Top Standard & Wild Legend Decks - Festival of Legends Week 7 - May 2023

I skipped last week because the balance update was released just a few days later and I didn't have enough decks to post (it's not the first time, but I can't help it - if a patch releases on Thursday or Friday, it's hard to gather enough decks by Sunday to warrant a separate post). I also have some other news. Festival of Legends mini-set - Audiopocalypse - has been announced a few days ago. We're in the middle of a short reveal season, with the mini-set itself coming on Wednesday (May 31). I'm a big fan of some of the card designs so far and I'm very happy that Dual Class cards are back! It also technically means that instead of the usual 38 cards, we'll sort of get "60" cards. That's because each class is getting access to 5 cards instead of the usual 3 (each class has 2 class pairings with 2 cards per pairing + 1 card exclusive to their own class).

As for the last balance patch and its impact on the meta. It was a relatively small update, aiming to do some fine-tuning instead of completely upsetting the current balance, but did it work? Just like usual, yes and no. Yes - it made some of the nerfed decks worse and some of the buffed decks better. But no - the meta is fundamentally still pretty similar to what it was. We once again traded the top Death Knight deck - it was Unholy before the patch, and now we're back to Frost supremacy. Similarly - Tony Druid was basically killed off with the Anub'Rekhan nerf, but we have a Big Druid taking its place instead as an okay, Tier 2 Druid option (the deck still isn't popular yet, but it's been getting some action over the last few days). Outcast Demon Hunter has dropped some positions on the tier list, but the Big version is still doing just fine despite a small nerf (Spell build, however, has taken a massive hit).

To fill the void created by some of the nerfs, already strong decks that weren't hit - Pure Paladin, Face Hunter or Undead Priest - are some of the best options if you don't want to play Death Knight. What's cool is that Warrior is finally playable. It was still Tier 3 before the patch, but now Enrage Warrior is a solid, Tier 2 option (and Menagerie Warrior is also decent). The overall reduction of the power level also made Fatigue Imp Warlock (either regular or Big version) playable - it's barely above 50% win rate, but that's good enough for now.

Probably the most interesting deck has to be Control Priest. It's quite popular, it has a solid 5-7% play rate (depending on the rank), and many pros report great success with it (12-0 Heroic Brawliseum runs, high rank Legend climbs) but it... kind of sucks? When we look at Diamond-Legend ranks, it's a Tier 3 deck at best. Even looking at Top 1k Legend, it's maybe mid-Tier 2 if we're being generous. But there HAS to be something to it, otherwise, we wouldn't see so many great results from pros. I didn't have an opportunity to play it myself yet after the patch, maybe the deck is actually very hard to pilot and only the most experienced players can use it well? Or maybe most people run bad builds that lower the overall stats. It's hard to say - I'd have to take a closer look at the deck before I can judge, but I'm not sure if I'll have enough time to do it before the mini-set.

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 Heroic Brawliseum Decks

Hearthstone Wild Legend Decks of the Week