Battle of the Bans

Pick four cards. Your opponent will BAN one of them, then we'll make you a deck full of the cards remaining.


How it Works

  • Choose four cards that you would like a deck created from.
  • Your opponent gets to ban one of your four cards.
  • A deck is automatically created using your remaining three cards. (10 of each card)

Hot Decks for Battle of the Bans


When We've Seen Battle of the Bans

Week Started Ended Reward
Week #197 Wednesday, March 20, 2019 Monday, March 25, 2019 1x Classic Pack
Week #314 Wednesday, June 16, 2021 Wednesday, June 23, 2021 1x Year of the Phoenix Pack
Week #257 Wednesday, May 13, 2020 Wednesday, May 20, 2020 1x Classic Pack
Week #287 Wednesday, December 09, 2020 Wednesday, December 16, 2020 1x Classic Pack
Week #330 Wednesday, October 06, 2021 Wednesday, October 13, 2021 1x Year of the Phoenix Pack
Week #392 Wednesday, December 14, 2022 Wednesday, December 21, 2022 1x Standard Pack
Week #454 Wednesday, February 21, 2024 Wednesday, February 28, 2024 1x Standard Pack

Comments

  • Durp's Avatar
    75 2 Posts Joined 12/14/2022
    Posted 1 year, 11 months ago

    won a few brawls (alt accounts) so it seems ok - if missing fire plume i won 1 game each with - arid stormer or murmuring

    ele shaman
    A Elemental Shaman Deck created by Durp. Last updated 1 year, 11 months ago
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    got a golden demise and in another pack-account hero card guff hero & golden hero cariel - both nerfed but i dont mind

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    • ShinRyuuken's Avatar
      Academy Sleuth 715 55 Posts Joined 07/03/2019
      Posted 1 year, 11 months ago

      This one was a lot of fun, and most of the time Wailing Vapor got banned.
      One match I lost was to an Astalor "deck", thinking that I had banned the key card.

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      • Durp's Avatar
        75 2 Posts Joined 12/14/2022
        Posted 1 year, 11 months ago

        the few games i played with fire plume it always got banned - but i always thought it would be vapor everytime...

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  • Trimutius's Avatar
    1580 2533 Posts Joined 03/16/2019
    Posted 1 year, 11 months ago

    Well here is what I did it with this time around, and if you want to do some DK. Just a face deck really make sure to intermingle hero power for max face damage as it is really cheap (especially if they ban the Glacial Advance)

    Just go face DK for Battle of Bans brawl
    A Frost Death Knight Deck created by Trimutius. Last updated 1 year, 11 months ago
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    • linkblade91's Avatar
      Senior Writer Serra Angel 1720 2909 Posts Joined 02/09/2019
      Posted 1 year, 11 months ago

      This worked like a charm: ran right into a DH running Relics. I banned the Relic of Phantasms, obviously, and they banned Glacial Advance, leaving Icy Touch to finish denying them the ability to do...well, anything lmao :D

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  • Thonson's Avatar
    HearthStationeer 1740 1737 Posts Joined 03/24/2019
    Posted 3 years, 2 months ago

    I went really simple with Leper Gnome, Sandtrooper, Loot Hoarder, and Power Word: Shield.  It worked well enough.

    Draw cards for reload, deathrattle damage for more SMOrc.  If you face someone without removal (or refusing to remove like the Ignite guy I fought) you just build a board and smash their face.

    Super simple list.  The one class card could be replaced with anything else to do the same on other classes.

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  • baboen's Avatar
    Mountain 420 185 Posts Joined 08/19/2019
    Posted 3 years, 2 months ago

    I did an old school Druid milldeck with Oracle and Naturalize. The trick was to convince the opponent that something else than Naturalize was dangerous. So i got that squirrel that hides nuts in your deck, hoping the opponent would think that was the point of Oracle.

    Well it worked fine the first opponent, he banned the squirrel and then was milled to hell. Didn't really try any after.

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  • Kaptaintrips's Avatar
    425 403 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 3 years, 2 months ago

    How is it there are two week old comments in this article?  The brawl didn't occur then.

     

    I get the older brawl comments show up here but, hmmm...

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    • GoddammitDontShootMe's Avatar
      Relaxed 2195 2055 Posts Joined 06/03/2019
      Posted 3 years, 2 months ago

      I'm not seeing that. I'm seeing 3 months, 2 weeks though. Perhaps you missed the 3 months part?

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      • Kaptaintrips's Avatar
        425 403 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
        Posted 3 years, 2 months ago

        You're right, it was covered up by the user name. 

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        • Kaptaintrips's Avatar
          425 403 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
          Posted 1 year, 11 months ago
          Quote From Kaptaintrips

          You're right, it was covered up by the user name. 

          Wow, another blast from the past with this Brawl!

           

          I used the tried abd true mech Hunter this time around for my 1 and dooooone wild pack!

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        • GoddammitDontShootMe's Avatar
          Relaxed 2195 2055 Posts Joined 06/03/2019
          Posted 3 years, 2 months ago

          Mobile?

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  • MurlocAggroB's Avatar
    COMMENT_COUNT_900_HS 1170 933 Posts Joined 06/12/2019
    Posted 3 years, 2 months ago

    I still don't understand Blizzard's insistence on cycling the same fifteen brawls on repeat forever. I get that no one is developing them anymore, but there are so many. There is no reason to repeat brawls more than once a year.

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    • dapperdog's Avatar
      Dragon Scholar 1890 5610 Posts Joined 07/29/2019
      Posted 3 years, 2 months ago

      To be honest there really isn't a huge list of good brawls, and it would seem that they've at least remove some of the less popular ones like raven idols or macaws. At this point its really just a free pack per week, which isn't the worst thing ever.

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      • MurlocAggroB's Avatar
        COMMENT_COUNT_900_HS 1170 933 Posts Joined 06/12/2019
        Posted 3 years, 2 months ago

        I love the Raven Idols brawl.

        More brawls in rotation means more people get something interesting more often. Not every brawl is meant to be for everyone.

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  • Neoguli's Avatar
    Duskrider 880 599 Posts Joined 06/25/2019
    Posted 3 years, 2 months ago

    Exodia (?) Warrior
    A Control Warrior Deck created by Neoguli. Last updated 3 years, 2 months ago
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    Currently having quite a blast with this deck. It can stave off pressure very well with Plating and Brawls. It also has value generation/win condition.

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  • Zelgadis's Avatar
    Wizard 1070 870 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    I've had good results with the following deck. It seems to confuse opponents; read the deck guide for details.

    Body Building
    A Unknown Priest Deck created by Zelgadis. Last updated 3 years, 5 months ago
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    A bit late in the week, but if you just got the "Win 5 times in Arena, Battlegrounds, Duels or Tavern Brawl" weekly quest, this is a nice way to complete it.

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  • baboen's Avatar
    Mountain 420 185 Posts Joined 08/19/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    My favourite used to be Edwin, Pogo Hopper, counterfeit coin, shadowstep. Or Secret Passage. But unfortunately I dissed Edwin, and I couldn't think of a replacement. 

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  • bananaMurloc's Avatar
    Hungry Crab 600 139 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    Possibly my favourite Brawl. Quick to create decks, and the games are usually fun.

    I like how you can extract the essence of an old deck using 4 (more like 3 in the end..) cards.

    Today I faced a spell damage mage, a bunny thief, a discard warlock (ouch), a deck-destroying warlock (nearly got me!), a squirrel druid and a murloc shaman (who both smashed me)....

    Cheap Discover bodies or spells are such fun...yes I miss lackeys!

    Even though it's still RNG based, somehow here I feel like I chose and deserve what I receive, compared with the Brawls where the Tavern mechanics force-feed you with its own RNG mechanics.

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  • Suchti0352's Avatar
    Hero of Warcraft 890 1034 Posts Joined 03/27/2019
    Posted 3 years, 5 months ago

    Wonder if the timing was on purpose, considering that they just wild-banned stealer of souls.

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