Rise of Shadows on a Budget - Five Decks That Won't Break The Bank
We've teamed up with RegisKillbin to bring you five budget decks for Hearthstone's latest expansion, Rise of Shadows. Decks were assembled and tested up on the higher parts of the ladder (Rank 2-3) were they found success, with the exception of Face Warrior, a deck that should see success in climbing at lower ranks.
You can check out all of the lists down below, including some words from Regis himself, and if you want to learn more about any of them, clicking them will bring you to their guide page which have further details.
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Budget Token Druid
Token Druid is a clear tier 1 deck in the Rise of Shadows meta right now, and this deck list adapts it to a budget player's needs. At less than 1500 total dust thanks to a few convenient substitute cards (and subtracting out the cost of a free Archmage Vargoth), it still packs the punch necessary to win on the competitive ladder.
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Budget Zoolock
Zoo Warlock has always been a strong archetype in Hearthstone, and that hasn't changed in Rise of Shadows with the success of Magic Carpet Zoo. Unfortunately for budget players, Magic Carpet can be an expensive craft, so this list was designed to stay under a 1500 total dust cost while remaining competitive and true to its Zoo roots.
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Budget Midrange Hunter
Midrange Hunter has seen a lot of success recently, and it seems that will continue Rise of Shadows, where it's carving out a nice Tier 2 spot in the meta. Although it's not traditionally an "expensive" deck, it can still be nice to play a cheaper version, so this one comes in at less than 1500 total dust while remaining competitive.
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Budget Murloc Shaman
Murloc Shaman is taking off in Rise of Shadows, settling into a nice Tier 2 spot in the meta. Unfortunately some big Murlocs are a little pricey (including Scargill and Murloc Warleader), so you may think it's impossible to play on a budget. It's not! This budget list has a lot of potential, and I was consistently winning games with it at Rank 2 and Rank 3.
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Budget Face Warrior
It's really tough to play Warrior on a budget in the Rise of Shadows meta, as all of its popular archetypes are littered with legendary cards. But if you long for the days or yore when all you had to do was click your opponent's face to win Hearthstone games, you're in luck! This budget list is all about going Face! It turns out Warrior can still find ways to win with lots of damage and hyper aggression in this new meta with less dominant decks. If you're someone who's looking for a fast, easy deck for climbing a few ranks in that Rank 50 to Rank 10 range, this list could work wonders.
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Great ideas for budget decks. My bank still broke somehow but that was not because of these decks. Just wanted to share my news about my broken bank. Thanks Regis!
No need to waste dust for crafting anything if u new player, hit rank 25 and craft whizbang then save dust for really good deck by your oppinion.
The cheapest deck you can make for both wild and classic costs only 1600 dust and you need just a card Whizbang the Wonderful 9 random decks for wild and 9 random decks for classic.
And the decks from Whizbang are way more powerfull.
18 decks, 2 decks per class
I've seen these decks in action and they work well up at Rank 3-2 or so. If you have the time to grind then I'd suggest either the Murloc Shaman or the Face Warrior. If you were concerned about Murlocs not having Warleader you have a fairly decent chance to get one off of the Underbelly. That goes for Scargil as well.
This is really budget, not even an Epic is in the lists, and Vargoth was free.
And they are very likely effective, currently there aren't tons of removal outside Control Warrior, stall and DK's for massive swings like before.
Anyone eyeing at the hunter deck: if you have master's call, that would make quite a difference. And Zul'jin could carry games. If you have them, try the deck with these two cards
lol murlocs without Warleader is kind of weak...don't have that balloon effect like you get with a full board of murlocs boosted by one...
you can get warleader from angler though. the power of the new base package is pretty strong. granted it's better to have them in your deck as well, but all is not lost with angler in your deck. more often than not you can start to draw quite a bit from these guys and it gets out of control pretty fast.
Personally my current murloc deck is looking to be the most expensive thing I'm running though as I run scargil, at least one of the hagathas and the barista and looking to add Shuderwok as well. If you are messing with battlecries, the hench-clan hag doesn't look bad neither.
Then you also have the option of stuff like thunderheads if you are taking any overload stuff. Likim is great as well IMO.
Then we have a lot of magic carpet synergy as well. I'm actually really happy with all the stuff murlocs can do in shaman right now. the more variety on ladder, the better.
I can still see even just the base package doing well though.
Nice decks but they are mostly with classic cards thats why they are budget :P
cool idea for new players