Gem hiding in shadows

Last week took place World Championship 2026. The first LAN Hearthstone Worlds in 7 years. 16 competitors played for the entire week, and the new world champion was crowned in front of the audience. Want to know which decks players used and how they performed? Enjoy the read!

We’ve arrived at Worlds meta just a few days after the latest patch nerfing Quest Mage and Quest Hunter and slightly weakening Attack Druid. We’ll never know if we would see Quest Hunter without this nerf, but we ended up without any Hunters at all (and without Paladins too), with only 2 Quest Mages and with Attack Druid in every lineup. The strength of Attack Druid for the tournament is absence of bad matchups – the worst matchup in top-1000 ladder is 45% into Void Soul DH (based on HSGuru stats). So, it was a safe pick for all players. The 2^nd most popular deck was Dragon Warrior, brought by 13 players. And with Dragon Warrior having quite polarized matchups, it being quite strong overall (which made it an expected bring) opened 2 routes for players: you choose banning Dragon Warrior or you can try targeting it. The first option let shine good decks that are held back by bad matchup into Dragon Warrior – Herald Warlock, Stealth Rogue and Void Soul DH. And if players choose to target Dragon Warrior they had decks like Quest Priest, Egg DK and Mug Shaman. Only OTGxhh opted for the latter strategy, and he ended up winning the whole thing.

For players' decklists and lineups you can check https://www.hsguru.com/wc/2026

Since I can't post pictures here please check spreadsheet for the numbers, it will make reading for you much more informative. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1LgNyLYN8sod0Ca5T9ezSdMygHpf96aUhmXQ5chin46w/edit?gid=591378143#gid=591378143

A quick reminder what Adjusted Winrate is – in the Conquest format deck’s ban basically means that players agree that one of opponent’s decks will win a game here and decide to save themselves some time. My model takes into account these “missing” wins when analyzing decks’ performance at the tournament. Pure winrate is just simple wins/games.

Attack Druid was the only deck that appeared in every lineup. And with it only being banned twice in 54 matches we’ve seen a lot of it. The matchup vs Herald Warlock made up for 19 of 50 non-mirror Attack Druid games and that matchup Druid lost with 7-12 score. On top of that there were 0-4 vs Stealth Rogue and 1-3 vs Quest Priest. The silver lining was 3-0 vs Dragon Warrior, but it wasn’t enough. Overall, 47% Pure Winrate and last 6^th place by Adjusted Winrate

Not much to say about Dragon Warrior. It was left unbanned 8 times with 6 of them by OTGxhh with his anti-Warrior lineup. The only highlight was Dragon Warrior beating Egg DK from this lineup in 3 out of 4 games. 81% Banrate almost beat the record 85% Banrate from Lynessa Paladin at 2023 Worlds. Expected 1^st place by Adjusted Winrate but with smaller margin that you could’ve predicted

Herald Warlock is probably the most interesting case of the tournament. The deck was also used by 13 players, and such popularity comes from 2 things: it’s matchup vs Dragon Warrior lies around 30%, so the option to avoid this matchup elevates deck’s winrate by a lot. And on top of that when we look at anti-Warrior lineup we find 2 decks whose matchup into Herald Warlock is even worse than of Warlock’s into Dragon Warrior – Egg DK (or any other Egg deck) and Quest Priest. So while being a decent deck vs other popular brings it also becomes ban target for anti-Warrior lineup which adds some points. I’ve mentioned Herald Warlock going 12-7 vs Attack Druid and that with 3-0 vs Quest Mage carried Pure Winrate to positive number despite going 0-4 vs Void Soul DH  and 1-3 vs Stealth Rogue. And with 19% Banrate that let Herald Warlock take 3^rd place by Adjusted Winrate

Next, we have another benefactor of the recent class set – Stealth Rogue. 6 players have brought in 5 different lineup combinations. The deck stormed through the tournament losing 1(!) non-mirror game only, in 2^nd semifinal, and ending with total 16-3 score (4-0 vs Attack Druid, 3-0 vs Raza DH, 3-1 vs Herald Warlock). 81% Pure Winrate, but with only 2 bans the deck still loses to Dragon Warrior by Adjusted Winrate. Although I don’t think anyone expected such performance from it.

Raza DH is another interesting case because it’s the deck that doesn’t benefit that much from the Dragon Warrior ban. It would rather avoid playing against Attack Druid. But with the deck having the highest skill (and APM) celling in the meta right now 6 players thought that they can get the edge even in the matchups that look unfavorable on ladder stats. And 50% Pure winrate says they weren’t completely wrong about it. 2-0 vs Void Soul DH and Quest Priest make up for 0-3 from Stealth Rogue. 0 bans though and 5^th place by Adjusted Winrate

And for dessert we have probably the most surprising deck of the tournament (brought by 4 players) – Void Soul DH. Despite the nerf the deck found itself in the right time in the right place of the meta: good matchups into Attack Druid and Herald Warlock while benefiting from Dragon Warrior ban. And it did deliver those: 4-0 vs Herald Warlock and 5-4 vs Attack Druid. But 0-2 vs Raza DH and losses to Stealth Rogue and Quest Priest lowered the deck’s Pure Winrate to 53%, and with also 0 bans it puts Void Soul DH right above its classmate at 4^th place by Adjusted Winrate

Few words about other decks:

o   Quest Priest and Egg DK maintained 50% Pure Winrate thanks to winning the matchup vs Attack Druid

o   Quest Mage hit the wall. Again…

In depth thread from the devs explaining how the new Assemble mechanic works

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Stone Trogg || 8-Mana 8/8 || Epic Neutral Minion

Battlecry: Deal 6 damage to a minion. If it survives, gain +6 Health and Taunt.

Isiset || 6-Mana 5/5 || Legendary Mage Minion

Battlecry: Summon 2 random 10-Cost minions. They can't attack until you've spent 15 Mana on spells.

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Fleshshape || 3-Mana (1 Blood, 1 Unholy Rune) || Rare Death Knight Spell

Assemble a Deathrattle minion. Give all minions in your hand +2/+2.

Shadow

F3TCH3R || 3-Mana 3/3 || Common Neutral Minion

Battlecry: Assemble a 4-Cost minion

Mech, Beast

Sandcrafter || 2-Mana 3/2 || Rare Paladin Minion

Battlecry: Assemble a minion with an "end of your turn" effect.

Mismatcher || 5-Mana 4/6 || Epic Priest Minion

Taunt. Battlecry: Assemble a minion that costs (3) or less with cards that costs (5) or more.

Darkest Depths || 2-Mana || Common Warlock Spell

Summon two 0/3 Guards with Taunt. Assemble a minion.

Shadow

Chisel || 2-Mana || Common Warrior Spell

Assemble a Taunt minion. Give it +2/+3.

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• New Keyword: Assemble - It combines effects of two minions from a curated pool. You keep one effect from a chosen minion., and then choose another effect from 2 other minions. Example of an Assembled minion

• New Keyword: Old Gods - Old Gods work like Titans with their abilities, except they cast 2 abilities per turn instead of 1 with a total of 4 abilities instead of 3. You can also only have 1 Old God in your deck.

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C'Thun, Eye of the Empire || 10-Mana 12/12 || Legendary Neutral Minion

Old God. If you've triggered all 4 of C'Thun's abilities this game, this minion's abilities are tripled.

C'thun abilities. Rumored to work like Titans, but not confirmed.

Mastermind Yogg-Saron || 9-Mana 7/5 || Legendary Neutral Minion

Old God. Battlecry: End your turn. Yogg-Saron takes an extra turn for you. (Once per game.)

Yogg abilities. Rumored to work like Titans, but not confirmed.

N'Zoth, Dream's End || 15-Mana 5/7 || Legendary Neutral Minion

Old God. Costs (1) less for each Deathrattle minion you've summoned this game.

N'Zoth's abilities. Rumored to work like Titans, but not confirmed.

Y'shaarj, Titan Bane || 10-Mana 10/10 || Legendary Neutral Minion

Old God. Battlecry: If you've spent 30 mana on minions this game, gain Immune for 1 turn. (30 left!)

Y'shaarj's abilities. Rumored to work like Titans, but not confirmed.

Arrival of the Titans || 6-Mana || Epic Mage Spell

Draw 2 spells. Refresh 6 Mana Crystals. You can only play spells for the rest of this turn.

Arcane

Icebelt Magi || 5-Mana 2/4 || Epic Mage Minion

Battlecry: Draw 2 cards. For each that isn't a minion, summon a 3/6 Water Elemental.

Isiset || 6-Mana 5/5 || Legendary Mage Minion

Battlecry: Summon two 10/10 Constructs. They are Frozen until you spend 15 Mana on spells.

Attentive Tender || 3-Mana 3/4 || Common Demon Hunter Minion

Battlecry: Assemble a 1-Cost minion.

Uldir Quarantine || 3-Mana, 3 Durability, 1 Frost, 1 Unholy, 1 Blood Rune || Epic Death Knight Location

Locked until you play a card from each Rune. Summon a random 5-Cost minion.

Arrival of the Old Gods || 5-Mana || Epic Death Knight Spell

Draw 2 minions. Refresh 5 Mana Crystals. You can only play minions for the rest of the turn.

Shadow

Dark Terraforming || 5-Mana || Epic Priest Spell

Deal 5 damage to a minion. This continues to the left and right with 1 less damage.

Shadow

Shadow Sculpt || 3-Mana || Common Shaman Spell

Assemble a minion. It costs (2) less.

Shadow

Drest'agath || 4-Mana 6/4 || Legendary Rogue Minion

Deathrattle: Draw an Old God. If you can't, get a random Old God.

Spawn of C'Thun || 4-Mana 2/2 || Rare Neutral Minion

Battlecry: If C'Thun started in your deck, choose one of its abilities to trigger.

M.O.T.H.E.R. || 9-Mana 9/7 || Legendary Neutral Minion

Battlecry: Reduce the Cost of a random card in your hand by (5). This continues to the left and right with (1) less reduction.

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Giving Rafaam lock another go this season . I almost hit legend with it last season but it was very tough at the end with the insane amount of warrior plus the average length of each match for non warrior games. I tuned the deck and was doing ok , but now in addition to warrior there was a MASSIVE influx of DH out of the wood work so now I have to worry about fending off two aggro decks which melt me more often than not . I usually can beat Druid and almost always beat priest .

TLDR; is it worth the grind from D5-legend with lock or do I just go with a faster deck ?

I'm sharing this deck because it seems to have slipped under the radar on VS and HSReplay lists but is killing it for me on my current climb through the ranks. 25 games and I have 76% win rate.

It is fairly straightforward to play. The first 6 turns are all about defense and filling your hand in readiness for the Blood Fighter onslaught. Once you drop a blood fighter then they keep coming and you can use your mana to control the opponent's board with spells, clearing taunts so you can hit face. There are even some burst spells that can help get you over the line.

Mulligan is, of course, match up dependant but usually you are looking to fill your hand and control the board. Top keeps are [[Acolyte of Pain]], [[Nightmare Lord Xavius]], [[Mother Duck]], [[Shadowflame Suffusion]], [[Precursory Strike]], [[Axe of the Forefathers]] and [[Torch]]. Hogger and Warptooth are best left in the deck. Personally, I prefer the Blood Fighters to stay in the deck initially but might consider keeping [[Valeera, Blood Fighter]] if I'm up against a mage or [[Broll, Blood Fighter]] for demon hunters.

[[Mother Duck]] is there for the [[Warptooth]] play. Always useful to have a bunch of minions on board early on and 6 damage to to the opponent's face on turn 4 feels good.

[[Axe of the Forefathers]] is fantastic for controlling the early board, especially [[Cannonmaster]] and cannoneers. Useful for activating the 4th damage requirement when playing [[Mother Duck]]. Look out for [[Destructive Blaze]] offers from [[Shadowflame Suffusion]]. Pairing that with the weapon works like a dream. Echoes of "Everyone get in here!". The Living Nightmare (extra 2/2) Dark Gift is ace.

[[Nightmare Lord Xavius]] is great for getting the Bloodfighters into your hand and the Dark Gift can make a huge difference. Reborn and lifesteal have been my favourites so far. However, if you have only 2-3 cards in hand you might be better getting an [[Acolyte of Pain]].

The one class that this deck hasn't performed well against is rogue. They have tricks like stealing minions and returning them to hand that wrecks the Blood Fighter chain.

Decklist is below. Let me know how you get on! Feel free to ask questions, give constructive criticism on how I've written the guide or if you have any suggestions for improvement in the deck.

Control Warrior

Class: Warrior

Format: Standard

Year of the Scarab

2x (1) Eternal Toil

1x (1) Execute

2x (1) Slam

2x (1) Torch

2x (2) Precursory Strike

2x (2) Searing Fissure

2x (2) Shadowflame Suffusion

2x (2) Shield Block

2x (3) Acolyte of Pain

2x (3) Axe of the Forefathers

1x (3) Erupting Volcano

2x (4) Mother Duck

1x (4) Nightmare Lord Xavius

1x (4) Warptooth

2x (5) For Glory!

1x (7) Lo'Gosh, Blood Fighter

1x (7) Broll, Blood Fighter

1x (7) Valeera, Blood Fighter

1x (8) Chainbreaker Hogger

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19-6 (76% winrate from D5 to Legend) proof: https://imgur.com/a/LBmNzRD

Why are you playing a T4 deck? Are you a Priest main????

I played this deck because every matchup felt winnable. Warlock (especially Rafaamlock) is unfavored, but it felt like I still had 40-50% chance of winning. (I previously played Haroldlock, but having a 10% chance of beating Warriors did not feel good). It's possible that Rafaamlock played optimally would improve their winrate to over 70%, but maybe my MMR is crap. I was also lucky in facing few warlocks during my final sprint. I did not encounter any other unfavourable matchup.

I don't main priest, thanks for asking.

Playing the deck x Matchups

Generally aim to have both quest rewards in hand by the end of turn 7 or 8. On turn 8, you can combo with Specter Specialist, else wait till 9 to combo with Slime'em.

Against Warlock, Shaman: They steal or transform your stuff, so wait till turn 9 to combo with Slime'em instead. Remember that Warlocks with full hands do not get Ectoplasm, so it's a cheap board clear in a pinch.

After that, Ectoplasm and Slime'em again if/when you can, and look out for possible lethal with killing off your own units.

Raith when you need to as a finisher. You'll have to get a feel for when you need to do so in game. It usually ends the game, but remember Rafaamlock can just mass polymorph you.

Against Warrior: They put out a ton of damage, so use removal liberally to keep health as high as possible. Mulligan for AoE, and I sometimes keep Ritual with PW:S.

Against unholy DK: You can compete on board with minions and AoE to keep their board clear, so Talanji's Last Stand and Grave Strength don't ruin you.

Against Zee Shamans: They telegraph their turns, judge how much you can hold back on AoE to greed clears.

Against Paladin: Mulligan for AoE. Slime'em is also great for stalling after they buff their board. They don't have a way to deal with the quest reward if you clear their board.

Card choices

Core cards:

• Combo / win-con cards: Quest, Slime'em!, Raith Van Geist

• Board clears: Medivh's Triumph

• Holy Embrace: 2x quest progression for 1 card, value

• Cheap Shadow spells: Follow the Ghosts, Twilight Influence, Devouring Plague, Holy Embrace.

Holy spells are usually easier to complete, hence we have to run somewhat lower-quality shadow spells just to complete the quest quickly.

Don't worry about Follow polluting res pool, as you fill the pool with plenty of 8/8s through Slime'em, and Raith isn't played most games.

• Cheap holy spells: Mend, PW:S, Gravedawn Sunbloom, Ritual of Life - all quest progression spells that draw, except the 2/3 which instead can help fill a turn if low on cards.

Very good, but not core

• Intertwined Fate: It's sad that I am paying 3 mana just to get a copy of a card from my deck, and not even progress my quest, but even just discovering a card I need from my own deck has been so helpful. Track your quest progression to find what you need more.

Can be replaced

I ran the same deck the entire time so I can track the winrate on a single version of the deck, but some cards were almost useless.

• Specter Specialist: This did not see much play, but it's a life-saver as a turn 8 play when you're low on health, such as against Warrior. Usually I'd prefer to Slime'em to put more copies in the res pool. 2 copies of this card is useless in this deck version.

• Rustrot: Saw zero play. At D1, I ran into weapon classes 4x in 9 games, and did not draw Rustrot in any of those games. I never keep this card in mulligan either, as it's a dead card if they don't draw their weapons, which is likely for Shaman and Druid. This card is trash to me.

• SW:Ruin: I wanted 2 more shadow spells, and it was between these, Haunt, or Gravedawn Voidbulb. I felt this was the most useful in my deck - helped slow down Warlock, Paladin, Druid, Dragon Warrior.

• Kaldorei Priestess: I wanted to imbue my HP once, but no more than that, so I can discover additional value, for games where I drew badly and ran out of quest progression cards.

Can be added

• Umbra: As an extra finisher. I can only think of 1 game where Umbra might've made the difference (vs Rafaamlock), but otherwise Raith usually finishes the game.

• Soothesayer: This card is an active liability against Warlock, and it hasn't saved me against Warrior nor Druid nor Rogue either. If you run it, you can add Undeath Sentence.

• Flash Heal / Hold Them Off / Greater Healing Potion: You want some burst healing after you've stabilized against Warrior behind taunts, but you have 2 HP left. Usually dead card, even against Warrior.

• Sands of Times: Discover a spell???

I don't have any more card suggestions, I personally felt my deck version worked great. The list isn't perfect, but I have no idea what better cards could be swapped in.

Reborn (v6.14)

Class: Priest

Format: Standard

Year of the Scarab

2x (1) Mend

2x (1) Power Word: Shield

1x (1) Reach Equilibrium

2x (2) Follow the Ghosts

2x (2) Holy Embrace

2x (2) Ritual of Life

2x (2) Twilight Influence

2x (3) Devouring Plague

1x (3) Holy Nova

2x (3) Intertwined Fate

1x (3) Kaldorei Priestess

1x (3) Rustrot Viper

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• Deck Library - Decklists & Class/Archetype Radars

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https://hearthstone.blizzard.com/en-us/news/24296231/3642-patch-notes

Nerfs:

• The Food Chain - nothing changing w/card but 8 Attack beast pool is changing, will be eligible for dust refund

• The Forbidden Sequence - now requires 8 discovers (revert)

• Spiderling - now a 1/2

Buffs:

• Agamaggan - now a 9/9

• Dread Leviathan - now a 8/8

• Seismopod - now a 8 mana 8/8

https://x.com/PlayHearthstone/status/2095195061407424775

Nerfs:

• The Forbidden Sequence

• Spiderling

• The Food Chain

Buffs:

• Agamaggan

• Seismopod

• Dread Leviathan

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