Standout Witchwood Meta Decks From the First Day
By Stonekeep -
The Witchwood is out! Another Standard year has come, and it has brought some very interesting strategies. But how much has really changed? Do we still see same old decks? Or maybe the meta is completely fresh? Well, to be fair, I'd say that it's somewhere in between. Some new and fun decks are being playtested, but the most dominating archetypes are the ones we've already seen in the past, sometimes with a small twist.
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I've been playing the game for 5 or 6 hours and watching streams on the lookout for the best decks. If I had to name one thing that surprised me most so far is that Odd & Even decks seem to be working quite well. Of course, not every class has a viable Odd/Even deck, but some of them have two (*cough* Paladin *cough*).
Below, I'll list some of the decks 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 (going from R3 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 there might already be more optimized builds.
Gallon’s Baku Odd Paladin
Format: standardSeason: Season 49Player: Gallon
4,640
Cards (30)
StrifeCro’s Even Midrange Paladin
Format: standardSeason: Season 49Player: StrifeCro6,900
Cards (30)
- 2Dark Conviction2
- 2Dire Wolf Alpha2
- 2Drygulch Jailor2
- 2Equality1
- 2Knife Juggler2
- 2Plated Beetle2
- 2Stubborn Gastropod2
- 3Consecration1
- 3Lightfused Stegodon2
- 4Blessing of Kings2
- 4Call to Arms2
- 4Saronite Chain Gang2
- 4Spellbreaker1
- 4Truesilver Champion1
- 6Crystal Lion2
- 6Genn Greymane★
- 6Sunkeeper Tarim★
- 6Val'anyr★
- 8Silver Sword1
Meati’s Cube Warlock
Format: standardSeason: Season 49Player: Meati6,700
Cards (30)
Spiteful Summoner Priest
Format: standard4,400
BoarControl’s Baku Face Hunter
Format: standardSeason: Season 49Player: BoarControl4,080
Dog’s Tess Greymane Tempo Rogue
Format: standardSeason: Season 49Player: Dog7,840
Rdu’s Spiteful Druid
Format: standardSeason: Season 49Player: Rdu12,560
Cards (30)
- 1Fire Fly2
- 1Glacial Shard2
- 2Prince Keleseth★
- 3Druid of the Scythe2
- 3Greedy Sprite2
- 4Saronite Chain Gang2
- 4Spellbreaker2
- 4Swift Messenger2
- 5Cobalt Scalebane2
- 5Harrison Jones★
- 5Leeroy Jenkins★
- 5Mind Control Tech2
- 5Rotten Applebaum1
- 6Spiteful Summoner2
- 7Countess Ashmore★
- 7Malfurion the Pestilent★
- 8Grand Archivist1
- 8The Lich King★
- 10Ultimate Infestation2
Honorable Mention: TicTac’s Battlecry Shudderwock Shaman
Format: standardSeason: Season 49Player: TicTac5,220
15 Comments
css09
Great content as always!
Stonekeep
Thanks!
nickname23
Thanks, writing down your thoughts and some explanation about the decks is a nice service!
Stonekeep
Thank you! :)
hag
glad to be able to cut hagatha from the shudderwock deck.. think it might be the wrong way to go tho..
Stonekeep
I think that those are two different builds and both have their merits.
If you play Hagatha, you go for a Control Shaman with a combo finisher in a form of Shudderwock. You don't entirely rely on the combo to win, you can also outvalue your opponent.
And this specific build goes all-in on the combo, basically it's the deck's only win condition. This one doesn't need Hagatha - it closes out most of the games around Turn 10 anyway (if it doesn't die before, of course).
Scodge
Gotta say it's oddly fun to see what card you choose as your avatar each expansion. Keep it up my man!
opacho
I can see Face Collector on some pro player's decklists, but I haven't seen any stream yet. Did you test him? It seems similar to Shaku, but I like Shaku more. One health and stealth feel more useful than board and hand filling ability and i guess 9 mana or even 6 mana echo play is not so common. Anyway Shaku is gone and Face Collector for sure supports a bit Tess, sometimes, but is it necessary. Hallucination and new fox package just to feed Tess seems very cool. Cards are good by itself and you don't rely on Tess that much. playing only 4 burgle cards. Your opinion can save me some dust. Greetings from Poland :)
FatherMicah
Don't craft face collector i haven't had much use with it. also I don't think Tess is that game changing.
Amoeba
As a free to play with a bunch of dust due to the rotation, I was wondering if you thought that the rotation proof astral tiger druid would still hold up against these decks. I'm considering making it as I have a lot of the cards, but I would like to know if you think it would be equal enough with these decks.
I've also seen a Baku quest warrior going around, and could also build that. Is that deck good or is it just a fringe deck?
Hello
I'd say it is way too early to make any statements regarding any deck's power level (except for cubelock). If you have limited dust and want to get a competitive deck, you should probably wait at least a week before crafting cards.
livestrong
Stonekeep killin' it. This is really helpful
Klausdieter
I had lots of success (72% in about 50 games) with the First Version of RDUs Spiteful Druid
MemeLord
Really liked the commenting!
Mr Bump
Good work Stonekeep, but damn, what a boring expansion! Apart from that Shudderwock BS (and it really is BS), this has got to be the weakest New Year to date. It all just feels very stale. Yes, the Odd/Even idea makes for some interesting deck building, but the results feel very much like stuff we've been playing for years. Other than that, it's just the same decks we've seen for ages with some slight variations. :/
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