Decks You Can Try Before Year of the Dragon Standard Rotation - Part 2 (Odd & Even)
By Stonekeep -
Standard rotation is a big deal. While every expansion introduces interesting cards, new mechanics, builds and so on, it's the Standard rotation that actually takes away the strategies and builds on top of adding new ones. It's the reason why new cards can be impactful without power creeping them, and it's always the most interesting period in Hearthstone meta. Usually, players can't just pick one of the top tier decks from previous expansion and expect it to work - with a lot of the cards gone, everyone has to experiment.
On the other hand, Standard rotation is pretty sad, especially for the fans of a specific deck that will no longer be playable. The decks you've used to facing on the ladder or the ones you've enjoyed playing yourself might no longer be viable. And this final month (or so) is often the last time you can play them in the current form. While you can still enjoy some of them in the Wild, that format has a completely different meta with different strategies - not every viable Standard strategy will be playable in Wild, or at least not without changing it significantly.
In the second part, I will focus on listing the Odd & Even decks. It's the first time that two Legendaries from a still legal Standard set were Hall of Famed, so it's a big deal. Especially since both of them were incredibly impactful, and even right now decks built around those two account for almost 30% of the meta.
Check out the first part, when I showcase regular decks!
Without further ado, let's start with the list!
Keep in mind that those are only example deck lists, usually used by pro players to hit high Legend - there might be multiple versions of some of those decks!
Odd Hunter
Format: standardSeason: Season 59
4,160
Aggro Odd Mage
Format: standardSeason: Season 60Player: Glory7,640
Mage Cards (16)
Odd Mage
Format: standardSeason: Season 60Player: Bunnyhoppor13,260
Mage Cards (15)
Odd Paladin
Format: standardSeason: Season 595,380
Paladin Cards (11)
Even Paladin
Format: standardSeason: Season 60Player: RDee12,640
Paladin Cards (17)
Elemental Odd Rogue
Format: standardSeason: Season 59Player: Paperninja6,480
Even Pirate Rogue
Format: standardSeason: Season 57Player: Monsanto7,500
Rogue Cards (13)
Even Shaman
Format: standardSeason: Season 5912,220
Shaman Cards (13)
Even Warlock
Format: standardSeason: Season 596,640
Warlock Cards (12)
Odd Warrior
Format: standardSeason: Season 6012,620
13 Comments
meisender
how about some Odd Priest and/or Odd Druid, since everyone is crafting the shit-cards now to reap in the dust during rotation? :D
Stonekeep
I THINK that Odd Druid was played early in Rastakhan's Rumble, but it disappeared completely for a good reason. Still, if you want to play it, check out this early Rastakhan build from Kibler: https://www.hearthstonetopdecks.com/decks/brian-kiblers-rastakhan-odd-druid-ft-gonk-the-raptor/
As for the Odd Priest... I actually have never seen an Odd Priest deck. And that tells a lot. After googling it, it seems that Disguised Toast has tested it recently using the new deck builder tool. You can check out his video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgJBUyxbpdk But the thing is, he was struggling with it at Rank 10... which doesn't look good.
meisender
Hey man, thanks for your effort :) There where actually quite some experiments with both decks and they all crashed and burned :D Midrange Odd Druid (Kibler) and Taunt Odd Druid (Old Guardian - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54dEHvLFkAI) are ok-ish, but there are simply similar decks, that do the same but better and Odd Priest... well. You can build it so that you have a worse version of Wall-Priest (Glitter Moth, Void Ripper, Spellstones, Beefy Minions), but why would you want to do that? (https://www.hearthpwn.com/decks/1240153-odd-glitter-ripper)
Nonagon4
I ran into an Odd Priest once. I think I was playing Odd Warrior or Evenlock (don't remember and I was trying to find the replay but couldn't) and it was a really long match. It ran different cards than Toast's autocomplete deck and definitely seemed better. Still didn't look meta breaking though.
Nonagon4
Found the replay: https://hsreplay.net/replay/4Dpr4oK49Dm2X8xBmHMz4f
Nonagon4
Aggghhhh while I had real problems with how some Genn and Baku decks were (*cough* Paladin *cough*) I'm going to miss so many of these decks. Odd Rogue, Even Warlock, and Even Shaman were/are some of my favorite decks. I'm gonna miss them.
Stonekeep
I agree, I will also miss some of them. Mainly Odd Mage (slower version), Even Warlock and Odd Warrior. Those three were my favorite Odd/Even decks. But the change is healthy for the Standard, so I will get over them quickly. It will open so many possibilities. At this point I don't even care that much about the new expansion - rotation alone will change THAT much.
TheMessenJah
I share your opinion. Just the fact that i wont see odd paladin, the OP Hunter or the "anoying priest" in 90% of my ladder matchs keeps me satisfied!
Let the rotation begin :p
Nonagon4
Yeah the day where I don't have to run into gallery priest and odd paladin again will be the day I cry with joy.
Until I decide to get into Wild that is.
Dark
I am with you on this. My favorites are in this order:
1. Even Warlock
2. Odd Mage
3. Quest Odd Warrior (the non-mech)
Girondin
“But if you prefer playing faster games and like making high tempo plays, just stay away from Odd Warrior, because you will fall asleep while playing it.” Hahahaha so true.
BalkanyeWest
I have to admit, I was really hoping that the follow-up to the "regular decks you can try before year of the dragon" was going to be "meme decks you can try before year of the dragon"... But I will gladly give even rogue a go !
Stonekeep
I was really thinking about doing one for off-meta decks, but the problem is that players are much less likely to have cards for those and they won't craft them just before the rotation. Plus our schedule was really, really busy anyway. But I might do one next time!
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