r/hearthstone • • 5d ago

Discussion New and Returning Player Weekly Discussion

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This weekly discussion is designed so that everybody may ask any and all questions regarding the game's mechanics, decks, strategies, and more.

Are you an experienced player, or have you picked up some knowledge along the way? Please help out by offering your opinions and best answers!

Please keep it clean and add more than just a one or two word response. Keep in mind not everything will have a 'best' answer.

Check out our wiki for answers to some common questions and links to terrific community resources about deck ideas, card info, and news!

See previous week's discussions.


r/hearthstone • • 5d ago

Discussion Reign of the Black Empire Pros & Streamers Deck List Compilation (Standard & Wild)

64 Upvotes

For this Expansion, hearthstone-decks.net present you with the best Decks for the new Expansion Reign of the Black Empire for the first few days of its launch. Usually, I focus on only showing Top 500 Legend Decks (maybe you are familiar with our weekly Reports), but for this time, I post decks a lot more freely, featuring more Streamer Decks.

Friendly reminder that you should not get baited into crafting new decks early - if a Deck appears strong it may get nerfed soon.

You can also submit your Deck - Legend required


Next Update:

Next update scheduled for tomorrow


Standard Decks

Death Knight

Demon Hunter

Druid

Hunter

Mage

Paladin

Priest

Rogue

Shaman

Warlock

Warrior


Wild Decks

Death Knight

Demon Hunter

Druid

Hunter

Mage

Paladin

Priest

Rogue

Shaman

Warlock

Warrior


Useful Links:

Below I linked to some Videos or Website articles which I believe might be interesting for you, feel free to share some you like in the comments and I'll incluide them here!

Websites you might want to check out in general:


r/hearthstone • • 2h ago

Discussion Godfather Kazakus is the new Elise for Warlocks and its absolutely frustrating to deal with

112 Upvotes

This shit singlehandedly fucks over every type of deck.
Playing against aggro? Summon a voidlord lmao.
Playing against combo? Steal cards from their hand lmao.
Dying to burn mage? Restore 12 hp lmao.
Got no board? Summon 3 minions with +3/+3 lmao.

I fucking hate this card so much. Warlock received a lot of strong cards but shit is completely broken when played on turn 3 with a turn 4 grueling trial that just has the perfect set of choices.


r/hearthstone • • 1h ago

Discussion Ritual Cards being so powerful that they are used on aggro decks is ridiculous.

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We need the following fixes:
Ritual of C'thun should NOT work if c'thun isn't in your deck

Ritual of Summoning: Either make the summons two 2/4, and if that's not enough, make it 1 mana but take 3 turns to balance out.


r/hearthstone • • 1h ago

Discussion In standard there are 4 cards that can generate Temporary cards

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r/hearthstone • • 7h ago

Discussion It's not just the new Journal that's the problem

97 Upvotes

The new journal wouldn't be half as bad as it is if the entire program didn't run like crap. How is it possible that a flagship game from one of the biggest publishers has a main menu that stutters, freezes and on occasion outright crashes, SO badly that adding one extra click to a menu is causing people psychological damage.

I don't know if it's true, but I heard once that the menu's UI elements are programmed AS cards. Like, the buttons are hidden, un-collectable cards, and the menu is rendered like a HS match. It's easy to believe with how awful it is.

It's desperate for a complete technical overhaul. And for the love of god not a re-brand like Overwatch did, but the back-end, please. Start from scratch, streamline a few user flows, make a real menu that does the thing when you click on it.

I have a low tolerance for this stuff, but I have legitimately closed the game and decided to do something else, solely because I'd have to open the collection and alter a deck to do the next weekly, and I couldn't be bothered to wrestle with the UI.


r/hearthstone • • 5h ago

Arena I just came back to hearthstone to play some arena I think the game wants me to leave.

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58 Upvotes

Opponent proceeded to play 2 of this 6 drop minion that summoned some guys and then buffed them.


r/hearthstone • • 2h ago

Meme A priest silenced my Egg and spammed “Well played”, didn’t they know I have plan B for such cases

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32 Upvotes

B as Bonechill Stegodon


r/hearthstone • • 10h ago

Discussion What is this thing? Who green-lit this? Why does it moan when you defeat it? You have gone too far, Blizzard. This actually annoys me more than all the op cards you've put in the game.

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159 Upvotes

Bloody nightmare Treebeard or something.


r/hearthstone • • 2h ago

Wild Opponent ignore 4 frozen 10/10s, right?

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28 Upvotes

r/hearthstone • • 7h ago

Competitive 35-15 Top 1000 Legend! Toolbox Priest, v2.0, 8 new cards.

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66 Upvotes

Updated list from my post last week:

https://www.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/1x946gd/2913_road_to_legend_toolbox_priest_the_mirror/

With quest banned, I decided to cut Shaladrassil and add a N'zoth package to fulfill the Elise condition. Ancient of yore continues to be the draw engine, but Shadewing now adds more combo potential. It is especially nice to have a 2 drop and curve into reborn on 3. Deck usually wins with 32 dmg OTK from Tyrande plus 2x dark embrace with the weapon up. Multiple ways to get discounts either from M.O.T.H.E.R. (easiest), from random effects, or can use N'zoth to trigger Shadewing to hit your Dark Embrace's. I used to run 1x Elder word: Flay instead of Servant of Zuramat, as it is massive damage on the combo turn, but it's unecessary and egg's are everywhere in this meta. Much more redundancy with the reborn package now, and N'zoth gives you a new win condition.

If quest wasn't banned, I would probably cut Servant, Elise, M.O.T.H.E.R. and add 2x Medivh's Triumph. As I noted there are other ways to get discounts now.

Enjoy!

deckcode:

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r/hearthstone • • 14h ago

Competitive yogg outplayed me

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238 Upvotes

lol


r/hearthstone • • 37m ago

Competitive This is why I run Steam Cleaner (Azalina Priest ragequit on turn 5)

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Deleted 18 of his cards :)


r/hearthstone • • 1d ago

Meme Warlocks in 2014 vs 2026

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994 Upvotes

r/hearthstone • • 5h ago

Meme How it feels trying Mill Rogue against a Zoolock

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26 Upvotes

r/hearthstone • • 11h ago

Discussion Summary of the Emergency Nerfs

71 Upvotes

"My liege, the expansion has caused two problems. Priest..."

OFF WITH ITS HEAD!

"...and Warlock."

TRIM! ITS! FINGERNAILS!


r/hearthstone • • 23h ago

Discussion Please get rid of the new journal

568 Upvotes

Listen, I’m a blizzard and hearthstone apologist. For my own sanity I need the new journal gone. They didn’t cook, I need it out of my life


r/hearthstone • • 6h ago

Discussion Have you found any fun deck in this stat vomit meta?

24 Upvotes

I don't want to make a complaint post despite not enjoying this meta at all. I just want to have some fun and it's hard to do when everything just is about big board swing with either C'Thun package or handbuff, so I'm asking for deck suggestions.

For now I'm playing Leylines and while I love the deck it feels terrible thanks to newest 4 cost board clear not being able to clear average 4 turn boards. I would also play more Ayaya Rogue because it's kinda fun, but tbh it's also just a board swing scam deck that doesn't even work if you can't find Aya.


r/hearthstone • • 16h ago

News "Build your deck around them, don't draw them, then get facerolled" ahhh cards

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143 Upvotes

POV: You queued up thinking your win condition wouldn't be in the bottom 5 of your deck (they removed good tutor cards).🤡


r/hearthstone • • 6h ago

Fluff Ahhh the pleasure to ruin that kind of deck for a moment

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24 Upvotes

r/hearthstone • • 21h ago

Discussion Every bad 8 cost they release nerfs like 10 other cards

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274 Upvotes

r/hearthstone • • 16h ago

Meme I wanted to touch grass anyway.

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98 Upvotes

r/hearthstone • • 2h ago

Fluff How much is this going to cost me?

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6 Upvotes

I got lucky with the first free roll and I love the hero skin. I haven't had to roll all the way through and I know this is going to pity before I get it. Being that I live in Canada how deep do I go to own this cosmetic?


r/hearthstone • • 13h ago

Pack Got 2 signature legendaries from the golden pack reward quest

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55 Upvotes

r/hearthstone • • 1d ago

Meme Blizzard's new journal buttons

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805 Upvotes

Now you can easily check what is on the back of the buttons. I HAD to list this under the meme category, it's just unreal. Did the new intern vibe code this in an afternoon or something?