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Top Standard, Wild & Twist Legend Decks – Festival of Legends (Audiopocalypse) Week 12 – July 2023

By: Stonekeep - - Updated:

It’s been a busy week for sure. Between the announcement of new expansion (TITANS), the release of Patch 26.6, and a new game mode – Twist – I had a lot to cover. That’s why today’s section on Standard & Wild decks will be brief. I didn’t have enough time to add a lot of decks. And honestly, the meta remains pretty stable anyway, there haven’t been any major breakthroughs. The only real change is that a new, more aggressive build of Outcast Demon Hunter is becoming increasingly popular. It’s a bit too early to tell, but it’s viable and might even be one of the strongest Standard meta decks.

My focus this week was mostly on the new Twist mode. And sadly, I have some bad news already. The interest in Twist is already falling at breakneck speed and it’s been less than a week since its release. Most of the players already hate it. Or rather, not Twist in general – I think that there are many Twist formats that might be very popular. The issue is specifically New Age. It doesn’t feel new or unique enough. It’s like a weird mash between Wild & Standard, but mostly showcasing their downsides, not upsides. There are a few decks that COMPLETELY dominate the landscape. Questline Druid, Questline DH and Questline Shaman are completely broken builds and they pushed out most of the other things from the meta. And we aren’t talking about Standard’s 54% win rate being considered broken. No. The best builds of those decks have over 60% WR and leave almost no room for anything else.

And the worst part? There’s still a whole month of this Twist format ahead of us. I’ll be honest – I think that some people might play it in the first week of July, but after that, I think it will be completely deserted. It’s just not fun in the current state no matter how you slice it. Even if you enjoy that style of “solitaire deck” (like me – yes, I’m a degenerate who enjoys them), the lack of diversity and balance will get you. If they want to salvage the format, we need some drastic changes and we need them fast. I don’t know what their approach to Twist balancing is going to look like, but my first move would be to just ban all of the broken Questlines. After that, we can figure out the rest, but those decks really need to go.

I really think that picking New Age as the first Twist format has done way more harm than good. Yes, it had some merits – throwing people in at the deep and starting with some crazy format might not be the best idea. I appreciate that they started with something more simple so it’s easier to explain before proceeding to more interesting formats. But it could have been something way different. Remember how fond people’s memories of Whispers of the Old Gods or Journey to Un’goro metas are? They could try replicating one of those at their heights, for example. That would be a perfect first format – fun to play and nostalgia bait. Of course, it’s too late for that. The sad part is that I feel like the damage is already done. I bet that many players won’t get back into Twist because their first impression was horrible. But that’s what we’re working with now, so the best they can do is try to salvage the current one with a quick balance update and then make sure the next Twist format is something way, way more fun.

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

Naga Mage – #1 Legend (CJKaka) – Festival of Legends (Audiopocalypse)

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XL Control Priest – #6 Legend (HKroms) – Festival of Legends (Audiopocalypse)

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XL Big Beast Hunter – #17 Legend (Glory) – Festival of Legends (Audiopocalypse)

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Totem Shaman – #24 Legend (StarfallMW) – Festival of Legends (Audiopocalypse)

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Outcast Demon Hunter – #49 Legend (den) – Festival of Legends (Audiopocalypse)

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Enrage Warrior – #53 Legend (Dswizzy) – Festival of Legends (Audiopocalypse)

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Unholy Aggro Death Knight – #153 Legend (Taki) – Festival of Legends (Audiopocalypse)

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Secret Concoction Rogue – #293 Legend (hisyamaru) – Festival of Legends (Audiopocalypse)

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Outcast Demon Hunter – #324 Legend (TonberryBleu) – Festival of Legends (Audiopocalypse)

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Hearthstone Wild Legend Decks of the Week

Stonekeep's Questline Druid – #1 Legend (LingMeng) – Wild S112

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Even Totem Shaman – #18 Legend (JogenThylacoleo) – Wild S111

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Beast Hunter – #20 Legend (深远栗川) – Wild S111

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Even Warlock – #199 Legend (Jafferdoodles) – Wild S111

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Aggro Shadow Priest – #5 Legend (Oddlaw) – Wild S112

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Hearthstone Twist Legend Decks of the Week

Questline Druid – #1 Legend (N0lan) – Twist (New Age)

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Questline Overload Shaman – #1 Legend (Corbett) – Twist (New Age)

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Questline Demon Hunter – #1 Legend (silpyt) – Twist (New Age)

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Control Priest – #1 Legend (Maxiebon1234) – Twist (New Age)

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Questline Demon Hunter – #1 Legend (nakama) – Twist (New Age)

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Haleh OTK Mage – #1 Legend (mlYanming) – Twist (New Age)

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Questline Druid – #1 Legend (Martian) – Twist (New Age)

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Questline Demon Hunter – #1 Legend (Hijo) – Twist (New Age)

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Questline Druid – #2 Legend (Lasagne) – Twist (New Age)

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Questline Demon Hunter – #4 Legend (Rui) – Twist (New Age)

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Questline Druid – #4 Legend (Memnarch) – Twist (New Age)

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Token Druid – #7 Legend (MachineMurlo) – Twist (New Age)

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Totem Shaman – #10 Legend (wiRer) – Twist (New Age)

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Control Warrior – #13 Legend (Monos) – Twist (New Age)

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Control Paladin – #13 Legend (RenoJackson) – Twist (New Age)

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Questline Druid – #18 Legend (ESheepCity) – Twist (New Age)

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Aggro Demon Hunter – #24 Legend (Hosny) – Twist (New Age)

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Fatigue Imp Warlock – #30 Legend (GeerXfb) – Twist (New Age)

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Miracle Priest – #51 Legend (FreHKByctBlz) – Twist (New Age)

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Face Hunter – #115 Legend (IanLeBruce) – Twist (New Age)

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Blackrock Warrior – #119 Legend (Rbl) – Twist (New Age)

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Pure Paladin – WuLing – Twist (New Age)

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Miracle Priest – Bunnyhoppor – Twist (New Age)

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Libram Paladin – FunkiMonki – Twist (New Age)

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Face Hunter – IanLeBruce – Twist (New Age)

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Questline Overload Shaman – Feno – Twist (New Age)

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Pure Paladin – Noodleswoop – Twist (New Age)

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Miracle Rogue – FunkiMonki – Twist (New Age)

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Questline Overload Shaman – wiRer – Twist (New Age)

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Shank Rogue – Chewie – Twist (New Age)

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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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