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Hello everyone, just passing by to write a meta report and to give you guys updated options for decklists to use in this meta!

Miracle, miracle and miracle, everything is happening around miracle rogue. Its not that bad because there are plenty of ways to counter miracle rogue, but as many might have said before me: miracle is the most reliable and consistent deck in the entire game. Until new cards pops up that counter that playstyle, you'll always have to think about the miracle matchup when making a deck, which means if you want to counter the meta, you HAVE to also counter miracle. Basically there are 2 types of decks in this meta: Miracle and those who counter Miracle.

That being said, there are quite a few decks who do it on a very consistent way, i'll name some of those but you might want to add some yourself: shockadin, zoo, tempo rogue, these new druid agressive ramp variants that poped lately, hunter trap, etc. So if you are not too much into miracle, you can just go ahead and grab one of these decks, there are plenty of consistent ways of being "good against miracle", as you might have noticed.

There are some other decks that altho they dont always beat miracle, they are very strong and very consistent by themselves. The meta has evolved a lot, and the current name of the meta is: tempo. So there are quite a few other decks that are capable of generating tempo, while still doing "ok" against miracle rogue, such as shaman tempo and paladin tempo.

The reason some decks have been loosing consistently against miracle rogue is the fact that these decks are outdated, too many CA (card advantage) cards as well as big legends rather than just tempo, i'll give you some examples on my newest created shaman deck:

[Nuba]Tempo Shaman Unknown Deck by Nuba - Jun 13, 2014 View Deck String Export to BBCode Export to Cockatrice Export to MarkDown Export to Html Clone this deck
Minion (17) 1x Al'Akir the Windlord 1x Bloodmage Thalnos 2x Argent Commander 2x Azure Drake 1x Defender of Argus 2x Argent Squire 2x Fire Elemental 2x Flametongue Totem 2x Unbound Elemental 2x Gnomish Inventor	Ability (12) 2x Feral Spirit 2x Lightning Storm 2x Earth Shock 2x Hex 2x Lightning Bolt 2x Rockbiter Weapon	Weapon (1) 1x Doomhammer
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I dropped some of the CA cards such as both Mana Tide Totems for more stable tempo cards such as Gnomish Inventor, that not only draw you cards but also have reliable bodys themselves, I have been performing extremelly well with this shaman build lately, not loosing a single game as far as the playtest goes (currently rank 3).
The same goes to control warrior, Justsaiyan posted a "midrange-ish" control warrior build, which is just better than the ultra-legendary-heavy version many people use, it actually wins versus miracle! (TOO GOOD!)

[V2.0] Justsaiyan's Meta Control Deck Unknown Deck by Justsa1yan - May 27, 2014 View Deck String Export to BBCode Export to Cockatrice Export to MarkDown Export to Html Clone this deck
Minion (17) 1x Grommash Hellscream 1x Ragnaros the Firelord 1x Sylvanas Windrunner 1x Faceless Manipulator 2x Armorsmith 2x Azure Drake 2x Frothing Berserker 1x Wild Pyromancer 2x Acolyte of Pain 2x Cruel Taskmaster 2x Kor'kron Elite	Ability (10) 1x Brawl 2x Shield Slam 2x Execute 2x Shield Block 1x Slam 2x Whirlwind	Weapon (3) 2x Fiery War Axe 1x Arcanite Reaper
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that is also the reason people are going a lot Azure Drake lately, the card generates tempo by giving you a reliable body while still giving you a card :D

There are 3 tiers of classes, currently. IMO you should choose whichever you want to play by taste but if you are one of those tryhard guys that dont care about fun and only about wins, here are the tier of classes:

Tier 1(the "best" classes):Rogue, Druid and Warlock.
Tier 2(the "still good" classes): Shaman, Warrior and Paladin.
Tier 3(The "weak" classes): Priest, hunter and mage.

here are my sugestions as this weeks decks:
Rogue: Miracle, obviously. I have been playing Hyunosim's version of miracle, and it is by far the most consistent version because it lacks "bad cards" that fill your hand with unplayable stuff. its less bursty but more resilient and stable! I like this more than Kolentos build.

25 Legend Ultimate Miracle Rogue Guide! Unknown Deck by hyunosim - Jun 13, 2014 View Deck String Export to BBCode Export to Cockatrice Export to MarkDown Export to Html Clone this deck
Minion (12) 1x Bloodmage Thalnos 1x Edwin VanCleef 1x Leeroy Jenkins 2x Azure Drake 2x Gadgetzan Auctioneer 2x SI:7 Agent 2x Earthen Ring Farseer 1x Gnomish Inventor	Ability (18) 2x Preparation 1x Blade Flurry 1x Conceal 2x Backstab 2x Deadly Poison 2x Eviscerate 2x Fan of Knives 2x Shadowstep 2x Sap 2x Shiv
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Shaman and Druid: my builds have been doing extremelly well lately, I sugest you to try them out! Here is the druid one:

[Nuba] Neo-Ramp Unknown Deck by Nuba - Jun 10, 2014 View Deck String Export to BBCode Export to Cockatrice Export to MarkDown Export to Html Clone this deck
Minion (19) 1x Cenarius 1x The Black Knight 2x Ancient of Lore 1x Big Game Hunter 2x Argent Commander 2x Azure Drake 2x Keeper of the Grove 2x Sunfury Protector 2x Violet Teacher 2x Harvest Golem 2x Druid of the Claw	Ability (11) 1x Force of Nature 2x Innervate 2x Wild Growth 2x Wrath 2x Savage Roar 2x Swipe
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Warrior: go for Justsaiyan, he knows his stuff!
Warlock: Zoo is still the one giving the most headache to everybody, it hasnt changed a lot since the most stable build has poped up, this is my build, the standard Zoo build:

[Nuba]Budget Standard Zoo Unknown Deck by Nuba - Jun 13, 2014 View Deck String Export to BBCode Export to Cockatrice Export to MarkDown Export to Html Clone this deck
Minion (26) 2x Argent Commander 2x Defender of Argus 2x Doomguard 2x Knife Juggler 2x Young Priestess 2x Harvest Golem 2x Shieldbearer 2x Abusive Sergeant 2x Argent Squire 2x Dire Wolf Alpha 2x Flame Imp 2x Voidwalker 2x Shattered Sun Cleric	Ability (4) 2x Mortal Coil 2x Soulfire
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And if you feel like playing one of the weak classes, I have a couple experimental builds you could playtest for me :D
Midrange Mage:

[Nuba]Midrange Mage Unknown Deck by Nuba - Jun 13, 2014 View Deck String Export to BBCode Export to Cockatrice Export to MarkDown Export to Html Clone this deck
Minion (17) 1x Archmage Antonidas 2x Azure Drake 2x Defender of Argus 2x Knife Juggler 2x Violet Teacher 2x Water Elemental 2x Mana Wyrm 2x Sorcerer's Apprentice 2x Argent Squire	Ability (13) 1x Flamestrike 2x Ice Lance 2x Arcane Intellect 2x Fireball 2x Arcane Missiles 2x Frostbolt 2x Mirror Image
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Watcher Priest:

[Nuba]Watcher Priest Unknown Deck by Nuba - Jun 13, 2014 View Deck String Export to BBCode Export to Cockatrice Export to MarkDown Export to Html Clone this deck
Minion (19) 1x Ragnaros the Firelord 1x Cabal Shadow Priest 2x Ancient Watcher 2x Auchenai Soulpriest 2x Azure Drake 2x Defender of Argus 2x Injured Blademaster 2x Sunfury Protector 2x Wild Pyromancer 1x Spellbreaker 2x Northshire Cleric	Ability (11) 2x Holy Fire 2x Circle of Healing 2x Holy Nova 2x Shadow Word: Death 2x Power Word: Shield 1x Shadow Word: Pain
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Note: This is so far the only priest build I managed to do that wins against miracle rogue on a consistent ratio.

So yeah this is it for this week, hope you guys enjoyed this small article and dont forget to follow my twitch page for some fun streams :D
https://www.twitch.tv/budabudie

See you guys around!

thanks for the nice feedback guys :D

I see this got moved to deck building forums o.o hmm

Quote from Equal1ty »

Nice article! Nuba, what do you think about tempo rogue in the current meta? 

I like it, sir. I think its good enough :D

Really well written post as usual, friend. I'm so happy the community embraced the shockadin and I'm honored to see that we're currently tier 2 on your meta report <3 I hope you don't mind me linking the deck here, if you do, I will edit to remove it, ok? Shockadin had a little update to fit the current meta, added an oracle in it to get better value from DF since so many players are playing around DF. By the same time that it gives you 2 cards to get a better solution to the current board, you also get an extra 2 cards for the next turn (or same turn) DF. And added a loot hoarder (thalnos if you have it) for an extra card draw (and+1spell dmg for thalnos).  

Shockadin [outdated] Aggro Paladin Deck by Holyrock - May 16, 2014 View Deck String Export to BBCode Export to Cockatrice Export to MarkDown Export to Html Clone this deck
Minion (15) 1x Sir Finley Mrrgglton 2x Selfless Hero 2x Southsea Deckhand 2x Abusive Sergeant 2x Argent Horserider 2x Argent Squire 2x Twisted Worgen 2x Worgen Infiltrator	Ability (12) 2x Avenging Wrath 2x Divine Favor 2x Equality 2x Consecration 2x Hammer of Wrath 2x Blessing of Might	Weapon (3) 1x Rallying Blade 2x Truesilver Champion
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