April 17 BAKU ODD PALADIN GUIDE

Introduction to Baku Odd Paladin

Paladin as a class was dominating the meta for the most of the previous Standard year (Year of the Mammoth). It was most apparent last expansion when Murloc Paladin and Dude Paladin took turns at the top of tier lists. A lot of players thought that the situation might stabilize in The Witchwood, as Paladins didn’t really get many impressive tools.

However, it turned out that both Genn Greymane and Baku the Mooneater – Even & Odd Legendaries – work surprisingly well in this class, to the extent that most of the Odd builds don’t even run any of The Witchwood cards. Funnily enough, Odd Paladin builds tend to use some cards that you would never think you’ll see in a competitive deck – e.g. Raid Leader or Stormwind Champion are some common choices in this deck.

And so, Paladin is once again dominating the early meta. We’ll have to wait and see how everything develops, but for now, Odd Paladin is the deck to beat (next to Cube Lock).

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