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Interesting development I will try it out and will follow up if I find any interesting changes

Tilt wise: Resurrect priest! All the rest is fine for me even if overpowered! 

Eventually comes down to matter of preference guys. Some of us would like the game to be played more on board, some prefer OTK stuff and some more just don't want to get beyond turn 4 or 5 

In many years playing this game we have seen lots of so called "toxic" decks that people thought were still fun!

People loved to play Control warriors mirror not long time ago, and I used to love that in 2015 when matches weren't going up to triple digit health. Also in that time Paladin midrange was good enough to counter CW and there was that rock paper scissor thingy as well with face hunter completing the triangle.

Mech hunter and mech mage used to curve out minions in an overwhelming way to win in few turns, secret paladin was having the best mana curve everytime with Loatheb Challenger Dr Boom Ragnaross to end everyone

Then we can mention Freeze Mage basically the old Shirvalla pala! You don't play board except for card draw and removal, you basically play solitaire = ez win!

Patron warrior  similar concept but you need to consider taunts for your combo and all the duplicates for all the effects
Combo druid FON Roar where being below 22 hp turn 8 could have meant you were dead

Reno lock the first single copy deck, then Razakus priest

Jade druid, aggro shaman, midrange shaman, miracle rogue .... the list goes

I am pretty sure among all of us on this thread people will be divided to what was Toxic and what was fun!
Same apply today to the current meta, which by the way is one of the most varied in such a long time.

Current meta as some mentioned: Galakrond Shaman is slower and definitely not the power house it used to be.
Rogue is the most popular (in two or 3 version highlander or apothecary). This makes pala shirvalla less represented due to Flick, and of course brings the rise of face hunter and Galakrond warrior to counter rogue. Druids lags behind with some mix of aggro and embiggen/dragon that doesn't seem to cut it. And priest can rely only on combo (which with all the silence and polimorph effect is not feeling great) and resurrect that can at least counter most slow and aggro decks.

My advice: pick one deck you enjoy and don't switch too much or you will never learn how to play different match ups. If you find yourself not fitting the meta, you might be playing a low win rate deck, or you might be tilted and not beeing efficient in your plays ( Trust me I say this because I still need to improve a lot in managing my tilt) :)

Hope this can be helpful, and happy new year

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This is a tempo rogue, you need to set up a board while storing damage in hand for a killing blow!
It worked well for me before Galakrond warrior started dominating the scene on ladder and got me from rank 5 to rank 3 quite easily.
Said that this was not and is not a top tier deck

Auctioneer would cost 6 and might draw you some cards (maybe 3) but you'll have to include in the list preparation and generally it would be less efficient than candle breath 6 mana draw 3 but with a chance of 3 mana draw 3!
Draconid lackey is very common among the numerous invocation of Galakrond and other effects, so I rarely had troubles with that spell.

 if you want a list that can be top tier check this out:  
https://www.hearthpwn.com/decks/1326128-deaths-nightmare-by-j_alexander

haha I might have shortly a burgle highlander rogue to post! But still trying to make the list look consistent
Stay tuned ;)

This makes me so happy! Thanks for sharing man and congrats for legend! I hope I'll see you in my twitch chat sometimes, or just wish you merry Christmas :)

I was against Worms playing this deck and I can guarantee the list is solid!!! 
Very hard to break through and pretty sure no aggro deck can do much against it

Thanks for the deck!  I have been having fun with your idea, and incorporated it into my Giant Rogue - http://www.hearthpwn.com/decks/1330169-big-transmogrifier

It seems to be working fairly well around Rank 5

This deck is super fun and GOOD. Granted, I just started climbing again at rank 20. I decided I wanted to push to 1K wins; 889 right now. 
i don’t have Brann, or Dragonbane, so I put in Ysera and Alexstrasza. Seems to be working okay. And that 2/3 poisonous discover dragon card is GREAT. Worthy mention ;)

I don't like the secrets package in highlander hunter because drawing phase stalker and hyena alpha are difficult. But then I kept losing to those running secrets (0-3). The irony ouch.

I think a light secret package (phase stalker and 2-3 secrets) might work better than cards like big ol' whelp, because even though it's more friendly to stormhammer it can be a dead draw. I appreciate the inclusion of albatross, meanwhile troll batrider hasn't proven to be very useful since not many people are running spirits now.

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Literally any priest deck.

 This.

Disliked playing against priest the priest class since i started playing. I even auto concede when I draw priest in casual. Not worth the irritation.

EDIT: I mean priest in any meta, not specifically this meta.

Thanks, been looking for a version without the secret package.

100% Ress priest. Whenever i play agains it i feel like iam playing vs now extinct Big priest from Wild.

Quest Priest and Face Hunter, in this order.

Literally any priest deck.

@MordregOG: You have some very good insights.

I did not know people actually enjoyed dr boom mirrors, they did look exceptionally boring to me.

But of course we each have our own understanding of toxic. That is why I state mine when I discuss it so that people can judge for themselves how it links to my argumentation.

In here i argued that the style where priest does not actively play the game for a significant number of turns can be perceived as bad gameplay and indeed I think it is.

It just doesn’t feel good playing your hand knowing that if you hit the priest he heals and if you wait he will draw answers. I don’t think that is how a good fun game should work. Games should be fun and winnable by both players.

e.g playing highlander hunter vs combo priest was fun. The match up was swingy but both players were able to draw well and make plays and winrate was pretty even. That is good and fun.

I don’t hate priest in general. But I do hate this deck and when n’zoth was in standard. Combo priest was cool and I really enjoy the few times I encounter it still.

I would like the game to be a bit more centered on board and curve and less on combos/mana cheating. I think that also improves skill and reduces the amount of game lost solely to the match up. But maybe people just enjoy getting their combos off and the flashiness of it too much for blizzard to go away from it

I do agree quest priest is a problem but not because it is op but because of how unfun it is to play against