Tavern Brawl – Wacky Waxy Winter’s Veil

This week’s Tavern Brawl is “Wacky Waxy Winter’s Veil”!

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Official Description for Wacky Waxy Winter’s Veil

Greatfather Kobold got a little carried away with the presents. He’s wrapped up the strongest creatures and heroes in Azeroth! Free them!

Wacky Waxy Winter’s Veil Chalkboard

General Information

  • You get a Standard card pack for winning your first game this week.
  • It’s the fifth time we see this Brawl. Last time we’ve seen it on December 21, 2022.
  • This is a PvP Brawl.
  • Brawl’s format is Wild.
  • It’s a Constructed Brawl – you need to pick a Hero and build your own deck.
  • Each player starts with four 0/4 Large Waxy Gifts on their board. When you destroy your opponent’s Gifts, you will receive a random Legendary minion that costs 3 less mana.
  • On Turn 7, four more Gifts drop on each side of the board. If there isn’t enough space for all of them, they simply fill the remaining slots (or nothing drops if the board is full).
  • Since you start with a few durable minions, anything that buffs them is a good idea. You want to make them harder for your opponent to get rid of (you don’t have to worry about Silence because if they Silence it’s still overall a win for you). There are also a few ways to just reap the rewards immediately by destroying your opponent’s gifts – e.g. Crazed Alchemist.
  • Because your opponent wants to destroy your gifts, you can always try Silencing or Transforming (e.g. Evolving) them to prevent the enemy from getting discounted Legendaries.

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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26 Comments

  1. Tailsfromvienna
    December 21, 2023 at 5:09 PM

    some thoughts after playing evolve shaman with about 75% win rate:
    (the deck is fun, but you lose against control decks (priest, warrrior) and druid with global buffs is too fast for you)

    shaman:
    T1 evolve is by far your best play.
    mulligan hard for it

    priest:
    topsy turvy, inner fire, bless, cathedral of atonement, serenity

    paladin:
    showdown – prismatic beam, deputization aura

    druid:
    global buffs from token druid.
    probably the best deck in this tavern brawl

    general:
    scorp-o-matic, crazed alchemist, pelican diver, recombobulator, sea giant

  2. Ablattel
    December 29, 2021 at 3:26 PM

    Putting this here so I don’t have to come up with a deck idea next year. Dream is evolve on turn 1 and then either Thrall or Evolve again on turn 7. I’m sure there are a plethora of improvements that could be made.

    ### Brawl Deck
    # Class: Shaman
    # Format: Wild
    #
    # 2x (0) Lightning Bloom
    # 2x (1) Evolve
    # 2x (1) Lightning Bolt
    # 2x (1) Novice Zapper
    # 2x (1) Primordial Studies
    # 1x (2) Bloodmage Thalnos
    # 2x (2) Crazed Alchemist
    # 2x (2) Diligent Notetaker
    # 2x (2) Sleetbreaker
    # 2x (3) Bogstrok Clacker
    # 1x (3) Primal Dungeoneer
    # 2x (3) Serpentshrine Portal
    # 2x (3) Void Ripper
    # 2x (4) Kooky Chemist
    # 1x (4) Master of Evolution
    # 2x (4) Multicaster
    # 1x (5) Thrall, Deathseer
    #
    AAEBAZyrBATgsALrzwLj7gOXoAQN+qoC4boC/eoC27gD4bgD4cwDzc4D8NQD6ucDqIEElZIE+Z8EnaAEAA==
    #
    # To use this deck, copy it to your clipboard and create a new deck in Hearthstone

    • Tailsfromvienna
      December 22, 2022 at 2:21 PM

      i had no void rippers, so i used mutate from rise of the shadows instead

      also lightning bloom lost a lot of its appeal after the nerf

  3. GameDJJD
    December 24, 2020 at 12:44 AM

    When you destroy one of them ON YOUR TURN, you will receive a random Legendary minion that costs 3 less mana.
    ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME???
    Why the fuck do you write a guide if it’s WRONG!
    The opponent gets the Legendary if the Gift on your turn.

    • Stonekeep - Site Admin
      December 24, 2020 at 4:36 AM

      That’s how it worked in the last week’s Brawl, I didn’t have time to test this one and I assumed that it works the same. Sorry, I already fixed it, but there’s no reason to get so worked up over something so irrelevant.

      • Porror
        December 31, 2021 at 4:31 AM

        Please don’t let these weird people darken your mood. They are the exeception. Most people like me enjoy the work you put in this site but don’t post that enough. Merry everything & happy NY.

  4. Giovinap
    December 23, 2020 at 12:27 PM

    I just do not clear the opponent’s board they play 3 weak minions while clearing my side and with any sort of agro deck i have enough to just attack face while they have a 4 legendary minions in their hand they cannot play…Good times 😀

  5. Rickert von F
    December 23, 2020 at 11:30 AM

    This is really the perfect time to put out a brawl that’s ideal for evolve shaman.

  6. fcchan
    December 22, 2017 at 1:03 AM

    I was lucky my opponent concede in first round. I read the guide here and come up with deck of druid buffs. He is a mage and within first round I cast Mark of Lotus and he conceded.

    Had he played on, Power of Wild is waiting in round 2. With RNG help Savage Roar in round 3 he is in deep trouble.

    Not playing again I just want to 3 reward packs.

  7. Virilio
    December 21, 2017 at 7:02 PM

    When you play mostly for the memes and play that juicy 0 mana MillHouse but your opponent is burn mage
    :(.

  8. TorQMada
    December 21, 2017 at 5:26 AM

    This is just going to be yet another Tavern Brawl where 97% of the people run basically the same deck. This time it will be decks that eliminate the “presents” in some way to try to make the opponent instantly concede. So there will be no gameplay strategy, just a race to who gets the silence or evolve card first. If it were up to me, there would be no brawls where you build your own deck. Make people have to think and adapt based on what they get instead of just copying whatever decks are proving to be the strongest.

    • 2asandab
      December 23, 2020 at 2:27 PM

      I would prefer this too. Just this last week, i would guess most were playing a warlock with similar cards by the end.

  9. Kalo
    December 20, 2017 at 5:52 PM

    Sea giant is also pretty good

  10. ThinMan
    December 20, 2017 at 11:10 AM

    RNG for the win! 3 turns. PW:ShieldX2 on one of the gifts on turn 2, Divine Spirit and Inner Fire on turn 3. Opponent conceded one nanosecond later.

  11. SenseiCY
    December 20, 2017 at 10:54 AM

    just use evolve, easy turn 1 concede lol

  12. ProTechShun
    December 20, 2017 at 10:25 AM

    ### Brawl Deck
    # Class: Priest
    # Format: Wild
    #
    # 2x (0) Circle of Healing
    # 2x (0) Silence
    # 2x (1) Inner Fire
    # 2x (1) Northshire Cleric
    # 2x (1) Potion of Madness
    # 2x (1) Power Word: Shield
    # 2x (2) Divine Spirit
    # 2x (2) Purify
    # 2x (2) Radiant Elemental
    # 2x (2) Shadow Ascendant
    # 2x (2) Shadow Visions
    # 2x (2) Shadow Word: Pain
    # 2x (3) Acolyte of Pain
    # 2x (3) Coldlight Oracle
    # 2x (3) Kabal Talonpriest
    #
    AAEBAZ/HAgAP+ALlBPgHpQnRCtIK1wryDPsMrLQCtbsC8LsC0cEC2MECzswCAA==
    #
    # To use this deck, copy it to your clipboard and create a new deck in Hearthstone