Hearthpwn

Short review/guide:

The whole idea of the deck revolves around continuously swarming the board from the very early stages and threatening lethal with Grave Strength in the midgame. Therefore, low curve, sticky minions and board control are essential.
Hawkstrider Rancher is the card that makes the deck work. Followed by Nerubian Swarmguard on turn 4 it can create monster boards, although you won't need to go that greedy usually and just combo it with one or two drop. The additional 1/1-s it generates are either Grave Strength buff targets, or future corpses for another lategame finisher Lord Marrowgar.
Astalor Bloodsworn is just overall insane addition that can fill your curve through all game stages and offers yet another tool to finish your opponent.
Deck has plenty of card draw with double Chillfallen Baron and double Famished Fool, as well as couple of discovers such as Necrotic Mortician.

Mulligan targets: Hawkstrider Rancher, Body Bagger, Infected Peasant.

Update (30/12/22):

Current meta is not at all board-centric so Blightfang has to go. Arms Dealer is pretty weak as well, so decided to cut both copies.

Having strong early drops and smooth curve is crucial. For this reason Bone Flinger is a good addition. His battlecry is useful for making early game tempo plays, as well as for the later stages. Nerubian Vizier completes the deck as the last tech card.

The rest of the deck remains the same.



53% WR in low legend after 100+ games, so this deck can still win some matches. All we need from blizzard is to buff Grave Strength from triple unholy to double unholy.

Update (01/01/23):

First day of the month, 15-6 W/L climb till Diamond 9. Blightfang becomes extremely useful again as there are lots of Aggro DHs, Aggro Druids, Implocks and Paladins on the ladder.

Update (30/01/23):

Another big balance patch out. Wildpaw Gnoll nerf and the fact that meta is still in mess benefits this deck so much. Enjoy while it lasts. Changed the list a bit with new additions: Battlefield Necromancer, Plague Strike, Vrykul Necrolyte and Irondeep Trogg.

Update (31/01/23):

After some experimentation with the tech cards, decided to get rid of Foul Egg, Plagued Grain, Bonedigger Geist early game package. Replaced them with double School Teacher and Arms Dealer.

It is worth mentioning that recently cards like Amalgam of the Deep, Nerubian Vizier and Sylvanas, the Accused have seen some play in Unholy decks. Personally, I don't feel they are necessary, but they seem good enough and should be fine in specific situations.