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Standout Rastakhan's Rumble Decks From Day 1

By Stonekeep -

Deck RoundupRastakhan's Rumble

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Rastakhan's Rumble - the third and final expansion of Year of the Raven - was released roughly 24 hours ago. Trolls, Pirates, arena gladiators, jungle beasts and Overkilling are only some of the set's themes. The ladder is full of interesting experimental decks. But are they any good? How much the meta has changed compared to The Boomsday Project? Did we already see any huge surprises, or maybe the new Tier 1 decks are yet to be discovered?

Check out our Best Rastakhan's Rumble Decks for Every Class!

Since yesterday, I've been testing a variety of decks and playing against even more of them. Besides playing, I've spent most of my time watching pro players' streams, trying to find some of the best Boomsday Project decks so far. Below, I'll list some of the lists that already caught my attention. Just like every new expansion, remember that the early meta is very chaotic and it might look completely different in a few days. Decks are chosen based on my ladder experience (R4 to Legend), watching the steamers & pros, talking with other high ranked players and early statistics from sites like HSReplay.net or Vicious Syndicate.

These decks are only example lists - meta is adjusting very quickly and more optimized builds might be out at the time you're reading it!

MJM’s Rastakhan #6 Legend Deathrattle Big Druid

Format: standardSeason: Season 57Dust12,440

Druid Cards (25)

Neutral Cards (5)

BoarControl's Rastakhan Recruit Hunter

Format: standardSeason: Season 57Player: BoarControlDust10,520

Hunter Cards (27)

Neutral Cards (3)

Zalae’s Rastakhan Spell Hunter

Format: standardSeason: Season 57Player: ZalaeDust6,600

Hunter Cards (30)

Theo’s Rastakhan Odd Mage

Format: standardSeason: Season 57Player: TheoDust12,960

Mage Cards (16)

Neutral Cards (14)

Riku’s Rastakhan Top 25 Legend OTK Exodia Paladin

Format: standardSeason: Season 57Player: Riku97Dust10,820

Paladin Cards (22)

Neutral Cards (8)

Mryagut’s Rastakhan Kingsbane Pirate Rogue

Format: standardSeason: Season 57Player: MrYagutDust6,580

Rogue Cards (25)

Neutral Cards (5)

Irony’s Rastakhan #5 Legend Aggro Shaman

Format: standardSeason: Season 57Dust4,520

Shaman Cards (25)

Neutral Cards (5)

Sjow’s Rastakhan Odd Dragon Warrior

Format: standardSeason: Season 57Player: SjowDust12,960

Warrior Cards (19)

Neutral Cards (11)

7 Comments

  1. MeedsOne993

    Thanks for the article, very insightful especially for people who haven't been able to play much yet.
    The Lancer is riding a Time-Lost Proto Drake.

    The introduction says "boomsday project..." instead of "Rastakan's Rumble...".
    "Looking quite well" -> "Looking quite good"
    Remove the comment after addressing these issues please. Ty!

    1. Maurits

      @MeedsOne994

      Nice, so polite - education rules!

    2. Stonekeep

      Thanks for pointing those out.

      I've fixed Boomsday Project right away, you had to catch up a very early version right after it came online.

      As for the second one, what's wrong about that? "new version of Odd Warrior has popped out and it’s looking quite well so far", meaning that the archetype is in a good state. Maybe quite good would it better, but isn't saying quite well correct? Obviously, I'm not a native speaker, but it sounds fine to me.

      1. WookieQt

        "well" is an adverb, which means it modifies the meaning of a verb, adjective or other adverb. "good" is an adjective, which names an attribute of a noun.
        Example:
        He remained calm (adjective) // Odd warrior is looking good
        He reacted calmly (adverb) // Odd warrior has been doing well
        Does that clarify the difference?

        1. Stonekeep

          Thanks for explaining, but I do know the difference between the words "good" and "well". In your example, "good" refers to the noun (Warrior) and "well" refers to the verb ("doing"). However that still doesn't explain it to me. The word "well" can also be used as an adjective in certain cases. I'm copying a passage from the Cambridge Dictionary (source: https://dictionary.cambridge.org/grammar/british-grammar/discourse-markers/well)

          "Well as an adjective

          We use well as an adjective, normally after a linking verb such as be, look or get, to mean ‘in good health’:

          A: How are you?

          B: I’m very well, thanks. And you?

          Are you feeling OK? You don’t look very well.

          In American English, it is common to use good instead of well in this context. This is less common in British English:

          A: And how’s your mother?

          B: She’s good. Thanks for asking."

          I've been taught (and more than taught, heard it hundreds of times) that you can use "well" as an adjective, in the context of "in good health" or "in good state". Like you can say that someone "is looking well", as in "is looking healthy", "is looking to be in a good state/condition", that's why I've used it here.

          So, given that, what's wrong with the word well in that context? I see that "good" would probably fit better, since "well" is mostly used to describe someone's HEALTH and so. You COULD stretch it out here probably, but "good" is safer. That said, I think it still makes sense and is grammatically correct (or maybe I'm missing something important and making a fool of myself now).

  2. MeedsOne993

    Couldn't have explained it better.
    Looking forward to the next article Stonekeep!
    Really appreciate your work on these!

    1. Stonekeep

      Thank you! :)

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