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Top Standard & Wild Legend Decks – Whizbang’s Workshop (Week 17) – July 2024

By: Stonekeep - - Updated:

All cards from Perils in Paradise have been revealed. The expansion itself releases in 9 days (July 23), but the upcoming week should still have some interesting stuff. We should get 30.0 patch notes, info about the rewards track refresh, as well as dates for the theorycrafting event (assuming Blizzard holds one, but I don’t see a reason they wouldn’t). This is the last meta compilation from Whizbang’s Workshop (because making one just 2 days before expansion would be a bit pointless).

However, instead of repeating the usual “no changes in the meta, we have to wait for the new set”, I have some interesting developments to share. Just after I wrote that we would have to face the same Druid-infested meta last week, Blizzard went ahead and temporarily banned Splish-Splash Whelp. It was one of the strongest Druid cards, and as a result, the class dropped like a stone. From around 30% popularity in high Diamond and Legend down to around 3%. The deck is still playable, but it’s now low Tier 2 or high Tier 3 instead of Tier 1. It just shows how important the early ramp was, everything the deck does now is much slower without Whelp. Does it mean that the meta is fixed? Well, maybe not, but at least it’s not as one-sided as it was. Reno Warrior, Handbuff Paladin, Excavate Death Knight and Excavate Rogue are now the four most popular decks, but instead of 30% they sit at a comfortable ~10%. So even if you really don’t like one of them, you aren’t going to encounter it all the time like with pre-ban Druid.

Of course, the now-most-popular decks aren’t new and they were already quite common a week ago, but the meta still feels more balanced than it did. Now we’ll have to wait for Perils in Paradise for a real meta shift – I won’t even begin to guess what decks might be good enough. Thanks th the Tourist mechanic, every class has access to 9 more cards, so the combinations will be interesting. The only thing I’m worried about is that Tourists will become auto-include (since you HAVE to run them to dual-class) and they’re Legendary, so it might increase the average cost of a deck by quite a bit. That’s a topic we might explore, but probably after the expansion’s launch.

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

Rainbow Excavate Death Knight – #1 Legend (厚皮居居) – Whizbang’s Workshop Mini-Set

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Excavate Rogue – #1 Legend (HUYAbbayy) – Whizbang’s Workshop Mini-Set

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Nature Shaman – #1 Legend (Norwis) – Whizbang’s Workshop Mini-Set

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Odyn Control Warrior – #17 Legend (Karkingg) – Whizbang’s Workshop Mini-Set

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Reno Druid – #18 Legend (Unknown) – Whizbang’s Workshop Mini-Set

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Excavate Rogue – Top 20 Legend (DenimBlue7) – Whizbang’s Workshop Mini-Set

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Naga Aggro Demon Hunter – #21 Legend (kiki) – Whizbang’s Workshop Mini-Set

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Fatigue Warlock – #31 Legend (MrYagut) – Whizbang’s Workshop Mini-Set

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Sonya Rogue – #43 Legend (蘇蘇) – Whizbang’s Workshop Mini-Set

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Overheal Priest – #48 Legend (PocketTrain) – Whizbang’s Workshop Mini-Set

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Handbuff Paladin – #51 Legend (Kubu) – Whizbang’s Workshop Mini-Set

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Reno Paladin – #56 Legend (Theo) – Whizbang’s Workshop Mini-Set

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Sif Rainbow Mage – #91 Legend (Onkrad) – Whizbang’s Workshop Mini-Set

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Reno Druid – #122 Legend (TicTac) – Whizbang’s Workshop Mini-Set

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Reno Warrior – #155 Legend (oyatsu) – Whizbang’s Workshop Mini-Set

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Boomkin Druid – #263 Legend (NashRr) – Whizbang’s Workshop Mini-Set

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Goldbeard Rogue – #285 Legend (D0nkey) – Whizbang’s Workshop Mini-Set

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Rainbow Reno Death Knight – #308 Legend (MDroogie) – Whizbang’s Workshop Mini-Set

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Shopper Aggro Demon Hunter – #375 Legend (RiseWasHere) – Whizbang’s Workshop Mini-Set

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Hybrid Token Hunter – #656 Legend (NiKoPiPasta) – Whizbang’s Workshop Mini-Set

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Hearthstone Wild Legend Decks of the Week

XL Reno Exodia Paladin – #1 Legend (MangoRhino) – Wild S124

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Shadow Aggro Priest – #1 Legend (ERICDZZ) – Wild S124

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Miracle Rogue – #1 Legend (Silosin) – Wild S124

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XL Dead Man’s Hand Warrior – #2 Legend (13028144) – Wild S124

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XL Mystery Egg Hunter – #112 Legend (CooK) – Wild S124

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Lifesteal OTK Demon Hunter – #118 Legend (TCTPhantom) – Wild S124

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Big Shaman – #194 Legend (Kamikaze524) – Wild S124

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XL Reno Shadow Priest – #249 Legend (revshion) – Wild S124

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Pirate Rogue – #416 Legend (Ocean) – Wild S124

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Ignite Quest Mage – #498 Legend (Danila) – Wild S124

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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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