by JR Cook - 9 years ago     show comments

The first ever Tavern Brawl is going live on Hearthstone servers around the world, and this week we have a battle for Blackrock Mountain. This brawl features two of the Mountain’s big baddies as you will play as either Nefarian or Ragnaros. But you don’t get to choose who you play as, instead you simple queue for a tavern brawl and will be randomly assigned a hero with its respective pre-made deck.

Nefarian

Starting HP: 30 Health + 30 Armor.

Hero Power: Wild Magic (2) – “Add a random spell from any class into your hand. It costs (0).”

Just like in the BRM Encounter, Nefarian starts the game with extra mana. This head start is incredibly important and you need to heavy leverage it if you want to win, Ragnaros has a pretty slow starts, but once he settles into the late game, he becomes a force to be reckoned with. Ragnaros has Molten Giants on his decks, and also a Legendary Molten Giant that stands at a hefty 50 mana cost and boasts a 20/20 statline. It might be wise to play around those.

Decklist as compiled by Hearthpwn:

• 1 x Magmatron
• 1 x Toxitron
• 1 x Atramedes
• 2 x Blackwing Technician
• 2 x Bite
• 3 x Chromatic Drake
• 1 x Twisting Nether
• 1 x Dragon Consort
• 1 x Onyxia
• 1 x Arcanotron
• 1 x Drakonid Slayer
• 2 x Dragonkin Hatcher
• 1 x Razorgore
• 2 x Shadowflame
• 1 x Electron
• 1 x Rend Blackhand
• 2 x Open the Gates
• 1 x Chromaggus
• 2 x Blackwing Corruptor
• 1 x Vaelastrasz

Ragnaros

Starting HP: 60 Health.

Hero Power: Molten Rage (2) – “Summon a 5/1 Magma Rager”

You might be surprised at Ragnaros’ Hero Power, but he also comes wielding a 2/6 Sulfuras. Once the weapon breaks, your Hero Power turns into the random 8 damage that everyone loves. As we mentioned early, Ragnaros has a pretty slow start. He compounds this by having strong early minions such as the Son of the Flame, so it’s very important that you mulligan for those. But even the strength of those early minions isn’t enough to handle the 5+ mana threats that Nefarian will be pumping out from the start, so as Ragnaros the game is really about catching up and stabilizing the board on time. Once you reach the late game and turn this into a value game, you should be ok to win it. Of course Wild Magic RNG always has a chance to screw you over.

Decklist as compiled by Hearthpwn:

• 1x Baron Geddon
• 1x Coren Direbrew
• 1x Garr
• 1x Golemagg
• 1x High Justice Grimstone
• 1x Lucifron
• 1x Moira Bronzebeard
• 2x Molten Giant
• 2x Flame Imp
• 2x Fire Elemental
• 2x Living Lava
• 3x Son of the Flame
• 2x Whirling Ash
• 2x Lava Burst
• 2x Flamestrike
• 2x Core Hound Puppies
• 2x Flameheart
• 2x Living Bomb

Props to FluxFlashor of Hearthpwn for coming up with the Decklists, check out his original post in the Hearthpwn forums here.