Mech Mage with Mechwarper, Piloted Shredder and Dr. Boom. Your win con was to cheat out mechs early with Mechwarper and put pressure on the opponent. Mana cheating was pretty tame though in those days. Alternative win con was flame balling your opponent in the face via fueling Archmage Antonidas with spare part cards (Clockwork Gnome ...)
On a close second is C'Thun priest (the original one) from Whispers of the Old Gods.
Make mine Tempo Rogue, basically of any variety. Give me a pile of cheap cantrips with card draw, and it doesn't matter if the goal is a big [Hearthstone Card (Eddie) Not Found] or Questing Adventurer, a giant Gadgetzan Auctioneer turn, or a setup for a Malygos or Leeroy Jenkins/Cold Blood finish.
My favorite deck of all time is Murloc Shaman, Rise of Shadows vintage. My reason for that is that it's the first deck where I was lucky enough to be able to play it with minimal crafting (I pulled Scargil in a pack and only needed to use dust for some of the less rare cards) and then when I did play it, it was also the first deck where I felt like, "Holy shit, I get it!"
Up to that point, I had never gotten above like, rank 11 in the old rank system. I played this game, did my quests every day, but it wasn't any more serious than that. Then one Saturday I sat down, having left off my last session somewhere in the realm of rank 12, and said to myself, "I'm just going to play this shaman deck until I lose a game, and then I'll do something else." Within a few games I had blown up into rank 10, higher than I had ever been before, and hours later, I had exploded all the way up to rank 2 without having lost a game. It felt like I was existing in a dream. It just all fell in place - my understanding what kind of counters each class might have and how to play around them, when to go face and when not, that kind of stuff.
Every month ever since then I've been able to get to at least rank 5 in the old system and now in the new one, Diamond 5. I even hit legend once this summer with Dragon Hunter, something that I never, for years of playing the game, believed I could ever achieve. So that's a special deck for me too, but it was Murloc Shaman that really got me going on that path. Mrrrrggggrrrrggggl!
Gallery Priest was my favorite deck when it was available in standard. I tried to make it work using deathrattles and it was a fun experience but the one that ended up sticking was the OTK version with Malygos and Prophet Velen. I started playing Wild during Ashes of Outland to escape from the never-ending nightmare that was DH and this was the first deck i built. It's way too slow to compete against the other OTK decks and dies easily to the aggro decks of the format but it's a lot of fun when it works. Sometimes the Mind Blast OTK win condition fizzles and then you have to work out a miracle through Lyra the Sunshard or The Lich King. Those are the most interesting games, actually. The ones where Mind Blast gets the job done are over quite quickly without the opponent doing very much. Creating a beatdown strategy through smart usage of the Spellstones and cards created from Lyra and The Lich King is very satisfying.
Outlander definitely needs to be nerfed somehow. It's busted with all the very good, low cost cards available to DH. It doesn't feel good to win with it or lose to it. The game below was at 5-1 and it was disgusting.
All in all, besides my own homebrews, the first deck I can remember I sticked on for a while was Jade Even Shaman. From there, I realized I like Tempo style the most.
A good contender is Oil Rogue, but I am not very good at decks based on swing turns... Even when I can do it, I feel some sort of fatigue I don't have when playing more straightforward Tempo stuff.
At the moment I must say I am in love with Wild ETC Warrior (trying to refine a Galakrond version), and Standard Control Priest (I wish it was portable to Wild but it just pales against Raza Priest).
They look really good for the most part. Half off packs are great if you need to just pad out a little bit of the set/get closer to getting some more wildcards, Gem deals are the best as it helps pay for future battle passes if you don't grind them enough or if you just want to buy packs. Finally, the player draft token is pretty big given that both traditional and premier drafts cost either 250 gems or 1000 gold more than what the token is being offered at.
The gem deal is a no brainer, same with the draft token if you are a fan of limited. The packs are still very good, but much more collection dependent.
Don't worry, as the event goes on its certain that the comment section of this thread is going to be loaded up with clues so hopefully you'll be able to get atleast some of them!
For me it has to be Quest Taunt Warrior, because I made it work back in Witchwood... Was the only deck of mine that actually saw meta play and became popular...
I have regrets not making it my favorite deck up above, but too late now. There's just something satisfying about exhausting your opponent of resources while you blast them with the Hero Power.
For me it has to be Quest Taunt Warrior, because I made it work back in Witchwood... Was the only deck of mine that actually saw meta play and became popular...
I really love the idea of Snow Balls and the interactive nature of it. I hope there are plans for similar events in the future. Keep up the good work you guys!
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Oh, or fueling Gazlowe with your Spare Parts, if you had the dust and felt silly!
Mech Mage is alright these days, actually, with some of the new Mechs. It's a welcome suprise.
Our Favourite Hearthstone Decks of All-Time
Mech Mage with Mechwarper, Piloted Shredder and Dr. Boom. Your win con was to cheat out mechs early with Mechwarper and put pressure on the opponent. Mana cheating was pretty tame though in those days. Alternative win con was flame balling your opponent in the face via fueling Archmage Antonidas with spare part cards (Clockwork Gnome ...)
On a close second is C'Thun priest (the original one) from Whispers of the Old Gods.
[Game] Name another card that has the same...
Tickatus
Good stats for the cost
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Make mine Tempo Rogue, basically of any variety. Give me a pile of cheap cantrips with card draw, and it doesn't matter if the goal is a big [Hearthstone Card (Eddie) Not Found] or Questing Adventurer, a giant Gadgetzan Auctioneer turn, or a setup for a Malygos or Leeroy Jenkins/Cold Blood finish.
Our Favourite Hearthstone Decks of All-Time
I have good memories of SoU era Highlander Hunter, with Zul'jin. That was a fun deck.
Our Favourite Hearthstone Decks of All-Time
I have to agree with Cube and Elemental Mage. To this two I would have to add that eternally long Boomlab Control Warrior and Murloc Shaman
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Straight up... Warpath is so good, why would I do Odd =)
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I love the love for Whizbang the Wonderful. Please come back to standard.
Snowpocalypse
Man that poor tiger is getting pounded he has so much snow he can rival Alaska now
Snowpocalypse
and i run out of snow
need comment often
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My favorite deck of all time is Murloc Shaman, Rise of Shadows vintage. My reason for that is that it's the first deck where I was lucky enough to be able to play it with minimal crafting (I pulled Scargil in a pack and only needed to use dust for some of the less rare cards) and then when I did play it, it was also the first deck where I felt like, "Holy shit, I get it!"
Up to that point, I had never gotten above like, rank 11 in the old rank system. I played this game, did my quests every day, but it wasn't any more serious than that. Then one Saturday I sat down, having left off my last session somewhere in the realm of rank 12, and said to myself, "I'm just going to play this shaman deck until I lose a game, and then I'll do something else." Within a few games I had blown up into rank 10, higher than I had ever been before, and hours later, I had exploded all the way up to rank 2 without having lost a game. It felt like I was existing in a dream. It just all fell in place - my understanding what kind of counters each class might have and how to play around them, when to go face and when not, that kind of stuff.
Every month ever since then I've been able to get to at least rank 5 in the old system and now in the new one, Diamond 5. I even hit legend once this summer with Dragon Hunter, something that I never, for years of playing the game, believed I could ever achieve. So that's a special deck for me too, but it was Murloc Shaman that really got me going on that path. Mrrrrggggrrrrggggl!
Our Favourite Hearthstone Decks of All-Time
Gallery Priest was my favorite deck when it was available in standard. I tried to make it work using deathrattles and it was a fun experience but the one that ended up sticking was the OTK version with Malygos and Prophet Velen. I started playing Wild during Ashes of Outland to escape from the never-ending nightmare that was DH and this was the first deck i built. It's way too slow to compete against the other OTK decks and dies easily to the aggro decks of the format but it's a lot of fun when it works. Sometimes the Mind Blast OTK win condition fizzles and then you have to work out a miracle through Lyra the Sunshard or The Lich King. Those are the most interesting games, actually. The ones where Mind Blast gets the job done are over quite quickly without the opponent doing very much. Creating a beatdown strategy through smart usage of the Spellstones and cards created from Lyra and The Lich King is very satisfying.
They just cannot balance Duels, huh?
Outlander definitely needs to be nerfed somehow. It's busted with all the very good, low cost cards available to DH. It doesn't feel good to win with it or lose to it. The game below was at 5-1 and it was disgusting.
https://hsreplay.net/replay/q9aWceaarAUPEj2GPyDxmA
Our Favourite Hearthstone Decks of All-Time
All in all, besides my own homebrews, the first deck I can remember I sticked on for a while was Jade Even Shaman. From there, I realized I like Tempo style the most.
A good contender is Oil Rogue, but I am not very good at decks based on swing turns... Even when I can do it, I feel some sort of fatigue I don't have when playing more straightforward Tempo stuff.
At the moment I must say I am in love with Wild ETC Warrior (trying to refine a Galakrond version), and Standard Control Priest (I wish it was portable to Wild but it just pales against Raza Priest).
Our Favourite Hearthstone Decks of All-Time
A trashy corner of my heart dearly misses slamming down Force of Nature and Savage Roar.
14. The magic number, my brethren. Hail 14!
Our Favourite Hearthstone Decks of All-Time
Wizbang should be moved to the classic set.
Daily deals
They look really good for the most part. Half off packs are great if you need to just pad out a little bit of the set/get closer to getting some more wildcards, Gem deals are the best as it helps pay for future battle passes if you don't grind them enough or if you just want to buy packs. Finally, the player draft token is pretty big given that both traditional and premier drafts cost either 250 gems or 1000 gold more than what the token is being offered at.
The gem deal is a no brainer, same with the draft token if you are a fan of limited. The packs are still very good, but much more collection dependent.
Our Favourite Hearthstone Decks of All-Time
Snowpocalypse
Fight!
Snowpocalypse
Don't worry, as the event goes on its certain that the comment section of this thread is going to be loaded up with clues so hopefully you'll be able to get atleast some of them!
Our Favourite Hearthstone Decks of All-Time
Odd or straight up Taunt?
Our Favourite Hearthstone Decks of All-Time
I have regrets not making it my favorite deck up above, but too late now. There's just something satisfying about exhausting your opponent of resources while you blast them with the Hero Power.
Our Favourite Hearthstone Decks of All-Time
For me it has to be Quest Taunt Warrior, because I made it work back in Witchwood... Was the only deck of mine that actually saw meta play and became popular...
I finished the guide hope it helps.
Snowpocalypse
I really love the idea of Snow Balls and the interactive nature of it. I hope there are plans for similar events in the future. Keep up the good work you guys!
Have a safe and fun Holiday Season everyone!!!
Don't forget to duck!