Tavern Brawl – Brawliseum – Miniature Warfare

This week’s Tavern Brawl is Brawliseum – Miniature Warfare!

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General Information

  • Your first entry is free!
  • It’s the first time we see this Brawl, but it’s a twist on a common Miniature Warfare Brawl.
  • It’s a build your own deck Brawl.
  • The Brawl’s format is Standard.
  • The Brawl is played in a Brawliseum format, which is similar to Arena, but with Constructed decks. You play to 12 wins or 3 loses.
  • Even though all minions cost 1 when they’re drawn, they retain their original cost while in the deck. Which means that Baku the Mooneater doesn’t work if you start with Even cards (despite them being Odd when drawn), and that your Bwonsamdi, the Dead will only draw actual 1-drops.

Tavern Brawl – Brawliseum – Miniature Warfare Deck Lists

Post your deck lists in the comments and I’ll add them here!

Official Description for Tavern Brawl – Brawliseum – Miniature Warfare

A new challenge for the tiny gladiators of the Brawliseum! Build a standard deck, all your minions are 1/1 and only cost (1) mana!

Tavern Brawl – Brawliseum – Miniature Warfare

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  2. Stellman
    March 10, 2019 at 4:54 am

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    https://www.hearthstonetopdecks.com/decks/otk-priest-miniature-warfare-tavern-brawl/

  3. JKoala
    March 10, 2019 at 1:58 am

    Had fun and at least tried a rather “interactive” and original, selfmade deck.
    Runs so far are 7-3, 9-3, 8-3 and 9-3 so I guess it kinda works.
    Deck focuses in several ways of pushing a lot of damage, easier if you’ve already played Alexstrasza obviously. But the point is you can develop your combos faster than it seems, and you have some nice deffense against “zoo” decks. OTK games are a lottery tbh, so it all depends on how fast you draw damage, forgetting about combos.

    It might do even more damage adding Nightblade or something like that, but would affect cycle / deffense. Bit expensive. Good luck and have fun if you feel like trying it.

    ### Brawl Deck
    # Class: Warlock
    # Format: Standard
    # Year of the Raven
    #
    # 2x (1) Mortal Coil
    # 2x (1) Soulfire
    # 1x (1) The Soularium
    # 1x (2) Bloodmage Thalnos
    # 2x (2) Defile
    # 1x (2) Tainted Zealot
    # 1x (3) Zola the Gorgon
    # 2x (4) Arena Treasure Chest
    # 2x (4) Gnomish Inventor
    # 2x (4) Sandbinder
    # 2x (4) Spellbreaker
    # 2x (5) Despicable Dreadlord
    # 1x (6) Dread Infernal
    # 2x (6) Frost Elemental
    # 1x (6) Glinda Crowskin
    # 1x (7) Baron Geddon
    # 2x (7) Blazecaller
    # 1x (7) Lord Godfrey
    # 1x (9) Alexstrasza
    # 1x (9) Malygos
    #
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    #
    # To use this deck, copy it to your clipboard and create a new deck in Hearthstone

    • JKoala
      March 10, 2019 at 4:11 am

      Added Nightblade x1, taking out Gnomish Inventor x1 (you can just Tap for 1 more mana).
      Finished 11-3. Maybe just luck, I drawed early Alexstrasza 40% games.

  4. Advocaat
    March 9, 2019 at 2:36 pm

    Sorry guys, but I don’t trust anyone sayin “12-0” … Doing 12-0 is near impossible with any deck in this brawl. There are pretty much only rogue combo decks atm and it’s impossible to win against them consistently because of their RNG orientation. Many times there are no decisions made and game ends in 2nd turn (literally). Tried a few decks, best result was 7-3 but most runs I finished between 2-3 and 5-3 no matter how hard I tried. Most losses were inevitable. This is the least interactive brawl ever.

  5. Ilidan313
    March 9, 2019 at 8:31 am

    I had some fun with Blazecaller and Meteorologist 5-0 and then … went south (5-3).

    ### Pew Pew
    # Class: Mage
    # Format: Standard
    # Year of the Raven
    #
    # 1x (2) Archmage Arugal
    # 2x (2) Book of Specters
    # 2x (2) Youthful Brewmaster
    # 2x (3) Kobold Apprentice
    # 1x (3) Zola the Gorgon
    # 2x (4) Ancient Brewmaster
    # 2x (4) Arena Treasure Chest
    # 1x (4) Fire Plume Phoenix
    # 1x (4) Sandbinder
    # 2x (4) Witchwood Piper
    # 2x (5) Bonfire Elemental
    # 2x (5) Servant of Kalimos
    # 2x (6) Arcanosaur
    # 2x (6) Meteorologist
    # 1x (7) Baron Geddon
    # 2x (7) Blazecaller
    # 2x (8) Primordial Drake
    # 1x (9) Alexstrasza
    #
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    #
    # To use this deck, copy it to your clipboard and create a new deck in Hearthstone

  6. Tamos
    March 8, 2019 at 8:38 am

    12 – 0 Druid Deck:

    ### Brawl 08-03 03:17
    # Class: Druid
    # Format: Standard
    # Year of the Raven
    #
    # 2x (3) Questing Adventurer
    # 2x (4) Arena Treasure Chest
    # 2x (4) Juicy Psychmelon
    # 2x (5) Faceless Manipulator
    # 2x (5) Frostwolf Warlord
    # 1x (5) Ixlid, Fungal Lord
    # 1x (6) Mossy Horror
    # 1x (7) Azalina Soulthief
    # 1x (7) Countess Ashmore
    # 1x (7) Giggling Inventor
    # 2x (7) Stormwind Champion
    # 2x (8) Bonemare
    # 2x (8) Gloop Sprayer
    # 2x (8) Grand Archivist
    # 2x (8) Grizzled Guardian
    # 1x (9) Alexstrasza
    # 1x (9) Cenarius
    # 1x (9) Onyxia
    # 2x (10) Ultimate Infestation
    #
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    #
    # To use this deck, copy it to your clipboard and create a new deck in Hearthstone
    # Generated by HDT – https://hsreplay.net

  7. Gibilan
    March 8, 2019 at 4:09 am

    Any new decks ?

  8. Aronkahun
    March 7, 2019 at 4:04 pm

    This brawl is an insane oppurtuniti to farm tons of packs for free to play players…2 legendaries and 400gold with maly rouge!

  9. Dahz
    March 7, 2019 at 5:57 am

    Is it possible to play without Alex ? Don’t have it on my alt.
    Ty

    • Stonekeep - Site Admin
      March 7, 2019 at 8:02 am

      Possible, but much more difficult. In the early game Alex is basically “deal 15 damage for 1 mana”, it’s the best card in this Brawl.

      You probably won’t get that far without her, but you can still snatch a few wins probably.

      • Dahz
        March 8, 2019 at 2:26 am

        Thank you for the answer. That’s clearly what I thought. I finally made a better result than on my main account (9 against 6).
        Played Rostalina Miracle Malygos Rogue.
        -1 kidnapper (+1 sap);
        -1 Alex (+1 Cleef).
        Cleef is really good in the deck.
        Hf.

  10. Smellberg
    March 7, 2019 at 4:21 am

    7-3 and 8-3 with mecha’thun warlock.

    ### Custom Warlock
    # Class: Warlock
    # Format: Standard
    # Year of the Raven
    #
    # 2x (1) Mortal Coil
    # 1x (1) The Soularium
    # 2x (2) Defile
    # 2x (2) Novice Engineer
    # 2x (4) Arena Treasure Chest
    # 1x (4) Cataclysm
    # 1x (4) Cult Master
    # 2x (4) Gnomish Inventor
    # 2x (4) Lifedrinker
    # 2x (4) Shroom Brewer
    # 1x (5) Big Game Hunter
    # 2x (5) Despicable Dreadlord
    # 2x (5) Dragonmaw Scorcher
    # 2x (6) Dread Infernal
    # 2x (6) Priestess of Elune
    # 1x (7) Lord Godfrey
    # 2x (8) Deranged Doctor
    # 1x (10) Mecha’thun
    #
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    #
    # To use this deck, copy it to your clipboard and create a new deck in Hearthstone

    • Smellberg
      March 7, 2019 at 11:06 am

      Only managed 5-3 in my last run. All losses against rogues. Swapped the cult master and a dreadlord for two soup vendors. We’ll see if it helps.

  11. Feigenbaum
    March 7, 2019 at 3:27 am

    aggro rogue with shark, bonemare/fungal/alchemist, Alex opening is unbeatable 🙁

  12. WingedScribe
    March 6, 2019 at 9:40 pm

    A friend and I went 9-3 and 12-2, respectively, with this combo rogue deck:

    ### Brawl 06-03 23:05
    # Class: Rogue
    # Format: Standard
    # Year of the Raven
    #
    # 2x (0) Backstab
    # 2x (0) Preparation
    # 2x (0) Shadowstep
    # 2x (1) Sinister Strike
    # 2x (3) Fan of Knives
    # 2x (3) SI:7 Agent
    # 2x (4) Arena Treasure Chest
    # 2x (4) Elven Minstrel
    # 2x (4) Lifedrinker
    # 2x (4) Spirit of the Shark
    # 2x (5) Nightblade
    # 2x (6) Gadgetzan Auctioneer
    # 2x (6) Spectral Pillager
    # 2x (7) Giggling Inventor
    # 1x (8) Bonemare
    # 1x (9) Alexstrasza
    #
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    Spirit of the Shark + all of your face damage/combo damage + shadowsteps = win. Alex just makes it more efficient.

    • Garbnasty
      March 9, 2019 at 2:24 pm

      Thanks for posting this list! Ive gone 23-5 over my last 2 brawls. This deck is a lot of fun too!

  13. JadeBuddha
    March 6, 2019 at 5:10 pm

    Seems like 99% of decks are either Rogue or Priest, and everyone is playing some sort of combo deck. Most of the time, you’re not so much competing against your opponent as your opponent as you are against RNG in terms of getting your combo pieces. It’s almost simultaneous competitive single player. “Best” game for me, turn 4 OTK as Malygos Rogue with only 4 cards left in my deck at the end.

    Ultimately, this brawl seems like a good illustration of why a combo-heavy meta gets old quickly for a lot of people.

    • Gibilan
      March 6, 2019 at 6:29 pm

      Lol, it`s easy gold & dust. Best brawl preexpansion ever

    • Alglyphic
      March 8, 2019 at 1:46 am

      I might go in and farm the brawl; using WingedScribe’s list for my free run, I went 12-1. Only loss was from not drawing into any Auctioneers, card draw or Giggling Inventors, so I got thrashed by Giggling Inventor + Bonemare.

      The deck even gets a OTK as early as Turn 3, which I had for my last 3 wins. Gadgetzan Auctioneer, Spirit of the Shark, Coin, Prep + Spell, Prep + Spell, Spectral Pillager, Shadowstep, Spectral Pillager. Turn 1 Spirit of the Shark, followed by at least 1 Bonemare on the next turn is pretty silly too.

      On the other hand, you could have terrible luck and not draw into anything and waste 150 gold…

      • WingedScribe
        March 8, 2019 at 7:15 pm

        That friend of mine did a second run and had OTK on turn 2. This deck is pure shenanigans. ^_^

  14. LookLikeThis
    March 6, 2019 at 4:01 pm

    ### Shudderwock Kalimos Shaman
    # Class: Shaman
    # Format: Standard
    # Year of the Raven
    #
    # 2x (1) Earth Shock
    # 2x (2) Murmuring Elemental
    # 2x (3) Bog Slosher
    # 1x (3) Healing Rain
    # 2x (3) Ironbeak Owl
    # 1x (3) Zola the Gorgon
    # 2x (4) Arena Treasure Chest
    # 2x (4) Lifedrinker
    # 2x (4) Sandbinder
    # 2x (4) Witchwood Piper
    # 1x (5) Dragonmaw Scorcher
    # 1x (5) Elise the Trailblazer
    # 2x (5) Volcano
    # 1x (5) Zilliax
    # 1x (6) Grumble, Worldshaker
    # 1x (7) Countess Ashmore
    # 1x (8) Hagatha the Witch
    # 1x (8) Kalimos, Primal Lord
    # 1x (8) Marin the Fox
    # 1x (8) Primordial Drake
    # 1x (9) Shudderwock
    #
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    #
    # To use this deck, copy it to your clipboard and create a new deck in Hearthstone

    This deck is the nuts. Good old Shudderwock Shaman is kinda back!

    Ps. I play only 1 copy of Primordial Drake and instead of the second a Dragonmaw Scorcher because Shudderwock would kill Grumble on the board, because of the 3 damage of Hagatha and ruin the combo.

  15. Thanatos
    March 6, 2019 at 3:26 pm

    Easy 12 wins on this stupid tavern…

  16. Rostlina
    March 6, 2019 at 12:45 pm

    Just finished 12-1 with a Miracle Malygos Rogue:

    ### Brawl 06-03 20:27
    # Class: Rogue
    # Format: Standard
    # Year of the Raven
    #
    # 2x (0) Backstab
    # 2x (0) Preparation
    # 2x (0) Shadowstep
    # 2x (1) Sinister Strike
    # 2x (2) Eviscerate
    # 2x (2) Novice Engineer
    # 1x (2) Razorpetal Volley
    # 2x (2) Shiv
    # 2x (3) Fan of Knives
    # 1x (3) Ironbeak Owl
    # 2x (4) Elven Minstrel
    # 2x (4) Gnomish Inventor
    # 1x (5) Faceless Manipulator
    # 2x (6) Gadgetzan Auctioneer
    # 1x (6) Kidnapper
    # 2x (8) Primordial Drake
    # 1x (9) Alexstrasza
    # 1x (9) Malygos
    #
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    #

  17. Chursa
    March 6, 2019 at 12:00 pm

    Currently running Odd Paly and it’s going well. Cards like Giggling Inventor, Alextrasza, Onyxia, Ysera, Fungal, Dragonmaw Scorcher are really good.

    Saw an interesting Mechathun deck with cards like Arena Treasure Chest that I lost to. I also lost to a combo priest with cards like spirit lash, squashling, pyromancer etc

  18. Emanon
    March 6, 2019 at 11:26 am

    Bwonsamdi does not work, so Baku prolly doesn’t either

  19. Fxenchy
    March 6, 2019 at 10:47 am

    Does Baku work?????

    • LazyTitanftMadB
      March 6, 2019 at 12:00 pm

      Baku works. But I tried it with only odd cards. So not sure if you can add Even cards too since they cost 1 eventually.

      • S3rv0n
        March 6, 2019 at 1:50 pm

        Baku does not work with even cards in deck (no spells, just minions with even cost).
        I guess they transform in hand

  20. MilesTegF
    March 6, 2019 at 10:39 am

    A few tips…
    1. minions sumoned by other minions are also 1/1 *Ej. the hyenas from the lion are 1/1s not 2/2s
    2. Buffs from any source do apply correctly on minions. *Ej. Dire Frenzy gives your minion +3/+3 and its copies also get the buff.
    3. Temporary buffs work correctly as well *ej. Stormwind campion turns your 1/1s into 2/2s.

  21. Smellberg
    March 6, 2019 at 10:37 am

    Can minions be buffed? Or will they remain 1/1 no matter what?

  22. TheMessenJah
    March 6, 2019 at 10:32 am

    The rewards are like the ones in arena? They get better as you have more wins? Or you receive one classic pack for participating, as usual?

    • Stonekeep - Site Admin
      March 6, 2019 at 2:01 pm

      Rewards get better the more wins you get. It’s basically the Arena reward system.

  23. XenonJay
    March 6, 2019 at 10:02 am

    wait since all cards cost (1)… could you run Baku and Even cost cards, since they go back to (1) mana?!?