Rastakhan's Rumble Legendary Cards Worth Your Dust
With Rastakhan's Rumble arriving last week we've had a fair amount of time to see how things would shape up. Here's our initial must crafts for the expansion!
There are notes within Tier 1 that these decks and cards could be short lived as being useful due to the upcoming April 2019 set rotation. This is the case for any card that is doing well right now that belongs to the Year of the Raven sets (Witchwood, Boomsday, Rastakhan's Rumble). Just remember, at its core Hearthstone is about having fun!
Tier 1 - Zul'jin & Oondasta
Without a doubt Zul'jin has been tearing up a storm. Almost half our voters in our initial expansion card preview polls thought he would define the meta and it looks like that was indeed the case, however unfortunate some many find that. Spell Hunter got a huge buff with his arrival and with winrates across the ladder of over 55%, you're not going to be happy encountering him so join team Hunter.
The only real question is will Spell Hunter have a place after Rastakhan's Rumble? Kobolds was a set that defined some of Spell Hunter's value.
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Oondasta is a slightly different story. He is currently seeing play in both Hunter and Druid decks to great success, though that time could be limited to only the next few months before the yearly rotation. Many cards played alongside Oondasta such as Hadronox, The Lich King, Tyrantus, and Kathrena Winterwisp aren't going to be here for much longer. The raw power of this card give it a top tier spot though!
There's even a cool looking Warrior deck experimenting with the card. If you are crafting it for other reasons (Hunter and Druid) it's worth giving it a shot there too!
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Tier 2 - Da Undatakah, High Priest Thekal, Shirvallah, the Tiger
Da Undatakah was another one of those cards the community thought was going to be strong and ... ended up being right! Synergy in multiple classes with good success rates makes this one of the better legendaries to own this expansion - thanks value! He also has a cool golden animation so if you're into really spending dust, that's always an option.
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High Priest Thekal and Shirvallah, the Tiger go together so well that they also belong in the same tier of greatness. That's not to say they can't be used standalone, but this definitely is a case where a Loa's champion likes to stay by their side at times. Expect to be casting lots of spells, controlling boards, doing plenty of healing, and overall just winning.
Find more decks with High Priest Thekal // FInd more decks with Shirvallah, the Tiger
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Tier 2 - Mojomaster Zihi, Jan'alai, the Dragonhawk
Jan'alai, the Dragonhawk has proven to be a very strong card and even if it was harder to getting the effect down, bringing Ragnaros the Firelord back to standard should be worthy enough for inclusion in this tier. You're going to find Jan'alai in Odd Mage thanks to the heroic efforts of Baku the Mooneater but we're also seeing it played in Big Mage.
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Mojomaster Zihi has been seen some strong play in even themed decks and is played mainly as a tech choice when you find many combo or ramp style decks. Bringing the pace of the game back down in the late game while not harming yourself is the entire goal of the card and damn can it be frustrating to have played against you. Winrates in the decks featured below are above 50%, though it is definitely going to come down to what types of decks you're seeing where you're at on the ladder to know if Mojomaster is right for you.
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What About Non-Rastakhan Legendary Cards?
If you're looking for some solid crafts that still prove useful, these are for you!
- [Find Decks] Deathstalker Rexxar
- [Find Decks] Zilliax
- [Find Decks] Baku the Mooneater
- [Find Decks] The Lich King
- [Find Decks] Prince Keleseth
- [Find Decks] Leeroy Jenkins
- [Find Decks] Kingsbane
- [Find Decks] Frost Lich Jaina
And More!
Looking to see how we rate other legendaries in the set? Check out our Legendary Tier List & Crafting Guide over on the forums. We'll be updating it throughout the expansion, you can also find it in our site navigation under the cards category.
I would definitely post it at least tier 2. It stabilizes the board and your life total when dropped and gives you an infinite source of cards in hand to discard.
Fun: Definitely
Good / consistent: Absolutely not
I decided to craft a full Discolock deck because it looked like a lot of fun, and it is. But I would never put Jeklik on any tier list. I can usually reach rank 1-5 fairly easy with a tier 1 deck, but I'm about 40 games in with Discolock and still stuck at rank 14 wild. The huge RNG each time you have to discard a random card can also be frustrating a f.
I have hade a pretty god run with discolock from rank 22 to 8 in wild. I often use Cataclysm turn 4 to discard 6 cards at once, often with a Jeklik in hand to start the duplicating process.
But it can be a bit random some time
"Fun" cards are generally put in tier 3 or lower if they are not:
1: Very important in a very powerful deck.
2: Solid tech options in a very powerful deck
3: Very important in a good performing deck.
4: Useful flexible cards for viable decks from many classes, especially as a classic.
High Priestess Jeklik is in tier 3. She could be promoted to tier 2 for the 3rd category at some point, but the winrates for discolock are simply not there atm.
I made a good run with discolock this season, from rank 13 to rank 5 so the deck is definitly better now with Jeklik. If you're stuck at rank 14, the problem is probably your list or the way you're playing the deck.
For me is tier 1 just for the fact that turns the quest into something usable AT ALL and creates a precedent with soulwarden for a viable way of FINALLY being able to use the discard mechanics.
As a warlock fan, it's my favourite card of the expansion.
TOO SOON! YOU POSTED THIS TOO SOON EXECUTUS!!
I haven't had the opportunity to check it yet, but how does Da Undatakah interact with Carnivorous Cube? I see them in lots of decks together. If you cube, say, Hadronox, does Undatakah later get the cube's deathrattle with Hadronox inside?
I think it does nothing.
No, its deathrattle will do nothing.
That's kinda what I thought because it would be pretty ridiculous otherwise. Good to know for sure anyways!
Since the deathrattle is based on what the battlecry does, if Da Undatakah does copy Carnivorous Cube, he doesn't produce Hadronox, since he never technically destroyed Hadronox in the first place.
Just like if you had a Carnivorous Cube destroy another Carnivorous Cube that had destroyed, say, Oondasta, your secondCarnivorous Cube would do two things:
1.) trigger the first Cube's deathrattle, summoning two Oondasta
2.) set itself up to summon two Carnivorous Cubes when it dies
When those two Carnivorous Cubes die, they won't summon anything, because the deathrattle is based on what the battlecry does. If the battlecry never destroys a minion, it never puts the deathrattle "online," so to speak.
Also, Da Undataka copies the deathrattle as it's written on the cards, not the specifics of what you've set that deathrattle to do. He can't summon minions that another card (Carnivorous Cube) destroyed, but he can act as a Frostmaw if you have a dragon in hand, because the deathrattle reads that way on the card.
I hope that wasn't too convoluted an explanation.
EDIT: Took me 5 minutes to write what everyone else wrote in 30 seconds lol.
Here's how to think about it:
Minions that have a bare Deathrattle: keyword will benefit Da Unda when they die and will have a triggerable deathrattle if they pop out of a Cube.
Minions that gain a Deathrattle via their Battlecry will not do either of those things.
Triggers the death rattles as per usual when you pop it with the cube, then you get 2 vanilla pile of stats after the cube pops.
Been thinking about Crafting Zihi, but it feels more like a tech card. Some decks I want to play run him, but I’m not convinced he’s a key card yet.
Overall, great advice!
Mojomaster Zihi is actually at the very top of tier 2 atm and might be promoted to tier 1 in the near future, similar to what happened to Zilliax when BDP was released.