Top Standard & Wild Legend Decks - Darkmoon Faire Week 11 - January 2021

Darkmoon Races, the first mini-set in Hearthstone's history, was released last week after a very short "reveal season" (we've seen all the new cards in just a single day - which honestly was a pretty fun experience). Like expected, it didn't bring a massive meta shift, but it did have a solid impact on the most played decks. Not only some of the older decks got stronger with new support, previously off-meta decks like Ramp Paladin or Token Druid have risen to the top. At least for now - keep in mind that it's still quite early after release and things might change.

We already had a balance update, but it didn't really impact Standard format. Hysteria got nerfed (now it can only target opponent's minions), but the card is still good if you use it for what it was supposed to be - a removal. The nerf, however, made Wretched Tiller combos in Wild no longer possible. Early after release, the Wild ladder was full of them - both Warlocks and Priests - and while might not have been overpowered (frankly it was just too early to tell), having an OTK combo you could often drop as soon as Turn 6-7 was quite annoying.

I think that a short reveal season has something to do with it, but the experimentation period lasts for longer than I've anticipated for such a short expansion. Normally, between the reveal season and then a few extra days between knowing all cards and expansion's release, players get a lot of time to theorycraft. This time, we've only learned how all the cards look like less than 48h before release. We didn't even bother writing theorycrafting posts, because they were pointless - by the time we would get them out, mini-set would also be released (and then we can just test the decks and write actual guides). Of course, because it's only 35 cards (and not the usual 135), and because it's literally the last content release before rotation (so the pool of cards in Standard is already huge), it could only do so much. But overall I feel like it was a nice change of pace, and if other mini-sets will look (and be priced) similar, I'm on the board.

Now I just hope that we'll see a balance update or two after the meta stabilizes.

Below, you will find 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!
If you're looking for the best Wild Format decks, check out our Wild Meta Tier List!

Hearthstone Standard Legend Decks of the Week

Hearthstone Wild Legend Decks of the Week