Battle Rage could create similar amounts of draw on average, but she’s actually quite good in the “just play a big thing” category. Kibler ran Acolyte and Sul’thraze in his list, maybe those could serve as worth replacements: https://www.hearthstonetopdecks.com/decks/brian-kiblers-rastakhan-rush-warrior-ft-akali-the-rhino/

Update: I just reached Rank 2 with a total win rate of 15-4 in the last 24 hours.

The list performs insanely well against up and coming archetypes like Aggro Shaman and all those different Midrange Hunters. As already said, it also farms Odd Paladin and Zoolocks. My only losses were against Kingsbane Rogues and Dragon Warriors.

Looking to update this guide asap!

This list has been working wonders for me so far. I’m currently 9-2 at Rank 4 and farming all those pesky Boomsday Zoo- and Evenlocks 🙂

It really has improved! If you want more in-depth analysis you can check out Kibler’s set review, he has played so much Hand Elemental Mage, and he’s convinced that deck will perform better than ever!

Grats, that’s a good winrate! What version did you use?

Thanks, that should’ve said “besides Town Crier”. The editor likes to swallow a few card tags here and there today it seems!

Corrected Voone’s race, my memory about LBRS failed me twice already 🙂

I did a piece for wowhead (hstopdeck’s sister site) that talks about HS being an alternative universe, something that you seem to agree with: https://www.wowhead.com/news=288770/rastakhan-s-rumble-battle-for-azeroth-s-alternative-universe

You mean the source that Malygos could go to Hall of Fame? That’d be Mike Donais:

https://blizzardwatch.com/2017/07/19/recapping-ben-brodes-ama-alternate-heroes-problematic-cards-bens-rap-career/

They didn’t particularly say that the card would move to HoF, but they do know that Malygos is in fact one of the most problematic cards when it come to design space.

This will NOT work with Togwaggle and Naturalize:

https://twitter.com/LegendaryFerret/status/1064929311172358144

It’s hard to look at Warcraft lore from a timeline perspective, that’s true. Time has been altered countless times, but we have to accept that Hearthstone often provides “fan service” in terms of important personalities. Trolls like Zul’jin would never attend such “nonsense”, but who knows what’s on the line?!

We need to think outside of the box, because continuity hasn’t been a given for the longest time in Warcraft universes 🙂

*hangs up big SPOILER sign*

Edit: To be clear: Yes, this is absolutely true! To explain the deal between Rastakhan and Bwonsamdi further, and – much more importantly – to explain why Talanji “officially” belongs to him in Rastakhan’s Rumble, I’d have needed to go into detail about what is going to happen in 8.1, and, since this is only datamined and by no means official information, I chose not to do that.

Trolls, naga, yes, but nobody wants more Pirates. Nobody. Right? 🙂

A very brave interpretation to say the least! 🙂 Do you think that BfA and the focus on Zandalari wouldn’t be a limiting factor to this theory?

Interesting! Murlocs are a popular pick because many of them will be gone after the next Standard rotation. In my very honest opinion they should be gone for good, but I may or may not hold a century-old grudge against those pesky creatures. 🙂

You’re thinking about a post-cataclysmic Un’Goro? I can see that. Sholazar wanted to bring in that very iconic jungle vibe when it was released.

I also really like your interpretation with the single entrance! 🙂

Do you think meta-defining legendaries are a good thing? Yes, Baku and Gennn are great examples, but cards like Shudderwock still dominate the meta to this day!

Mystic fantasies form the backbone of Warcraft, while auspicious storylines have been added bit by bit over the years. I think it’s even more realistic that we’ll see a more lore-driven theme, just because expansion 1 and 2 have been that crazy!

Great storytelling with those pictures! I could see that coming 🙂

The cycle of life can be cruel, Stonekeep!

I think you want to say that a solution is counterplay. The problem still remains within the particular cards and archetypes.
Cards like Dirty Rat never really solved problems, they just enabled counterplay. That’s different!