Tavern Brawl – Top 2 – Deck Ideas!

thanks for the update!

coldlight oracle should be replaced by prize vendor in the naturalize deck, now that it has been buffed.
prize vendor is cheaper, bigger, and gives the same amount of cards to both players.

it is hard to find a deck for hunter in this format, but metaltooth leaper is even outmatched by the neutral security automaton, now that mechwarper is nerfed and galvanizer has to take its spot.
–> the best galvanizer deck in this format is currently mecha-shark imho, but that is only available to mage.
–> the best hunter deck is probably stonetusk boar + birdwatching

in other news:
given how popular it is, astral automaton (+animate dead / embalming ritual / raise dead) should definitely be on the list of example decks, which lacks a priest deck anyway.

given how popular it is, aegis of light + dragonscale armament should definitely be on the list of example decks, which lacks a paladin deck anyway.

warrior – anima extractor + risky skipper has game against anything outside of soularium / pogo hopper / automaton and is a blast to play – should definitely be on the list of example decks, which lacks a priest deck anyway.

mage – elemental evocation + thunderbringer
multiple elemental invocations being played, each discounting thunderbringer by 2. actually a good strategy, because the thunderbringers have taunt and spawn more thunderbringers when they die
theoretically possible T1 on the draw (coin + 3 invocations + thunderbringer) – should definitely be on the list of example decks, which lacks a mage deck anyway.

rogue – tendrils of chaos + shadowstep looked like fun

as stated in the forum, “counterfeit coin + flik skyshiv is a thing that people do” (but not very often)

honestly i cannot believe they did not ban soularium.
if you combo it with soul barrage you win most games on T2, and on T3 your win is almost inevitable, there is no real way to stop it. I have tried irondeep trogg, eternium rover, armorsmith and oh my yogg with no success, and those cards fail miserably against every minion-based deck.
with fist of jaraxxus instead of soul barrage it is less severe because you can deflect much the damage to small minions and win with some luck, but it still makes for very un-interactive games.
the perfect foil against soularium is death knight – horn of winter + frozen over, but all the other decks that are currently played do not draw extra cards and therefore win against that strategy

Shard of the Naaru counters many decks like Pogo and Patches.
Astral Automaton is a good fit for the second slot, as it snowballs nicely.

and as Quakins already mentioned below: flik skyshiv + counterfeit coin is a thing people are doing

I like Mechwarper + Mecha-Shark, but you need 5 Sharks at once for 30 damage, and 2-3 Mechwarpers to discount them, so it’s a turn 5 combo at best (and you run out of space if you want to do it below 8 mana, because you need 3 Mechwarper and 5 Sharks)
still managed to beat some decks, but helpless against pogo and patches

Soulfire + Hand of Guldan looked impressive

Murloc Holmes + Innervate was surprising … Murloc solves the case every time on turn one!

Flurgl + Toxfin keeps pogo and patches in check nicely (obviousy)

Cutting Class does not really cut the class – you have to attack turns 4 and 5 with 15 attack (without the coin), or you coin out the dagger on T1, follow up with Poison-Poison-draw on T2, allowing you to attack for 11 on T3, and live the dream of attacking for 19 on T4 for the win – provided you have not been killed by that time (usually you die on their turn 4), there is no taunt in the way and you drew the right mix of draw and poison in the early turns

Piranha Swarmer also looked like a nice card to have multiples of

Aldor Attendant + Libram of Wisdom is worth a try, but rather mediocre in its results

Ice Block + Frost Lance is powerful but super slow. make sure you mulligan away as many ice blocks as possible, you will start ot curse them later as they clog up your hand. Once you have 10 cards in your hand you fire your first salvo of Frost Lances, usually cutting your opponent’s life total in half. From then on your turns consist mostly of Ice Block-ping-go and you pray for enough Frost Lances to end the game quickly. If you are up against Warrior, you are out of luck, because the theoretical maximum of damage in one turn is 36, and once he is at 37 you cannot kill him any more, because you only draw one card per turn. Smart opponents also refuse to trigger your Ice Blocks and your hand becomes even more clogged.