You’ll have to let me know how Hogger works out, I hadn’t actually considered him. Thrall seems like he can help create some impressive swing turns though.

It doesn’t quite have as many good match up as it used to, but I could see it coming back into vogue if the meta shifts back in favor of aggressive, minion-based decks. I’d take a “wait and see” approach as the Wild meta is still settling after the expansion.

Savage Roar can rotate out of this deck for Ultimate Infestation. Eventually, this budget deck is looking to become something closer to this:

http://www.hearthstonetopdecks.com/decks/midrange-druid-deck-list-guide-standard/

And Taunt is cheat.

Congrats on the success! I did pretty well with it myself when testing.

Yeah, I thought the same thing. Personally, I’m happy to see an old archetype find its way back into the meta.

I was considering subbing Stitched Tracker for Wolfrider, but Tracker performed surprisingly well so Wolfrider never quite made the cut.

Glad to hear it’s still effective! Loatheb and Counterspell is a bit redundant. That said, CS is so good I’d run 3 if it were allowed. Loatheb is the closest I can get to doing so.

Glad to hear the guide helped! The deck does take some time to learn. Early on, my win rate was pretty poor and I burned some cards more times than I’d like to admit.

Great work! Sounds like you’re doing well with the deck. I agree, it’s a very challenging and rewarding deck to play. It was definitely some of the most fun I’ve had researching a guide for this site!

I think Bolvar might be good in this deck, but I haven’t seen him included nor have I tested it myself. While I haven’t tested Uther yet, other people have been reporting success with him in this list so you might give it a try.

Yeah, Chillblade Champion was a card I slept on early on, but he seems really good in this deck. Charge and Lifesteal both scale well with handbuffs and he can help get Corpsetakers full activated if you have them as well.

Kibler has been having a lot of success with the Prince Keleseth version of this deck and building things around him may be worthwhile in a non-budget version.

This deck does quite well against any deck that allows it to set up. Usually it has a poor match up against aggro, but does well against control decks or Jade Druid. (If Jade Druid is running Eater of Secrets, they’ll be punished for doing so in other match ups.)

Perfect hands help, but the deck draws so many cards, you can often assemble tools you need quickly even with bad hands.

I’m not a fan of Acolyte in these lists either. It’s a little too slow for my liking and, as you mentioned, can be a bit of a liability at times.

“Consistently” may have been an bit of an overstatement, but it is definitely possible. My list started as the typical quest version. Eventually completing the quest became too slow. Instead, I just ran more card draw and 2x Simulacrums to expedite the combo. Having combo pieces reduced over a few turns means you can go in on the combo a lot earlier.

Sea Giants fit well in this deck. You can try 2 and pull one out if you can’t get them in play consistently. I’d sub out Sanguine Reveler for them.

EZ Exodia EZ Mage. Got the combo assembled and pulled off by turn 6/7 pretty consistently.

Great point/reminder. This is the reason both Harrison Jones and The Black Knight were left out of the Best to Craft list. Both are great cards when the meta suits them but, like you said, fall in and out of favor quite often. It’s easy to get caught up in the way things are at present, but when you’re spending 1600 dust on a card, you want to get long term value out of your craft.

Hey! Congrats! Glad to hear the deck is still effective. I haven’t played it myself since before the expansion. Seems like it would have some good matchups against Jade Druid and Renolock even with the new cards.