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The Best Decks from The Great Dark Beyond, Early Meta Builds From Pros & Streamers, Decks For All Classes

By: Stonekeep - - Updated:

Important notice: In a very recent update, Hearthstone stopped accepting deck codes featuring an empty Zilliax Deluxe 3000. As many of you probably know, our deck codes don’t work with Zilliax and they always gave you an empty version (that’s why I posted the modules separately). Sadly it means that codes for any deck featuring Zilliax won’t be functional for now. We’re trying to find a solution but it most likely won’t be ready for the expansion’s launch. As a workaround, I will put working codes in the deck descriptions – so you will have to scroll down past the usual “copy deck code” box and instead use the code below it. I really apologize for the inconvenience. 

Welcome to The Great Dark Beyond expansion decks roundup – in this post, we will feature the best-performing early meta builds from pro players & streamers. We’ll try to add decks for all 11 classes, but it’s hard to say whether every single class will be viable around launch. This post will be updated every few hours over the early expansion period (roughly the first week). If you’re looking for something more specific, we will have two “best decks” compilations – the first one roughly after 24-48 hours, and the second one a week after launch. So if you want something to base your early crafting decisions on, that would be your best choice (it’s still not a guarantee that those decks will remain viable, but it’s better than nothing).

The Great Dark Beyond is the second expansion of Year of the Pegasus (2024). While the expansion comes with no rotation, we’re still getting 145 new cards, which should make a huge impact on the meta. This expansion’s new mechanic is Starship, where you use Starship Pieces with extra effects to build a massive Starship minion that costs 5 mana to launch. We’re also getting a new minion type – Draenei. Their main synergy is strengthening the next Draenei you play in some way (buffing it, summoning an extra copy, refreshing Mana Crystals equal to its Attack etc.). And finally, Spellburst (first introduced in Scholomance Academy) is returning with 20 new cards, so you can expect some decks to be built around spell synergies.

If you weren’t with us during the reveal season, you can learn more about the expansion and see all the new cards in our The Great Dark Beyond expansion guide.

The Great Dark Beyond Deck Lists

Once the expansion launches, we give streamers some time to open packs and create the decks, then start posting. During the first couple of days, we aren’t very picky – we have no win rate statistics so early into the set, so we can’t sift through the bad decks. Around Day 3, we generally tend to stop posting everything and focus on better decks or decks that achieved high Legend placements. As meta forms, decks become more refined and it’s getting clear which builds are good and which aren’t.

If this isn’t your first expansion then this should be obvious, but be very careful about crafting anything right after it launches. A deck can be popular and look powerful on day 1 or 2 and then quickly disappear (alongside your hard-earned Dust). This has happened multiple times in the past, and most likely will happen to at least one or two decks this expansion too. If you are a budget player, we recommend holding off for at least a few days (and preferably until the first balance patch, but we understand that it’s a tough ask) before committing to crafting anything. Spending Dust on hyped Legendaries on Day 1 is a very common mistake, and can leave you without the means to craft the actual meta Legendaries after everything settles.

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Death Knight

Day 1

Frost/Unholy Starship Death Knight – Clark – The Great Dark Beyond

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Rainbow Starship Death Knight – NoHandsGamer – The Great Dark Beyond

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Blood/Unholy Control Death Knight – #6 Legend (Madoka) – The Great Dark Beyond

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Rainbow Reno Death Knight – #88 Legend (Pizza) – The Great Dark Beyond

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Demon Hunter

Day 1

Crewmate Demon Hunter – FunkiMonki – The Great Dark Beyond

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Druid

Day 1

Starship Druid – Kibler – The Great Dark Beyond

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Taunt Druid – maxiebon1234 – The Great Dark Beyond

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Hunter

Day 1

Discover Hunter – maxiebon1234 – The Great Dark Beyond

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Egg Discover Starship Hunter – Clark – The Great Dark Beyond

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Egg Discover Hunter – eswaff – The Great Dark Beyond

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Discover Hunter – #86 Legend (Jimon) – The Great Dark Beyond

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Mage

Day 1

Fire Elemental Mage – #152 Legend (RUSTREL) – The Great Dark Beyond

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Fire Elemental Mage – #185 Legend (Jenelle) – The Great Dark Beyond

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Fire Elemental Mage – #57 Legend (Clark) – The Great Dark Beyond

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Paladin

Day 1

Lynessa Libram Paladin – oyatsu – The Great Dark Beyond

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Priest

Day 1

Overheal Priest – maxiebon1234 – The Great Dark Beyond

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Rogue

Day 1

Quasar Rogue – Jambre – The Great Dark Beyond

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Combo Starship Rogue – DenimBlue7 – The Great Dark Beyond

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Quasar Rogue – #134 Legend (Onkrad) – The Great Dark Beyond

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Shaman

Day 1

Asteroid Shaman – reqvam – The Great Dark Beyond

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Asteroid Shaman – Feno – The Great Dark Beyond

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Big Spell Shaman – #25 Legend (Homi) – The Great Dark Beyond

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Reno Shaman – #93 Legend (Madmanmatt) – The Great Dark Beyond

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Warlock

Day 1

Wheel Hand Warlock – Nyhmnim – The Great Dark Beyond

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Warrior

Day 1

Draenei Warrior – reqvam – The Great Dark Beyond

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Draenei Warrior – #227 Legend (berono91) – The Great Dark Beyond

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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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