August 2021's End of the Month 12-Win Hearthstone Duels Decks

The Duels meta is still in the very first stages of development, and there's plenty to explore. For this reason, many players are testing and finding success with various strategies: while some are trying to include new tools in already established archetypes, some are testing brand new builds and some others are just memeing it up.

As always, here's a fresh collection of 12-win Duels starting decks across different classes. Enjoy!

In case you missed them, we published other collections of 12-win Duels starting decks to take inspiration from!

• Fresh 12-Win Starting Decks for the New United in Stormwind Duels Meta
• Hearthstone Dueling in Stormwind - 12-Win Duel Decks to Take to Battle
• Who Needs Nerfs When We Can Play Hearthstone Duels? New 12-Win Decks Including Elwynn Boar Mastery

If you've had 12 win luck in Duels since the expansion launched, be sure to add them to our site via the deckbuilder and share them in the comments below!

Moreover, if you manage to find even more 12-wins decks (maybe even your own!) and you'd like us to showcase them, please contact us on Twitter at @OutOfCardsHS or @Avalon_OOC or through an in-site ping in Private Message.

On a final note, remember that there are only a few days left for you to join our brand new Duels series "Master Duelist": if you want to learn  what you have to do to participate and the rewards you can win, make sure to visit the news page.

Madara's 12 Wins Quest Druid

We already featured 12-Wins Quest Druid lists in the past, but this time around there is one major novelty: Marvelous Mycelium. That's right: someone finally build a Duels starting deck without picking Warden's Insight as Signature Treasure!

What does this card do to be relevant for our game plan?

• Card generation - unlike Chaos Storm, Marvelous Mycelium gives you a card to play with, so it does not represent a dead draw when you're short on resources.
• Synergy - you already carry a few Choose one tools (Nature's Gifts, Wrath, Feral Rage) so getting both choices out of them is not bad at all, even more considering the rather one-sided nature of Quest Druid.

It has been advised to swap out Cenarion Ward (too expensive) for Nourish (less expensive and definitely more flexible, based on the game's situation), but act as you please.

Passive Treasures Chosen

First pool - Fireshaper

Second pool - Oops, All Spells!

Madara's 12 Wins Quest Druid

Duels · Quest Druid · by Avalon · 4 years, 7 months ago

• 0 Pounce x 1
• 1 Guidance x 1
• 1 Lost in the Park x 1
• 1 Nature Studies x 1
• 1 Savagery x 1
• 2 Guess the Weight x 1
• 2 Lunar Eclipse x 1
• 2 Solar Eclipse x 1
• 2 Wrath x 1
• 3 Feral Rage x 1
• 3 Moontouched Amulet x 1
• 3 Swipe x 1
• 4 Bite x 1
• 4 Park Panther x 1
• 8 Cenarion Ward x 1

3,060 Dust 786 0 Copy Deck Code

Landsellers' 12 Wins Deathrattle Hunter

Deathrattle Hunter hasn't changed much during the last months, mostly because the only real support printed was Imported Tarantula, which doesn't represent a game-breaking unit for the archetype. However, the one you see below is quite the interesting take: very few Deathrattle (just Nerubian Egg, Devilsaur Egg and Burning Blade Acolyte) and a remarkable number or Battlecries, including multiple way to fetch and duplicate your Deathstrider, which is one of the best cards in your deck and, obviously, gets better and better as the run goes on.

Passive Treasures Chosen

First pool - All Together Now

Second pool - Rally the Troops

landsellers' 12 Wins Deathrattle Hunter

Duels · Deathrattle Hunter · by Avalon · 4 years, 7 months ago

• 1 Animated Broomstick x 1
• 1 Carrion Studies x 1
• 2 Deeprun Engineer x 1
• 2 Nerubian Egg x 1
• 2 Pandaren Importer x 1
• 2 Selective Breeder x 1
• 2 Terrorscale Stalker x 1
• 2 Wandmaker x 1
• 3 Devilsaur Egg x 1
• 3 Hog Rancher x 1
• 3 Mankrik x 1
• 4 Warsong Wrangler x 1
• 5 Burning Blade Acolyte x 1
• 5 Loatheb x 1
• 5 Vectus x 1

5,740 Dust 1,111 1 Copy Deck Code

Dsorrow's 12 Wins Caverns Quest Rogue

The Caverns Below in Duels is something we were missing, until this moment at least. If you were already a Hearthstone player back in the day, you'll recognize that Quest Rogue's game plan hasn't changed: play a 1-drop and keep bouncing it (or generating more copies out of it) until you complete the Quest; then, once Crystal Core is online, go ham and throw everything you've got at your opponent's face. LOCUUUUSTS!!! is particularly juicy after the Quest completion, becoming basically a 35 burst damage from hand that you can cast twice!

Passive Treasures Chosen

First pool - Crystal Gem

Second pool - Rally the Troops

Dsorrow's 12 Wins Caverns Quest Rogue

Duels · Quest Rogue · by Avalon · 4 years, 7 months ago

• 0 Preparation x 1
• 0 Shadowstep x 1
• 1 Animated Broomstick x 1
• 1 Armor Vendor x 1
• 1 Fire Fly x 1
• 1 Glacial Shard x 1
• 1 Stonetusk Boar x 1
• 1 The Caverns Below x 1
• 1 Wax Elemental x 1
• 2 Swindle x 1
• 2 Tenwu of the Red Smoke x 1
• 2 Youthful Brewmaster x 1
• 3 Nobleman x 1
• 3 Sonya Shadowdancer x 1
• 3 Zola the Gorgon x 1

7,100 Dust 1,103 0 Copy Deck Code

Neo's 12 Wins Elemental Shaman

This starting deck was sent to me by one of our users via Private Message: they explained me the great success they were having with it and so I decided to give it a try. In little to no time, I was able to with a 12er myself, and with 0 losses!

This deck honestly felt so smooth: with the right opening hand, my opponents stood little to no chance - very few were able to clear my boards at least once, and none of them survived beyond turn 6! 

Just like I did with Quest Pirate Warrior a week ago, I wrote an in-depth guide about Murloc Shaman: if you go to the deck's dedicated site page (or you just click here) you'll be able to find a remarkable amount of information about this starting deck, including general overview, playstyle and mulligan tips, Active and Passive Treasures picks and more!

Passive Treasures Chosen

First pool - All Together Now

Second pool - Rally the Troops

Neo's 12 Wins Murloc Shaman

Duels · Murloc Shaman · by Avalon · 4 years, 7 months ago

• 0 Murloc Tinyfin x 1
• 1 Murloc Tidecaller x 1
• 1 Spawnpool Forager x 1
• 2 Lushwater Murcenary x 1
• 2 Lushwater Scout x 1
• 2 Murloc Tidehunter x 1
• 2 Prize Vendor x 1
• 2 Rockpool Hunter x 1
• 2 South Coast Chieftain x 1
• 3 Coldlight Oracle x 1
• 3 Coldlight Seer x 1
• 3 Murloc Warleader x 1
• 3 Nofin Can Stop Us x 1
• 4 Firemancer Flurgl x 1
• 4 Gentle Megasaur x 1

2,840 Dust 4,819 2 Copy Deck Code

Ultrarotom's 12 Wins Elemental Shaman

As time progresses, people keep experimenting and trying new variants of the already established archetypes. In this case, ultrarotom was able to hit 12 wins with the well known Elemental Shaman; however, the starting deck used to get there has a couple of surprises.

First of all, United in Stormwind's Canal Slogger, universally acknowledged as a rather strong addition for the archetype, has been left out: the main reason seems to be the fact that Slogger may induce the game to offer you Overload buckets rather than Elemental ones, which does not help towards your deck's growth.

Secondly, Wailing Vapor has taken the place of Servant of Kalimos, a value generation unit with little to say in the very first matches of your run. This way, the deck will feel more aggressive and will have more tools to keep the board under control (consider that, right now, Kindling Elemental is the only 1-Cost minion universally run).

Passive Treasures Chosen

First pool - All Together Now

Second pool - Rally the Troops

ultrarotom's 12 Wins Elemental Shaman

Duels · Elemental Shaman · by Avalon · 4 years, 7 months ago

• 1 Kindling Elemental x 1
• 1 Wailing Vapor x 1
• 2 Fire Plume Harbinger x 1
• 2 Menacing Nimbus x 1
• 2 Rockbiter Weapon x 1
• 3 Arid Stormer x 1
• 3 Gyreworm x 1
• 3 Hot Spring Guardian x 1
• 3 Instructor Fireheart x 1
• 3 Primal Dungeoneer x 1
• 3 Stormstrike x 1
• 4 Earth Revenant x 1
• 4 Granite Forgeborn x 1
• 5 Lilypad Lurker x 1
• 6 Fire Elemental x 1

2,680 Dust 876 0 Copy Deck Code

Kohaku_hsow's Control Warlock

More like Battlecry Warlock, but since there are so many fast decks in the game mode and you need proactive healing, this is as far as Control can go.

While this deck's already been popular for a while, there are a few additions that are worth mentioning:

• Golakka Crawler is a smart tech choice because of the increasing numbers of Raid the Docks Pirate Warriors;
• Robes of Protection covers the same role, but against archetypes like Sorcerer's Gambit Mage and Miracle Mind Tether Priest.
• Battleground Battlemaster represents surprise burst damage that can take your opponents off guard, and therefore can give you a couple of unexpected wins.

Quote From kohaku_hsow

If you prefer Demonizer [as Signature Treasure], I think it may match this deck better than Demonology 101!

Passive Treasures Chosen

First pool - All Together Now

Second pool - Rally the Troops

kohaku_hsow's Control Warlock

Duels · Control Warlock · by Avalon · 4 years, 7 months ago

• 1 Animated Broomstick x 1
• 1 Spirit Jailer x 1
• 2 Cult Neophyte x 1
• 2 Golakka Crawler x 1
• 2 Wriggling Horror x 1
• 2 Youthful Brewmaster x 1
• 3 Luckysoul Hoarder x 1
• 3 Mankrik x 1
• 3 Robes of Protection x 1
• 3 Shadowlight Scholar x 1
• 3 Traveling Merchant x 1
• 5 Loatheb x 1
• 6 Battleground Battlemaster x 1
• 7 Soulciologist Malicia x 1
• 9 Alexstrasza the Life-Binder x 1

5,500 Dust 796 0 Copy Deck Code