
Combine Wild Pyromancer with cheap spells against aggro decks.Maybe we can find a way to refine the deck six and a half years down the line, but don't count on it.ĪAEDAZ/HAgavlgS5lwS3oQSTogSYogTWogQMy5UEzZUE0JUEgJcEt5cE+qAEgKEEqaIEl6MEq6MEraMExKMEAA= It's one of the slowest decks in the format, and therefore stands a good chance in Control mirrors but really struggles against everything else.

There's a reason why "I Hero Power your face and emote on turn two" endures as a meme, and Amaz (opens in new tab) was one of very few pros who managed to be competitive with the class. Priest's odd mishmash of cards didn't enable a strong enough tempo-based approach and its crippling lack of a proper AoE removal spell made it difficult to rely on its inherently slow approach.

Priest was not in good shape during the Classic days, as evidenced by not one, but two reworks of its evergreen set during the intervening years. (Image credit: Blizzard) Priest: Control, then Control some more
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Before getting stuck in, it's also worth mentioning that Blizzard is rewarding everyone with a golden Classic pack to celebrate the 20.0 patch (opens in new tab). It remains to be seen whether there are any 'unicorn' archetypes we missed out on the first time around, but the top tier decks from the past serve as a good starting point. Remember, this was a time when deck trackers and third-party statistics just didn't exist, so we weren't quite as quick to crack the meta. The most exciting part of this new mode is that we may even discover brand new decks. What are the best Hearthstone Classic decks to try?

To get an edge on the competition, we've dug out the strongest decks and strategies of that era. It also offers us the opportunity to do better than we did on the ladder back when we were the kind of noobs who thought that Summoning Portal had potential. If you weren't around in Hearthstone's early days, or just preferred the tempo-based play style of vanilla-like yours truly-Classic Mode is a real treat.
