Descent of Dragons Theorycraft Deck Lists - New Builds For Every Class!

By Stonekeep -

ArticleDeck RoundupDescent of Dragons

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Descent of Dragons expansion launches December 10, but we already know all of the new cards. This is a perfect opportunity to theorycraft, so build new decks "in theory", without a way to test them out yet. Of course, it means that many of those decks won't end up working in the end, but at the same time, they should be a great base for your own experimentation when going into the new expansion. Taking them to the ladder on Day 1 is your best bet if you want to test out your favorite strategies.

We'll start with Highlander decks for every class and then keep adding more and more, all the way until expansion's release - e.g. Dragon decks and Galakrond decks are already being covered! If you want to see a specific build, let us know in the comments and we'll see what we can do.

Update #1: Added 5 new Rogue decks by J_Alexander.

Update #2: Added 5 new Galakrond decks by Tharid.

Update #4: Added 8 new Dragon decks by Yellorambo.

Update #5: Added 4 new decks (Treant Druid, Dragon Cyclone Mage, Lightforged Paladin, Pirate Warrior) by Stonekeep.

Find all the necessary information about the set, as well as a full list of cards in our guide!

Table of Content

Theorycraft Articles

Druid

Old Guardian’s Dragon Quest Druid (theorycraft)

Format: standardSeason: Season 68Dust13,820

Yellorambo’s Ramp Dragon Druid – Descent of Dragons Theorycraft

Format: standardSeason: Season 68Dust8,220

Stonekeep's Treant Druid – Descent of Dragons Theorycraft

Format: standardSeason: Season 68Dust5,600

Hunter

Old Guardian’s Highlander Dragon Hunter (theorycraft)

Format: standardSeason: Season 68Dust12,700

Old Guardian’s Highlander Secret Hunter (theorycraft)

Format: standardSeason: Season 68Dust13,480

Yellorambo’s Aggro Dragon Hunter – Descent of Dragons Theorycraft

Format: standardSeason: Season 68Dust4,480

Mage

Old Guardian’s Highlander Dragon Mage (theorycraft)

Format: standardSeason: Season 68Dust15,460

Yellorambo’s Dragon Control Mage – Descent of Dragons Theorycraft

Format: standardSeason: Season 68Dust11,700

Stonekeep's Dragon Cyclone Mage – Descent of Dragons Theorycraft

Format: standardSeason: Season 68Dust8,920

Paladin

Old Guardian’s Highlander Dragon Paladin (theorycraft)

Format: standardSeason: Season 68Dust18,220

Yellorambo’s Dragon Paladin – Descent of Dragons Theorycraft

Format: standardSeason: Season 68Dust4,320

Stonekeep's Lightforged (No Neutrals) Paladin – Descent of Dragons Theorycraft

Format: standardSeason: Season 68Dust4,560

Priest

Old Guardian’s Highlander Galakrond Priest (theorycraft)

Format: standardSeason: Season 68Dust15,920

Tharid's Galakrond Dragon Control Priest (DoD Theorycraft)

Format: standardSeason: Season 68Dust11,160

Yellorambo’s Dragon Control Priest – Descent of Dragons Theorycraft

Format: standardSeason: Season 68Dust11,160

Rogue

Old Guardian’s Highlander Galakrond Rogue (theorycraft)

Format: standardSeason: Season 68Dust17,160

JalexanderHS's Tempo Burgle Rogue – Descent of Dragons Theorycraft

Format: standardSeason: Season 68Dust4,640

JalexanderHS's Galakrond Shark Do Do Do Do – Descent of Dragons Theorycraft

Format: standardSeason: Season 68Dust10,060

JalexanderHS's Shuffle Rogue – Descent of Dragons Theorycraft

Format: standardSeason: Season 68Dust7,240

JalexanderHS's Aggro Pirate Rogue – Descent of Dragons Theorycraft

Format: standardSeason: Season 68Dust7,240

JalexanderHS's Deathrattle Tempo Rogue – Descent of Dragons Theorycraft

Format: standardSeason: Season 68Dust7,200

Tharid's Galakrond Lackey Rogue (DoD Theorycraft)

Format: standardSeason: Season 68Dust7,640

Shaman

Old Guardian’s Highlander Dragon Galakrond Shaman (theorycraft)

Format: standardSeason: Season 68Dust14,780

Tharid's Galakrond Token Shaman (DoD Theorycraft)

Format: standardSeason: Season 68Dust10,840

Yellorambo’s Dragon Control Shaman – Descent of Dragons Theorycraft

Format: standardSeason: Season 68Dust9,400

Warlock

Old Guardian’s Highlander Dragon Warlock (theorycraft)

Format: standardSeason: Season 68Dust16,080

Old Guardian’s Highlander Galakrond Zoolock (theorycraft)

Format: standardSeason: Season 68Dust13,320

Tharid's Galakrond Zoo Warlock (DoD Theorycraft)

Format: standardSeason: Season 68Dust5,860

Yellorambo’s Dragon Handlock – Descent of Dragons Theorycraft

Format: standardSeason: Season 68Dust10,500

Warrior

Old Guardian’s Highlander Warrior (theorycraft)

Format: standardSeason: Season 68Dust11,980

Old Guardian’s Highlander Dragon Control Warrior (theorycraft)

Format: standardSeason: Season 68Dust16,480

Tharid's Galakrond Aggro Warrior (DoD Theorycraft)

Format: standardSeason: Season 68Dust10,560

Yellorambo’s Dragon Control Warrior – Descent of Dragons Theorycraft

Format: standardSeason: Season 68Dust8,580

Stonekeep's Pirate Warrior – Descent of Dragons Theorycraft

Format: standardSeason: Season 68Dust6,420

31 Comments

  1. bigturdblossom

    So basically just highlander theorycrafts?

    1. nickus89

      The rest will follow.
      "We’ll start with Highlander decks for every class and then keep adding more and more, all the way until expansion’s release – e.g. Dragon decks and Galakrond decks are already being covered! If you want to see a specific build, let us know in the comments and we’ll see what we can do."

      1. bigturdblossom

        Thank you!

    2. Stonekeep

      More will come tomorrow!

      1. mild723

        the BRIGHTWING card is not playable at all, it is best to replace it with another better dragon

        1. Yufreus

          Hey what about a shaman quest highlander dragon galakrond i mean the value of shaman quest .. actívate this new legendary of 4 mana that reduces cost of dragón -2 x 6 mana you can have all dragón in your deck 4 mana cheaper.... playing a on curve a turn 7 that vives u 4 dragones cost 0 .. im going to build something Luke that

      2. bigturdblossom

        Thanks!

  2. h0lysatan

    oh my. finally. theorycraft is here..
    dayumm....

    wait wha?
    Highlander Warrior?
    are you serious right now?
    I expected like a pirate warrior showing out of nowhere.
    and here I have dr.boom? without galakrond?

    1. h0lysatan

      I guess I'll try some fun deck in the ranked 5 milestone.
      and since galakrond is free, those 4 explorer class can wait.
      Not enough dusts to create many unrealistic decks.

    2. h0lysatan

      my bad. not reading thoroughly is one of my flaw.
      will wait for the rest of theorycrafts.

    3. Spidermannerdlikeme

      Too many highlander decks

  3. LegendaryBot

    Galakrond rogue please, because the normal one will probably be better than highlander, but who knows...

  4. irhmgg

    in highlander dragon druid you can target your duplicates using Pschmelon, so if you have like 6,7,8,9 mana duplicate dragons and you play Embiggen once, your Pschmelon is gonna pull all your duplicates out and i think this the right way to take the deck

    1. HuntingFor90

      Hadn't thought about that before, thanks for the idea

      1. irhmgg

        nope. my build around Dragons
        https://www.hearthstonetopdecks.com/decks/dod-highlander-dragon-druid/

        1. bigturdblossom

          Wouldn't the Frizz cancel the activation of the draw because it reduces the cost?

          1. irhmgg

            read the description below

  5. Spidermannerdlikeme

    I kinda don’t like this expansion ok much because the decks had a theme, Shaman used elements and minions form the swamp, rogue gambled for riches, priest had clerics and healers to support the injured and more. This is just dragons jammed with other random stuff, it kinda feels lazy and messy

    1. Phoesias

      excactly this.

      Blizzard has created very specific deck types for each class. There is no deckbuilding, its just autopilot. More than ever Blizzard has obviously created certain types of deck which are either strong or weak, there will not be anything in between. It's like playing on rails without any room for experimentation. There are Galakrond, Dragons and Highlander. Add to that the typical aggro decks.

  6. SlyFox

    Might as well let the inkeeper autofill the deck after you put in dragon queen alexstrasza coz this list is basically just featuring the card.

  7. Maximum

    Galakrond taunt warrior or aggro Druid plz

    Btw can I just mention how many new decks there are to theorycraft because there are a ton!

  8. Stonekeep

    Added five Rogue theorycrafts from J_Alexander! More will come soon! :)

  9. RainManKianig

    I think no matter how fancy these highlander decks look, they will definitely fail to beat the consistency of Aggro Shaman or Token Druid. The Aggro decks look so consistent with respect to draw and pressure. This is all theory, we will have to wait and watch once the expansion is out.

    1. Phoesias

      i rly dont think so. Im playing Highlander Priest (non meta yeah i know) for nearly 3 years now, i love the decktype and since you have access to many different AOEs + now Zephrys (twice with seance) + reborn (wich is kinda annoying for aggro) its consistent enough to still have a chance vs aggro decks.

      especially Highlander Mage looks pretty strong to me this expansion.

      1. RainManKianig

        Ok but I still feel Aggro Decks are much Cleaner and consistent to play

  10. Stonekeep

    Added five more decks - Galakrond builds for every class from Tharid! Stay tuned for more theorycrafts!

  11. supergimpoman

    Oh golly, I'm glad that I pre ordered and saved gold for a long time. I did the dual pre order thing, so I've already opened a ton of packs. I also have 8,765 gold saved up, so it's safe to assume that I'll have the entire set day 1. Whatever I don't open I'll just craft it up. I currently have 18,190 dust and that's before the mass dusting from the new expansion cards.

    Anyway! All that means that I'll be able to play everything day 1, which'll be a nice change of pace! :) lol, I used to have to save everything in game in order to play a single competitive deck.. now I'm playing everything and it feels so much better. :)

    1. Stonekeep

      Oh, hahah, it definitely feels great to be able to play everything on Day 1 :) I always buy just one pre-order, because between the packs from gold, packs from pre-order and all the Dust I have accumulated over years it's still enough to playtest anything I want. Or rather, anything I NEED, because I always want to playtest the best early builds I'm covering :p I rarely have time to play the meme decks I want to, at least during the first few days after expansion's release, which are very busy.

      1. supergimpoman

        Just did the same for the current/most recent expansion today! I've got the full pre order (140 packs) and 8,225 gold saved for packs. I'm ready to get everything day 1 again!

        SeemsGood

  12. Yufreus

    a simple question... i have buyed two preorders but i wanna know when im gonna get the two golden legendaries.. do they just appear when expa launches tomorrow or do i have to do something for them to be shown?

    1. Stonekeep

      Yes, you will get two! They will show up when you launch the game after expansion is released.

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