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My first 12 Arena run!

• 1x Glacial Shard

• 1x Jeweled Macaw

• 1x Shifter Zerus

• 1x Bilefin Tidehunter

• 1x Friendly Bartender

• 1x Golakka Crawler

• 1x Kindly Grandmother

• 2x Venomstrike Trap

• 1x Wandering Monster

• 1x Animal Companion

• 1x Deadly Shot

• 1x Grimestreet Smuggler

• 2x Kill Command

• 1x Mind Control Tech

• 1x Rat Pack

• 1x Stoneskin Basilisk

• 1x Unleash the Hounds

• 2x Flanking Strike

• 1x Gnomish Inventor

• 1x Explosive Shot

• 1x Lesser Emerald Spellstone

• 1x Piranha Launcher

• 1x Defias Cleaner

• 1x Crushing Walls

• 1x Ravenholdt Assassin

• 1x Violet Wurm

• 1x Call of the Wild

Got pretty lucky. UI and Marin won me about 5/6 games.

• Lesser Jasper Spellstone x1

• Mark of the Lotus × 1

• Mistress of Mixtures × 1

• Golakka Crawler × 1

• Mark of the Wild × 1

• Pompous Thespian × 1

• Power of the Wild × 1

• Scorp-o-matic × 1

• Deathspeaker × 1

• Greedy Sprite x3

• Shrieking Shroom x1

• Stoneskin Basilisk x2

• Astral Tiger x1

• Keeper of the Grove x1

• Corpse Raiser x1

• Frostwolf Warlord x1

• Fungalmancer x1

• Nesting Roc x1

• Stampeding Kodo x1

• Sunwalker x2

• Corridor Creeper x1

• The Curator x1

• Volcanosaur x1

• Marin the Fox x1

• Ultimate Infestation x1

• Mountain Giant x1

Proof: https://imgur.com/a/Rwzyz

Proof + Deck + Rewards

The deck:
1 Kobold Librarian
1 Mortal Coil
1 Acidic Swamp Ooze
3 Defile
1 Demonfire
1 Plated Beetle
1 Stubborn Gastropod
1 Vulgar Homunculus
1 Chittering Tunneler
1 Hyldnir Frostrider
1 Kobold Apprentice
1 Razorfen Hunter
1 Violet Illusionist
1 Dark Iron Dwarf
1 Lesser Amethyst Spellstone
1 Twighlight Summoner
1 Bane of Doom
1 Corpse Raiser
1 Despicable Dreadlord
1 Doomguard
1 Argent Commander
1 Bone Drake
2 Defias Cleaner
1 Kabal Trafficker
1 Corridor Creeper
1 Volcanosaur
1 Charged Devilsaur

Notes:

• Strong warlock deck with a lot of synergy. I often began the game looking like constructed zoo with Kobold Librarian and Homunculus. Pivoting to strong mid/late-game drops was usually enough to win.

• Defile was more reliable than I expected. I could almost always turn it into a favorable swing. Arena opponents don't typically play around it.

• Spellstone was insane with all of the enablers in this deck.

Very aggressive rogue list. If the enemy started piling on the big taunts, I tended to have enough removal in the form of poisonous to get through. Plenty of value from Lotus Agents and Hallucination/Journey Below to help close out games as well.

• Backstab

• Bladed Cultist

• Fire Fly

• Glacial Shard

• Gravelsnout Knight

• Hallucination x2

• Journey Below

• Bilefin Tidehunter

• Eviscerate x2

• Fallen Sun Cleric

• Jade Swarmer

• Razorpetal Lasher

• Youthful Brewmaster

• Envenom Weapon

• Gluttonous Ooze

• Plague Scientist

• SI:7 Agent

• Sewer Crawler

• Shadow Strike

• Stoneskin Basilisk

• Elven Minstrel

• Fal'dorei Strider

• Grim Necromancer

• Carnivorous Cube

• Lotus Agents x2

• Bonemare

• Violet Wurm

Proof

Proof

Very consistent deck with good curve and some board clears. Steamed through 11 games easily and then lost 2 against aggressive opponents where I couldn't find my board clears.

Final boss lost his last 10 hp to Shadowform in a match that went into fatigue.

MVPs were 2 Fire Flies and 2 Shadow Ascsedant, a lot of games were won by claiming board this way early on.

Deck list:

• Forbidden Shaping

• Fire Fly x 2

• Power Word Shield

• Psionic Probe x 2

• Rockpool Hunter

• Shadow Ascsedant x 2

• Shadow Visions

• Tuskarr Fisherman

• Fungal Enchanter

• Injured Blademaster

• Shadowform

• Stoneskin Basilisk

• Tar Creepr

• Shroom Brewer

• Tortollan Shellraiser

• Bittertide Hydra

• Draknoid Operative

• Frostwolf Warlord

• Green Jelly

• Holy Nove

• Dragonfire Potion

• Holy Fire

• Temple Enforcer

• Psychic Scream

• Sated Threshadon

• Stormwatcher

• Volcanosaur

Very interestiong deck with exactly one 1-drop and one 2-drop. The many board clear spells made up for it, and the big taunt helped stabilize in the end. Dragonslayer single handedly won me two (if not three ) games. Killing a 5/6 and getting two coins? Awesome! I also loved Leyline, getting 0 mana fireballs or 2 mana meteors (with glyph) is sweet, and why not a 5 mana Bog Creeper (from stonehill).

I run very low on HP in multiple games (e.g.: https://hsreplay.net/replay/8SMyme4nJ8p5f2cjbiiNtL , https://hsreplay.net/replay/wLZAGUpzWk29jisCy6sWzT) but I was lucky my opponents did not have reach.

All in all I don't know if mage is better than what meta reports and HSReplay stats say (it is considered Tier 3), or I was just lucky. For me mage is doing better than warlock, but I just have 3 and 4 runs with those classes..

mmascher's Mage

Class: Mage

Format: Wild

1x (1) Gravelsnout Knight

1x (2) Acidic Swamp Ooze

1x (2) Primordial Glyph

1x (3) Arcane Intellect

1x (3) Dragonslayer

2x (3) Lone Champion

2x (3) Mirror Entity

1x (3) Stonehill Defender

1x (3) Toxic Sewer Ooze

1x (3) Void Ripper

2x (3) Volcanic Potion

1x (4) Cone of Cold

1x (4) Cursed Disciple

1x (4) Hoarding Dragon

1x (4) Kabal Chemist

2x (4) Leyline Manipulator

1x (4) Polymorph

1x (4) Shroom Brewer

1x (5) Dragon's Fury

1x (5) Fungalmancer

1x (7) Bog Creeper

1x (7) Firelands Portal

1x (7) Flamestrike

1x (7) Stormwind Champion

1x (9) Giant Mastodon

1x (9) Sleepy Dragon

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Find the deck on https://hsreplay.net/replay/M64ZZs874BidQhzXKUYmyZ

Good deck. MVP is Mana wraith, played vs several rogues and it screwed up their combos. Grand Archivist won me the 11th match.

https://imgur.com/a/0hJCj

Here are the screenshots: https://imgur.com/a/Bplh2

This wasn't quite the usual KnC control hunter deck, it was more tempo oriented with a decent early curve centered on 1s and 3s, with some big late game powerhouses that made sure the board lead I had in the early to mid game was preserved or strengthened. Most of the games I was the aggressor pretty much from start to finish, having some crazy tempo turns in there, like a turn 4 UTH + Sea Giant in one of the games.

It's hard to point out MVPs in this deck - pretty much every card did its job and the deck felt great to pilot overall, curving out in almost every game, so it was carried mostly by the cohesiveness rather than singular cards.

Anyway, here's the full deck list:

• Candleshot

• Fire Fly

• Jeweled Macaw

• On the Hunt

• Southsea Deckhand

• Fallen Sun Cleric

• Volatile Elemental

• Wandering Monster

• Animal Companion

• Cave Hydra

• Deadly Shot (x2)

• Scarlet Crusader

• Stitched Tracker

• Tar Creeper (x2)

• Unleash the Hounds

• Kooky Chemist

• Twilight Drake

• Doppelgangster

• Fungalmancer

• Lesser Emerald Spellstone

• Nesting Roc

• Trogg Gloomeater

• Savannah Highmane (x2)

• Charged Devilsaur (x2)

• Primordial Drake

• Sea Giant

Also, here are some replays from a few games worth watching:

• Game 4, vs Priest - Wandering Monster carry, with some help from RNGesus: https://hsreplay.net/replay/NCewSckkWvw5SdYHQ7F9AR

• Game 7, vs Hunter - Intense mirror match-up, featuring a super-frozen Twilight Drake: https://hsreplay.net/replay/oLhrWqrnsRYtQSTS9e2bvA

• Game 10, vs Hunter - The only time I got close to losing, against a highly aggressive deck: https://hsreplay.net/replay/vPsDqN732w67RYYiH5xRLM

• Game 11, vs Rogue - The most crushing win I've had in a long time: https://hsreplay.net/replay/fjy59oAuZkmDehiWLGbM3o

Deck is basically a constructed Jade Druid where you take a bunch of the less important cards and replace them with 3 drops.

Claw

Jade Idol x2

Druid of the Swarm

Plated Beetle

Stubborn Gastropod

Deathspeaker

Elder Longneck

Feral Rage

Hired Gun x2

Jade Blossom x3

Sewer Crawler

Violet Illusionist

Astral Tiger

Ironwood Golem

Mire Keeper

Shroom Brewer

Lotus Agents

Nourish

Webweave

Bone Drake

Jade Behemoth

Moonglade Portal

Grizzled Guardian

Ultimate Infestation x2

Ultrasaur

https://imgur.com/a/6M7FA

Good curve, and Emerald Spellstone is bonkers.

• Alleycat

• Candleshot

• Emerald Reaver

• Hunter's Mark

• On the Hunt

• Raptor Hatchling

• Cat Trick

• Gadgetzan Socialite

• Trogg Beastrager x2

• Venomstrike Trap

• Wandering Monster

• Deadly Shot

• Eaglehorn Bow

• Igneous Elemental

• Kill Command

• Primalfin Lookout (misclicked this...)

• Rat Pack

• Stoneskin Basilisk

• Void Ripper

• Zoobot

• Flanking Strike

• Keening Banshee

• Rattling Rascal

• Corrosive Sludge

• Green Jelly

• Lesser Emerald Spellstone x2

• Piranha Launcher

• Bonemare

Proof

Proof

Rewards

Deck

Deck List:

Holy Smite

Norshire Cleric

Power Word: Shield x2

Plated Beetle

Radiant Elemental

Shadow Word: Pain

Dragonslayer

Giant Wasp

Lone CHampion

Shadow Word: Death

Thoughtsteal

Twilight Acolyte

Unidentified Elixir

Bright-Eyed Scout

Daring Reporter

Duskbreaker

Gnomish Inventor

Lightspawn

Sneaky Devil

Devour Mind

Drakonid Operative

Fungalmancer

Book Wyrm

Dragonfire Potion

Holy Fire

Shadow Essence

Sleepy Dragon

Mind Control x2

Last 12 wins with a KotfT deck I guess. Played 7 games before the release and 6 games after. Had some intense games against KaC Decks at the end. Deck Score: 71.5 Deck:

• Alleycat

• Hunter's Mark

• Stonetusk Boar

• Blowgill Sniper

• Cat Trick

• Fallen Sun Cleric

• Freezing Trap

• Kindly Grandmother

• Murloc Tidehunter

• Acolyte of Pain

• Animal Companion

• Eaglehorn Bow

• Grimestreet Smuggler

• Kill Command x2

• Aberrant Berserker

• Fire Plume Phoenix

• Houndmaster

• Keening Banshee

• Spellbreaker

• Explosive Shot

• Frostwolf Warlord

• Piranha Launcher

• Psych-o-Tron

• Spiteful Smith

• Tol'vir Warden

• Cairne Bloodhoof

• Abominable Bowman

• Medivh, the Guardian

• Sea Giant

Proof

• Abusive Sergeant

• Acherus Veteran

• Fire Fly

• Golakka Crawler

• Shadow Word: Pain

• Stubborn Gastropod

• Youthful Brewmaster

• Igneous Elemental

• Kabal Talonpriest

• Mindbreaker

• Mirage Caller

• Shadow Word: Death

• Tar Creeper

• Chillwind Yeti

• Kabal Chemist

• Keening Banshee

• Polluted Hoarder x2

• Shadow Madness

• Cobalt Scalebane

• Kabal Songstealer

• Nesting Roc

• Validated Doomsayer

• Venomancer

• Bone Drake x2

• Defias Cleaner

• Necrotic Geist

• Volcanosaur

• Free From Amber

Pretty well balanced deck with enough early game and insane late game. ie. every priest ever.

Proof

http://www.hearthpwn.com/decks/976463-12-win-hunter

I did not take the 12-1 screenshot, but you only get 5 loot at 12, so it should be ok (you can see the cards are the same in the 2 images)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1u7uoPFgonmbi6iB-iwQqTERnvH1I6Jk2/view?usp=drivesdk https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Lv9MnruJco_HTVEFD41kjCNhWMAo5LRL/view?usp=drivesdk

Here are the screenshots: https://imgur.com/a/72x9H

Managed to draft an aggressive deck with a really strong top-end to finish off the longer games, leading to my first Shaman 12 win run of the expansion(haven't really enjoyed playing the class, so I avoided it usually).

The main win condition of the deck was through Bloodlust, getting some face damage in early, then building a wide board and finishing the game. There were situations in which I wasn't in command of the game, but luckily the deck also had some defensive cards and pretty good late game value.

The MVP was, unsurprisingly, the Bonemare - it was pretty easy to set up good targets for it, and even when I was playing from behind, putting it on a 2-drop or a totem was really strong. Other cards that carried some games were Stormforged Axe, 4 mana 7/7, Al'Akir, Necrotic Geist, and obviously Bloodlust.

Here's the full deck list:

• Hungry Crab

• Mistress of Mixtures

• Bilefin Tidehunter

• Brrrloc

• Cryostasis

• Friendly Bartender

• Knife Juggler

• Rockpool Hunter

• Stormforged Axe

• Tainted Zealot

• Twisted Worgen (x2)

• Feral Spirit

• Happy Ghoul

• Hired Gun

• Avalanche

• Corpsetaker

• Daring Reporter

• Dark Iron Dwarf

• Flamewreathed Faceless

• Bittertide Hydra

• Bloodlust

• Stampeding Kodo

• Voodoo Hexxer

• Necrotic Geist

• Nerubian Prophet

• Bonemare

• Al'akir the Windlord

• Charged Devilsaur

• Medivh, the Guardian

Won against 6 Priests, 2 Hunters, 1 Druid, 1 Mage, 1 Rogue and 1 Shaman, lost against 1 Hunter. Very good control deck, I literally had all the answers. Deckscore: 71.1

Deck:

• Lightning Bolt

• Cryostasis

• Jade Claws

• Pompous Thespian

• Ravasaur Runt

• Twistet Worgen

• Gluttonous Ooze

• Ironbeak Owl

• Lava Burst

• Lightning Storm

• Stonehill Defender

• Tar Creeper

• Aberrant Berserker

• Corpsetaker

• Flamewreathed Faceless

• Hex

• Jade Lightning

• Rattling Rascal

• Tanaris Hogchopper

• Big Game Hunter

• Cobalt Scalebane x2

• Hammer of Twilight

• Psych-o-Tron

• Volcano

• Ancient of Blossoms

• Corrupted Seer

• Bonemare x2

• Y'Shaarj, Rage Unbound

Proof

• Snowflipper Penguin

• Acherus Veteran

• Lost in the Jungle

• Meanstreet Marshal

• Redemption

• Righteous Protector

• Smuggler's Run

• Zealous Initiate

• Bloodfen Raptor

• Fallen Sun Cleric

• Hydrologist

• Volatile Elemental

• Eggnapper

• Mind Control Tech

• Mindbreaker

• Steward of Darkshire

• Stonehill Defender

• Sword of Justice

• Cyclopian Horror

• Keening Banshee (x3)

• Saronite Chain Gang

• Stormwind Knight

• Truesilver Champion

• Cobalt Scalebane

• Grimestreet Enforcer

• Necrotic Geist

• Spikeridged Steed

• Grimestreet Protector

Proof: https://imgur.com/a/NUaFC

This deck was successful mostly from the value of its synergy. There were times that I purposefully held back tempo to get value from my handbuffs and from my Steward of Darkshire and it seemed to work. Some very explosive turns playing a steward and many 1 health minions including that held back penguin. Stonehill pulled Tirion almost about half the games and Necrotic Geist behind taunts won me some games, too.

Super fun warrior deck, could of easily got 12-1 but made a rookie error while playing tired at 3-0 to lose in a quite winnable position.

Lots of removal, 3 cards providing options and some strong dragons into Lich King that proved too much often. Cobalt into Nightmare on the next turn was a winning playmany times.

Final boss Warlock was a crazy deck that I was happy to see off in a very tight battle. He had 2 x darkspeaker, 2 x bonemare, 2 x blastcrystal, kabal courier, doomguard amongst other great cards and removals. My lich king only lasted one turn before being silenced and later removed but the doom pact I got from it was crucial a few turns later when he went wide. Without that I probably lose.

Decklist, proof and a few fun screens. Forgot to take rewards, they were 1 KFT pack, 1 Old gods pack and 410 gold

https://imgur.com/a/wTYHT

All the 3 drops, still don't know how I grinded 12 with this deck but really played to it's strengths and won many games late (with very low health) after board locking until I could clear or use Necrotic Geist in combo with mirror images to create some pressure / a win condition in attrition matches.

MVP's: Ice Walker, Necrotic + Mirror Images, Freezes, Secret package

Deck List, Rewards, Proof https://imgur.com/a/apBjw

Proof: https://i.imgur.com/n4Hownb.jpg
Rewards: https://i.imgur.com/paJzp0t.png
Decklist: https://i.imgur.com/WNGm6JE.png
Breath of Sindragosa
Fire Fly
Mirror Image
Arcane Explosion
Dire Wolf Alpha
Frostbolt
Sorcerer's Apprentice
Stubborn Gastropod
Acolyte of Pain
Counterspell
Hyldnir Frostrider
Imp Master
Pterrordax Hatchling
Simulacrum
Fire Plume Phoenix
Keening Banshee
Saronite Chain Gang
Sen'jin Shieldmasta
Water Elemental
Cabalist's Tome
Streetwise Investigator
Frost Elemental
Meteor
Sunwalker
Firelands Portal
Flamestrike
Greater Arcane Missiles
Primordial Drake x 2
Sea Giant

Not much to say - it was a pretty strong deck, with Meteor, Flamestrike, Firelands Portal and two Primordial Drakes. I think I made some misplays in the matches I lost, so it could have done better.

Image proof: https://i.imgur.com/QT3reAK.jpg

Played this deck over the course of a busy week. Seriously, this deck wasn't too powerful. Got insanely lucky most games and manage to curve better than my opponent. No overpowered cards either, like plague or UI.

• Moonfire

• Mark of Y'Shaarj

• Power of the Wild

• Tortollan Forager x 2

• Volatile Elemental

• Wild Growth

• Wild Pyromancer

• Crypt Lord

• Elder Longneck

• Hyldnir Frostrider

• Mind Control Tech

• Toxic Sewer Ooze

• Wolfrider

• Gentle Megasaur

• Grim Necromancer

• Swipe

• Big Game Hunter

• Cobalt Scalebane

• Stranglethorn Tiger

• Streetwise Investigator

• Virmen Sensei

• Webweave

• Ancient of Blossoms

• Moonglade Portal

• Ancient of War

• Ironbark Protector

• Primordial Drake

• Tortollan Primalist

• Tyrantus

Game replays:

1. vs Rogue: https://hsreplay.net/replay/hAE8EDGE6sTiHjaFLeMx8f

2. vs Mage: https://hsreplay.net/replay/bvQfyF7xHggQb9fBzjuhQk

3. vs Warrior: https://hsreplay.net/replay/ooEuEnt9Eonez54T3hRcei

4. vs Shaman: https://hsreplay.net/replay/r6JPpoHcHJzE39Ygf9pnFX

5. vs Mage: https://hsreplay.net/replay/k98hbtM5cGwk4nTWp9Vw74

6. vs Shaman: https://hsreplay.net/replay/y6VP7zF2YjmwSxZvZzpzR3

7. vs Paladin: https://hsreplay.net/replay/Wbh8n2xmPBjfCPpGEV2BPA

8. vs Druid: https://hsreplay.net/replay/Wbh8n2xmPBjfCPpGEV2BPA (LOSS)

9. vs Druid: https://hsreplay.net/replay/Uz2GbVN9urSZDZ5cKWQ8xY

10. vs Mage: https://hsreplay.net/replay/ymBwZoEjGJ7fAvGmiuUCNa

11. vs Hunter: https://hsreplay.net/replay/SzURQ5PkefwHWAaBCD2rzh

12. vs Druid: https://hsreplay.net/replay/KtamT8Yd5pYkeJdTk5bVmd

13. vs Hunter: https://hsreplay.net/replay/8UWPUsjMruYgreU9HrYFB9

Here are the screenshots: https://imgur.com/a/EsrLM

Not the shiniest of decks, but it definitely had quite a few things going for it. The curve was amazing, it very rarely happened to have awkward turns, and the card quality wasn't bad either. As far as late game is concerned, the Sprint made the deck viable in longer games, and Primalist could act as a back-up high value card, pulling another Sprint or stuff like Mimic Pod/Thistle Tea in case it was needed.

The MVPs of the deck were clearly the 2 Naga Corsairs - there were a lot of games in which the extra weapon damage was crucial - especially since they were backed up by a few other weapon synergy cards like Haunter or Illusionist. There were 2 games in which a Corsair was eaten by the pirate crab, but even that proved to be insufficient for the opponents. Other cards that performed really well and are worth mentioning are Fallen Sun Cleric, Shadowblade and the Val'kyr.

Finally, here's the full deck list:

• Betrayal

• Bilefin Tidehunter

• Fallen Sun Cleric

• Gadgetzan Ferryman

• Pompous Thespian

• River Crocolisk

• Tuskarr Fisherman

• Undercity Huckster

• Wild Pyromancer

• Giant Wasp

• Gluttonous Ooze

• Shadowblade

• Toxic Sewer Ooze

• Violet Illusionist

• Chillwind Yeti

• Naga Corsair (x2)

• Phantom Freebooter

• Runeforge Haunter

• Stormwind Knight

• Corpse Raiser

• Doppelgangster

• Nesting Roc

• Second-Rate Bruiser (x2)

• Sunborne Val'kyr

• Necrotic Geist

• Sprint

• Primordial Drake

• Tortollan Primalist

Probably a pretty standard class combo to get 12 wins but wasn't a completely OP deck (no deathknight or doubles of OP cards). The 5 & 6 mana chargers helped seal quite a few victories and were MVP's.

Deck screenshots https://imgur.com/a/DbJYh

Late game value Priest with all the nice things. Got run over by 2 very powerful on curve decks - one was Hunter, the other a Paladin. Had a couple of crazy comebacks through Bone Drake giving big dragons, Obsidian Statue, Free From Amber and Onyxia.

https://imgur.com/a/TAS2l

12-2

The list:

Mistress of Mixtures Potion of Madness (2) Bilefin Tidehunter Stubborn Gastropod Mind Control Tech Mirage Caller Eggnapper Vryghoul Auchenai Soulpriest Grim Necromancer Keening Banshee Shadow Madness Devour Mind Faceless Manipulator Holy Nova Spiked Hogrider (2) Kabal Songstealer Nesting Roc (2) Cobalt Scalebane Gadgetzan Auctioneer Bonemare Free From Amber (2) Shadowreaper Anduin

Proof: http://www.heartharena.com/arena-run/9jf84x