The end of the season is near: only a handful of days are left, then the monthly reset will bring you all the way back to Bronze 10. Were you able to reach Diamond? Or did you hit Legend? Either way, we've got something you might be interesting in! Below, you'll find the 5 top performing decks in the current Standard meta.
While they're all pre-patch contenders, some of them underwent some changes in order to adapt to the nerfs, and here's how they look now. Enjoy!
Token Druid
Token Druid is a deck which excels at punishing unrefined lists: if you happen to not have an answer ready when you need it, then Gibberling and Arbor Up shenanigans are going to crush you with no mercy. Definitely a deck that increased in both popularity and winrate since the last balance patch.
Secret Libram Paladin
It's been a while since the last time we saw Libram Paladin at the top of the meta: not because it was bad, but just because Aggro and Secret Paladin were faster and slightly better, which gives an idea about how broken they were. The deck's game plan hasn't changed much, the only new element is the Secret package to strengthen the early game and thin out the deck in order to hit the good cards faster.
Secret Menagerie Paladin
First Day of School got nerfed, but Secret Paladin quickly adapted to that change and took advantage from the recent buff to N'Zoth, God of the Deep in order to adopt a slower, but more resilient game plan, which now involves beefy minions and late game bombs.
Miracle Rogue
Pretty much the winner of the recent balance changes: while it got weakened in Olgra, Mankrik's Wife, all its competitors received more significant hits, and therefore Valeera has a chance to pull ahead of everyone else - Uther permitting.
Rush Warrior
The nerf to Crabrider hit Rush Warrior too, but in this deck you want to drop the Murloc in the mid-game after a Conditioning (Rank 2) buff in order to gain the control of the board, so the fact that it lost permanent Windfury isn't that big of a deal after all. The deck is still good and is still at the top of the meta.
What are you playing on ladder right now? Are you still working on your climb or are you farming achievements? Let us know in the comments below!
Comments
Dumb question here. Why is Miracle Rogue called that way?
I always assumed Malygos' Rogue was Miracle because of the difficult in playing all those cards, reducing the cost and having all that face damage.
I thought it was because you get really close to losing but then pull off an amazing combo that shreds the opponent.
I am not totally sure about this, but I think that "Miracle" refers to those deck whose game plan involves generating a lot of cycle (Miracle Rogue) or resources (Miracle Priest) out of thin air and turn the game around.
Pretty much a miracle.
Makes sense! Thanks!
Yeah playing 0 cost cards that trigger carddraw so you can keep going. In the past, it could end with a 26/26 Edwin. Boom, a miracle!
The Miracle Rogue list is a thing a beauty when it takes off with Field Contact. Managed to get a full board by turn 3!
Love seeing Vanessa VanCleef get some love. Been playing around with her when I can. Feels real fun and can offer some surprise lethal situations. One of my favorite cards from Core21.
She has a surprising number of uses. One of the spicier intractions is yoinking a Alignment Druid's Overgrowth so that you can also ramp after they cast Celestial Alignment.
However the "poison" on her daggers still looks like paint or frosting to me.
Agree. I have been playing her in a secret rogue variant. It does very well too, climbed to Diamond 3 with a 80% winrate (about 20 games I think). So that's a nice alternative for Miracle.
I'm running a Deathrattle / Il'gynoth hybrid Demon Hunter that feels pretty strong. Might finally give Rush Warrior a go for a change though.
Paladin has officially evolved into a class that you can seemingly put any 30 mildly synergistic cards in and it works.
Yeah, a bit like Shaman in the past. 'You nerf my cards? I don't care, I have others..'
Yeah or Druid in the boomsday meta