But Blizzard cut that card shortly before launch, because the team was concerned about degenerate interactions with some powerful pirate-themed Goblins vs. Originally, a piece of artwork depicting a pirate riding a giant parrot was supposed to fit with the Patches mechanic. The developers had been trying to create a card like this for a long time before Patches eventually launched with the Mean Streets of Gadgetzan expansion. The developers used to love this guyīlizzard’s Hearthstone team seemed to be extremely excited about Patches when he was first released in 2016. Slowing down Patches slows down the deck, and this nerf is likely to sink the whole pirate archetype. They run out of gas if they don’t win early. This will significantly dull his impact pirate decks are the most aggressive of the aggro archetypes. Patches will lose his charge ability after this update, which means he will no longer be able to attack on the turn he comes into play. It made sense to throw in a pair of Southsea Captains and Patches, even in decks that weren’t structured around pirate-related synergies, because playing a Captain on the third turn and summoning a free Patches (buffed to 2/2 by the Captain’s ability) is significantly more powerful than anything else you can do with 3 mana in Hearthstone. Follow that with cards like Southsea Deckhand and Southsea Captain, and that deck is capable of ending the game by the fourth turn. That means the Warrior can hit the opponent in the face for 2 damage and establish a board presence before his opponent even gets to take a turn. This 1/1 pirate equips a 1/3 Rusty Hook weapon to the player and also summons Patches. A Warrior playing a pirate deck can play N’zoth’s First Mate on the first turn. This sets up some of the most aggressive early plays in Hearthstone.
But Patches’ special ability is that he plays himself out of your deck and onto the battlefield as soon as you summon any other pirate. He has the same statline as a basic Stonetusk Boar. Since he can only deal one point of damage per attack and he dies to anything that deals him one point of damage, Patches might not seem intimidating to novice players at first glance. He costs 1 mana to play and has the charge ability, which means he can attack on the same turn he comes into play. Patches the Pirate launched as a 1/1 minion, which means he has 1 attack power and 1 health point.
He wasn’t exactly beloved, but he was certainly memorable. This is an obituary for Patches the Pirate. Blizzard is dealing it a major nerf after more than a year of it being one of the most dominant cards in the game, just ahead of its retirement from Hearthstone’s standard competitive format. One of Hearthstone’s most notorious characters, Patches the Pirate, will walk the plank when the game gets its next patch this month.
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