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Timdood3

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Any tips on how to create a deck? I've been playing with the default decks but I am not sure how to get started on a custom.
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If you want to climb the ladder, there are "net decks" all over the place. There you'll find decklists of commonly played decks: Handlock, and...What else is popular right now?

You could follow TotalBiscuit's example and make gimmick decks: decks that follow a specific theme (demons, tokens, card draw, secrets, all legendaries, etc.) They tend to be fun but expensive to craft.

I just kind of throw together a bunch of random cards and roll with it. I made some revisions to my first ever custom deck and it's served me pretty well so far (Rank 16...For a deck that's missing a lot of cards, not bad)
 

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Erm.
If you want to climb the ladder, there are "net decks" all over the place. There you'll find decklists of commonly played decks: Handlock, and...What else is popular right now?
Handlock, deathrattle priest, face hunter. Zoo and aggro mage are prevalent enough as well(and possibly shaman bots).

Very important rule of deck building - Update the deck constantly based on what's working for you and what isn't. Example -

Couple of months ago I ran zoo in ladder(no hate). I tried mukla and sea giants. Mukla did well until around 15, till he started giving the opponents bananas for nothing. Sea giants just became a dead card around rank 10 because the opponents played more control and cleared more efficiently.

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Also, we should post our decklists! I'll post mine a bit later, don't have a lot of time to do it right now.
 

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Well, I went ahead and made myself a deck. Somewhat followed the guide but for the most part thought on my own. Lost my first few games but won the next three in a row. I'm trying out ranked and have gotten six wins in a row (streak still going). A few of the games have been close and a few cards I haven't really needed so I might modify the deck later. For now, I'll just keep running this deck and then modify it once I see a real need to do so.

EDIT: Seven wins now and Rank 20 due to the winning streak.
 
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This is my combo shaman deck. Basically I just wanted to make a deck that uses cards that people traditionally look down on like Tidehunters, Dragonling Mechanics, Windfury, and Bloodlust. When I first made the deck, it had a Frostwolf Warlord in it, but it always ended up not being very useful in the meta at the time. I'm considering putting one back in, taking out a Taz Dingo. I might even take out the ooze in favor of another lightning bolt or something. Without further ado, my Shambo Combo deck!
 
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Just started a rogue arena and in my first game I played a priest who played more cards he thoughtstole from me than he played from his own deck. The only damage I took was from my own assassin's blade. I was quite amused.

He played a total of six cards, four of them from my deck:
Turns 1&2 - nothing
Turn 3 TS
Turn 4 heal pass
Turn 5 assassin's blade - hit my face
Turn 6 vanish
Turn 7 TS haunted creeper + bluegill warrior
Then he suicide hit into my yeti.
 
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