I’ll try to keep it short (edit from the future: it didn’t work) because a) it’s been a long week, b) I’m not feeling very well and c) I’ve just started my first Baldur’s Gate 3 playthrough and I want to get back to it as soon as I can (what, at least I’m honest).
Earlier this week, a new Hearthstone expansion has been announced. Whizabang’s Workshop will drop on March 19, together with Year of the Pegasus and thus the Core Set rotation. First expansion of the year always makes the biggest impact on the meta, because not only we’re getting a lot of new cards, but we’re losing even more of them. But that’s still a month away – we have a whole reveal season and probably a bunch of other announcements coming before it happens, including nerf reverts for some cards rotating to Wild. If things follor the same pattern as last year and the year prior, we’ll have a week between patch 29.0 and expansion + rotation, so during that week you will be able to play unnerfed cards in Standard).
As for the current meta – no Constructed balance changes dropped with the patch, so the meta is the same as it was. Well, we technically did get a few new cards – Harth Stonebrew, Colifero the Artist and Corridor Sleeper – but they haven’t made a big impact.
Let’s start with the most controversial one – Corridor Sleeper is a pre-purchase reward and we absolutely despise that fact. Old Guardian covered it in a separate article yesterday and he put it very well – I agree with all his points. Luckily the card sees no competitive play right now – it has some potential, but if anything, most likely for after the expansion, when power level drops due to rotation. Then we have Colifero, the free Patch 28.6 Legendary… and I haven’t seen a single deck running it. I genuinely don’t know how to make him work. I get the idea – in theory, you run some big minions in your deck + ways to summon tokens through spells. You summon tokens and then transform them all into a big minion (like Rag who can just shoot opponent to death). But that makes both the deck-building part and the gameplay part very clunky. In other words, the card is unplayable right now
Finally, there’s Harth Stonebrew. It’s the only card out of those three that sees play. And it’s way more popular than I expected – right now it’s in ~17% of decks between Diamond and Legend. But “seeing play” and “being impactful” are two different things. Harth isn’t a card that makes or breaks decks. It’s a card that slots into already existing decks without changing the power dynamics that much. It’s also a card that many people play not because it’s strong, but because it’s fun. I really think they nailed some of those iconic hands (you can find a full list here) and reliving the good ol’ days is just fun.
However, the truth is that the current meta is far from balanced. Sludge Warlock in particular is a big problem and we could really use a balance update. We haven’t heard anything about it as far as I’m aware, but I’m sure that it’ll drop sooner rather than later. When it does, we’ll cover it – like always!
Below is 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!
Hearthstone Standard Legend Decks of the Week
- 1Crimson Clergy2
- 1Shard of the Naaru2
- 1The Light! It Burns!2
- 2Creation Protocol2
- 2Power Chord: Synchronize2
- 2Thrive in the Shadows2
- 3Benevolent Banker2
- 3Cathedral of Atonement2
- 3Love Everlasting1
- 4Cannibalize2
- 4Glowstone Gyreworm2
- 4Shadow Word: Ruin2
- 5Clean the Scene2
- 6Harmonic Pop2
- 7Aman’Thul1
- 7Blackwater Behemoth1
- 8Whirlpool2
- 1Azsharan Scroll1
- 1Cold Storage1
- 1Lightning Reflexes1
- 1Schooling1
- 1Shock Hopper1
- 2Amphibious Elixir1
- 2Ancestral Knowledge1
- 3Dehydrate1
- 3Framester1
- 3Lightning Storm1
- 3Primordial Wave1
- 3Turn the Tides1
- 5Altered Chord1
- 5Command of Neptulon1
- 5Doctor Holli’dae1
- 6Golganneth, the Thunderer1
- 7Giant Tumbleweed!!!1
- 1Glacial Shard1
- 1Miracle Salesman1
- 1Sir Finley, Sea Guide1
- 2Astalor Bloodsworn1
- 2Dirty Rat1
- 2Flint Firearm1
- 2Greedy Partner1
- 2Jam Session1
- 2Needlerock Totem1
- 2Watcher of the Sun1
- 3Cyclopian Crusher1
- 3Prince Renathal1
- 4Aftershocks1
- 4Backstage Bouncer1
- 4E.T.C., Band Manager1
- 4Ignis, the Eternal Flame1
- 4Pozzik, Audio Engineer1
- 4School Teacher1
- 6Harth Stonebrew1
- 6Theotar, the Mad Duke1
- 7Prison of Yogg-Saron1
- 10Reno, Lone Ranger1
- 10Yogg-Saron, Unleashed1
Hearthstone Wild Legend Decks of the Week
- 0Devouring Swarm1
- 2Barrel of Monkeys1
- 2Cat Trick1
- 2Conjured Arrow1
- 2Doggie Biscuit1
- 2Emergency Maneuvers1
- 2Explosive Trap1
- 2Hidden Meaning1
- 2Phase Stalker1
- 2Steamwheedle Sniper1
- 2Titanforged Traps1
- 2ZOMBEEEES!!!1
- 4Camouflage Mount1
- 4Dragonbane1
- 4Rinling’s Rifle1
- 4Theldurin the Lost1
- 6Aggramar, the Avenger1
- 6Beaststalker Tavish1
- 2Ancient Mysteries2
- 2Arcane Flakmage2
- 3Counterspell2
- 3Explosive Runes2
- 3Flame Ward1
- 3Kirin Tor Mage2
- 3Netherwind Portal1
- 3Oasis Ally2
- 3Objection!2
- 3Rigged Faire Game2
- 4Chatty Bartender2
- 4Occult Conjurer2
- 4Orion, Mansion Manager1
- 6Contract Conjurer2
- 6Kabal Crystal Runner2
- 6Norgannon1
- 6Sayge, Seer of Darkmoon1
- 7Magister Dawngrasp1
Hearthstone Twist Legend Decks of the Week
- 1Execute2
- 1Sky Raider2
- 1Slam2
- 2Dragon Roar2
- 2Frightened Flunky2
- 2Warpath2
- 3EVIL Quartermaster1
- 4Sword Eater2