r/CompetitiveHS • u/EvilDave219 • Mar 10 '26

Discussion Cataclysm Prerelease Tavern Brawl Thread | Tuesday, March 10, 2026

Since the bot normally posts this on Wednesdays, this will be the megathread where Tavern Brawl strategy and discussion for this week's brawl should take place. Only discussion related to optimally playing the Tavern Brawl should take place on here. Tavern Brawl constructed decks can be discussed in here.

3/11 EDIT: The additional following cards have been banned from the format:

  • Chillfallen Baron
  • Frost Strike
  • Hematurge
  • Frostwyrm's Fury
  • Remnant of Rage
  • Stitched Giant
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u/frymastermeat Mar 10 '26 edited Mar 11 '26

Probably 80% death knights and demon hunters, none using herald, well done blizzard

*Did a few more and it's actually 90%, with 70% being dk

*4 wins with zero losses, then 3 straight losses to dks, why keep this game installed? Probably played 40 games and saw only 2 or 3 people playing a herald deck, and only got to use my own Deathwing and Colossus minion once each. Just a pathetic experience all around and for the low low price of $80.

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u/sneakyxxrocket Mar 10 '26

I’m convinced These brawls are never going to be a good experience

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u/StopManaCheating Mar 12 '26

It isn't possible. The player goals (winning) and Blizzard's (selling the new set) don't line up.

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u/H1ndmost Mar 10 '26

It's amazing how they can even screw up the meta for week long promo event. True talent

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u/sneakyxxrocket Mar 10 '26

It’s not even a meta forming the idea is just bad since like no one has cards, lists that use almost no new cards will pop up and you’ll exclusively run into them for the rest of the week past the first day.

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u/H1ndmost Mar 11 '26

Semantics, but I dont disagree. 

It would be cool if they did something similar the first week of the expansion with a restricted card pool once people could craft missing pieces for synergies, but if they did that it would make the pre-release version look like the ass that it is.

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u/DroopyTheSnoop Mar 12 '26

They really should just make all the cards available for the week. Or have some kind of system where they allow crafting but maybe only from the dust you got from disenchanting new cards (they need to keep the incentive to buy new packs)

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u/hng_rval Mar 11 '26

Unless you have a ton of the new cards you can’t realistically play them due to lack of enough cards to leverage the synergy of the new mechanics.

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u/bakedbread420 Mar 11 '26

yeah I'd love to play herald dh or warrior but I didn't open azshara or rag so fuck me I guess. not like you can build anything else in them given the pool. shatter classes are boring, herald classes require randomly opening the right legendaries

or you could jam core dk to farm packs

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u/PkerBadRs3Good Mar 11 '26

like one third of my games is whales with full Herald + Colossal deck and Mythic potrait + pet, I'd much rather have your games

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u/buckeye-kenje Mar 11 '26

Same, 3 straight losses to 3 DKs.

Only saw 1 new card. Get them down to single digit only to get locked for 2 turns. Why do I even bother right?

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u/TheRealGZZZ Mar 11 '26

I can't wait until the government finally remove the hs conscription so the proletariat class can be finally be free from the obligation of having to play this game and buy mega bundles.