'Hearthstone' Portals to Another Dimension Tavern Brawl Guide: Which Portal Is Best?

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This week's Hearthstone Tavern Brawl is "Portals To Another Dimension," which celebrates Starcraft's 20th anniversary. Each player gets 10 class-specific cards and 20 Starcraft- themed portals. Each card picked from a portal costs three less, making it easier to play powerful cards early. It's a fun and fast-paced game mode that's one of the game's better Brawls. It's an RNG clown fiesta where winning depends heavily on getting good cards out of your portals.

The total absence of Starcraft hero cards in this mode is disappointing. Last year's Tavern Brawl celebrating Diablo's birthday was full of unique cards and even had a secret cow-themed level. This time around, the cards themselves have no Starcraft flavor. They are just normal minions and spells ripped from nearly every expansion, which kind of ruins the fun.

You can win this Tavern Brawl by picking any class. The class-specific cards you get are completely random, meaning that a powerful archetype in Standard has no real benefit here. I love Paladin, but pulling Quartermaster and Getaway Kodo on turn one is where stress headaches come from. Pick whichever hero you want, what matters is the portal you get and how lucky you are.

Winning "Portals To Another Dimension" will net you three Kobolds And Catacombs packs, so it's worth completing no matter what.

Here are the three portal types:

Tech (Terran)- Mechs and humans will fill your hand with cards like Fel Cannon and Iron Juggernaut that you forgot existed. Lots of Goblins Vs. Gnomes cards like Bomb Lobber, Dr. Boom and Piloted Shredder will build your robot army After a dozen or so games of playtesting, the human portal was by far the weakest, but that doesn't necessarily mean it's bad. With enough luck and just a splash of smart play, you'll love your robot army, I guarantee it.

Swarm (Zerg)- My favorite portal is full of squishy monsters that go bump in the night. Spreading Plague and Free From Amber allow you to fill the field with minions and overwhelm your enemy. I was up against a cocky Warlock who managed to play two Voidwalkers, only for me to pop both and then play a three-mana Spreading Plague . Slimy cards like Gluttonous Ooze and Infested Tauren are fun to play with, not to eat.

Mind (Protoss)- If you like magic, this portal is for you. Filled to the brim with Priest minions and Mage spells, Mind cards are weaker than their other counterparts. Devour Mind, Power Overwhelming and Twilight Guardian were just some of the mishmashed cards added to my hand. Maybe it's because the Mind portals are slower, but this class just didn't appeal to me. I love playing Ysera on turn six, but that's enough for me to choose this portal again.