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After watching Regis, Trump and Zeddy play, I think Murlock will be insanely strong. Mech paladin looks like a candidate as well, as well as tempo pirate rogue. 

 Quest Hunter was already very strong and it's getting new support and losing very little. It just didn't dominate the Theorycrafting streams because it doesn't have 10 cards from the new set in it.

Quest Hunter will be so much better than murloc aggro.

Highlander Paladin, Highlander Priest and Highlander Druid. all 3 with with Kazakusan, Brann, Zola and Reno Jackson

Pirate quest Warrior

Questline Hunter is generally losing about as much as it's gaining technically. The only card that's not replacing one that's rotating is Marked Shot, but Marked Shot is such a good card in that deck.

I'm excited about Big Spell Druid, Naga Priest, Naga Mage and Curse Warlock (with Naga).

Quest Warrior, not even a debate here. They gave it WAY too many good cheap pirates this set, Rokara is coming down on turn 6/7 every game guaranteed. Not to mention their colossal beast has a 42% chance to give them 1 mana Mr. Smite LMFAO, the BS levels on that deck are through the roof. 

Well if Rokara is coming down by t7, why on earth would Quest Warrior ever play this Colossal?

Control Warrior

As we are back to board fighting and there are almost no OTK-s Control Warrior is going to destroy 70% of the decks with no problems. Control Warrior may have lost some board clears, but has as many removals as ever and an overpowered win condition with Kazakustan.

I think most of the new viable decks will be aggro/tempo oriented, and a few OTK/burn control decks will remain, as well as some Kazakusan decks in Warrior and Priest. Value Control with Reno Jackson might see a resurgence depending on how much OTK remains, since that is its main weakness.

The correct answer is Quest Hunter and I'm already tired of it.

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Control Warrior

As we are back to board fighting and there are almost no OTK-s Control Warrior is going to destroy 70% of the decks with no problems. Control Warrior may have lost some board clears, but has as many removals as ever and an overpowered win condition with Kazakustan.

 Kazakusan is old and boring.... think bigger

Brann Bronzebeard + Ambassador Faelin + From the Depths + Sir Finley, Sea Guide

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Control Warrior

As we are back to board fighting and there are almost no OTK-s Control Warrior is going to destroy 70% of the decks with no problems. Control Warrior may have lost some board clears, but has as many removals as ever and an overpowered win condition with Kazakustan.

 Kazakusan is old and boring.... think bigger

Brann Bronzebeard + Ambassador Faelin + From the Depths + Sir Finley, Sea Guide

 So thinking about this, wouldn't Brann Bronzebeard + Sir Finley, Sea Guide put your original hand back? Since you swap to the colossals but then the second battlecry triggers and you have your original hand back.

but Brann Bronzebeard should die before playing Sir Finley, Sea Guide for obivius reasons...

Yes it would.... but Brann has 4 health and is really easy for your opponent to kill (or you can remove him yourself with a spell)

Just make sure Brann is gone before you play Finley


If you're worried that Brann will be stuck on board, you can run Zola instead to get a golden copy of Faelin to play a second time.

Demon Hunter turn 3 coin Abyssal Depths, turn 4 play Vanndar Stormpike, turn 5 play Drek'Thar = PROFIT ;)

Memes aside, Questline Hunter will dominate the first 1-2 weeks in terms of WR as it needs the least refinement (maybe Face Hunter too as it excels at punishing other unrefined decks), but I see some tempo pirate Rogue rising to tier 1 status and Darkglare Mage too at high legend with this new mana-cheat Naga

I'm a bit late to the party, and I also just recently returned to HS after a half-year hiatus, so take my opinion with a grain of salt.

However, based on my experience before, and looking at these new cards, I actually think control warrior will be near-unstoppable. It has ridiculous amounts of armor and removal for aggro, tons of ways to outvalue opposing control, and disruption, primarily in the form of Zola the Gorgon+Mutanus the Devourer for dealing with combo. I'm not honestly sure how it loses. I also think that people are missing that the Gorloc Ravager is a 2 mana cheaper The Curator, since it can fetch the Amalgam of the Deep (which, by the way, can get you extra mutanuses, Kazakusans, Onyxian Drakes, etc., and it can also fetch Slimescale Diver. I think you run the above murloc package in control warrior, which also provides nice pressure and additional value, as well as consistency in the form of two 5-mana 4/3s that draw 3 cards.