Hearthstone Guides
Strategy guides, codes, and PC play resources.
Game Information
Hearthstone is a strategy card game and collectible card game focused on building decks, summoning minions, casting area-of-effect spells, and outplaying opponents. This guide hub covers class choices, deck-building approaches, card play, and the Standard, Wild, Casual, and Battlegrounds modes described for Hearthstone.
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Hearthstone Strategy Guide Hub
Start Here
Three broad guides that give you a practical starting point before you go deeper into a particular system.
NEW PLAYERFresh Account Starter PathTo start a fresh Hearthstone account smoothly, clear Apprentice ranks with aggro, buy packs to trigger early legendaries, and keep your best loaner deck.
CARD PACKSCatch-Up Pack Yields & OrderOpen Hearthstone Catch Up Packs before any standard packs to secure up to 50 cards per pack while your past expansion completion percentages remain lowest.
PROGRESSIONRewards Track XP & AchievementsPrioritize active expansion achievements in the Hearthstone Journal to earn Rewards Track XP before seasonal set rotations convert them into points.Explore Hearthstone by Topic
Browse focused paths for classes, progression, challenges, and events.
Account & Collection Economy
Manage in-game gold budgets, dust refunds, pack opening thresholds, and seasonal rewards.
Arena Drafting & Match Strategy
Draft high-synergy curves and pilot winning runs across rotating Arena formats.
- Excavate Death Knight Draft & Play
- Skarr Elemental Shaman Draft
- Kith'ix Warlock Draft & Pilot
- Eliza Goreblade Token Strategy
- Paladin Sunwatcher Rajh Curve
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Wild, Tournaments & Alternate Modes
Master Wild OTK combos, competitive tournament lineups, and specialized Tavern Brawls.
Standard Control & Midrange Archetypes
Outlast aggressive boards and execute late-game win conditions with control archetypes.
- Triple Blood Control Pilot Guide
- Big Rainbow Death Knight Strategy
- Rainbow Death Knight Mulligans & Swings
- Holy Yogg Paladin Early Survival
- Risky Skipper Armor Combos
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- C'Thun Deathwing Control Shaman
- Armor Warrior Barricade Sequencing
- Armor Warrior Midrange Matchups
- C'Thun Warlock Fragment Assembly
- Pure Paladin Mulligan & Board Trades
- N'Zoth Herald Deathrattle Warrior
- Standard Y'Shaarj Priest Guide
- Holy Paladin Cariel Discounts
- Control Quest Warrior Attrition
- Stealing Onyxia with Reska
- Keeper of Amitus Paladin Swings
- Kazakus Golem Warlock Timing
- C'Thun Armor Stacking Warrior
- Shadow Quest Seek Guidance Curve
- C'Thun Shaman Control Pilot
- Corrupt C'Thun Control Warlock
- Triple Blood Corpse & Attrition Plan
- Setesh Archaedas Control Warrior
Standard Aggro, Combo & Swarm Decks
Execute explosive OTK damage combos, fast token swarms, and aggressive tempo game plans.
- Nature Shaman Turn 7 OTK
- Mech N'Zoth Hunter Curve
- Egg Priest Activation & Duplication
- Leyline Mage Discount Sequencing
- Jade Yogg Rogue Tempo
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- Top 5 Black Empire Meta Decks
- Mill Rogue Overdraw & Fatigue
- Swarm Death Knight Early Lethals
- C'Thun Demon Hunter Outcast Cycle
- Eye of the Empire Priest OTK
- Token Swarm Hunter Strategy
- Black Empire Launch Aggro & Midrange
- Raza Demon Hunter APM Burst
- Countering Combo & Board Lockouts
- The Unknowable One Rogue OTK
- Freya Emerald Architect Druid OTK
- Zoo Warlock Board Control
- Starship Construction & Launch
- Therazane C'Thun Shaman OTK
- Blade Shadow Priest Mulligan & Burn
- Beast Druid Token Swarm
- Building Around the New Old Gods
- Aggro C'Thun Shadow Priest
- No-Deck Fatigue Demon Hunter
- Blade Shadow Priest vs. Big Beasts
Battlegrounds Minion Builds & Compositions
Assemble high-synergy tribal warbands across Dragons, Demons, Undead, Elementals, and Mechs.
- S-Tier Elemental Build Guide
- Double Maldraxxus Dagger Undead
- Early Quilboar Opener Strategy
- Combat-Scaling Dragon Build
- Fast Turn 9 Demon Scaling
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- Honeycomb Amalgam Build
- Accord-o-Tron & Beatboxer Gold Engine
- Giant Beetle Titus Rivendare Build
- Astral Automaton Trinket Build
- Divine Shield Nadina Dragon Build
- Quad Soul Juggler Demon Board
- 21x Blood Gem Multiplier Board
- Banana Slamma Beast Multipliers
- Hopebringer Dragon Warband
- Dancin' Deryl Living Azerite
- Banana Slamma Amalgam Synergy
- Polarizing Beatboxer Mech Scaling
- Undead Fish of N'Zoth Build
Battlegrounds Economy, Heroes & Combat Positioning
Navigate tavern leveling curves, gold generation engines, and combat positioning rules.
- Brann Bronzebeard Battlecry Engine
- C'Thun Hero Power Curve
- Combat Stat Retention Rules
- Shudderwock & Golden Brann Rotations
- Spending an 18-Gold Surge
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- Drakkari 4x End-of-Turn Multipliers
- Sir Finley Turn 5 Curve
- Sylvanas Trinkets & Stat Consolidation
- Young Murk-Eye End-of-Turn Engine
- Chess Set Trinket Cloning Setup
- Land Lubber Tier 2 Economy Loop
- 50-Gold APM Turn Execution
- Sky Golem Board Positioning
- Titus Rivendare Stacking & Safety
- Battlegrounds Duos Passing & Roles
- Tier 7 Minion Rush Strategy
- Strike Oil Tier 2 Spell Loop
- Vol'jin Demon Stat-Swapping
- Wonderous Wisdomball Reroll Scaling