. Here's the deck I used:

    Mech Poison
    A Unknown Hunter Deck created by Xynot. Last updated 4 years, 7 months ago
    2

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  • Watermelon86's Avatar
    Magma Rager 475 207 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 7 months ago

    Tried running Drakkari Enchanter to double up on attacks.

    Didn't work.  I guess Auto-Attack isn't considered an end of turn effect.

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