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The subject of this article is only available in Tavern Brawls.
Banana Brawl!
"Mukla is a year older, and he LOVES bananas! Whenever one of your minions dies, he gives you a Banana to celebrate!"

Banana Brawl! is a Tavern Brawl. It debuted on June 24, 2015. For exact times, see the schedule.

The Brawl saw LegacyKing Mukla granting the player a random Banana card each time one of their minions died. Players were able to create a custom deck specifically for the Brawl. All matches were played on the Stranglethorn battlefield.

History[]

Tavern Brawl Start End
2 June 24, 2015 June 29, 2015

Additionally, Banana Brawl! was one of nine Tavern Brawls featured as part of the 100th Brawl, A Cavalcade of Brawls!. Its mechanics were used by the warrior class.

Overview[]

Banana Brawl! is essentially a regular Casual match, with one addition: whenever a minion dies, a random Banana card is generated for its owner. There are four different Banana cards, each with its own effects, although they are all 1 cost spells. Players do battle using custom decks, of any class.

The challenge of this Brawl lies in the creation of custom decks designed to make the most of the Banana cards.

Banana cards[]

All Banana cards are 1 cost spells.


Bananas
Big Banana
Deviate Banana
Rotten Banana

Notes[]

  • The player is given a random Banana card when the minion itself is removed from play - that is, strictly before all consequences of death (Deathrattles, on-Death triggers and Secrets) are resolved. This can be significant if you have minions like LegacyLoot Hoarder and LegacyCult Master in play - if your hand is nearly full, you will get Bananas instead of the drawn cards.[1]

Strategy[]

Banana Brawl! is essentially the same as Constructed play, however the addition of Bananas makes several different strategies more likely to succeed.

Because Bananas are spells, cards that benefit from the use of spells, by either player, become more valuable. Additionally, all the Bananas are 1-mana spells, activating cards like Goblins vs GnomesGazlowe.

Some cards and mechanics that benefit from the use of Bananas: (For a full list of cards with spell synergy, see Spell#Related cards)

It is quite easy to fill your hand with mostly Bananas, leaving no room for the cards drawn from the deck. Overdraw and even Fatigue can feature prominently in this Brawl. Be careful when using LegacyUnleash the Hounds, LegacyViolet Teacher, Blackrock MountainImp Gang Boss or similar cards or the LegacyReinforce Hero Power. Try to empty your hand of Bananas and anticipate the effect of playing Bananas on LegacyGadgetzan Auctioneer.

Having your hand mostly full has good synergy with LegacyMountain Giant and LegacyTwilight Drake.

Big Bananas together with Deviate Banana can deliver a lot of burst damage.

Bananas, together with other cheap spells and minions can spell the doom of a player controlling Goblins vs GnomesFel Reaver.

Due to many of its class-specific cards having great synergy with Bananas, namely Mana Wyrm, Sorcerer's Apprentice and Flamewaker, Mage is a popular and extremely viable choice in Banana Brawl!. LegacyMirror Image allows the player to generate Bananas on the death of the Mirror Image minions, and can be buffed with Bananas themselves to form a wall against enemies. A possible but unlikely infinite loop involves the use of Violet Teacher to spawn minions, which can be killed by 0-cost Rotten Bananas due to Sorcerer's Apprentice's effect, generating potentially infinite Bananas that can trigger Flamewaker and Mana Wyrm's effects.

Secrets can also be used to great effect for classes that have them. A Mage can take advantage of LegacyMirror Entity to generate extra minions, and LegacySpellbender to draw the effects of the opponent's Bananas, spawning a free buffed minion or diverting a Rotten or Deviant Banana from its target. Paladins can use NaxxramasAvenge to buff an existing minion in addition to receiving a Banana, while LegacyRedemption can spawn another free minion that may be easily killed for another Banana.

Cards that take advantage of your opponent having many Bananas in their hand can be used, such as Goblins vs GnomesGoblin Sapper and Goblins vs GnomesClockwork Giant. NaxxramasLoatheb can be used to prevent your opponent from easily playing their Bananas. Goblins vs GnomesKezan Mystic is a good inclusion due to the number of Mages and Paladins that run Secrets in their decks, letting you steal the benefits of Secrets they play.

Rotten Banana can be used to trigger Enrage, destroy Divine Shields or to finish off weakened minions.

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