Blizzard's Off-Meta Deck Spotlight

Blizzard has posted three Legend decks with above average win rates which aren't exactly what one would expect. Check out the decks below and give them a try yourself! All decks were played with at least 50 or more games at legend level, confirmed by Blizzard.

StanCifka's Questing with Giants Mage

Win rate: 73%

StanCifka's Questing with Giants Mage [73% Winrate] TTK Mage Deck by Fluxflashor - Jan 12, 2018 Export to BBCode Export to Cockatrice Export to MarkDown Export to Html Clone this deck
Minion (13) 1x Alexstrasza 1x Zola the Gorgon 2x Arcane Giant 2x Doomsayer 2x Ghastly Conjurer 2x Arcane Artificer 2x Arcanologist 1x Medivh's Valet	Ability (16) 1x Open the Waygate 2x Cabalist's Tome 2x Ice Block 2x Primordial Glyph 2x Blizzard 1x Volcanic Potion 2x Arcane Intellect 2x Frost Nova 2x Frostbolt	Playable Hero (1) 1x Frost Lich Jaina
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小青藤's Minionless Build-a-Beast Hunter

Win rate: 65%

小青藤's Minionless Build-a-Beast Hunter [65% Winrate] Spell Hunter Deck by Fluxflashor - Jan 12, 2018 Export to BBCode Export to Cockatrice Export to MarkDown Export to Html Clone this deck
Ability (26) 2x Call of the Wild 2x To My Side! 2x Cat Trick 2x Lesser Emerald Spellstone 1x Misdirection 2x Tracking 1x Venomstrike Trap 2x Wandering Monster 1x Unleash the Hounds 2x Animal Companion 2x Deadly Shot 2x Explosive Trap 2x Flanking Strike 1x Freezing Trap 2x Kill Command	Weapon (3) 1x Rhok'delar 2x Eaglehorn Bow	Playable Hero (1) 1x Deathstalker Rexxar
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Jambre's Unstable Recruit Shaman

Win rate: 68%

Jambre's Unstable Recruit Shaman [68% Winrate] Jade Lotus Shaman Deck by Fluxflashor - Jan 12, 2018 Export to BBCode Export to Cockatrice Export to MarkDown Export to Html Clone this deck
Minion (14) 1x Aya Blackpaw 1x Leeroy Jenkins 2x Arcane Giant 2x Corridor Creeper 1x Fight Promoter 1x Drakkari Defender 2x Flamewreathed Faceless 2x Guild Recruiter 2x Nerubian Prophet	Ability (13) 2x Far Sight 2x Unstable Evolution 2x Devolve 2x Maelstrom Portal 2x Volcano 2x Jade Lightning 1x Windfury	Weapon (2) 2x Jade Claws	Playable Hero (1) 1x Thrall, Deathseer
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Greetings!

One of the greatest joys in Hearthstone is watching players adapt and grow throughout the course of a competitive season. We’re always surprised and inspired by the inventive deck ideas that spring up on the ladder in the face of stiff competition.

Today, we wanted to showcase a few of the awesome, creative decks that have been successfully climbing through the rank of Legend.

To find these decks, we scoured the rankings for players that did well last week, and picked out some interesting builds from amongst these top performers. We only selected decks that were played in 50 or more games at Legend level.

First up we have Stancifka, running a very creative Quest Mage deck.

Stancifka's deck went through many iterations; however, this version (with an impressive 73% win rate!) seemed to serve him best.

http://www.hearthpwn.com/decks/1021568-stancifkas-questing-with-giants-mage-73-winrate

Next up is a deck that created a lot of buzz around the release of Kobolds and Catacombs: Minionless Hunter. On the China server, 小青藤 piloted this deck to a 65% win rate.

http://www.hearthpwn.com/decks/1021567-s-minionless-build-a-beast-hunter-65-winrate

Lastly, we have a unique take on the idea of Shaman evolution.

Jambre's Arcane Giants/Unstable Evolution deck went through 15 different revisions during its run, but he achieved a 68% win rate with this version.

http://www.hearthpwn.com/decks/1021569-jambres-unstable-recruit-shaman-68-winrate

Each of these players showed great skill and put up impressive numbers with some awesome deck choices. Congrats to each of these players!

What are some of the craziest decks you’ve seen or played on the ladder lately? Let us know on Twitter, Facebook, or in the comments below!

Good luck on your climbs everyone!

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AkiraTerion
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Posted Jan 12, 2018 (Kobolds Patch)
Spawn more Overlords.. .. oh, not that creep.

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Posted Jan 12, 2018 (Kobolds Patch)
In before "OMG, even Blizz is in on the StanCifka train".

Though in all serious, how is that Shaman deck 'recruit' Shaman? It's literally got Guild Recruiter and otherwise looks fairly typical Evo-Jade Shaman archetypical.

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Posted Jan 12, 2018 (Kobolds Patch)
It's called Recruit Shaman because it's the Guild Recruiter package that distinguishes the deck from all others.

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Posted Jan 12, 2018 (Kobolds Patch)
Thjis played it 2-3 days ago

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Posted Jan 12, 2018 (Kobolds Patch)
Kibler has been playing that deck for a while on stream

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Posted Jan 12, 2018 (Kobolds Patch)
Quote from Liam3Bucks >>

It's called Recruit Shaman because it's the Guild Recruiter package that distinguishes the deck from all others.

So one card with the Recruit keyword makes it a Recruit deck...? Seems a smidge odd, but okay.

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Kibler has been playing that deck for a while on stream

I'm actually sub'd to Kibler's Twitch. I thought the variant he was playing didn't have the Recruiter or any of that. I might have missed that day, though.

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Posted Jan 12, 2018 (Kobolds Patch)
Quote from AkiraTerion >>

Quote from Liam3Bucks >>

It's called Recruit Shaman because it's the Guild Recruiter package that distinguishes the deck from all others.

So one card with the Recruit keyword makes it a Recruit deck...? Seems a smidge odd, but okay.

One card with a Recruit keyword, and all other minions in the deck picked to ensure that they suit that recruiting, i.e. the only minions that cost four or less are the no-battlecry, high-overload-cost Drakkari Defender and Flamewreathed Faceless.

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Posted Jan 12, 2018 (Kobolds Patch)
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One card with a Recruit keyword, and all other minions in the deck picked to ensure that they suit that recruiting, i.e. the only minions that cost four or less are the no-battlecry, high-overload-cost Drakkari Defender and Flamewreathed Faceless.

Yeah, I get how a handful of other cards were tailored, here. But again.. only two copies of one card hardly makes a 'recruit' deck IMO. Personal opinion, obviously not shared, which is also obviously okay.

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Posted Jan 12, 2018 (Kobolds Patch)
Doesn't really matter. The deck is just bad because shaman lacks card draw to keep it in the game.

All of these decks lack the ability to compete with all the top decks currently in the meta. Even worse is that all you have to do is throw some Voidlords in a Warlock deck and keep bringing them back to make these decks irrelevant.

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Posted Jan 12, 2018 (Kobolds Patch)
Reno decks only used one Reno Kappa

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Posted Jan 12, 2018 (Kobolds Patch)
Seems you missed the part that said "off-meta"? Don't think these decks were made to seriously compete. More than likely a way to blow off some steam and shake things up a bit.

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Posted Jan 13, 2018 (Kobolds Patch)
so you tech in some froggers? Polymorphs are giving mage a chance this season, i'm kinda surprised there's not yet a shaman trying to silence the field.

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