That is all I see right now non stop, I very rarely see anything other than these two decks, sooooo not fun
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Plague DK will go away once people stop trying to force Brann warrior.
Plague DK doesn’t have the legs to stand on its own without a deck that weak to it being everywhere.
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I dunno the whole 0 mana Reska into excavate reward into reborn life reska is really really devastating atm I would love to have that as a rogue
Edit: tired of getting my board cleared, having em heal for 8 and getting a board in one turn
At one point I played against 12 sludge locks in a row yesterday in D5 bracket. Over the last 24 hours sludge lock has been about 70%+ of all my matchups.
If you look at it’s win rate last week at higher legend where people largely were giving up on Reno warrior, it had dropped to a tier 4 deck.
It really struggles to keep up with most mid to late game strategies consistently.
Yeah, that deck is definitely strong enough without relying on specific matchups to be everywhere.
that assumption is wrong. we all know, once you queue plague dk you do NOT play against brann warrior or any reno decks for that matter. get your skill up.
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This pretty much confirms the «Russian troll farm» theory for all these brand new posters.
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This is exactly why plague DK was tier 4 at top legend pre-patch, where the meta had ditched Reno warrior.
Plague DK isn’t a good deck on its own. It’s one that requires a favorable meta to look good.
It’s literally incapable of being a meta tyrant.
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I respect Highlander decks, but the new Warrior one was a mistake. Not because it’s too tough, it’ isn’t, but because anytime you design a card so powerful that if it’s countered the other player autoconcedes it’s bad design.
Cards like that aren’t even anti-fun, they are anti-game, as in no game actually takes place due to the presence of the card in a deck.
Prevent it from being played through Theotar or Objection: concede
Shuffle a few cards into their deck to break up the highlander aspect: concede
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I’m not sure I agree, it was the same with rainbow mage, yet it was incredibly strong and consistent.
Truth be told, though, it did have 2 win conditions, instead of just Sif, but versus some of the control slower decks the 2nd win condition is negligible, so…burn Sif = concede, hurts but that’s practically the only way to beat the deck, so what the hell 
Also, I’m not sure that’s the way to counter a good OTK warrior deck…every time I lost against it these few days, I didn’t have the time to burn his bombs because he played it as his very last card.
I think the only way to win against him is to run him down smorc style despite his overwhelming control options
But again, I’m not sure, my win rate against that deck is 0%
Btw I’m not talking about Brann, but the card which burns my cards, whatever that’s called
I got plenty of counterplay against Brann + the 8 drop combo
Hmm plague dk becomes ever more interesting to invest into.
Are we talking about the plague dk deck that excavates too? That one seems fun!
This is a big problem in HS right now. Half the time there is no point in even playing past a certain point or certain turn (or even at mulligan/turn 1, or simply by what class you’re up against). While yes some people still go through the motions and waste time despite knowing the inevitable conclusion, I can’t imagine that being the norm for long. Idk what the solution is though. Like half the classes have a deck where this “anti-game” occurs.
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So you are climbing quickly this month! Good for you!
Warrior easy to counter, plague dk easy to counter. ROGUE excavate legendary is the real pain… druid legendary egg that gives dragon for 4 less is the pain…
Where can i even find brann warriors?
Would love to face some at this point.
At Legend. Fought 6 in a row last night and decided to call it a night.
Came back later then fought Sludge Warlock about 3 out of 5 games.
It’s either Brann/Sludge/Paladin right now. I don’t know why people keep trying to force Brann but they won’t give up on it.
I would argue, simply don’t design cards that encourage decks built around a single card. Instead of avoiding such choices, they’ve just added better counters, but all that does is give both decks a one card win condition, which is just a coin flip, basically.
They have this belief they can get Brann out before he becomes unplayable or they lose. they are wrong but they keep trying.
So enrage warrior could be a pretty solid off meta choice?
I think its getting played to beat Sludgelock more then any Highlander.
I kind of wonder how strong Plauges even are against Warrior. It’s not like Warrior doesn’t have the time to play ETC → Steam Cleaner or anything, they can still tank plagues for days until they need to play Brann.