New player: Which format do you play, most favor, and why?

[Zee-1630]

I have not played the Classic format, since it was re-introduced, because I imagine it being too “vanilla” and boring to me—having already played so much with Hearthstone’s oldest and largest card set.

No, Classic does get new cards, and I Imagine the same kind of decks that dominated in 2014, still perform best now: Combo Druid, Miracle Rogue, Zoolock, Handlock, Aggro Paladin, Face Hunter, Freeze Mage, and some midrange decks.

I would not recommend Classic for a new player, since it’s a large set (240 cards) to collect, and I would image the format gets boring pretty quickly without an influx of new cards to spice things up.

Standard is probably the most accessible constructed format (although a case could be made for Duels). New players, who do not want to spend much or no money at all, can work towards building the cheapest effective deck in the format, which is usually some kind of fast aggro deck—it’s currently Aggro Druid.

Wild is the Wild Wild West with the least balance and most broken shenanigans.

I personally do not spend much time playing constructed modes these days, since it contains so much:

@Zee-1116

1). Powercreep
2). Poor balance
3). Overdeveloped Archetypes that make decks feel mostly pre-made (before new cards are even released), which takes away the fun of exploring new card pools and the whole deck building process.
4) Abundant and powerful RNG effects
5) Too many decks lack an interactive feel to gameplay as they just go about setting up their win conditions or hoping to draw their broken cards or combos. Think freeze mage, etc…

And now:

6. Hand Attack

I mostly play Arena (but the current Meta is not much fun), and a blend of Tavern Brawls (if its a fun one for the week) and casual Battlegrounds (with only two heroes to choose from).