Tavern Brawl – Top 2 – Deck Ideas!

This week’s Tavern Brawl is “Top 2”!

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Official Description for Top 2

The Innkeeper is wondering which two cards work best together. Show him – choose 2 cards and we’ll fill your deck with them!

Top 2 Chalkboard

General Information

  • You get one Standard card pack for winning your first game this week.
  • It’s the fifth time we see this Brawl (including Standard version). Last time we’ve seen it on January 11, 2023 (May 16, 2018 for Standard).
  • It’s a PvP Brawl.
  • The Brawl’s format is Wild.
  • It’s a Constructed Brawl. You pick a class and build your own (albeit small) deck.
  • This Brawl has inspired the (ultimately more common) Top 3 and Battle of the Bans Brawls.
  • Gameplay itself has no extra rules – the only rule comes from deck building. You pick only two cards and you get 15 copies of each one of them in your deck. Which means that you can build the ultimate synergistic decks very easily.

Top 2 Decks & Card Chocies

Here are some of the ideas for “decks” you can build. Please share yours in the comment!

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152 Comments

  1. tony
    May 11, 2016 at 7:40 PM

    Try with stonetusk and blessing of might!

  2. Alsozatch
    May 11, 2016 at 6:54 PM

    Darkshire Librarian + Fist of Jaraxxus!!

  3. Joe budd
    May 11, 2016 at 6:45 PM

    Warlock renounce the darkness with whatever. Your deck ends up having more versatility than theirs

  4. Coolslide23
    May 11, 2016 at 6:30 PM

    Try Druid: Innervate + Loatheb

  5. RacerX
    May 11, 2016 at 6:04 PM

    if you ever feel like you are running into too many mage fireball/ice block decks, try making fatigue of some kind.
    Innervate/Coldlight is very fast
    Shadowstep/Coldlight is good against minionless decks, as you don’t get capped at 7 oracles.

  6. Wjelk
    May 11, 2016 at 5:51 PM

    Warrior Upgrade + Heroic Strike

    Paladin Argent Squire + Blood Knight

  7. Sco0oby
    May 11, 2016 at 4:30 PM

    Priest

    Mind Blast and Shadowbomber

  8. Forrestdump
    May 11, 2016 at 3:32 PM

    I have 2 other suggestions besides warrior:

    -Mage: it will counter almost everything. It almost makes you immortal.
    Fireball (deals 6 dmg)
    Ice Block
    Tactic: Just continue casting ice block whenever you can and follow it up with Fire Ball. After that relax and enjoy your win against most of the known decks.

    -Hunter:
    Use Webspinner together with Scavenging Hyena.. When the first one dies the other one gets buffed. Even if the first 1 dies you still get a random beast into your hand. It will counter lots of the current brawl-decks

  9. Razor
    May 11, 2016 at 2:37 PM

    Druid- Ravens Idol and Darnassus Aspirant is pretty fun. Only lost once

  10. Ojflex
    May 11, 2016 at 2:35 PM

    murloc tinyfin + murloc warleader
    because murlocs

  11. Clockwork
    May 11, 2016 at 2:29 PM

    Even relative to the insanity of this brawl Target Dummy/Bolster feels like cheating.

    • Evident
      May 11, 2016 at 2:33 PM

      I tried Annoy-o-tron and Bolster, but this is probably better!

    • Forrestdump
      May 11, 2016 at 3:36 PM

      You should try mage iceblock+fireball deck.. Thats almost a win 100% cause you cant ever kill it.. EVER! (almost)

      • Mad
        May 13, 2016 at 1:17 AM

        Ice Block + Molten worked better for me!

  12. Hallazeal Jenkins
    May 11, 2016 at 2:19 PM

    Mage — Ice block Fireball eZ Win always face

  13. Heise
    May 11, 2016 at 2:19 PM

    Druid – Innervate and Shade of Naxxramas

  14. Forrestdump
    May 11, 2016 at 2:09 PM

    Warrior!

    Target Dummy
    +
    Bolster

    Check it out its the best one out there!
    Target dummy costs 0 and you can cast it for free. Bolster costs only 2 mana.. Won all so far

    • Scott
      May 11, 2016 at 7:25 PM

      I beat it twice with mage (missles/mana wyrm).

  15. Zuludug
    May 11, 2016 at 1:59 PM

    Warrior – Upgrade + Dread Corsair

  16. Mostlymad
    May 11, 2016 at 1:55 PM

    Hunter: Mechwarper + Metaltooth Leaper

  17. Delta
    May 11, 2016 at 1:45 PM

    Eerie statue + Wailing soul worked pretty nice for me! I chose hunter, but I dont think it matters that much.

  18. Matteo25
    May 11, 2016 at 1:34 PM

    Hunter: Mechwarper + Metaltooth Leaper, turn 2 with coin or turn 3 without coin you drop 3 Mechwarper and as many leapers as you have.

  19. MaSQue
    May 11, 2016 at 1:32 PM

    Mechwarper, Iron Sensei is an auto conceed if you sit and wait till turn 3 then dump your entire hand, 90% of the time they auto quit on the spot.

  20. federico
    May 11, 2016 at 1:26 PM

    astral comunion+ragnaros is good

  21. caenel
    May 11, 2016 at 1:24 PM

    For Druid I am using Innervate + Yshaarj

    Had the turn 1 double 10/10 already. Pretty powerfull and fast.

  22. Eruantien
    May 11, 2016 at 1:22 PM

    Druid
    Innervate & Y’shaarj Rage Unbouned

  23. Japopones
    May 11, 2016 at 1:04 PM

    Quick Shot + Animal Companion, always drawing with quick shots

  24. Zkool47
    May 11, 2016 at 1:03 PM

    Bilefin Tidehunter + Evolve = GG

  25. Brandon
    May 11, 2016 at 12:52 PM

    Shifter Zerus + Frostbolt
    Fiery War Axe + Dread Corsair
    Innervate + Forbidden Ancient
    Renounce Darkness
    Mind Vision

    • Brandon
      May 11, 2016 at 12:55 PM

      Totemoc Might + Totem Infusion

  26. JuicyJ
    May 11, 2016 at 12:48 PM

    Rogue: Preparation + Beneath The Grounds

  27. Ethan
    May 11, 2016 at 12:40 PM

    Anyone got anything for paladin?

    • MATA
      May 11, 2016 at 4:32 PM

      Forbidden Heal + Palagnaros

    • Scott
      May 11, 2016 at 7:26 PM

      Selfless Hero and Loot Hoarder

    • stickgeneral
      May 12, 2016 at 6:12 PM

      mechwarper+gorillabot

  28. Bling
    May 11, 2016 at 12:36 PM

    Intervate and Shredder is a nasty combo

  29. Cubx
    May 11, 2016 at 11:53 AM

    Warrior Axe flinger+ inner rage

  30. Mostafa
    May 11, 2016 at 11:37 AM

    Warlock: Lepper nome and soul fire

  31. BlueGideon
    May 11, 2016 at 11:26 AM

    Fandral Staghelm + Raven Idol

  32. Adman
    May 11, 2016 at 11:12 AM

    Innervate + Coldlight Oracle = instantly flooding board with 2/2.

    4 turn win. Insane.

  33. bentable
    May 11, 2016 at 11:05 AM

    hunter – webspinner and scavenging hyena

    • Robin Lionheart
      May 11, 2016 at 6:21 PM

      I suggest Timber Wolf + Scavenging Hyena instead. When you get a couple on the board buffing each other, their attack power rises quickly.

      • Sasuke1197
        May 12, 2016 at 2:32 AM

        Against minion decks other than mechwarper/metaltooth leaper unleash the hounds and timber wolf is better

  34. karmaprey
    May 11, 2016 at 10:44 AM

    Ice Block + Forgotten Torch was the roughest.

  35. Jonathan Klein
    May 11, 2016 at 10:40 AM

    so easy:
    Mage: mana wyrm + arcane missles
    shaman: goldshire footman + evolve.

    so a guy using yog sarron with ramp it was insane – after the first he conceded…

  36. Julion
    May 11, 2016 at 10:39 AM

    Southsea Deckhand + Cold Blood

  37. Charley
    May 11, 2016 at 10:30 AM

    I just lost to a nasty combination, Shaman: Flametongue Totem and Thing From Below

    • El3ctric
      May 11, 2016 at 8:58 PM

      8 wins in a row with this!

  38. Ibigd9012
    May 11, 2016 at 10:23 AM

    warrior – warbot and blood to ichor

  39. Ibigd9012
    May 11, 2016 at 10:11 AM

    Shaman – tunnel trog and lighting bolt

  40. Ibigd9012
    May 11, 2016 at 9:58 AM

    Living roots and savage roar

  41. Andus
    May 11, 2016 at 9:57 AM

    Druid – naturalize + cold light oracle… Only lost to Warlock – Possesed Villager + PO so far out of 10 games

    • Evident
      May 11, 2016 at 10:08 AM

      Yep, this combo is crazy.

      • Mystik
        May 11, 2016 at 12:57 PM

        This is what I was running, I got murdered by a Mage with magic missile and flamewalker. I think that combo was even better. I also got killed by an innervate Loatheb combo which can’d be defeated with this deck.

    • c4bl3fl4m3
      May 11, 2016 at 10:34 AM

      Won first try with that deck. They were playing Hunter: Animal Companion & Kill Command. It was closer than I would have liked for most of the game, but the fatigue via forced pulls got them in the end. I’ve never played a fatigue deck before… that was fun!

    • Naviiso
      May 12, 2016 at 3:52 AM

      this has upper hand against pretty much all decks except the ones that are running 2 minions, notably mechwarper + gorillabot. Lost one game to that and one to block+fireball, the mage game was winnable tho and I might have won it if I played early turns differently. Mage was left at 4hp, but turn 4 I naturalized my own coldlight straight away, missing some face damage from it. Not sure how the mana would have worked out tho, last turn 7 was coldlight + 4x naturalize

  42. Patrick Chung
    May 11, 2016 at 9:54 AM

    shieldbearer + Bolster

  43. Santiago
    May 11, 2016 at 9:50 AM

    Ice block + Fireball = Never die

    • sloan
      May 11, 2016 at 11:28 AM

      I knew somebody else must have thought of this. It was the first pair I thought of and I’m at 14-0 lol

    • dimoc
      May 11, 2016 at 3:20 PM

      i’ve just rekt this deck with velen + mind blast. casual heal for 128 each turn )

  44. Simon Caskey
    May 11, 2016 at 9:46 AM

    if you don’t actually care about winning, Thaurissan + Lock n’ Load was fun.

  45. Leciel
    May 11, 2016 at 9:39 AM

    annoy-O-tron + goblin blast mage

  46. Legendary
    May 11, 2016 at 9:34 AM

    Shaman: Mana Tide Totem + Thing from Below

  47. DonMega
    May 11, 2016 at 9:31 AM

    Mage – Arcane Missiles + Mana Wyrm

  48. my6AM3RTA6
    May 11, 2016 at 9:25 AM

    Nice on the Warlock deck. I’ve been running Tenticles and power.

  49. DonMega
    May 11, 2016 at 9:22 AM

    Warrior – Blood to Ichor + Frothing Berserker

  50. Marcelo
    May 11, 2016 at 9:06 AM

    Embrance darkness and flash heal