10 Top Standard Hearthstone Decks for the Middle of July - Standard Meta Snapshot

Hearthstone's Standard meta has shifted a little at the top as some decks rise and others fall, but most players are eagerly awaiting card reveals from the TITANS expansion. Still, let's take a quick look at the current state of Standard. Here are the five decks with the best overall winrates (according to HSReplay) at Diamond and Legend ranks.

Or, if you're a contrarian, we've once again included a counter-pick for each meta deck, an off-meta strategy that appears to do well against it - this brings our total to 10 decks for your viewing pleasure.

Hound Hunter

The power of Hollow Hound keeps Hound Hunter at the head of the pack and that's not likely to change before the new expansion drops. The featured list adds Mister Mukla for another big body to summon from Faithful Companions and Stranglethorn Heart.

Hound Hunter

Standard · Beast Hunter · by sule · 2 years, 8 months ago

• 1 Bunch of Bananas x 2
• 1 Thornmantle Musician x 2
• 1 Trinket Tracker x 1
• 1 Vicious Slitherspear x 2
• 2 Astalor Bloodsworn x 1
• 2 Barrel of Monkeys x 2
• 2 Conjured Arrow x 2
• 2 Selective Breeder x 2
• 2 Spirit Poacher x 1
• 3 Wild Spirits x 2
• 4 Pozzik, Audio Engineer x 1
• 5 Star Power x 2
• 6 Hollow Hound x 2
• 6 Hope of Quel'Thalas x 1
• 6 Mister Mukla x 1
• 7 Faithful Companions x 2
• 7 Hydralodon x 1
• 7 Lor'themar Theron x 1
• 8 Stranglethorn Heart x 1
• 9 King Krush x 1

13,380 Dust 431 0 Copy Deck Code

Counter-pick: Thaddius Warlock

A deck running Thaddius, Monstrosity is once again your best chance for picking up wins against Hound Hunter. This version of Thaddius Warlock uses the Abyssal Curse package for slow damage over time, in addition to the healing that Za'qul provides.

Thaddius Warlock

Standard · Curse Warlock · by sule · 2 years, 8 months ago

• 1 Mortal Coil x 2
• 1 Sir Finley, Sea Guide x 1
• 1 Tour Guide x 2
• 2 Defile x 2
• 2 Drain Soul x 2
• 2 Shallow Grave x 1
• 3 Dragged Below x 2
• 3 Scourge Supplies x 2
• 3 Shadowborn x 2
• 3 Sira'kess Cultist x 2
• 5 Amorphous Slime x 2
• 5 Infantry Reanimator x 2
• 5 Lady Darkvein x 1
• 5 Symphony of Sins x 1
• 5 Za'qul x 1
• 6 Abyssal Wave x 2
• 7 Dar'Khan Drathir x 1
• 9 Flesh Behemoth x 1
• 10 Thaddius, Monstrosity x 1

12,100 Dust 439 0 Copy Deck Code

Enrage Warrior

Enrage Warrior has gotten leaner and meaner since the last time we saw them, shedding the heavy late-game of Grommash Hellscream for Crazed Wretch to be able to answer the board or threaten huge amounts of damage earlier in the game.

Enrage Warrior

Standard · Enrage Warrior · by sule · 2 years, 8 months ago

• 1 Foul Egg x 2
• 1 Sanguine Depths x 2
• 1 Sunfury Champion x 2
• 1 Verse Riff x 2
• 2 Anima Extractor x 2
• 2 Crazed Wretch x 2
• 2 Embers of Strength x 2
• 2 Jam Session x 2
• 2 Roaring Applause x 2
• 3 Chorus Riff x 2
• 3 Imbued Axe x 2
• 3 Treasure Guard x 1
• 4 Light of the Phoenix x 2
• 4 Thori'belore x 1
• 5 Bridge Riff x 2
• 6 Decimator Olgra x 1
• 7 Remornia, Living Blade x 1

8,400 Dust 409 0 Copy Deck Code

Counter-pick: Secret Rogue

The trickiness of Secret Rogue is not something that Enrage Warrior can get their head around, using Secrets and Concoctions to make things miserable for the opponent. This list also includes new YOLO button Prison of Yogg-Saron for some potential shenanigans.

Secret Rogue

Standard · Secret Rogue · by sule · 2 years, 8 months ago

• 0 Preparation x 2
• 0 Shadow of Demise x 1
• 0 Shadowstep x 2
• 1 Breakdance x 1
• 1 Concoctor x 2
• 2 Astalor Bloodsworn x 1
• 2 Double Cross x 2
• 2 Fan of Knives x 2
• 2 Ghoulish Alchemist x 2
• 2 Perjury x 2
• 2 Potion Belt x 2
• 2 Potionmaster Putricide x 1
• 2 Serrated Bone Spike x 2
• 2 Sticky Situation x 1
• 3 Ghastly Gravedigger x 2
• 4 Private Eye x 2
• 5 Queen Azshara x 1
• 6 Crabatoa x 1
• 7 Prison of Yogg-Saron x 1

11,760 Dust 417 0 Copy Deck Code

Outcast Demon Hunter

Outcast Demon Hunter remains committed to the strength of Halveria Darkraven turning Rush minions into boardwide buffs, and it's another deck taking a chance with Prison of Yogg-Saron.

Outcast Demon Hunter

Standard · Aggro Demon Hunter · by sule · 2 years, 8 months ago

• 1 Crimson Sigil Runner x 2
• 1 Fierce Outsider x 2
• 1 Illidari Studies x 2
• 1 Shambling Chow x 2
• 1 Vicious Slitherspear x 2
• 2 SECURITY!! x 2
• 2 Spectral Sight x 2
• 2 Wayward Sage x 2
• 2 Wretched Exile x 2
• 3 Hawkstrider Rancher x 2
• 3 Rush the Stage x 1
• 4 Felerin, the Forgotten x 1
• 4 Glaivetar x 2
• 4 Halveria Darkraven x 1
• 4 Murlocula x 2
• 7 Prison of Yogg-Saron x 1
• 7 Vengeful Walloper x 2

8,220 Dust 455 0 Copy Deck Code

Counter-pick: Blood Death Knight

Blood Death Knight is a popular choice on ladder, even if its winrate is no longer what it once was. However, Blood DK is a good deck to use to farm Outcast Demon Hunter decks with its massive amounts of removal and lifegain. It's also running Prison of Yogg-Saron, and the Yogg-Off can turn into a fun little minigame if you let it.

XL Blood Death Knight

Standard · Blood Death Knight · by sule · 2 years, 8 months ago

• 1 Body Bagger x 1
• 1 Sir Finley, Sea Guide x 1
• 2 Astalor Bloodsworn x 1
• 2 Hematurge x 2
• 2 Vampiric Blood x 2
• 3 Arcanite Ripper x 2
• 3 Asphyxiate x 2
• 3 Chillfallen Baron x 2
• 3 Nerubian Vizier x 2
• 3 Paparazzi x 2
• 3 Photographer Fizzle x 1
• 3 Prince Renathal x 1
• 4 Death Strike x 2
• 4 School Teacher x 2
• 5 Blood Boil x 2
• 5 Corpse Explosion x 2
• 5 Screaming Banshee x 2
• 6 Gnome Muncher x 2
• 6 Hollow Hound x 2
• 7 Alexandros Mograine x 1
• 7 Lor'themar Theron x 1
• 7 Patchwerk x 1
• 7 Prison of Yogg-Saron x 1
• 8 Soulstealer x 2
• 10 The Jailer x 1

17,120 Dust 567 0 Copy Deck Code

Totem Shaman

Totem Shaman is convinced of the draw power of Magatha, Bane of Music despite running double Bloodlust. Remixed Totemcarver provides extra Totemic power to a deck already swimming in Totems.

Totem Shaman

Standard · Totem Shaman · by sule · 2 years, 8 months ago

• 1 Mistake x 2
• 1 Schooling x 2
• 1 Totemic Evidence x 2
• 1 Tour Guide x 2
• 2 Amalgam of the Deep x 2
• 2 Carving Chisel x 2
• 2 Flametongue Totem x 2
• 3 Grand Totem Eys'or x 1
• 3 Remixed Totemcarver x 2
• 4 Backstage Bouncer x 2
• 4 The Stonewright x 1
• 5 Bloodlust x 2
• 5 Famished Fool x 2
• 5 Magatha, Bane of Music x 1
• 5 Rotgill x 1
• 6 Thing from Below x 2
• 10 Gigantotem x 2

8,040 Dust 471 0 Copy Deck Code

Counter-pick: Control Priest

It's simple: if you want to beat Totem Shaman, you must control their board. No deck currently does this better than Control Priest: it has the AoEs, the Discover, and the healing to outlast the aggression of Thrall's whittling hobby. E.T.C., Band Manager and his tour bus bring Shadow Word: Ruin, Steamcleaner, Theotar, the Mad Duke.

XL Control Priest

Standard · Control Priest · by sule · 2 years, 9 months ago

• 1 Armor Vendor x 2
• 1 Psychic Conjurer x 2
• 1 Shard of the Naaru x 2
• 1 Sir Finley, Sea Guide x 1
• 1 The Light! It Burns! x 2
• 2 Astalor Bloodsworn x 1
• 2 Dirty Rat x 2
• 2 Mind Eater x 2
• 2 Power Chord: Synchronize x 2
• 3 Cathedral of Atonement x 2
• 3 Identity Theft x 2
• 3 Love Everlasting x 1
• 3 Nerubian Vizier x 2
• 3 Prince Renathal x 1
• 3 Rustrot Viper x 1
• 4 Cannibalize x 2
• 4 E.T.C., Band Manager x 1
• 4 School Teacher x 2
• 4 Shadow Word: Ruin x 1
• 5 Clean the Scene x 2
• 5 Queen Azshara x 1
• 6 Harmonic Pop x 2
• 6 Sister Svalna x 1
• 7 Blackwater Behemoth x 1
• 8 Whirlpool x 2

15,600 Dust 577 0 Copy Deck Code

Relic Demon Hunter

The final of our top five decks is Relic Demon Hunter, a deck whose engine takes a while to get going but is hard to stop once its humming. The extra tech of Queen Azshara turns incidental early spell casting into big Power at the right time.

Relic Demon Hunter

Standard · Control Demon Hunter · by sule · 2 years, 8 months ago

• 1 Illidari Studies x 2
• 1 Relic of Extinction x 2
• 1 Taste of Chaos x 2
• 1 Unleash Fel x 2
• 2 Astalor Bloodsworn x 1
• 2 Bloodmage Thalnos x 1
• 2 Relic Vault x 2
• 3 Enchanter x 1
• 3 Nerubian Vizier x 2
• 3 Photographer Fizzle x 1
• 3 Relic of Phantasms x 2
• 3 Silvermoon Arcanist x 2
• 4 Blademaster Okani x 1
• 4 Felerin, the Forgotten x 1
• 4 Prosecutor Mel'tranix x 1
• 4 School Teacher x 2
• 5 Queen Azshara x 1
• 5 Relic of Dimensions x 2
• 7 Xhilag of the Abyss x 1
• 8 Artificer Xy'mox x 1

15,720 Dust 430 0 Copy Deck Code

Counter-pick: Zok Druid

We've gone a bit off the beaten path for a counter to Relic Demon Hunter, for a Druid built to make big bodies from Zok Fogsnout by boosting its Hero Power throughout the game and making those bodies impossible to kill with The Jailer. E.T.C., Band Manager is ready to rock with Crazed Alchemist, Smothering Starfish, and Tony, King of Piracy.

Zok Druid

Standard · Big Druid · by sule · 2 years, 8 months ago

• 0 Aquatic Form x 2
• 0 Innervate x 2
• 1 Free Spirit x 2
• 1 Peaceful Piper x 2
• 2 Astalor Bloodsworn x 1
• 2 Chitinous Plating x 2
• 2 Groovy Cat x 2
• 2 Rake x 2
• 4 E.T.C., Band Manager x 1
• 4 Spread the Word x 2
• 4 Street Sweeper x 1
• 4 Widowbloom Seedsman x 2
• 5 Nourish x 2
• 5 Summer Flowerchild x 2
• 6 Zok Fogsnout x 1
• 7 Underking x 2
• 8 Anub'Rekhan x 1
• 10 The Jailer x 1

11,600 Dust 517 0 Copy Deck Code

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