What Is The Best Card In Each Class?

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[@FlareHearthstone]

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[@smol578]

Zaza

[@sulfuricanaljuice3994]

Dabarooskys brother

[@Bolvar_]

Before even watching the video I can already guess with confidence that for Paladin it's gonna be Bolvar Fordragon

[@FlareHearthstone]

uh oh

[@lucjanl1262]

Which one

[@trinhhieu6270]

I think you were trying to avoid the big archetypal cards like Waygate, Seed, Shudder and Darkbishop Benny, but all those deserve at least honorable mentions for how influential they have been to deckbuilding. Ship's Chirurgeon IS indeed a crazy one-drop but I'd argue that Voidtouched Attendant is even more ridiculous with the amount of damage it can output for one mana. Raise Dead should also have been included as an honorable mention for just how much of a "good card" it is. Radiant Elemental is a very broken card in a vacuum sure, but the extent to which it has revolutionized or found prevalence in priest has not been nearly as much the other cards I've mentioned. Context is important, as pre-nerf Sorc Apprentice is by most conventions superior to Radiant Elemental (2/3 versus 3/2 for survival and an added elemental tag) but its placement in mage has made it one of the most problematic and game-breaking cards in hearthstone history. I agree with a majority of your picks though. Very fun video!

[@FlareHearthstone]

yeah I was avoiding archetypal cards since those are *one* deck but to be fair a LOT of them aren't the best cards in their deck, like Benedictus, shudder, the demon seed. They're good cards don't get me wrong but its what enables those cards that make them good. Also yeah VTA is broken as all fucking hell but chirurgeon (and totemic might) just break the game in a different way. The way you beat aggro is to kill their board, ok well now they have a hyper efficient way to prevent that which goes beyond the scope of like vta. Also radiant is so god damn broken dude literally every time priest gets new draw spells they have to preemptively nerf something, something gets banned, or we live in a miracle priest meta.

[@TW-fs3fj]

Kobold Librarian is the best card ever made, I vote that for best card of every class because every class wishes they had a Kobold Librarian

[@alonkob2127]

If you take into account cards that don't currently see play in wild, then Crimson Clergy is also a contender, since it's, well, banned. Although I don't know if it could compete with Chirurgeon and Radiant, it has be at least top 3, I think.

[@ShayminPlays]

What a mind-bending discovery as an OG Hearthstone player to watch this video, become convinced it's a joke/meme video when Totemic Might appears, and then look up the top Shaman decks in Wild.

[@ramanujoke]

« Reckless Apprentice » We love the Even brain

[@FlareHearthstone]

OK BUT TO BE FAIR IF THERE WAS A SIMILAR CARD IN OTHER CLASSES THEY'D ALL BE BROKE NRIGHT? ITS SO INSANE IN HERO POWER MAGE

[@user-nh6qi2zu1b]

​​@@FlareHearthstoneimagine if warlock get this card and lose 14 health for 7 card draw

[@Random-person-on-the-internet]

For certain cards that absolutely break their archetypes, I think Toy Boat has to be mentioned. It just allows you to keep a full hand in an aggro deck while still building immense tempo, so you can go for round 2 if your board gets cleared. You should have probably also mentioned Zeph being played in decks that draw extremely quickly like Miracle Rogue and QL DH.

[@theskeletonshowwithcaptain930]

I've never played a game where either of us dropped a gnome muncher and I felt like "That card had a reasonable amount of impact for its cost." it has overperformed constantly, no idea how it hasn't gotten nerfed yet.

[@w5ildhero]

Gnome muncher would have been heavily nerfed if it was printed just a few years ago, it's an incredibly versatile tool that has only become more ubiquitous now that its effectively arbitrary blood rune restriction was removed, and the reason I think it hasn't been changed is because it's a swingy card that doesn't explicitly read "deal X damage to opponent plus all other benefits (which are good enough to be competitive in modern hearthstone)", incredibly well designed card tbh

[@theskeletonshowwithcaptain930]

@@w5ildhero I think you might be misinterpreting me, because I also think it's a super swingy card. I was saying that in matchups it can actually be played, it'll destroy them. I wouldn't call it well designed tho, it's just keyword soup, but to each their own.

[@Glacielhaze]

gnome muncher isn’t just an amazing swing card, even in a winning situation it’s such a strong “win more” card with effective charge. bonkers, nutty, crazy, etc.

[@fish.1483]

honestly i think sleetskater is better than reckless apprentice because of how hungry apprentice is for wildfires/dawngrasp (due to aggro having fat boards with chirurgeon/might/zilli/crusader aura) whereas skater is kinda just perma uber busted

[@FlareHearthstone]

actually yeah I just completely forgot about that card, still new and even newer to wild cause people ignored it but its so god damn broken

[@omologo95]

Can we just take a moment to appreciate that Rogue has 4 tier 1 decks that play fairly differently? It's kinda Wild.

[@w5ildhero]

I think Kobold Librarian is just clearly the best card on this list and if it was neutral it would be almost as iconic as Pot of Greed in terms of slotability, it's already appealing to Warlock as a class in efficiency and effect (hero power effect for 1 on a body), since it's basically like playing your hero power it also follows all supporting synergies warlock will get due to that hero power (self damage, drawing cards/hand size), has decent stats alongside an upside but not enough to where it'd be overbearing and considered for a nerf, it's a battlecry so there's the occasional synergy with Brann and the like, it's a minion which means you can get it back with raise dead after you've traded it favorably vs other turn 1 plays (and notably typeless in case that matters for res pools, ala Guldan DK and the new support), and aside from being exactly 0 mana it's the perfect cost to play alongside your other plays, especially in the early turns where mana efficiency is extra relevant. All in all I can't thing of any other card with that many upsides that really compete without being blatantly overpowered (at one point or currently). TL;DR it's the best hero power in the game on a 1 mana 2/1 stick in the class that also shares synergies with the best hero power in the game in all of its effects (meaning many printed themes to work with), very well designed card

[@ExSpectre]

My initial thought for neutral was gonna be Loatheb but I can definitely agree with Zephrys and Patches. However, on thinking about it more, I haven’t seen Loatheb much since returning to HS (took an 18ish month break, came back shortly before the most recent set came out).

[@FlareHearthstone]

yeah loatheb has fallen off significantly. 5 mana is a lot, speaker stomper is just a better card since its -1 mana

[@cowabungaitis9319]

I actually despise Razoracale, not because my opponents play it against me bit because there have been several occasions where i lost because i accidentally created one on the board and messed up my hand, the card actually despises me. Also I'd arge Reska pit boss or Death's acolyte might deserve a spot on Dk's hall of fame just because of how insane they can be, not all the tome though so i get why they might not be in this video.

[@FlareHearthstone]

acolyte card is broken for sure in wild but the decks you play it in are utterly worthless

[@propanesquid5234]

Imo sea finley should be tied with razorscale considering its insanely broad utility even surpassing the likes of alastor, tuck the giants in, deep draw for miracle piece, cheeses to keep cards like with passage + gear shift, trying to fetch for interrupts when you 100% know the matchup like an ETC or main-deck razorscale, the card has just been very good across alot of decks for a while (also great video as always! Your uploads help keep me up to date with hearthstone as it's a game I find harder to play a lot of after every change they roll out, I already miss duels and the campaigns just don't feel the same when it's against AI 🤕)

[@matheus21212]

hero power mage list when? literally my favorite mage archetype since inseption

[@LWVogt]

I agree with your picks for the most part (Had to be convinced about Totem Health but as someone who doesn’t even play that much wild I can see it). But the Timmy in me is sad that it isn’t big fancy showy legendary cards 😢

[@GaussianEntity]

I mean if you want one, the Shaman titan is another contender. That one sees play in both Even Shaman and Big Shaman, and would probably see play in non-Shudder decks due to how flexible and synergistic it is.

[@user-cm9ez7wu3b]

Hey Flare! I’m a relatively new player, playing since murder narathia, and have taken frequent breaks but really wants to get back into competitive. I really want to play wild, where do you recommend I start, what do I buy first, is it too late for me to start? Thanks so much

[@FlareHearthstone]

Rogue class broken, relatively cheap few legendaries and a handful of epics, basically pick your poison of the 4 broken rogue decks

[@TheSorrowfulAngel]

Mining Casualties is probably contender for best 2 drop in the game, imo. Well, best tempo 2-drop. Being in DK, it also has great synergies with all kinds of DK - most importantly, the corpses. 4 corpses is actually a big deal. Gnome Muncher is interesting. Well, it certainly isnt an aggro card most of the time(though, may see some play at the topend as it both pushes damage and beats aggro)... But the card does so much. It is fast, kills a guy and heals you 5, then can be difficult to get through without giving you more healing. So far so good, but Gnome Muncher does so much more past that. If it stays on board, that thing alone threatens 10 dmg per turn, which is really scary - and kind of just a bonus to the card. I personally like handbuff DKs and Gnome Muncher is expectedly exceptional in it. Aside from oftentimes just walling aggro, a buff gnome muncher threatens 20+dmg if left on board. The thing that makes Sigil of Time really interesting is that it is.. almost better than "just" draw 3. Getting +3 cards at the start of your turn leaves you with all your mana up to do some big combos and the like. Cards that care about cards drawn on this turn also get so much better with that. Dreadscale is a bit of a weird pick, cause it only is really good due to a combo. Still a great card standalone, tbh. Reckless Apprentice also seems a little off to me. It's a bit too specific... although, it'd be good even in decks without HP synergy, but not amazing. But in HP mage? No questions asked. You shouldve just picked Solid Alibi instead lol. Ice Block is so good that bad ice block is the second best card xD Ice Fishing feels too dependent on flurgl+tox. The combo of those 3 cards may be the best "card", but individually, I dont think any of them are up there.

[@simonzakeyh6515]

hey man, do you know of any decent control priest/warrior decks that are competitive in wild currently?

[@FlareHearthstone]

there are none

[@kujojotarostandoceanman2641]

Raza combo priest have some similar vibe as playing control you might wanna look into that

[@simonzakeyh6515]

@@FlareHearthstone i guess control is kinda dead in wild anyway

[@pow3r553]

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[@qwerty11111122]

13:41 since they printed Mistake, ive also put amalgam of the deep and patches in many of my tribal aggro decks just cause--murloc shaman, beast druid, elemental mage/shaman. At least with the last couple it cant make them worse lol

[@xLuki]

What about defile for warlock? One of the best removal cards in the game ever printed imo

[@KraylebStudios]

Wouldn't these be called "Auto-Include" cards not Best cards?

[@prezes3799]

I play Chirugeon in renethal reno shadow priest, becouse 1 mana 1/2 that plays patches is quite good. Also, for consistency I put treasure distributor, 1 mana play that makes me 2/2 and 2/1 is also quite good.

[@seraph5765]

Kai-rur-gen Chirurgeon 'Kai' sounds like Cobra 'Kai'

[@ryanbarry34]

Would any class not run Kobald Librarian if it could. I remember thinking how absolutely busted it was on first reveal

[@FlareHearthstone]

oh no it would go in literally every single class to have a 1 mana 2/1 with a "downside" (actually an upside because of healing and damage synergy cards) draw a card

[@1KingMajin]

Can you go over the best Netural minion each Hearthstone year? (Year of the Pegasus, Year of the Phoneix, Year of the Dragon, etc)

[@FlareHearthstone]

Patches Patches Patches Patches Patches Patches Patches Patches Patches Patches

[@lucascanetelara4625]

I think you nailed it with most classes, but I disagree with Shaman. For starters, Devolve is easily the best card in the class. It's either has been or is still used on every Shaman deck. I'd like to nominate Lightning Bloom for second best, since it's still extremely good even after the nerf, but I think a more apropiate contestant would be Jam Session. Ice Fishing is good, but ever since Flurgle went to 4 you're no longer running that combo, so while the card still tutors good minions (Spinley, Cactus Cutter, Mutanus, etc) is not as good anymore. It's also a card exclusive to Shudderwock, since Murloc Shaman has better card generation. And while Totemic Might is easily one of the best cards in Even Shaman, it's hard to call it one of the best cards in the class when Even Shaman has been one of the worst performing archetypes for a while.

[@GaussianEntity]

I'd put Devolve and Frostbite. Frostbite can easily steal games if the Honorable Kill procs. It also has seen play in Even Shaman. Aside from that, there isn't really anything that is autoinclude. Maybe Ancestral Knowledge now that it's reasonably costed, but that's it.

[@lucascanetelara4625]

@@GaussianEntity Frostbite is a very interesting proposal. It doesn't see much play right now, but when it was released it was used on several decks (particularly Even Shaman). It has since fallen off a bit, but occasionally reappears as a tech option for certain metas (like roguestone). I like it. AK is a really mid card. The only reason it sees play is because it's a straightforward draw card in a class that generally lacks just that.

[@pow3r553]

Devolve is not played in all 30 reno lists anymore i think its fallen off tbh, new lightning storm feels better to me, and golganeth

[@lucascanetelara4625]

@@pow3r553 I still see 30 card Reno lists with Devolve, and even if the card wasn't run on Shudderwock (which I'd find weird) it's still used in Big Shaman and it's being tested for Frog Shaman. Also, Reverberations is extremely mediocre after the nerfs, but I do agree Golganeth is one of the best cards in the class, I didn't think of him

[@aiporia1284]

While I think he is in the most contested class Guff is absolutely insane and I think is maybe worth an honourable mention alongside the other ridiculous autoincludes in Druid decks. The others do have the advantage of not disrupting hero power Druid though…

[@FlareHearthstone]

guff doesn't go into a lot of druid decks yeah, but you ALWAYS run those other two except in like miracle druid which was shot behind the wendy's parking lot

[@kujojotarostandoceanman2641]

The titan card could be no.3 for priest, it got run everywhere every control deck runs it and evem some aggro decks, removing 2 minion out of the game is just strong, copy minion and refill is also not bad, tho it's less effective in wild more appearant in standard since everyone is just putting big sigular card in deck and the titan card just steal it

[@Poorly_Cropped_Out_Cthun]

Imo swap resistance with rebuke its 2 cost loatheb and is even better in an aggro context. And I feel you could have added awakening tremors

[@FlareHearthstone]

Nah tremors card is dog shit in wild especially after the nerf, the next closest hunter card is buzzard which also sucks because beast hunter is unplayable garbage and has been for over a year

[@Poorly_Cropped_Out_Cthun]

@FlareHearthstone I mean u are sacrificing turn 1 for 1 cost 3/1s so I could see why

[@f1shdude]

"Dreadscale is the cheapest bored wipe" um what about hellfire, defile, Plague of Flames, table flip

[@FlareHearthstone]

well none of those cards actually destroy minions except plague of flames, which requires 7 full minions on board to do what dreadscale bloom does for... 1, which also requires mana

[@turkiii1128]

How is glide not even mentioned for dh? Anyways i feel like most if not all of the picks have been picked based on current meta/countering current meta instead of overall power level and impact which is the way i wouldve approached this topic.

[@FlareHearthstone]

I mean, most of these cards are both? Warlock is easily both, rogue, hunter, warrior, priest, like I said DK and DH both have fewer cards but mana burn / mining casualties are easily both. Glide also just isn't that necessary of a card in QLDH's lifespan yeah it was useful in certain scenarios and metas but its just that a tech option

[@patrickkwon3351]

Mage is gonna b ice block I'm calling it

[@thembosupremepizza1827]

i think palm reading is a strong contender

[@GaussianEntity]

That was several formats ago. We're past the point where the best Priest decks are slow lol

[@luke8973]

Ngl sigil of time is not that insane, it is delayed draw that is only an upside in questline decks hence I would argue the questline should be on your list instead

[@Vecuka]

Shouldn't Reska or Helya be for DK? I mean they have requirements but are so toxic to play against

[@FlareHearthstone]

nah 1000% its casualties and muncher, casualties is not debatable in the slightest and muncher does so much for the class its unreal. Reska is pretty much unplayable garbage and even though helya shuts down like zephrys it doesn't work on new cards anymore which is so useless

[@hypersummoner9504]

Is Astalor not good in wild since he rotated?

[@FlareHearthstone]

its about currently but yeah he's really only played in 1-2 decks and they're not good righ tnow

[@Dude-up2kb]

resistance aura is ass. it counters miracle rogue and that’s it, in every other matchup it’s dead. if you play it on curve you’re at best gonna have 1 minion on board so slowing them down isn’t even meaningful since u arent getting good damahe in

[@banterbosse8042]

W VIDEO

[@sirensong3159]

open the waygate is probably overall better than reckless apprentice. it has certainly seen more play

[@FlareHearthstone]

well its a nerfed card so

[@GaussianEntity]

Waygate is a build-around. This is about cards that always or almost always go into decks. I would've put First Flame or Ray of Frost instead of Reckless but that's just me.

[@thembosupremepizza1827]

plague strike is probably the strongest DK card currently, extremely proactive and fantastic tempo, but you dont seem like a huge dk player

[@FlareHearthstone]

All I know is every dk player says gnome muncher is broken as shit and the only dk deck I play is even dk where mining casualties is like win or lose simulator

[@olmollmk6681]

1:03 isn't "DK" for death knight while "DH" for demon hunter?

[@FlareHearthstone]

I had a stroke

[@olmollmk6681]

@@FlareHearthstone well SORRY i am not a native english speaker... but i write that comment because this "Mana burn should be in every DK (death knight if im not mistaken) no matter what"

[@FlareHearthstone]

yeah I know you're right I was just making a joke cause I misstyped

[@olmollmk6681]

@@FlareHearthstone ahh okay apology i thought you are talking about my comment because my grammar suck...

[@ExtraDip613]

5:30 Entitled Customer is based around just that and the card is not the best. Sure, its fine but not even close being the best warlock card

[@FlareHearthstone]

that card costs 2 full mana more than apprentice + control warlock is unfuckingplayable

[@Bladius_]

I legit think totemic might is 2 mana too cheap, the single best "stick a board" card in the entire game. Hell, it's one of the best cards in the game, honestly. When no-one was playing totems it managed to sneak under the radar, but now totems are real it needs to be nerfed.

[@hylianpikachu37]

"If you made a card that does something to all enemies for what the class is built around that would be strong" Kid named Unleash the Hounds:

[@ryanbarry34]

As someone who played Hearthstone on release, i cant believe Totemic Might would be one of the most powerful shamon cards this far on

[@FlareHearthstone]

you gotta realize that totemic might fundamentally breaks the aggro vs removal interaction. Whats the best way to deal with aggro? Just kill their board right? Ok now what if every minion had 2 more health just cause, not like you spent any mana on doing so. Ok now imagine 4 more health? You start to understand why its a broken card

[@ryanbarry34]

@@FlareHearthstone oh i 100% agree with all of that don't get me wrong. It was laughed at as a complete meme card back in the day, which to be fair was lack of good totems.

[@monstermasterv2]

A cheaper board removal could potentially be plague of flames and wicked shipment

[@FlareHearthstone]

trading costs 1 mana :nerd:

[@monstermasterv2]

@@FlareHearthstone Isn't that just better because you can cycle?

[@FlareHearthstone]

warlock has like the 3rd most draw cards in the entire game I don't think you care in the slightest about cycling

[@monstermasterv2]

Cycling is sometimes better than straight up drawing cards

[@joaopc94]

​@@monstermasterv2Not in wild, not at the moment. All rogue decks are hitting you with game ending boards on turn 2~4, you need imediate response and, sadly, removal NEVER gets cheaper, so cycling is just too slow. You either Mulligan it, draw it or lose 😢...

[@pierrecourtois5167]

I'm not a wild player, but I'm surprised Shadowstep isn't in the list. Seems like 90% of Rogue identity is "playing Shadowstep"

[@FlareHearthstone]

you play shadow step in like one deck

[@Levi_the_Med]

in wild, there are 4 competitive rouge decks, and only one plays shadowstep

[@GaussianEntity]

When you can draw infinity cards, the last thing you want to do is spend mana on bouncing cards.

[@kaloyanivanov885]

Obviously you never played hanar in secret rogue. Also shadowstep, breakdance. So many good cards. Gear shift shouldnt really be there. Prep too. I mean gear shift shouldnt be there, sorry.

[@FlareHearthstone]

none of those cards are as ubiquitous as shift and passage in the slightest

[@kaloyanivanov885]

@@FlareHearthstone Gear shift just isn't that good. It's a 1 mana draw 1 with a condition. Not to mention some other cards in the list. Gnome muncher isn't even good. The titan is like 10 times better. And the mage hero power guy isn't even good. It's only really good in 1 specific deck. Objection, counterspell are both better. Like half of the cards you said weren't the best, they weren't even that good. I mean shudderwock wasn't even mentioned and that card was a shaman staple from day 1. Sorry man but that video is an L. I quickly glanced over priest too. No 1 mana guy that draws a card when healed too. That card was so good it was banned, i believe.

[@FlareHearthstone]

Its not 1 mana draw 1, its 1 mana put your useless giants back into your deck draw 3, its 1 mana draw 3 off of your passage to keep the cards, its 1 mana draw 3 when you have an empty hand. Its ubiquitous in all rogue decks for a reason while the other "1 mana draw 1s" aren't. Also shudderwock is objectively a bottom card in shudderwock shaman, you aren't playing the card. Build around cards are almost never the best card in their decks. Also clergy AGAIN was not the best card in the deck it was in, it was radiant. Yeah I also said reckless apprentice wasn't the best but my reasoning was it was the primary reason hero power mage even is playable, which is probably the best mage deck right now, even including that its not objection or counter spell it would be sleet skater which is an absurdly powerful card.