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Top Standard & Wild Legend Decks – Across the Timeways (Week 7) – December 2025

By: Stonekeep - - Updated:

Last week’s roundup was written shortly after a balance update, which buffed about a dozen of cards. Back then I said that while it’s still early, the meta doesn’t seem to be changing drastically. 7 days later, I stand by those words, although I was a bit surprised by a popularity of a certain unassuming deck.

I’m talking about Rafaam Warlock, of course. Is it any good after the buffs? No, not really. It’s still a sub-40% win rate deck. A meme deck if you would. However, it’s play rate has shot through the roof. Previously it was maybe around 1%, but after the patch, it’s one of the most popular decks… with a caveat. It’s mostly played at lower ranks – once you get to high Diamond and Legend it drops down to almost zero, but at lower ranks it sits around 6-8% play rate. That’s very rare for such a weak deck. But I get why – it’s actually fun to play, so the buffs gave people a push to try it out. It would still need quite a lot more to be playable, though.

I think the Rafaam package itself is already good enough (although it’s still incredibly easy to counter with Dirty Rat), the problem is that Warlock’s control package is very underwhelming right now. Control Warlock has been good at many points, be it with Wheel version, Yore version, or Starship version, but every one of those has been nerfed. Maybe if the class gets some new strong tools with the mini-set and/or the next expansion, that would be enough for the deck to shine.

The only other meta shift is – as you have probably also suspected – No Minion Demon Hunter. Unlike Rafaam Warlock, this one is actually playable at a higher level. In fact, the deck is stronger at higher ranks, since it’s not the easiest deck to pilot correctly. In Top 1k Legend I’d say that it’s around high tier 2, while at lower ranks it drops to low Tier 2/Tier 3.

Other than that, it’s the same old story. But I have to say that the current meta is surprisignly balanced. Win rates are not perfect (top decks sit at over 55% win rate which is never great), but play rates are really nice. The only outlier is Midrange Shaman in Diamond, at around 20% play rate, but that’s nothing out of ordinary tbh. There’s always this one “tryhard” deck that people use when they are close to Legend and want to finish their push. If we ignore that one deck in one rank range (and maybe the Top 100 pocket meta), there’s only a few other decks that exceed ~5% play rate. We have probably around 20-25 Tier 1 and 2 decks that are all good enough to climb with. Every class has at least one viable option and while you might not like it (e.g. I know that many Priest “mains” don’t like Protoss version), it’s there. Warlock is probably the one struggling the most, with Shred Warlock being its best deck, but it’s barely on the Tier 2/3 edge (but at least you can meme with Rafaam).

So long story short, while the balance update didn’t make the meta way more diverse, it didn’t necessarily need to. Of course, it’s is still full of old problems – many popular decks being the same ones we’ve been seeing for multiple expansions at this point (just with some glow-up after each set). But at this point I doubt that’s going to change until the rotation. Given how many 2024 cards are key for lots of decks to function, I’m really looking forward to that massive shake-up.

Oh, and one more thing – I almost surely won’t have another deck roundup next Sunday because I will be taking most of the week off for Christmas. So the next roundup is going to be in 2 weeks, after New Year. But I doubt that the meta is going to change drastically until then, so everything i posted lately should be relevant. Happy Holidays everyone!

Below is a full list of the Legend decks from last week, sorted by the highest placement.

If you want to see all of the current top meta decks, go to our Hearthstone Meta Tier List post!

Hearthstone Standard Legend Decks of the Week

Blood/Unholy Leech Death Knight – #1 Legend (大神丨雾都繊月) – Across the Timeways

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Cycle Rogue – #1 Legend (SeaStone) – Across the Timeways

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Dragon Warrior – #1 Legend (秋水月圆) – Across the Timeways

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Discover Hunter – #1 Legend (DouyinElysia) – Across the Timeways

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Protoss Rogue – #1 Legend (百蒙大少爷) – Across the Timeways

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Midrange Shaman – #1 Legend (1302669) – Across the Timeways

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Dragon Warrior – #1 Legend (Naith) – Across the Timeways

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Ashamane Rogue – #7 Legend (J_Alexander) – Across the Timeways

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Owlonius Location Druid – #9 Legend (Crealisteryc) – Across the Timeways

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No Minion Demon Hunter – Top 10 Legend (百蒙大少爷) – Across the Timeways

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Location Druid – #11 Legend (reqvam) – Across the Timeways

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No Minion Demon Hunter – #25 Legend (Jakeypoo) – Across the Timeways

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Fyrakk Rogue – #44 Legend (vifzor) – Across the Timeways

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Biopod Discover Hunter – #50 Legend (kiki) – Across the Timeways

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Midrange Shaman – #74 Legend (SrBerserk) – Across the Timeways

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Dragon Warrior – #83 Legend (Ioatheb) – Across the Timeways

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Toki Mage – #86 Legend (languagehacker) – Across the Timeways

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Aura Paladin – Top 100 Legend (Kubu) – Across the Timeways

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Frost/Unholy Aggro Death Knight – #108 Legend (sanyalegendary) – Across the Timeways

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No Minion Demon Hunter – #174 Legend (DestructYou) – Across the Timeways

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Quest Hunter – #331 Legend (Eltinho) – Across the Timeways

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Murozond Zarimi Priest – #342 Legend (Darkis) – Across the Timeways

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Egg Warlock – #458 Legend (WorldEight) – Across the Timeways

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Protoss Priest – #484 Legend (fundamentalof) – Across the Timeways

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Eudora Quest Mage – Legend (Jiminator) – Across the Timeways

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Hearthstone Wild Legend Decks of the Week

Questline Demon Hunter – #1 Legend (MCpi) – Wild S141

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Quest Control Warrior – #1 Legend (vpizio) – Wild S141

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XL Champions Ysiel Druid – #1 Legend (R00) – Wild S141

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Questline Demon Hunter – #1 Legend (天野远子) – Wild S141

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XL Call to Arms Paladin – #83 Legend (feral_havoc) – Wild S141

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XL Reno Warrior – #177 Legend (karashi6000) – Wild S141

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Treant Druid – #252 Legend (Schmoopiepdaddy) – Wild S141

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XL Questline Warlock – #450 Legend (SquareZ) – Wild S141

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Libram Paladin – #454 Legend (egraz) – Wild S141

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Stonekeep

A Hearthstone player and writer from Poland, Stonekeep has been in a love-hate relationship with Hearthstone since Closed Beta. Over that time, he has achieved many high Legend climbs and infinite Arena runs. He's the current admin of Hearthstone Top Decks.

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