I hit Legend in Wild with this Elemental Shaman list. The only Cataclysm card in this deck is Morchok, which was extremely important in some games to finish them off. Feels like it has a good chance in most match ups but I was lucky not to face a lot of hyper aggro, which it is usually poor against.

### Elemental
# Class: Shaman
# Format: Wild
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# 1x (1) Corrupt the Waters
# 2x (1) Kindling Elemental
# 2x (2) Ancestral Knowledge
# 2x (2) Fire Plume Harbinger
# 2x (2) Shale Spider
# 2x (2) Sleetbreaker
# 1x (3) Ashen Elemental
# 2x (3) Gyreworm
# 2x (3) Hot Spring Guardian
# 2x (3) Ultraviolet Breaker
# 2x (4) Fire Plume Phoenix
# 2x (4) Granite Forgeborn
# 2x (4) Lamplighter
# 2x (6) Blazecaller
# 1x (6) Grumble, Worldshaker
# 1x (7) Kalimos, Primal Lord
# 1x (7) Skarr, the Catastrophe
# 1x (10) Morchok
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I just had my entire deck deleted instantaneously on turn 7. Archimonde was my only card left. Aggro Demon lock was dead before it started. My fault for not winning by turn 4.

I just hit Legend in Wild with this Jungle Giants deck. It does very well against a lot of the decks in this meta. You can start with too many high cost cards and have no chance in a game but you'll usually be able to reliably get Barnabus out around turn 7 and this is often good enough, especially if you have Aquatic Form or Moonlit Guidance in your hand. If you draw well it's an almost guaranteed win, Barnabus played on turn 5. Aggro decks are the worst decks to face with this and I was either lucky not to face many of them or they are currently just not really in the meta.

The most important recent addition has been Boompistol Bully. It shuts down Reno Lone Ranger and the Imbue Mage battlecry that fires the hero power at all enemies.

Saving Aquatic Fork and playing it immediately after Barnabus is very strong and often game-winning, but I will always play it on turn 4 to try to get one of Scourge Rager, Cursed Disciple or Oaken Summons if I have no other play.

This is my favourite deck ever. No others have come close to allowing me to consistently play this many big creatures in a game and I'm absolutely delighted it's now actually decent, at least until aggro becomes more prevalent.

### Jungle Giants
# Class: Druid
# Format: Wild
# 2x (0) Aquatic Form
# 1x (1) Jungle Giants
# 2x (2) Invigorate
# 2x (2) Moonlit Guidance
# 2x (3) Scourge Rager
# 2x (4) Cursed Disciple
# 2x (4) Oaken Summons
# 2x (5) Boompistol Bully
# 1x (5) Loatheb
# 2x (5) Nourish
# 1x (7) Colaque
# 1x (7) Mutanus the Devourer
# 1x (8) Cenarius
# 1x (8) Ragnaros the Firelord
# 1x (8) Thunderbringer
# 1x (9) Fyrakk the Blazing
# 1x (0) Zilliax Deluxe 3000
# 1x (0) Zilliax Deluxe 3000
# 1x (4) Twin Module
# 1x (5) Perfect Module
# 1x (10) Colossus of the Moon
# 1x (10) Eonar, the Life-Binder
# 1x (10) Forest Lord Cenarius
# 1x (10) Neptulon the Tidehunter
# 1x (10) Tyrantus
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I hate Demon Hunter!

The winrate seems to corroborate my impression that this deck is absolutely running through Standard...

What actually beats this?

So the news is out, and with this new year in Hearthstone, we are celebrating 10 years of the tavern. Tons of free goodies to be had, including login rewards, a new event, and twitch drops. Be sure to read the blog post and also check out the changes to the core set coming up. Deathknight Rune restrictions have been loosened up and some cards have been buffed, and shamans get their Air Totem back! Also LEEEEEROOOOOOY is back in standard, how long until shadow step is abused with him again?

I’m assuming because it’s the end of the standard year blizzard is trying to squeeze money out of everyone but each time I check the shop the standard pack bundles I unlocked for reaching bronze, silver or gold etc have disappeared.

Do they only unlock for a certain time?

Or are they only there for certain ranks?

Anyone have a list of all the bundle tiers?

Some tips:

• Unless you’re playing hot and are confidently legend (i.e. you’re holding your own when you make it to legend) then all the usual advice applies with this brawl, don’t bother.

• You really have to know your opponents deck and mulligan for cards you know will give your deck the best chance at winning.

• I played optimally with my deck but one mistake did cost me a game so you will be punished for sub optimal plays.

• You do have an element of luck with matchups but I faced two decks which are hard counter to my decks (Thaddeus sludge warlock) and won because I played around their combo trigger. I stress again, you have to know your deck and your opponents very well.

• Don’t take excavation rogue as your deck unless you are sub 1000 legend, you’ll die.

Would I recommend earthen paladin? The meta for the brawl has shifted a bit more to value decks I chose this deck because treant Druid and excavate rogue is so popular and this deck hard counters Druid and performs well against rogue players who play suboptimally.

Earthen will not perform well against Reno decks unless you get a very good draw.

What do people think?

Good/bad?

Is it cheaper now to just roll a new account with no standard cards and get 1000 cards?

For me it may seal the deal to buy the Showdown prepurchase bundle.

I’ve returned to Hearthstone after 5 years (I boycotted every blizzard game after their treatment of Blitzchung) wondering what the best way to be a FTP player is now?

Is Arena still the best use of gold?

How should I get gold now? I see that quests have all changed.

Any obvious ‘to dos’ I should be aware of?

No matter my mulligan or draw or tech there doesn't feel like there's any way to win against buff token Druid. Dead by turn 7 most games. Silence doesn't help because they get buffed back the next turn.

As warlock I feel like I should just auto concede as a win doesn't feel possible.

Seeing that the new set just dropped. Is anyone playing the mode and what are your thoughts?

Personally I played through to Plat 5 on a not so complete jade rogue deck. Also got lucky and unpacked a legendary off of one golden pack from caverns of time. Also I had made it a point to get every common/rare card in the game when they announced duplicate protection so I have a good majority of cards already, I can imagine people that dust everything that goes to wild will have a bit of a harder time getting into the mode.

I've mostly piloted aggro since I've played hearthstone so this deck is a bit of a departure from what I'd usually play because besides hunter and drum druid right now there isn't too much aggro honestly. I'll consistently end games around turn 6 or 7. Usually people just quit when I plop down the ooze on 5. The consistency of the deck as well as the potential to turn from scam combo with the undead package into slightly more control oriented with the symphonies and sargaeras just feels really flexible and nice.

What's everyone's thoughts so far either on this deck or just the meta in general right now?

Edit: rest in pieces thaddius

Mech Rogue nerfed but at least alibi stalling is going to hell. Post deck codes if ya got them!