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As the title says: What decks do you see being good next expansion? Which decks will be the best of every class? Here are my predictions.

• Druid: Druid will have one of the best two aggro decks with token druid. I don't see heal druid being great, though token druid might use AOE heal to trigger crystal stag, which might be just that good.
• Hunter: I see deathrattle mech hunter working out to some degree, but I think hunter will fall back quite a bit with no new beasts printed to replace the ones that went away. 
• Mage: Tempo mage is back. It will be on the more control side compared to previous versions, preying on aggro but getting overrun by control. I don't see control mage make it for now. Plenty of stuff to do in the lategame, but no good way to get there.
• Paladin: Secret paladin all the way. Already good, now even better. Tier 1 easy.
• Priest: Silence priest will work out I'm pretty sure. It can draw really well with the newly released 1 drop and inner fire works as well as it always did. MAYBE mecha'thun priest will be a thing. But then disruption will be teched in.
• Rogue: I am not really a rogue player so this is a hard one, but I think lackies will play a large role in rogue with all the bounce effects and togwaggle which is OP. Rogue did get more early game options for burgle rogue that seem really good, but only one card that helps with the mirror, so it will get stuck at tier 2 at best.
• Shaman: Murloc shaman is a more value oriented aggro deck that will find its niche. 
• Warlock: I don't see zoo beating the better aggro decks, but again, they might find their niche because they don't run out of stuff to do as fast. 
• Warrior: Warrior will have a couple of good hybrid decks. Mech/Rush for tempo midrange and mech/dragon for midrange/value. 

So which decks will be the best? I think we will have warrior and paladin and druid at the top. Warrior because it has the strongest cards from earlier sets, and paladin and druid because they got the best support for existing decent decks.

 Theoretical decks under the spoiler.

Nomi rogue will be the best deck till Myra's gets nerfed to 8 mana than some other deck will rise to the top. I agree with your other predictions, but don't forget the 7/8 Rafaam will carry warlock hard due to turning 1 drops and spells into powerful legendaries.

Disagree heavily with OP, Rogue will be so damn good in this expansion, between burgling and Pogo-Hopping

Priest: Ress and Big like usual

Rogue: Pogo or Espionage

Druid: Token

Warrior: Rush, Mech, Mech-Dragon

Mage - Big Spam

Can't really tell with the others.

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Disagree heavily with OP, Rogue will be so damn good in this expansion, between burgling and Pogo-Hopping

 Ah, so you also disagreeed when I said I know nothing about rogue? :p

I honestly don't see pogo hopping working out. It's still pretty slow and there is so much potential for aggro. Burgle will be good until it becomes so good that everyone is playing it. The mirror still isn't great.

Nomi rogue is a big question mark for me. I understand there is a chance I will face a turn 6 board full of 6/6es on a perfect draw, but aggro can kill you by then, the 6/6es do not have taunt. 

Lets not forget that Mechathun Warrior is still a thing with boomship into maly and mechathun.

Nobody really knows what will succeed, but here I add some decks to keep an eye on: Aggro Overload Shaman, Hooktusk Rouge iterations (normal, burgle), Miracle or Tempo Rouge of another kind, Mech Egg Paladin, Zoo with Sea Giants...

Thief Rogue is definitely going to be strong.

Bomb Warrior utilizing Dr. Boom, Mad Genius is also going to be a top deck IMO. 4-6 Bombots with Rush is insane.

Really hoping Shaman can get their footing. I saw the Murloc decks getting dominated in the streams yesterday, so I'm not too confident about that. Shaman may have to rely on Hagatha and Shudderwock to get through. They have good cards like Walking Fountain and Sludge Slurper so we'll see.

I don't know where Paladin goes from here. They seem pretty lost in the wilderness IMO.

Resto Druid has a chance. Just about all the new cards support it, and its legendaries are pretty strong. Just don't see how you win the game with a bunch of Lucentbarks.

Beast hunter and mech tempo will crush a lot of dreams this expansion. Aggro tools are leaving, but so are many even more important defensive cards.

Hey just quick question on the rush warrior deck you presented: why no spirit of the rhino? I’m just curious because 1) imo the spirits are fairly strong cards 2) it makes Batterhead stronger the turn it’s played because it can full board clear without taking damage.  Overall I like your decks and I can’t wait to try them out

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Beast hunter and mech tempo will crush a lot of dreams this expansion. Aggro tools are leaving, but so are many even more important defensive cards.

 Agreed on Beast Hunter.  It loses a lot of broken things (namely Rexxar) but it still has very powerful class synergy in the Classic set.  

warrior: control mech/bomb warrior
shaman: murloc/hagatha
priest: silence tempo priest
rogue: steal/tempo rogue
paladin: secret paladin
warlock: some iteration of handlock
druid: heal druid
mage: probably tempo mage, BUT keep in mind big spell mage does really well vs midrange,
and look at all the above classes
hunter:hear me out, spell damage silence midrange hunter i think has some potential and is going under the radar

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Priest: Ress and Big like usual

Rogue: Pogo or Espionage

Druid: Token

Warrior: Rush, Mech, Mech-Dragon

Mage - Big Spam

Can't really tell with the others.

 Uhm, Mage lost almost all big spells? lmao

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Beast hunter and mech tempo will crush a lot of dreams this expansion. Aggro tools are leaving, but so are many even more important defensive cards.

 Agreed on Beast Hunter.  It loses a lot of broken things (namely Rexxar) but it still has very powerful class synergy in the Classic set.  

I am not even convinced the DK is needed for the deck right now, but losing Dire Mole and Crackling Razormaw will hurt some.

Burgle Rogue 100 percent.

I don't think Rush really counts as an archetype. I'm going to say Control Mech Warrior.

Mage actually has a few directions it can go, and it's hard to tell if any of them will actually work. Tempo seems strong, but maybe too fiddly.

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Beast hunter and mech tempo will crush a lot of dreams this expansion. Aggro tools are leaving, but so are many even more important defensive cards.

 Agreed on Beast Hunter.  It loses a lot of broken things (namely Rexxar) but it still has very powerful class synergy in the Classic set.  

I am not even convinced the DK is needed for the deck right now, but losing Dire Mole and Crackling Razormaw will hurt some.

 I agree, you probably don't need the DK, and it's not hard to imagine where you could fill in the gaps it's only losing 10 cards.  I just threw this together really quickly.  Also keep in mind Oondasta is still in Standard, which means you could run something more late game with King Krush instead of the early cheap tempo plays.  

In all 8 hours streams they have done today, all the pogo hopper or thief rogues died at turn 5. Hf playing those.

Shaman - Murloc aggro

Warrior -  Bomb aggro

Mage - Tempo aggro

Paladin - Secret aggro

Druid - Token aggro

Warlock - Zoo aggro

Rogue - Burgle aggro

Hunter - Contro....just kidding. Aggro aggro.

Handlock is back for sure.  

Token/Treant Druid
Gonk Druid
Ramp Druid

Master Call Hunter
Mech Deathrattle Hunter
Spell Secret Hunter

Elemental mage
Conjurer mage
Secret Mage

Secret Paladin
Dragon Paladin
OTK Paladin
Mech Paladin

Madness Priest
Silence Priest
OTK Priest
Ressurect Priest
Deathrattle Priest

Spy Rogue
Pirate Rogue
Hopper Rogue

Murloc shaman
Elemental Shaman
Eureka Shaman
Shudderwock Shaman

Imp Warlock
Plot Twist Warlock (Beast/Demon)
Discard Warlock
Echo Warlock
Control Warlock

Rush Bomb Warrior
Dragon Bomb Warrior
Big Warrior
Dragon Warrior

And the Mecha'thun decks

That's all i came up with until now, but that is just the possibilities, I don't know what will be the best, although I share most of the opinions;
(Spy Rogue is academic espionage, some names i wrote just for myself in a txt).