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Top Standard & Wild Legend Decks – Murder at Castle Nathria (+Maw and Disorder) Week 9 – October 2022

By: Stonekeep - - Updated:

The Maw and Disorder mini-set went live earlier this week, so all of the decks posted here were played after its release. While it might be a bit too early to talk about the full impact of the mini-set, because some things might get discovered yet, but… Things aren’t looking great, to be honest.

It’s true that the mini-set made one of the previously worst classes – Paladin – much better. The class is actually playable now, now great, but way better than it was before. As for the other previously worst class, Warrior, not much has changed, it’s still at the bottom. However, a bigger issue is Hunter. The class absolutely dominates – XL Beast build was busted before and it’s even more busted now. It’s the most popular deck on the ladder (~15% overall, but reaching up to 30% at higher ranks), but the popularity alone doesn’t tell the full story here. If we look at Standard as a whole, Hunter has 57% WR right now, leaving the second strongest class (Warlock) behind by over 5%. Because of that massive Hunter WR, only 2 other classes are above 50% at all (aforementioned Warlock and Shaman) – others hover around 47-49% with Rogue (45%) and Warrior (42%) being the two bottom outliers. If we look at Beast Hunter only, it’s getting even worse. The deck is at ~59% win rate right now – most of the overpowered decks that were quickly nerfed didn’t even reach 55%, let alone get close to 60%. Dare I say we are closer to the launch DH levels of busted than to your average OP deck.

And yet people don’t really talk about it much. It just shows that feelings have a massive role in the meta perception whether you like it or not. We’ve seen more calls to nerf decks like Ramp Druid, Control Priest or let’s say Questline Mage even when they were sitting at around 50% WR. Hunter deck doesn’t “feel” as busted as it is – yes, it sometimes throws those Turn 5 King Krush high-rolls, but honestly they aren’t that common or needed. What the deck has going for it is that it’s incredibly consistent and has no bad matchups. Even the worst one, Combo/Miracle Priest, is only 60/40 in favor of Priest (and it loses to many other decks on the ladder so it’s not even optimal unless you meet tons of Hunters).

Still, even though we don’t see as many complaints, I can only imagine that something has to be done about it. The deck is way too strong and without any clear counters, there’s little hope that the meta shifts. We need to nerf a few Hunter cards, and possibly give another round of buffs to Warrior (plus maybe Rogue). The only saving grace is that, like I’ve said, it doesn’t feel as bad to play against and isn’t THAT fun to play for most players. Maybe when Hunters are dealt with, more mini-set cards will have their time to shine. We’ll see.

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

Curse Imp Warlock – #1 Legend (Raguzzoni) – Maw and Disorder

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Combo Miracle Priest – #1 Legend (N0lan) – Maw and Disorder

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XL Control Paladin – #1 Legend (Bunnyhoppor) – Maw and Disorder

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Imp Warlock – Early #1 Legend (BruTo) – Maw and Disorder

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XL Control Thief Priest – Early #1 Legend (TicTac) – Maw and Disorder

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Miracle Rogue – Early #1 Legend (MikkerBoyDK) – Maw and Disorder

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Fel Relic Demon Hunter – Early #2 Legend (RonMexico) – Maw and Disorder

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XL Skeleton Mage – #11 Legend (Casie) – Maw and Disorder

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XL Beast Hunter – #15 Legend (Jimon) – Maw and Disorder

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Ramp Druid – #20 Legend (Casie) – Maw and Disorder

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XL Beast Hunter – Early #20 Legend (Madmanmatt) – Maw and Disorder

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Combo Miracle Priest – #28 Legend (Patrick07) – Maw and Disorder

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Aggro Demon Hunter – #38 Legend (Dabs) – Maw and Disorder

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Relic Demon Hunter – #41 Legend (Lee1k) – Maw and Disorder

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XL Beast Hunter – #49 Legend (HattriK) – Maw and Disorder

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Aggro Fel Demon Hunter – #75 Legend (VitorioRadke) – Maw and Disorder

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Aggro Token Druid – #79 Legend (D0nkey) – Maw and Disorder

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XL Beast Hunter – #80 Legend (Taki) – Maw and Disorder

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XL Imp Warlock – #82 Legend (MadThanos) – Maw and Disorder

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XL Denathrius Ramp Druid – #93 Legend (Habugabu) – Maw and Disorder

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Secret Mage – #99 Legend (NoHandsGamer) – Maw and Disorder

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XL Relic Demon Hunter – #175 Legend (Iscoman) – Maw and Disorder

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Miracle Rogue – #181 Legend (Pace) – Maw and Disorder

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XL Beast Hunter – #255 Legend (Sidisi) – Maw and Disorder

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XL Control Shaman – #274 Legend (三浦烏龍茶) – Maw and Disorder

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Enrage Warrior – #298 Legend (SuperiorDavid) – Maw and Disorder

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Secret Mage – #321 Legend (Hugguz) – Maw and Disorder

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Hearthstone Wild Legend Decks of the Week

Even Totem Shaman – Early #1 Legend (Nonentity) – Wild S103

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Big Priest – Early #1 Legend (DocDelight) – Wild S103

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XL Tax Paladin – Early #6 Legend (凛冬将至丨一方) – Wild S103

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XL Secret Mage – #7 Legend (lestratege1) – Wild S102

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XL Quest Beast Hunter – #14 Legend (Heard) – Wild S102

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Mecha’thun Druid – #42 Legend (Laratt) – Wild S102

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XL Curse Warlock – #90 Legend (咆哮魔牢裆异撞) – Wild S102

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XL Secret Pirate Rogue – #93 Legend (哔站丶苍月骑士) – Wild S102

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Enrage Warrior – Early #98 Legend (我_是_汪) – Wild S103

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XL Brute Demon Hunter – #185 Legend (Ail) – Wild S102

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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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4 Comments

  1. TardisGreen
    October 3, 2022 at 3:18 am

    For what seems like ages, the whining nimrods cried for 40 starting health. “The game has gotten too aggressive. We want to play CONTROL.”

    It’s so ironic that the best deck by far starts with 40 health, doesn’t play an ounce of removal, and is NOT a Control deck.

    Lesson to nimrods – be careful what you wish for.

  2. Vincent
    October 2, 2022 at 2:42 pm

    Yeah I meet a lot of Beast Hunters atm during my climb to legend, sometimes even 3 or 4 in a row. I really like Sylvanas, it’s a nice addition to Control Paladin. The mini set had more impact on Wild, just before the reset it looked like everyone was playing Secret Mage.

    • Vincent
      October 2, 2022 at 2:42 pm

      I meant *Control Shaman

    • Tailsfromvienna
      October 4, 2022 at 1:45 pm

      Secret Mage got two new staples in Objection and Contract Conjurer, so there are more Secret Mages than ever in wild after the mini set went online