On the one hand, we had one of the biggest events in the history of Hearthstone. A whole old expansion returning to Standard – for free! Everyone can play those cards! And that’s actually great from the accessibility perspective – no matter if you’re a new player or a veteran, you can build some decks using old cards and synergies. In fact, if you’re a new/F2P player, a big surge of cards like that means that you have a lot more to play around with. But sadly it rainbows and sunshine.
You would think that so many new cards will change the meta, right? Wellll… While they made a small impact, it’s like… really small. As it turns out, most of the cards from a few years ago aren’t that good anymore. Many of them work in Wild because they have synergistic packages from other expansions that simply don’t exist now. Most of the Death Knight Heroes are outclassed by the new Mercenaries Heroes too. It’s a really good example of power creep and the reason why I think that Hearthstone would really use some “rebalancing” to bring the power level down a bit. But maybe that’s just me.
The biggest winner is definitely Enrage Warrior. Animated Berserker was exactly the card it needed, it synergizes really well with the 2-drops (Anima Extractor, Crazed Wretch) as well as Imbued Axe. Ramp Druid also benefitted heavily from Spreading Plague (and let’s just remember that the card used to cost 5 mana at the start) – it adds survivability and more tokens to feed Infuse cards. Phylactery Warlock also improved a lot with the addition of Defile, but it’s still barely over 50% WR. If you want to read a more in-depth analysis of the Knights of Hallow’s End meta, check out this Old Guardian’s article.
What’s probably more important is that Hearthstone is getting a new class. Death Knights will finally be playable, the rumors were true, and so March of the Lich King will be the biggest release in the history of the game post-launch (145 cards from the expansion + 32 new Core cards + 26 Path of Arthas cards = 203 in total). At this point it’s hard to say how good DK will be – looking at the cards, there are tons of strong options already, but with the interesting deck building restrictions (Rune system) it will definitely be much more complicated than just adding in the most broken cards and calling it a day (like it was with Demon Hunter – remember that launch?) DK is essentially 3 classes in one and you can mix and match them too, to a certain extent. I hope that we won’t repeat the Ashes of Outland meta, where Demon Hunter was broken at the start and then still the best class for most of the expansion.
Below, you will find a full list of the Legend decks from last week, sorted by the highest placement.
If you want to see all of the current top meta decks, go to our Hearthstone Meta Tier List post!
If you’re looking for the best Wild Format decks, check out our Wild Meta Tier List!
Hearthstone Standard Legend Decks of the Week
- 0Preparation2
- 0Shadowstep2
- 1Blackwater Cutlass2
- 1Gone Fishin’1
- 2Double Cross2
- 2Jackpot!2
- 2Maestra of the Masquerade1
- 2Perjury2
- 2Reconnaissance2
- 2Serrated Bone Spike2
- 2Tooth of Nefarian2
- 3Ghastly Gravedigger2
- 4Private Eye2
- 4Swiftscale Trickster2
- 5Contraband Stash2
- 5Sprint1
- 6Crabatoa1
- 6Wildpaw Gnoll2
- 7Tess Greymane1
- 8Shadowcrafter Scabbs1
- 0Devouring Swarm1
- 1Batty Guest2
- 2Doggie Biscuit2
- 2Frenzied Fangs2
- 2K9-0tron2
- 2Spirit Poacher2
- 3Harpoon Gun2
- 3Ramming Mount1
- 3Wild Spirits2
- 4Azsharan Saber1
- 4Houndmaster Shaw1
- 5Imported Tarantula2
- 5Pet Collector2
- 5The Rat King1
- 6Beaststalker Tavish1
- 6Defense Attorney Nathanos1
- 7Huntsman Altimor1
- 7Hydralodon1
- 7Mountain Bear2
- 9King Krush1
- 9Wing Commander Ichman1
- 1Psychic Conjurer2
- 1Shadow Word: Devour2
- 1Shadowcloth Needle2
- 1Theft Accusation2
- 2Mysterious Visitor2
- 2Spirit Lash2
- 2Thrive in the Shadows2
- 3Cathedral of Atonement2
- 3Devouring Plague2
- 3Identity Theft2
- 3The Harvester of Envy1
- 4Incriminating Psychic2
- 4Najak Hexxen1
- 4Shadow Word: Ruin2
- 5Darkbishop Benedictus1
- 7Archbishop Benedictus1
- 7Blackwater Behemoth1
- 8Shadowreaper Anduin1
Hearthstone Wild Legend Decks of the Week
- 1Alleycat2
- 1Flare1
- 1Overwhelm1
- 1Springpaw2
- 1Timber Wolf2
- 1Wolpertinger2
- 1Wound Prey2
- 2Crackling Razormaw2
- 2Starving Buzzard2
- 3Harpoon Gun2
- 3Master’s Call2
- 5Shadehound2
- 5Tundra Rhino2
- 6Beaststalker Tavish1
- 7Hydralodon1
- 1Psychic Conjurer1
- 1Shadow Word: Devour1
- 1Shadowcloth Needle1
- 2Insight1
- 2Seance1
- 2Shadow Visions1
- 2Shadow Word: Death1
- 2Spirit Lash1
- 2Thoughtsteal1
- 2Thrive in the Shadows1
- 3Curious Glimmerroot1
- 3Identity Theft1
- 3Madame Lazul1
- 3Mindrender Illucia1
- 3Palm Reading1
- 4Shadow Word: Ruin1
- 5Darkbishop Benedictus1
- 5Mass Hysteria1
- 5Raza the Chained1
- 7Psychic Scream1
- 7Soul Mirror1
- 8Shadowreaper Anduin1
- 0Raise Dead1
- 1Sir Finley, Sea Guide1
- 2Dirty Rat1
- 2Zephrys the Great1
- 3Brann Bronzebeard1
- 3Prince Renathal1
- 3Rustrot Viper1
- 3Zola the Gorgon1
- 4Blademaster Okani1
- 4Eater of Secrets1
- 4Hysteria1
- 4Kazakus1
- 4Lorekeeper Polkelt1
- 5Loatheb1
- 6Reno Jackson1
- 6Skulking Geist1
- 6Theotar, the Mad Duke1
- 7Mutanus the Devourer1