Old Guardian's Articles
The Many Shells of The Egg of Khelos – Decks for Standard and Wild
The Day of Rebirth mini-set was unremarkable when it launched. Bat Mask was pretty much the only exciting card in the mini-set (and it remains fun in Wild), but nothing much moved the needle when it came to the Standard meta. Firegill rejuvenated Quest Paladin a bit and The Great Dracorex had […]
The Best Decks With Cards from the Day of Rebirth Mini-Set
The Day of Rebirth mini-set launched earlier this week with the promise to rejuvenate The Lost City of Un’Goro meta. So far, that promise has not come to fruition. In general, mini-sets have been in this awkward place where there are big expectations for them as we have played with the same cards for a […]
Has Hearthstone Lost Its Way?
I feel like I keep returning to this topic. Over the past 16 months, Blizzard has implemented a number of changes to the way various rewards and features in Hearthstone work. We have tried to cover them here on Hearthstone Top Decks, but the coverage often becomes obsolete because Blizzard keeps changing things around. […]
Is This the New Meta? Lost City of Un’Goro After the First Balance Patch
The Quest buff patch has dramatically improved the win rates of the Lost City of Un’Goro Quest decks! But there is a catch. And it’s a rather big one. The starting point was low, the lowest ever seen in the game. Quest Rogue’s entire win rate was around 20%, which was the equivalent of the […]
Can The Lost City of Un’Goro Quests Be Saved?
The Quests in The Lost City of Un’Goro have been a disappointment, to say the least. Quests and Questlines have usually been class-defining for their time in the Standard format, but the Quests from the new Un’Goro iteration have performed abysmally. Blizzard did not want to create one-dimensional Quest decks that are piloted on rails, […]
