We’re building more free decks this week! Hearthstone gives you a lot of fun ways to earn card packs for free, but new players will want to build some reliable decks early on to make sure they can get the wins they need to complete those daily quests!
Last time, we built the best free Druid and Priest decks. We’ve got aggro and control represented this week as we build the best free decks for Warlock and Rogues!
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Hello!
- Jin is on the show this week
- Topic: The best free decks for Warlock and Rogue
- Reasons to be happy this week
How Free Cards Work
- Each hero starts with a set of free spells and you unlock more as you level them up
- You also get a big heap of neutral minions immediately when you start
- All of these free cards are combined into the “Basic Set”
- Blizzard built some starter decks, but they’re far from ideal. We’re going to make better ones.
How To Make The Best Free Decks
- Level the class you want to play to 10 to unlock all of your options
- Go to “My Collections” on the main menu and filter the cards by “Basic Set”
- Put the cards we list below into your list, and look if you already have the ones we suggest crafting and upgrading to.
- Website view: Free Rogue Cards, Free Warlock Cards, Free Neutral Minions
The Best Free Warlock Deck
Strategy: Zerg. Zerg hard. Play creatures that offer utility as well as a body. Cheap cards with double top deck power to overwhelm your opponent early in the game.
The Deck List
- 2x Soulfire
- 2x Murloc Raider
- 2x Voidwalker
- 2x Acidic Swamp Ooze
- 2x Bluegill Warrior
- 2x Murloc Tidehunter
- 2x Novice Engineer
- 2x Ironfur Grizzly
- 2x Raid Leader
- 2x Razorfen Hunter
- 2x Shattered Sun Cleric
- 2x Chillwind Yeti
- 2x Dragonling Mechanic
- 2x Sen’jin Shieldmasta
- 2x Boulderfist Ogre
First Crafting Goals
If you enjoy this deck, you’re going to want to untangle the mixture of two popular Warlock decks: Murloc and Zoo. Murloc is less popular right now and Zoo is considered very strong so we are going to work towards the standard Zoo deck with our upgrades.
- 2x Argent Squire (Replace Murloc Raider)
- 2x Dire Wolf Alpha(Replace Raid leader)
- 2x Abusive Sergeant (Replace Murloc Tidehunter)
- 2x Doomguard(Replace Boulderfist Ogre)
- 2x Knife Juggler(Replace Bluegill Warrior)
The Best Free Rogue Deck
Strategy: Play efficient minions at a slow pace, while you use removal spells and weapons to slow down your opponent’s aggression. Survive to the mid and late game, where your efficient use of cards will give you the advantage you need to bully out your opponent.
Deck List
- 2x Backstab
- 2x Deadly Poison
- 2x Sap
- 2x River Crocolisk
- 2x Fan of Knives
- 2x Shattered Sun Cleric
- 2x Silverback Patriarch
- 2x Chilldwind Yeti
- 2x Gnomish Inventor
- 2x Senjin Shieldmasta
- 2x Assassin’s Blade
- 2x Assassinate
- 1x Darkscale Healer
- 2x Boulderfist Ogre
- 2x Reckless Rocketeer
- 1x Sprint
First Crafting Goals
- 2x Defias Ringleader (Replace River Crocolisk)
- 2x SI:7 Agent to replace Silverback Patriarch
- 1x Blade Flurry (Replace Fan of Knives)
- 1x Eviscerate (Replace Fan of Knives)
- 2x Defender of Argus (Replace Gnomish Inventor)
- 2x Azure Drake (Replace Assassin’s Blade)
- 2x Spiteful Smith (Replace Sprint and Darkscale Healer)
Community
- Question from MouseDivided: The balance of Aggro decks right now
- iTunes Review: Dradardanggotu and jtechvfx
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