Summary: <br> On episode 173, there’s quite a bit to dig through – and on top of everyone’s minds is the obvious question of ‘how does Botticus like his pizza’… oh, and also ‘why did Team 5 nerf cards again’? Appa discusses his amazing top 100 finish on the wild legend ladder, Bott takes us through a lot of news items in addition including the ladder rank revamp, and after some quick hits from HCT APAC Winter playoffs, the gang spends a solid hour digging into the nerfs in decksplanations.<br> <br> <br> <br> News Highlights – 23:05<br> <br> <br> <br> * <a href="https://playhearthstone.com/en-us/blog/22868202/upcoming-balance-update-february-2019">Upcoming balance update</a>* <a href="https://playhearthstone.com/en-us/blog/22821794/ranked-play-update-a-faster-climb">Ranked play update</a>* <a href="https://playhearthstone.com/en-us/blog/22868200/celebrate-lunar-new-year-2019">Celebrate Lunar new year</a>* <a href="https://playhearthstone.com/en-us/blog/22868201/february-2019-ranked-play-season-pizza-stone">Pizza stone cardback</a>* Twitch rivals* <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/akcld1/on_this_day_in_hearthstone_27_january_2015/ef4kwbk/?context=3">Iksar talks about naxx</a><br> <br> <br> <br> Tournaments – 36:18<br> <br> <br> <br> * <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPyvsTl2Esc&list=PL_Kqyzd_xPPYHlGFMHOyyYE32FM-uVsr0">APAC Playoffs</a><br> <br> <br> <br> Decklists<br> <br> <br> <br> * <a href="https://www.hearthstonetopdecks.com/hct-asia-pacific-winter-playoffs-2018-all-deck-lists-results/">APAC Playoffs</a><br> <br> <br> <br> The <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vSqq7pWGyUyBOU71U5VAnT_NYq-6ZFKonH4BBLOlQWnDDLLq3UUPr63U5gz_6ozpgUvDJ4E5PTNQWNz/pub">Show Notes</a> for this week’s episode are on our<a href="http://www.coinconcede.com"> Website</a><br> <br> <br> <br> You can monetarily support our show on<a href="https://www.patreon.com/CoinConcede"> Patreon</a><br> <br> <br> <br> Join us every week live, by following us on<a href="http://www.twitch.tv/coinconcedepodcast"> Twitch</a><br> <br> <br> <br> Join our community chats in our<a href="http://discord.coinconcede.com"> Discord</a> channels and write in to our Email<br> <br> <br> <br> Follow us on<a href="https://twitter.com/CoinConcede"> Twitter</a> as well as like share and follow us on<a href="https://www.facebook.com/coinconcede"> Facebook</a><br> <br> <br> <br> Save our<a href="http://www.coinconcede.com/?feed=podcast"> RSS feed</a> or subscribe to us on<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/coin-concede/id1025768401"> iTunes</a>,<a href="http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=70906&refid=stpr"> Stitcher</a>, or<a href="https://play.google.com/music/listen?authuser#/ps/Iy2habunjy7sj5mvhkgw4g46kai"> Google Music Play</a>And please leave a review on<a href="http://getpodcast.reviews/id/1025768401"> iTunes</a> or<a href="http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/kenny-downey/coin-concede?refid=stpr#bvdata/action=rr_submit_review"> Stitcher</a><br>
