Happy New Year everyone! Let’s take a look back at some of the decks that dominated the meta in some shape or form in 2017! If you think I’ve missed a deck then let me know in the comments.
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Best Decks of 2017
The year of 2017 was truly a testament to the power of Patches the Pirate, who charged his way into just about every aggressive or midrange deck you could throw a couple of pirates into. It also heavily increased the power of Corridor Creeper which sees play in a lot of the same decks. It will be a nice change when the rotation hits and the sun sets on this bossy pirate.
The specific deck list examples are generally what I feel best represents the deck at its peak or what was most optimal at the time before it was nerfed.
Shamanstone, as it was known, was a pretty dark period for Hearthstone. Shaman’s play frequency, according to Vicious Syndicate, was the highest we had ever seen for any class. Thankfully due to nerfs to Spirit Claws (was 1-mana), Small-Time Buccaneer (had 2-Health), and the rotation of Tunnel Trogg and Totem Golem brought the class back down to tolerable levels. Late in 2017 people are actually starting to long for the revival of Shaman. What a difference a year makes!
Check out our current guide to Aggro Pirate Warrior!
Check out our current guide to Jade Druid!
- 4Jade Spirit2
- 4Spellbreaker2
- 6Aya Blackpaw1
- 7Bonemare1
Check out our current guide to Murloc Paladin!
The nerf to Innervate really took the wind out of the sails of this powerful aggro deck, but it still maintains a solid spot in the meta to this day.
Check out our current guide to Aggro Token Druid!
Check out our current guide to Tempo Rogue!
Check out our current guide to Highlander Priest!
- 0Silence1
- 1Holy Smite1
- 1Northshire Cleric1
- 1Pint-Size Potion1
- 1Potion of Madness1
- 1Power Word: Shield1
- 2Radiant Elemental1
- 2Shadow Visions1
- 2Shadow Word: Death1
- 2Shadow Word: Pain1
- 2Spirit Lash1
- 3Curious Glimmerroot1
- 3Holy Nova1
- 3Kabal Talonpriest1
- 4Greater Healing Potion1
- 4Lyra the Sunshard1
- 4Priest of the Feast1
- 4Shadow Word: Horror1
- 5Dragonfire Potion1
- 5Raza the Chained1
- 6Cabal Shadow Priest1
- 7Prophet Velen1
- 8Shadowreaper Anduin1
No Reno deck in MSG meta,no midrange shaman, what a mising. Tempo rogue, jade, priest,… only viable after KFT meta not the whole year and look like you forgot this article talked about the whole year and mostly talked about the recent meta. I ll rate this article 2,5/5
Seriously? You’re going to give the article a rating, as if you’re a sort of invited critic? Evident goes out of his way to provide entertainment beyond the simple posting of the latest pro deck to top the charts, and you feel the need to give it a rating in a public comment sections. Well, thank you for sharing, even though it is almost wholly negative and tries to do nothing more than list flaws. And as for “mostly talk[ing] about the recent meta”, those notes are primarily in the context of how something that fared well many months ago still sits today – pretty appropriate compared to the alternative of, say, how it sat during some other previous meta. Which now just reminds me that it’s fun to overtype certain words… meta, meta, meta…. wheee! Anyway, thanks Evident… I, for one, enjoy and appreciate when you do something like this out of nothing more than a love for the game. Is it a META,meta,meta-breaking insight into the answer to all things gaming? Nope. Is it a fun little trip down recent memory lane? Yep.
Thanks for the comment, and thank you for not just insulting the person. I’m glad you like the site!
2017 only had about 3 months of Reno Jackson and only Renolock would’ve been considered and it wasn’t even really in the running. Midrange Shaman is debatable, but Aggro Shaman was far more dominant and popular. Murloc Paladin, Quest Rogue, and Token Druid are all from Un’Goro meta which was very early in the year so I don’t agree that it’s recent meta only.
I am literally the guy who made actual Raza Priest, in day 1 of KFT crafted Raza, Anduin and Velen, played the combo deck with the same cards actually you run. And now I hate my own invention, sure a YouTube played vs me and copied my deck and everyone else copied my, but nobody knows I made this deck, so sad.
Wow u r special
Recommended reading for every deck designer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_discovery
Literally everyone theorycrafted the deck the second Anduin was revealed.
Blizzard made it quite obvious this was the type of deck they wanted to create. youre not the one who made the deck, youre just one of the many who tried it from the start
I liked the article, it also brings some nostalgia.
Azure Drake in Standard shaman???
Forget it…was mentioned in the description ^^