The REAL Big Beast Hunter!
- Last updated May 20, 2022 (Drek'Thar Nerf)
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Wild
- 11 Minions
- 16 Spells
- 2 Weapons
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Big Beast Hunter
- Crafting Cost: 12600
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 4/27/2022 (Kazakusan Change)
- RomanKnight
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Changes:
I made two small changes to adopt the new meta. Now, with agro DH gone, we will have a bit slower matchups. Also, warlocks are on the rise and we need a way to counter their colossal. So a 4 damage spell that also gives you more Revive Pets is good.
+2 Marked Shot
- 1 Animal Companion
-1 Tame Beast
Hi guys
I have seen some big hunter lists that try to use Sabre-interactions. Those are ok, but you cant really call a deck using many 3-4 cards a big beast hunter. We need the real one, so here it is! I have climbed with from 17000 to 6000 in legend in one day, so it is working great!
Why does the deck work?
Your main goal is to use your mulligan and your discover options like Tracking and Harpoon Gun to find Vanndar Stormpike that makes your big beasts cheap. Then you can bring them on board with Pet Collector or make them even cheaper with weapon. Then you revive them or copy with secrets and overwhelm your opponent.
Card Choices & Combos
- Secrets & Dun Baldar Bunker - an early defence option and a possibility to draw those out to thin your deck.
- Devouring Swarm - Cheap rush to clear aggression. But the main use case is to copy your rat kings vs control
- Weapon, Pet Collector and Vanndar Stormpike - your bread and butter
- Quick Shot and Tame Beast - your defence
- The Rat King, Tavish hero - great offence and great defence.
- Voljin enables you to tutor undiscounted beasts from hand, but also fish out key cards like Kazakusan from the opponent
Mulligan and Matchups:
Always keep: Vanndar, Weapon, Tracking if Vanndar is not already present, Dun Baldar Bunker. Sometimes you can keep Pet Collector vs control or if you can protect yourself until turn 5.
Vs agro: you need to get your Mountain Bears cheapened. Then try to copy those. After that its GG. You might also overwhelm your opponent turn 5 with
VS heavy control: you should copy spam your The Rat Kings with help of secrets and Devouring Swarm. Be greedy, let them waste their resources.
Let me know how you do with it. This truly is a meta-breaker. Enjoy!
I have played a similar deck since Febrary 2022. Check it out:
I think your choice of Shadow Hunter Vol'jin is interesting. Before rotation, I used to run Silas Darkmoonbecause it could end games. Now I use a sole Battleground Battlemaster. Might try the Shadow hunter.
Try Wing Commander Ichman. This card has more board impact than King Krush, and can sway far more games against aggro matchups and control matchups alike!
Thank you, interesting choices. How do Humongous Owls perform in this?
Having seen your decklist I have actually adopted your secret package, to make room for the Tame Beasts and Quick Shots. I think these changes better deal with the early board than a couple of Freezing Traps.
My current list is yours with the following changes:
-1 Hydralodon , +1 Wing Commander Ichman
-2 Marked Shot, + 1 Tame Beast (Total 2 in deck instead of one), +1 Humongous Owl
I hit diamond 4 with this deck.
I don't think I played properly. Sometimes the odds are beyond me. So I don't think going better from diamond 4 but this deck can do actually.
Funny and quality deck. Advice. Worth.
Thanks man! I am sure it still works. I played handbuff druid to legend this season, but I will return to this deck after next patch
This deck is really good, maybe only problem is pet collectors using.
Because this deck doesnt have rush minions like 4 costs or etc.
Pet collectors are great. Without reduction they get out either Rat King with rush (a key minion) or tarantula. In case of tarantula you can use Devouring swarm to immideately kill some big target and return your Pet collector back to repeat. With Vanndar reduction, your Mountain Bears become 4 mana, so they can also be summoned with Pet collectors, that is amazingvs agro, especially if you have played a secret beforehand. Vanndar into Pet Collector is so great tempo play, won me lots of games.
With some practice using better Pet collectors.
its expensive deck to me but i will try this deck two days later !!
always i wanted to play beast hunter but it was always expensive..
now it looks good and i can craft two legendary cards for that.
nmk
Having an absolute blast with this. Played for about 3 hour today and went from 17000 legend to 11000 legend with massively positive winrate.
Played a bit more this morning and climbed from 11000 to 6000. This destroys the meta rn.