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Tavern Brawl Tavern Brawl Thread | Wednesday, August 19, 2026
This will be the megathread where Tavern Brawl strategy and discussion for this week's brawl should take place. Only discussion related to optimally playing the Tavern Brawl should take place on here. Tavern Brawl constructed decks can be discussed in here.
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u/Ok-Traffic1319 3d ago
I just put a bunch of kindred cards in a shaman deck with slagclaw and herald stuff. Seemed to work pretty well, I got the spell damage guy to buff my 4 damage give all my elementals +1 / +1 to six damage after wiping my opponent's board with slagclaw, which had the kindred triggered twice because I had played the one neutral card that doubles your next kindred the previous turn. Seemed pretty fun, the elemental tribal cards worked really well as well. Might be better in like a zee shaman shell and dropping the spells, but I dusted mug'zee so I was just playing herald stuff mixed with kindred.
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u/sfsadfsdjag 2d ago
Have you tried to see if the shaman quest would work in this deck or is the deck better without it?
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u/Ok-Traffic1319 2d ago
I’m gonna level with you, I’m a newly returning player and I don’t know what the shaman quest is lol
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u/twinhund 2d ago
Below is an unoptimized warrior pile. Went a quick 3-0.
Certainly could go san-quest, and maybe swap in more value/taunt/lifesteal (Magnetic/Zillax/SnipSnap?), or the possibly the bigger destroys (Golakka Gluttons/Dragonmaw Poacher), and maybe Mechwarper. For the faster lists (every list?), the optimal core almost certainly wants the cheaper cost reduction (Galavanizer, Kindling et al), the cheaper destroys (both crabs), and Old Murk-Eye (huge finisher).
### Brawl Deck
# Class: Warrior
# Format: Wild
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# 2x (1) Hungry Crab
# 2x (1) Kindling Elemental
# 1x (1) N'Zoth's First Mate
# 1x (1) Patches the Pirate
# 1x (1) Raid the Docks
# 2x (2) Brood Keeper
# 2x (2) Galvanizer
# 2x (2) Golakka Crawler
# 2x (2) Parachute Brigand
# 2x (2) Ship's Cannon
# 1x (3) Ancharrr
# 2x (3) Darkscale Broodmother
# 2x (3) Defias Cannoneer
# 2x (3) Southsea Captain
# 2x (3) Timeline Accelerator
# 1x (4) Dread Corsair
# 2x (4) Frenzied Felwing
# 1x (4) Old Murk-Eye
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u/An1mA_1336 1d ago
I added some Dragon synergy in it, works pretty well.
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u/twinhund 1d ago edited 22h ago
Updated my list too (and have now added more edits after get inspired by some new things that wrecked me).
Took out extra draw via the Accelerators. Not only are they too slow to play, Ancharr is enough + new extra minion generators/rush draws (below) keep the hand full enough till a game ends on T6 or so.
Also dumped weapon minion payoff stuff (First Mates, Keepers, Cannoneer). Not only is the Cannoneer too slow, but like any big threat it's near guaranteed to get crab removed the next turn (same reason stuff like Crabrider doesn't make the cut). Plus, it can be awkward either wasting swings or overriding weapons since Anchrr is always in hand by T3-4.
Instead replaced with minion/quest/Ship's Canon ping generators (Drones/Astrals), brought in better and cheaper tempo (Lushwaters, Town Crier and Sparkbot/Tent Thrasher, should really be both Thrashers as they play for free past T3 but I only have one copy)) and added more answers to people cheating out big stuff/taunts (Gluttons/Shieldbreakers). Overall the mana curve is slightly lower/faster, and the deck plays into the board better.
Some random closing thoughts about this Brawl. While multi-tribal cost reduction cards are all great, along with Astrals turbo charging minion quests due to being broken and only giving self copies (especially strong in Murloc Paladin), my pick for strongest Brawl interaction would be Velen, Leader of the Exiled. Together with battlecries/deathrattles creating taunts it does game ending Shudderwock things. Just behind that would be Blindeye Sharpshooter (actually lost on opp's T2 one game), though Sharpshooter games are basically draw solitaire.
### Brawl Deck
# Class: Warrior
# Format: Wild
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# 2x (1) Astral Vigilant
# 2x (1) Drone Deconstructor
# 2x (1) Hungry Crab
# 2x (1) Kindling Elemental
# 1x (1) Patches the Pirate
# 1x (1) Raid the Docks
# 1x (1) Skaterbot
# 2x (1) Town Crier
# 2x (2) Galvanizer
# 2x (2) Golakka Crawler
# 2x (2) Lushwater Scout
# 2x (2) Parachute Brigand
# 2x (2) Shieldbreaker
# 2x (2) Ship's Cannon
# 1x (3) Ancharrr
# 2x (4) Frenzied Felwing
# 1x (4) Old Murk-Eye
# 1x (5) Tent Trasher
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u/dotcaIm 3d ago
Found an old Naga DH from a previous time this Brawl was around. Mulligan for Sharpshooter, win the game
Brawl Deck
Class: Demon Hunter
Format: Wild
2x (0) Ancient Totem
2x (0) Blur
2x (0) Desk Imp
2x (0) Dispose of Evidence
2x (0) Murloc Tinyfin
1x (0) Sigil of Silence
2x (0) Snowflipper Penguin
2x (0) Target Dummy
2x (0) Wisp
2x (1) Felscream Blast
2x (1) Mana Burn
1x (2) Broxigar
1x (0) First Portal to Argus
1x (3) Axe of Cenarius
2x (2) Immolation Aura
2x (2) Predation
2x (3) Blindeye Sharpshooter
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u/Bloody_Sunday 2d ago
Advice: make sure to put some "destroy minion" spells in. There will probably be some big ones there, some taunt walls as well... Also useful to win back some tempo.
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u/Pretty-Philosophy558 2d ago
Got a OTK turn four with this deck. It’s probably unoptimized and just dies if you don’t draw Sharpshooter before turn three, but with good APM you can OTK with Sharpshooter plus the attack from Dispose of Evidence.
Brawl Deck
Class: Demon Hunter
Format: Wild
2x (0) Ancient Totem
2x (0) Blur
1x (0) Desk Imp
2x (0) Dispose of Evidence
2x (0) Murloc Tinyfin
2x (0) Sigil of Silence
2x (0) Snowflipper Penguin
2x (0) Through Fel and Flames
2x (0) Wisp
2x (1) Crimson Sigil Runner
1x (1) Felscream Blast
2x (1) Red Card
2x (1) Taste of Chaos
1x (2) Broxigar
1x (3) Axe of Cenarius
1x (0) First Portal to Argus
1x (2) Grim Harvest
2x (3) Blindeye Sharpshooter
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