Hearthpwn

Hello everyone!

Venturing into the depths of the sunken valley is no small task, so you will need some decks to take along for the ride!

I will be posting 2-3 decks from each class; one of which will be a reno deck (highlander) and the others being my guesses for the best archetypal deck for each class. Do bear with me as these decks will all go through significant changes based on your feedback so please provide constructive criticism!

• Hunter: 
  • The clear winner of the expansion might just be the hunter class, with powerful additions to the quest hunter archetype as well as intriguing options for a beast hunter shell. I am happy to see the face hunter support is on the lower side compared to most expansions.

Naga Quest Hunter Quest Hunter Deck by Anomaly98 - Apr 5, 2022 View Deck String Export to BBCode Export to Cockatrice Export to MarkDown Export to Html Clone this deck
Minion (5) 1x Barak Kodobane 1x Queen Azshara 1x Raj Naz'jan 2x Twinbow Terrorcoil	Ability (25) 1x Defend the Dwarven District 2x Arcane Shot 2x Dragonbane Shot 2x Tracking 2x Aimed Shot 2x Barbed Nets 2x Conch's Call 2x Explosive Trap 2x Furious Howl 2x Marked Shot 2x Piercing Shot 2x Quick Shot 2x Wound Prey
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Using the existing shell of quest hunter tools like Arcane Shot / Quick Shot / Aimed Shot (If the card has "Shot" in its text your probably playing it!) and the addition of Marked Shot (BIG surprise there...). The class has the ability to churn through its quest stages while being able to control the board against aggressive decks and send face damage against control or solitaire decks. The naga's introduced for hunter are the strongest for any class and provide a lot of burst for a deck that would sometimes run out of gas against control decks. Twinbow Terrorcoil, Raj Naz'jan × 1 and Queen Azshara all add damage and this will come in handy with the addition of Reno Jackson to the meta. 

I am working on a highlander deck for hunter but to be honest it really isnt going to be very good, If everyone would rather see me make a beast hunter, do let me know below!

 

• Demon Hunter:
  • I am not quite sure how to evaluate this class after the rotation of so many key cards for existing archetypes. I really wanted Nethrandamus to be a part of the core set to top of these token strategies especially with the loss of Expendable Performers but alas, that was not the case. Quest lost its single most important card in Glide (It was useless for many-a-month but oh was it good in this deck) and I doubt its going to be any good especially since Sir Finley, Sea Guide does not progress the quest...
  • Fel DH is the likely candidate here and maybe fusing token with fel is the best bet moving forward.

Fel DH Fel Demon Hunter Deck by Anomaly98 - Apr 6, 2022 View Deck String Export to BBCode Export to Cockatrice Export to MarkDown Export to Html Clone this deck
Minion (10) 1x Jace Darkweaver 1x Queen Azshara 2x Felgorger 2x Ur'zul Giant 2x Wrathscale Naga 2x Battleworn Vanguard	Ability (19) 1x Metamorphosis 2x Chaos Leech 2x Feast of Souls 2x Multi-Strike 2x Wings of Hate (Rank 1) 2x Chaos Strike 2x Coordinated Strike 2x Fel Barrage 2x Fury (Rank 1) 2x Need for Greed	Playable Hero (1) 1x Kurtrus, Demon-Render
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My take on a hybrid between Fel and Token DH. Since the fel decks aren't going to be running quest anymore (its so much harder to complete!) I thought of adding the best token cards and seeing what it can amount to in Feast of Souls (this card might make quest token a thing??) and Wrathscale Naga. I do believe these will be separate decks in the meta but wanted to see the community feedback before I experiment further!

Working on a Reno deck but like hunter, it will not be very good because your just going to make the deck more inconsistent and DH does not have those powerful standalone cards to warrant a good Reno deck.

 

• Druid:
  • Nobody is going to be sad to see cards like Overgrowth and Fungal Fortunes leave but where does druid go from here? I really expected to see Breath of Dreams in the core set but the Nourish buff is a welcome change. Im not going to be building a Kazakusan deck because I am sure everyone is sick and tired of seeing it!

Quest Druid Quest Druid Deck by Anomaly98 - Apr 6, 2022 View Deck String Export to BBCode Export to Cockatrice Export to MarkDown Export to Html Clone this deck
Minion (14) 1x Queen Azshara 1x Zola the Gorgon 2x School Teacher 2x Crushclaw Enforcer 2x Entrapped Sorceress 2x Jerry Rig Carpenter 2x Park Panther 2x Murkwater Scribe	Ability (16) 1x Lost in the Park 2x Capture Coldtooth Mine 2x Seaweed Strike 2x Aquatic Form 1x Living Seed (Rank 1) 2x Mark of the Spikeshell 2x Moonlit Guidance 2x Feral Rage 2x Pounce
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I really like the idea of Quest druid with the naga engine providing the draw it lost from rotation. These cheap Nagas synergize well with the gameplan and can offer you some chip damage before the quest reward kicks into gear. 

Highlander druid is also very iffy and your basically pigeon holed into running Kazakusan since Hedra the Heretic and Sheldras Moontree directly counter each other...

Just these 3 classes for now, I am working on the rest!! I will be updating this post regularly as more theory crafts get ironed out!

 

 

 

• Mage:
  • Mage lost tools from almost every deck, but the biggest blow is Mask of C'Thun. The Mech mage archetype has been pushed really hard and some of these cards should prove to be problematic atleast in wild, lets see how it does in standard.

Mech Mage Mech Mage Deck by Anomaly98 - Apr 6, 2022 View Deck String Export to BBCode Export to Cockatrice Export to MarkDown Export to Html Clone this deck
Minion (20) 1x Gaia, the Techtonic 1x Ini Stormcoil 2x Amalgam of the Deep 1x Crushclaw Enforcer 2x Trench Surveyor 1x Azsharan Sweeper 2x Click-Clocker 2x Gorillabot A-3 2x Mecha-Shark 2x Murkwater Scribe 2x Security Automaton 2x Spellcoiler	Ability (10) 2x Explosive Runes 2x Gifts of Azshara 2x Seafloor Gateway 2x Fireball 2x Runed Orb
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Fusion of mechs and nagas to keep the deck in gear (ba dum-tss) and maintain tempo while discovering burn options or utility.

Paladin: Losing librams are gonna hurt, nothing mush else to say. In yetms of additions, the mech package is very powerful and will see meta play.

Highlander Fatigue Paladin Highlander Paladin Deck by Anomaly98 - Apr 7, 2022 View Deck String Export to BBCode Export to Cockatrice Export to MarkDown Export to Html Clone this deck
Minion (24) 1x Ambassador Faelin 1x Blademaster Samuro 1x Cariel Roame 1x Kazakusan 1x Mr. Smite 1x Queen Azshara 1x Reno Jackson 1x Sir Finley, Sea Guide 1x The Leviathan 1x Zola the Gorgon 1x School Teacher 1x Stonehearth Vindicator 1x Vulpera Scoundrel 1x Aldor Peacekeeper 1x Azsharan Mooncatcher 1x Battle Vicar 1x Shimmering Sunfish 1x Templar Captain 1x Wild Pyromancer 1x Alliance Bannerman 1x Amber Watcher 1x Bronze Explorer 1x Knight of Anointment 1x Seafloor Savior	Ability (5) 1x The Garden's Grace 1x Equality 1x Holy Maki Roll 1x Consecration 1x Flash of Light	Playable Hero (1) 1x Lightforged Cariel
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My take on a slow highlander paladin with draconic win conditions. Equality at 2 was broken all those years ago and its no different now.

• Warlock:
  • Warlock finally spent some time in the sun during the year of the gryphon with the power of The Demon Seed but the card rotations nearly cripple the deck from its current state with the loss of both Raise Dead and Backfire. The Zoo archetype has been more or less dead and the return of Imp gang boss might be too late as the card doesn't really hold unto 2022 hearthstone standards. The Murlock cards all seem cool but I do not think the class has any direction as of right now, giving us murlocs in the expansion but adding discard synergies from the core set?? The class is all over the place right now but Renolock will always find a way into a meta as an average tier 2-3 deck!

 

RenoLock Highlander Warlock Deck by Anomaly98 - Apr 6, 2022 View Deck String Export to BBCode Export to Cockatrice Export to MarkDown Export to Html Clone this deck
Minion (20) 1x Anetheron 1x Blademaster Okani 1x Brann Bronzebeard 1x Gigafin 1x Mutanus the Devourer 1x Neeru Fireblade 1x Reno Jackson 1x Sir Finley, Sea Guide 1x Tamsin Roame 1x Zola the Gorgon 1x Barrens Scavenger 1x Doomsayer 1x Entitled Customer 1x School Teacher 1x Spammy Arcanist 1x Blood Shard Bristleback 1x Twilight Drake 1x Death's Head Cultist 1x Mistress of Mixtures 1x Spice Bread Baker	Ability (9) 1x Curse of Agony 1x Dark Alley Pact 1x Full-Blown Evil 1x Siphon Soul 1x Soul Rend 1x Touch of the Nathrezim 1x Demonic Assault 1x Drain Soul 1x Mortal Coil	Playable Hero (1) 1x Lord Jaraxxus
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My take on renolock in 2022. The class has always had good standalone cards that never had a reason to be used together until Reno Jackson said hello. The deck packs a ton of healing + removal with Neeru Fireblade being your most prominent win-condition besides waves of beefy bois along the way. 

I will make a detailed guide (you guys already know its always 1200+ words) if any deck from this thread hits 5 upvotes!