Dreamhack Summer: A Look At Reynad’s Decks

by JR Cook - 10 years ago     show comments

Dreamhack Summer was the biggest Hearthstone tournament that the world has seen to date. With a 256 person open entry tournament and a 16 person group stage (4 of which were qualifiers from out of the BYOC with the other 12 being seeded invitees) along with a prize pool totaling $25,000, it’s no surprise that people have continued to talk about the tournament long after the last game has finished and the stream has ended. Over the course of the weekend and into this past Monday, we saw high tier play and some truly innovative decks. We’d like to take the next few days to showcase the Round of 8 deck lists that the top four finishers used.

Andrey “Reynad” Yanyuk at Dreamhack Summer with a fan. (via twitter.com/AndreyYanyuk)

Today, I’d like to focus on Reynad’s three Round of 8 decks. He finished in 3rd/4th, as there was no 3rd place decider match. Most people should be familiar with Reynad by now as he is one of the more popular streamers, the father of the original Warlock Zoo deck, and also the founder of his very own professional team, Tempo Storm. We did an interview with him a few weeks back, in case you need to brush up. Let’s get into the decks!

Hunter

Reynad introduced an upgraded version of his Midrange Hunter deck that got some fame in the community when he made an insane play killing off his own Savannah Highmane to win a game at Dreamhack Bucharest. When asked about this deck and the strange cards like Oasis Snapjaw appearing, Reynad gave credit to one of his teammates, Reckful, for reintroducing him to weird cards when he was testing against Reckful’s outdated decks.

Reynad Hunter Dreamhack Summer by Leviathan111

Cards sorted by Low Cost

Hunter (22)

• Hunter’s Mark x2
• Flare x2
• Tracking x2
• Freezing Trap x2
• Starving Buzzard x2
• Eaglehorn Bow x2
• Animal Companion x2
• Kill Command x2
• Unleash the Hounds x2
• Houndmaster x2
• Savannah Highmane x2

Neutral (8)

• Stonetusk Boar x2
• River Crocolisk x2
• Oasis Snapjaw x2
• Stranglethorn Tiger x2

Warrior

Reynad’s Warrior offering represents a little bit of old mixed with a little bit of new. There was once a very aggressive Face Warrior that would utilize weapons and Charge creatures to just beat you down as early as possible. Reynad, by the looks of this deck, is employing similar tactics while including minions that he can get high value out of ala the Zoo mentality. Faerie Dragon has been making a resurgence lately as a tough to remove creature in the early game, so it’s nice to see it included here and the “late game” Black Knight tech must be thrown in to cut down a roadblock that your opponent might try to utilize to stave off the onslaught.

Reynad Warrior Dreamhack Summer by Leviathan111

Cards sorted by Low Cost

Neutral (18)

• Argent Squire
• Leper Gnome x2
• Worgen Infiltrator x2
• Bloodsail Raider x2
• Faerie Dragon x2
• Harvest Golem x2
• Wolfrider
• Leeroy Jenkins
• Nightblade x2
• Argent Commander x2
• The Black Knight

Warrior (12)

• Fiery War Axe x2
• Heroic Strike x2
• Frothing Berserker x2
• Arathi Weaponsmith x2
• Kor’kron Elite x2
• Arcanite Reaper x2

Druid

Lastly, Reynad’s Druid. Easily the most popularly selected hero by all of the tournament participants (with only the Rogue coming close to vie for the title), the biggest distinction between most of the Druid decks were whether they were running a double combo (Force of Nature + Savage Roar) or only one of each in order to squeeze some other surprises or tech cards in. Reynad affords to provide for both in lieu of some of the more standard late game minions, while also introducing a few twists. Namely, Faerie Dragon rears its pretty head as a one-of here.

Reynad Druid Dreamhack Summer by Leviathan111

Cards sorted by Low Cost

Druid (18)

• Innervate x2
• Wild Growth x2
• Wrath x2
• Savage Roar x2
• Swipe x2
• Keeper of the Grove x2
• Druid of the Claw x2
• Force of Nature x2
• Ancient of Lore x2

Neutral (12)

• Faerie Dragon
• Big Game Hunter
• Harvest Golem x2
• Chillwind Yeti x2
• Azure Drake x2
• Argent Commander x2
• Cairne Bloodhoof
• The Black Knight

Check in with us again tomorrow as we continue to cover the remainder of the Top Four finishers and their decks.