A very good list I think. Solely for Naxxramas, I would choose OG Undertaker over Loatheb. Simply because I think OG Undertaker was next to unbeatable on turn 1.
Undertaker was the best card from that set for standard by far, but doesn’t see any play whatsoever in wild post-unnerf. Idk how you evaluate this in a vacuum since Loatheb is one of the most ubiquitous cards in the wild format but that’s because entire decks either only play spells now or because it’s insanely busted when you can drop it down alongside some free giants to prevent your opponent from being able to clear the board. Lastly the card is also stupid in Reno decks and shaman decks where you can exploit its battecry over and over again with Zola, brann etc… and lock out your opponents from playing spells.
@@henryzelman4541 you are right in that Loatheb is a better card right now. I just assumed that it was at time of release and in standard. Even then, Loatheb was always a busted card. Ijust found Undertaker to be more busted then.
@@Neratil there’s some inconsistency in the video with this cause he didn’t even mention maelstrom portal or spirit claws when it came to One Night in Karazhan even though midrange shaman during that time period was probably the most proportionally dominate deck in the history of the game.
Tunnel Trogg was crazy good, but Reno completely changed card design and deck archetypes forever. It's ironic that these standalone "draw this and win" buildaround cards eventually came to be looked down upon, but it breathed life and hope into control decks in a game that had routinely been dominated by aggro. People were celebrating in the streets over Face Hunter's demise.
Similarly, Reno is great, and I think is probably the best card from the set, but genuinely speaking... *WHERE THE FUCK IS BRANN?** Dude's effect became a must-have in certain decks, created new ones, and became core to the game in standard after the adventure was phased out. And tunnel trogg is just....great at tempo. Cool.
As someone who used to love this game in the past, seeing this video really hit me with the nostalgia and brought back a huge smile on my face! Great job!
Picking Loatheb over Undertaker for Naxx seems a bit strange to me. Undertaker absolutely dominated the meta for the entire expansion cycle and powered Undertaker Hunter, which is the single deck with the highest winrate ever in the history of the game. I guess you could argue that Loatheb is better standalone because Undertaker needs the Deathrattle pool to be at least semi-decent, but that's been pretty much a constant for all of Hearthstone.
@@TheTezoni Loatheb was a good tech card for every deck. Undertaker completely defined the entire Naxx meta and was responsible for the highest win rate deck in hearthstone history. Loatheb is still a good tech card, but too many other cards exist for undertaker to be as defining. Loatheb is used because its got a very unique effect that hasn't been improved upon since release. Undertaker is not used because pretty much every single expansion in hearthstone releases better tempo options. Undertaker isn't used now because the powercreep of hearthstone is pretty much directly buffing up its competition, while loatheb's effect is still pretty much the only one that fulfills its role and hasn't been powercrept.
He said it himself, cards in a vacuum and not part of a combo. Undertaker needed death rattle cards. And while GvG and Naxx had a very good amount, there were times you dropped Undertaker turn one and didn't draw anything good.
You can find an old toast video where he showed every Yogg played in one of the championship tournaments. Original Yogg was easily the best card in the set. It could win games out of nowhere regardless of board position. It had to be horrifically nerfed in other to not be the defining card in the set and it still saw a bunch of play
Just because It had the ability to save a game when otherwise you were 100% going to lose doesn't mean it was stronger than the whole set, it was still a dice roll, so much so that playing him while ahead was considered trolling cuz more often than not he would just wipe your own board, discard your hand, overdraw, etc. Only strong when you had nothing to lose. And that's why it was nerfed, because a hail mary card that basically said, "might as well roll a dice to save me from losing" was ridiculous for competitive play.
@@asnalem4391 Actual room temperature take. This is like saying that Ice Block was bad because it was 3 mana do nothing if you never went under 1 HP. Yogg was able to salvage situations where having literally any other card ever printed in the history of Hearthstone in the exact same situation would still lead to you losing. It often individually accounted for a bigger share of your winrate than any other card.
It could also just kill you. It wasn't overpowered at all it was just actually cool and fun, and they had to ruin it even though Cthun decks where every card was the same and did the same thing were more boring and popular
I think you missed one of the most ridiculous cards in all of Hearthstone history that also ended up taking one of the biggest nerfs ever for Kobolds and Catacombs, and it was a card that everyone underrated because it looked way too "standard". Before Cubelock really got the chance to settle in and take off the way it did, we were reeling off of several previous expansions that printed extremely powerful Neutral tempo cards. Bonemare was still at 7 mana, Patches was still in Charge, and there were more than a few really insanely powerful tempo decks that could just roll over the rest of the competition. KnC printed Fungalmancer which gave another incredibly powerful tempo play, but it wasn't even the best one. Corridor Creeper was a 7 mana 5/5 that got cheaper for each minion that died. In a meta when both sides would play a pirate on turn 1 and summon Patches, by turn 2 it would already be at 3 mana. Whoever had Corridor Creeper in their opening hand would easily suddenly summon a huge minion way too early that their opponent, unless they were a hardcore control deck the likes of Reno Priest, would have a difficult time dealing with. That's not even to mention that as a 7 mana base card, it paired ridiculously effectively with Evolve effects. This card, in the very next patch, then got nerfed to a 7 mana 2/5. A 3 Attack reduction on a tempo minion, in my opinion, might as well have been the harshest nerf ever.
Let's be honest, scholomance was not the best expansion because of how powerful cards were, but because how many cards were that powerful. Common and rare cards were super good and so many of them are still played now in wild. Imo the best card from this expansion has to be the 1/1 that discounts the next hero power to 0: used everywhere and highlights how impactful common cards were in that expansion
as a wild player, idk how broomstick did not break standard like it did to wild. Many decks that were able to vomit stats on board now has the opportunity to trade in on the same turn vs aggro. This alone brought handbuff palladin, and darkglare warlock to the meta by the time
@@1996MartinsMatheus Because Standard isn’t as brutal as the wild. In Wild, decks that create huge stats without a lot of intern tempo are way more common than in Standard, where a lot of cards already have Rush or tempo-oriented battlecries.
List is almost perfect. Though I’d give Mad Scientist the nod in Naxx. Corridor Creeper pre nerf was by far the best card in Kobolds. Completely warped the meta
I'm amazed pre-nerf Undertaker didn't get the nod from Naxxramas. Was it the only card that actually had to be nerfed from the set? Pretty indicative of power level. Sure it falls under the rule of "has to be played with other cards", but with so many good deathrattle cards that wasn't much of a requirement (not like Grim Patron that needed fairly specific cards).
@@TheTezoni I haven't watched this video in months but I'm pretty sure it's talking about history - as in, not as things stand now. Back when Undertaker came out (ie. pre-nerf) it was monstrously powerful, so it's crazy it didn't get a mention.
I'd argue for Kobold Librarian. Has literally been in every single Warlock deck since it came out and is a major part of one of the strongest wild decks to this day
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Loatheb is SO GOOD it's still used in a lot of decks in wild. Dr. Boom was the first legendary I ever crafted and man, it was so good, you could slap the card in almost every deck and it wouldnt be bad, playing Boom on turn 7 was one of the best plays no matter what deck you were playing. The funniest thing is that everyone thought the card was bad before it was released
I would argue that secret passage deserved to be on this list. It was nerfed by a full 20%, and has still seen play (and been one of the best cards) in every single rogue deck since it was introduced.
Emperor Thaurissan thanks for picking him as the best card for that expansion... It was and is a powerfull card, but have never been. CRAZY OP... So I dont remember going up against it and being salty the moment its put on the board. because it doesnt win you the game.. its just strong. he was the first card that gave inspiration to a lot of exprimental decks for me.... I remember trying a Shadowpriest build, crazy bad.. but if they didnt remove him in 2 turns. it was a OTK.. It was Prophet Velen, 2 or 1 copys of him... mind blast + mind blast. I think they did 20 dmg each.. but it was only possible if Tharissan did lower the cost of all these cards... crazy bad, but crazy fun when it worked :D....
I really like that you picked one card from each expansion, as opposed to just the top ones right now. Gave me a little nostalgia and showed the increasing power levels.
The pink bird from Journey to Un'goro that adapted when atta king was INSANE. I have never reached beyond low gold rank any other det. But playing hunter that set i reached legend with this aggro deck with adapt beasts. With the right rng i could beat any deck, any class.
jade decks were the most toxic thing you could ever encounter back in those days. I remember just conceding any game where my opponent played jade druid
the last time I play HS is when they released the joust thing. but I still can't forget the feeling of pulling dr.boom back then as I'm a free to play player. it was amazing feeling.
I feel like regarding Naxx, pre-nerf Undertaker was a contender for best card as well, it was a scaling 1-drop that basically could easily become a game winning card if not dealt with immediately, and even then if your opponent spends something like polymorph or fireball on it, it's still a 4 mana for 1 trade. it was just broken and then gutted, rightfully so, although Loatheb was and still is amazing in wild just because a lot of answers are spells and it prevents your opponent from being able to answer.
It's not even a contender. It was far and away the best card in one of if not the best decks of all time. There is no other option for Naxx. It's Undertaker. End of story
my choices: Classic: innervate Naxxramas: undertaker Goblins vs gnomes: dr Boom Blackrock mountain: Emperor Thaurissan The grand tournament: mysterious challenger (made a deck on its own, secret paladin) League of explorer: Reno Jackson Whisper of the old gods: Flamewreathed faceless One night in karazhan: spirit claws (1 mana 9 damage) Mean streets of gadgetzan: patches the pirate Journey to un goro: vicious fledgling (innervate this out lol) Knight of the Frozen Throne: Prince Keleseth Kobolds and Catacombs: corridor creeper (was a 5/5) The Witchwood: Shudderwock (ugh) The Boomsday Project: Giggling inventor (was 5 mana and in every single deck) Rastakhan Rumble: Raiding Party (3 mana draw 3 and easy to combo with prep that used to discount by 3) Rise of shadow: Heistbaron Togwaggle Saviors of uldum: Zephrys (really cool card too) Descent of dragons: Breath of Dremas (2 mana draw one gain a mana crystal, looks op) Galakrond's Awakening: The Fist of Ra-den? Ashes of Outland: Skull of Gul'dan Scholomance Academy: Jandice Barov Madness at the Darkmmon Faire: Arbor up (buff card that doesn't need minions for it to be good) Forged in the Barrens: Wildfire United in stormwind: mr smite (ridiculous at 6 mana) Fractured in alterac Valley: Raid Boss Onyxia? Voyage to the Sunken City: Radar detector Ok that was my take, gonna watch the video now
I'm 3 months late to the party but this video was a trip down memory lane! I last played around Witchwood but still remember the good old times of broken HS cards. Everyone, get in here!
For scholomance, one of the more subtle cards that a TON of decks were using was pen flinger. I was running mostly libram paladin during this expansion, and a lot of the time I opted to run pen flinger instead of going pure paladin because it was such an insane card, especially if you had consistent access to cheap spells to bounce him back to your hand repeatedly. Basically any cheap spell-heavy deck benefitted from it and it was EVERYWHERE before it’s nerf. Guardian animals was definitely more dominant when it was played, but pen flinger was in like 50% of decks.
An extra note to Dragonqueen Alexstraza, she was so powerful that she changed how card generation worked for cards going forward, and cards could no longer generate themselves.
Suggestion ... I'd like to see a video showing the best Epic and best Legendary card from each set, and also the worst Epic and worst Legendary card from each set. I've got all of the Common and Rare cards, but I'm missing quite a few Epic and Legendary cards, and it would help to know which ones are best/worst so I know which ones to craft or to turn into dust. I bet a lot of other Hearthstone players are in the same boat, since it's difficult to get all of the Epic and Legendary cards unless you spend a lot of money (and/or a lot of time grinding away to get tons of in-game gold).
While Barnes saw a lot of play in the early days of Wild and in that one Hunter deck during Kobolds and Catacombs… I feel like the weapon and maelstrom portal are possibly better in terms of dominance. I feel pretty confident in saying the Karazhan midrange shaman was the proportionally the best deck in the history of hearthstone (ignoring the ones that got nerfed in a matter of weeks or days). The meta was like all shaman and it had zero bad matchups iirc.
I’m surprised by some of your choices. For Nax and Blackrock, Lotheb and Emperor were in every deck, but I would argue that piloted shredder was more important than boom in GVG because it would determine early-game board. Plus Big Game Hunter would always counter boom by turn 7 so it decided fewer games. That was my experience anyways
I think based on your criteria Keleseth isn't really a great choice for best from Frozen Throne, it's dominance basically hinged on the lack of decent 2 drops at the time due to shifts in design, and the Firefly Saronite Chain Gang etc neutral tempo package that existed most of the time it was legal.
My favorite from Naxx was Kel'thuzad, not because because it was OP or anything, but I was able to pull off some really funny shenanigans with it, especially if I was playing druid and I managed to play + Stalagg + Feugen with it. Though I only played till the grand tournament.
The moment you said “Spreading Plague” I collapsed to my knees. Decades of generational trauma resurfaced in my, horrific flashbacks began to swarm my mind like a plague.. a spreading plague
I started during the grand tournament and ill admit Secret Paladin was my deck of choice. It had everything you needed to get through a game, Equality, Consecrate, Wild Pyromancer, Annoy-o-tron, Sludge Belcher, I believe it also ran knife juggler cause you had noble sacrifice and muster for battle
Jesus, watching this makes me realize just how long I played this game before finally kicking the habit. SO many expansions. I basically stopped right before Demon Hunter came on the scene.
About league of explorers, the answer is Reno, tunnel trogg doesn't even see play within aggro shaman decks, Reno defined a game wide archetype and still sees play to this day.
On the grand tournament, I would I like to say that I think a decent amount of the inspire cards should be looked over again after demon hunter released. I dont know if any can beat the mysterious challenger's power level at the time, but I can tell you for a fact Hero powering Twice with Garrison Sargent as Demon Hunter is way more then twice as good as any other class, and just hero-powering every turn without losing tempo turns cards like Boneguard lieutenant, Silver hand regent, or Kevadar raider from middling cards to insane tempo swings, especially if you can do it twice a turn. And this isn't even mentioning frost giant, which can be turbo'd out as early as turn 5, even without skull of guldan.
Oh man what a rude back in memory and time. Seeing all those best cards revitalized my hate or love for the old days where all the cards were basically in tier 0 decks 😂
Kobold and Catacombs' strongest card was definitely Corridor Creeper. It really shook up the entire meta and needed to be nerfed so hard with a reduction of 3 attack, and it was still playable after that.
Deathstalker Rexxar is completely broken. He was being held back by it only being playable in hunter, which was an impossible control deck at the time but still, the card is friggin overpowered. Imagine it in Ramp druid or control warrior. bonkers
Using emperror in my Caverns Below rogue deck for test purposes currently. It's not amazing, but it does things, especially with swindle, mimic pod and conceal, helped me a few times when the matchup was a bit more grindy than i would have liked. Not amazing, but most certainly not unplayable.
Patches is easily the best card ever made. It was played in exactly every deck, even Reno lock, because you were falling behind heavily if you did not. It required huge amount of nerfs. It is still premium legendary, S tier in WILD. I do not think they ever printed a stronger card or ever will.
Emp would definitely be viable today, its a very timeless effect. You can easily get 9 free mana off of him, enable combos, and if your opponent can't remove him you can get EIGHTEEN MANA OF VALUE. 18! I use this in several wild decks to this day, its actually insane. Also, with Gadgetzan I would argue that Jade Idol could contend with Kazakus and Patches, as it created some really toxic decks and was never really nerfed or outpaced. People still make degenerate wild mill decks with it. It also worked better back then because games went longer (when patches wasn't around that is). There was a kind of triangle in Gadgetzan where Control could beat pirate, pirate destroyed Yade, and Yade always beats control. Even though the meta was super unbalanced at the time, I think I had the most fun in standard whenever Gadgetzan was in the rotation.
I stopped playing around when Uldum was released, but I agree most of the list here. Secret Paladins, Reno Warlock, Temp Shaman, Pirate Warrior, Secret Rogue, Odd Warrior, C'Thun Warrior Good ol days
Love your content, but I have to say I'm INCREDIBLY disappointed that you didn't have Undertaker as the number one for Naxx. Undertaker WAS the Naxx meta before it was nerfed, and for a video that helps people relive some old nostalgia, I think undertaker would've helped people remember the fact that pretty much *every* HS streamer had a dozen videos on "Destroy Undertaker Hunter with this new deck". Undertaker Hunter WAS hearthstone before undertaker got nerfed. 70% or more of your opponents in those days would be hunter, and it was almost always a loss. I'm also surprised you didn't bring it up because it made Sludge Belcher ubiquitous in almost every deck as well. I'd say that sludge belcher, because of undertaker, was just as tech'd into decks as loatheb was. And having such a strong effect on EVERYBODIES tech, to the point where everyone was running a sticky taunt, shows more prevalence in my opinion. I always mention undertaker in discussions like these because I *desperately* want people to remember just how terrorizing that damn card was. People cry about shudderwock, but it had a negative win rate at its height. Undertaker turn 1 meant concede turn 1, and the entire hearthstone community was either playing it or doing their best mad science to destroy it. As Hearthstone's first expansion, and for me personally as my first card game, Undertaker single handedly showed me what a powerful meta defining card was and what it could do, and I'll never forget how absolutely despised and important that card was.
Despite patches I'd think small-time buccaneer is a solid contender for mean streets as well. The second it got nerfed to a 3/1 most pirate decks took a hard hit. Being able to kill a coined out doomsayer with STB + fiery war axe/ dagger+backstab was insane, even though it didn't happen tremendously often it really was too much power for the time. At 3/2 STB was simply way too much to handle for pretty much any deck.
i feel like deathstalker rexxar was nuts because of how much value it gave hunter, a class that notoriously didn’t have that much value generation at the time
Im surprised it wasn't Lightforged Cariel for your pick in Fractured in Alterac Valley simply due to how Cariel is a one card win condition. She is a board clear, gives a permanent weapon, halves damage, and makes powerful minions with Blessing of Queens. That in itself helps Paladin win in every single matchup
Ice Block was just so darn nasty, since you could play multiples! It was not just ONE more turn but in some games at least 2 turns. Combined with OG Reno in a highlander deck it could just turn nasty, like REALLY nasty!
11:45 Absolutely insane to hear the phrase "Second best expansion of all time" when Stormwind (& Demon Hunter) has been slammed in every video I've seen from Rarran.
Branching Paths from Kobalds & Catacombs. Literally the most versatile card one could wish for. I don't think I've ever seen a Druid deck in Wild that does not have two of these cards in their deck. The fact that you can get armor, card draw, or bonus attack to all your minions means it is never ever a bad card to have in your deck, period. And now with synergies such as Solar Eclipse doubling the effect, it becomes quite insane (it's sad when I'm playing against a Druid opponent near death, & he suddenly goes up by 24 armor for just 6 mana). Unfortunately, as a F2P player, I never got this epic card in any of the card packs I opened, and I don't really want to spend dust for it. Also, Giggling Inventor from The Boomsday Project was a very strong card usable in everything from aggro decks to control decks until it got nerfed to oblivion from 5 mana to 7.
I'm pretty biased, but I would have to say deathstalker rexxar is the best card out of the frozen throne. It was a one card win condition against any control deck in the game, and you could throw it into pretty much any hunter deck.
Idk about the meta today but i think Emperor is like in Controle Decks when u have 6 cards for example literally an "free" play because it reduce 6 mana so technically it was for free. So i think it would be still insane.
They really need to nerf blackwater cutlass and secret passage and possibly swindle rather than gnoll imo. Cutlass is an emperor tharissan you can pay one mana to trade, and is also your otk win con in poison rogue. Secret Passage has low key been the best card in Rogue for a while and with trade cards is also a card advantage engine and Swindle just is an extra copy of cutlass that if you discount with cutlass is one mana and gets it right back and is also card advantage with cutlass. Gnoll and Maestra together with their insane draw with tradeable cards means zero cost dudes you can spam out really fast is too good. Less consistency Gnoll gets worse as well. That's my theory at least, I think Gnoll will fall off as being oppressive if they weaken their draw, and value engine they use to beat me to death by turn 6. I was just leaving a comment for the Algo, your videos are really good and really made. Keep up the hard work, I'm really enjoying them!
Does anyone else think that Uldum into Descent into Scholomance is easily the best 3-expansion stretch we’ve ever seen in Hearthstone? So many fun and interesting cards in those sets. btw scholomance is my favorite set ever printed
I'm not sure if I agree with the way you went with this video. You should've went with the best card historically, which (as far as I know from the times I played) would be Ice Block Loatheb Mechwarper (arguable. an effect so strong it's the strongest card in its tribe) Flamewaker as it still was damn good so many years later and a combo piece Can't remember shit about The Great Tournament Reno Jackson is still played and has an archetype with its name In Whispers I don't remember any card we still play (not saying they're bad, I just can't remember) Patches Barnes Shadow Reaper Anduin (still used, completely dominated wild ages ago) Stopped playing soon after so idk, came back in United in Stormwind. Overall good video tho!
I would definitely put patches over kazakus, only because you have to build you deck with kazakus in mind. You can just throw patches and one other pirate in any deck your playing just to get a free value on board.
Hearthstone community really needed someone like you to make this kind of content
He is like the historians before the fall.
Hey @Rarran I don't know if you do any partnership things but I'm doing some analysis of Hearthstone Classic if you want to do a video together on it.
I fit this recommended even tho i didnt play in years. Will Install tomorrow.
@@marcsino5489 The game is super fun right now really enjoy playing it. The latest expansion is super flavorful
A very good list I think. Solely for Naxxramas, I would choose OG Undertaker over Loatheb. Simply because I think OG Undertaker was next to unbeatable on turn 1.
T1> Undertaker
T2> Under taker / Leper Gnome / Coin / Leper Gnome
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true, undertaker was the best hands down from naxx
Undertaker was the best card from that set for standard by far, but doesn’t see any play whatsoever in wild post-unnerf.
Idk how you evaluate this in a vacuum since Loatheb is one of the most ubiquitous cards in the wild format but that’s because entire decks either only play spells now or because it’s insanely busted when you can drop it down alongside some free giants to prevent your opponent from being able to clear the board. Lastly the card is also stupid in Reno decks and shaman decks where you can exploit its battecry over and over again with Zola, brann etc… and lock out your opponents from playing spells.
@@henryzelman4541 you are right in that Loatheb is a better card right now. I just assumed that it was at time of release and in standard. Even then, Loatheb was always a busted card. Ijust found Undertaker to be more busted then.
@@Neratil there’s some inconsistency in the video with this cause he didn’t even mention maelstrom portal or spirit claws when it came to One Night in Karazhan even though midrange shaman during that time period was probably the most proportionally dominate deck in the history of the game.
Tunnel Trogg was crazy good, but Reno completely changed card design and deck archetypes forever. It's ironic that these standalone "draw this and win" buildaround cards eventually came to be looked down upon, but it breathed life and hope into control decks in a game that had routinely been dominated by aggro. People were celebrating in the streets over Face Hunter's demise.
I loved Reno so much I actually quit the game shortly after he rotated out. It was just one of many reason, but it was one of the big reasons.
Similarly, Reno is great, and I think is probably the best card from the set, but genuinely speaking...
*WHERE THE FUCK IS BRANN?** Dude's effect became a must-have in certain decks, created new ones, and became core to the game in standard after the adventure was phased out.
And tunnel trogg is just....great at tempo. Cool.
For witchwood I would say it's almost a tie between baku, gen, and shudderwock back then. Shudder was one of the most hated cards in that set.
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But the WR was subpar
As someone who used to love this game in the past, seeing this video really hit me with the nostalgia and brought back a huge smile on my face! Great job!
Picking Loatheb over Undertaker for Naxx seems a bit strange to me. Undertaker absolutely dominated the meta for the entire expansion cycle and powered Undertaker Hunter, which is the single deck with the highest winrate ever in the history of the game. I guess you could argue that Loatheb is better standalone because Undertaker needs the Deathrattle pool to be at least semi-decent, but that's been pretty much a constant for all of Hearthstone.
They reverted the Undertaker nerf and still not seem play even being part of the core set. Loatheb sees a lot of play in wild
@@TheTezoni Loatheb was a good tech card for every deck. Undertaker completely defined the entire Naxx meta and was responsible for the highest win rate deck in hearthstone history. Loatheb is still a good tech card, but too many other cards exist for undertaker to be as defining.
Loatheb is used because its got a very unique effect that hasn't been improved upon since release.
Undertaker is not used because pretty much every single expansion in hearthstone releases better tempo options.
Undertaker isn't used now because the powercreep of hearthstone is pretty much directly buffing up its competition, while loatheb's effect is still pretty much the only one that fulfills its role and hasn't been powercrept.
ye you pretty much can just go by first nerf wave of each expansion and have the objectively correct answer to the strongest card
He said it himself, cards in a vacuum and not part of a combo. Undertaker needed death rattle cards. And while GvG and Naxx had a very good amount, there were times you dropped Undertaker turn one and didn't draw anything good.
Problem is that Undertaker is only good early game. Drawing Loatheb at any point is always nice, but a late Undertaker is going to hurt.
You can find an old toast video where he showed every Yogg played in one of the championship tournaments. Original Yogg was easily the best card in the set. It could win games out of nowhere regardless of board position. It had to be horrifically nerfed in other to not be the defining card in the set and it still saw a bunch of play
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I'm eternally thankful for the love of Jesus Christ, but all praise be to Yogg, the truest savior.
Just because It had the ability to save a game when otherwise you were 100% going to lose doesn't mean it was stronger than the whole set, it was still a dice roll, so much so that playing him while ahead was considered trolling cuz more often than not he would just wipe your own board, discard your hand, overdraw, etc. Only strong when you had nothing to lose.
And that's why it was nerfed, because a hail mary card that basically said, "might as well roll a dice to save me from losing" was ridiculous for competitive play.
@@asnalem4391 Actual room temperature take. This is like saying that Ice Block was bad because it was 3 mana do nothing if you never went under 1 HP.
Yogg was able to salvage situations where having literally any other card ever printed in the history of Hearthstone in the exact same situation would still lead to you losing. It often individually accounted for a bigger share of your winrate than any other card.
It could also just kill you. It wasn't overpowered at all it was just actually cool and fun, and they had to ruin it even though Cthun decks where every card was the same and did the same thing were more boring and popular
I think you missed one of the most ridiculous cards in all of Hearthstone history that also ended up taking one of the biggest nerfs ever for Kobolds and Catacombs, and it was a card that everyone underrated because it looked way too "standard".
Before Cubelock really got the chance to settle in and take off the way it did, we were reeling off of several previous expansions that printed extremely powerful Neutral tempo cards. Bonemare was still at 7 mana, Patches was still in Charge, and there were more than a few really insanely powerful tempo decks that could just roll over the rest of the competition. KnC printed Fungalmancer which gave another incredibly powerful tempo play, but it wasn't even the best one.
Corridor Creeper was a 7 mana 5/5 that got cheaper for each minion that died. In a meta when both sides would play a pirate on turn 1 and summon Patches, by turn 2 it would already be at 3 mana. Whoever had Corridor Creeper in their opening hand would easily suddenly summon a huge minion way too early that their opponent, unless they were a hardcore control deck the likes of Reno Priest, would have a difficult time dealing with. That's not even to mention that as a 7 mana base card, it paired ridiculously effectively with Evolve effects.
This card, in the very next patch, then got nerfed to a 7 mana 2/5. A 3 Attack reduction on a tempo minion, in my opinion, might as well have been the harshest nerf ever.
Will I agree. Genn and Baku got HoFed a year early. That's what I would consider the biggest nerf.
@@settheskylineonfire1860 Thats not a move, thats a rotation/ban. cards still the same
@@Jartran72 But it is a nerf to the meta. Not the cards.
🐛In the dungeon I go deeper🐛in set reviews I was a sleeper🐛when minions die I get cheaper🐛You guessed it right🐛I'm corridor creeper🐛
Let's be honest, scholomance was not the best expansion because of how powerful cards were, but because how many cards were that powerful. Common and rare cards were super good and so many of them are still played now in wild. Imo the best card from this expansion has to be the 1/1 that discounts the next hero power to 0: used everywhere and highlights how impactful common cards were in that expansion
as a wild player, idk how broomstick did not break standard like it did to wild. Many decks that were able to vomit stats on board now has the opportunity to trade in on the same turn vs aggro. This alone brought handbuff palladin, and darkglare warlock to the meta by the time
@@1996MartinsMatheus Because Standard isn’t as brutal as the wild. In Wild, decks that create huge stats without a lot of intern tempo are way more common than in Standard, where a lot of cards already have Rush or tempo-oriented battlecries.
I was also expecting Tour Guide to get the vote on the Scholomance expansion
Secret passage: 1 mana draw 5, all your combo effects are active for the rest of the turn
I love these kind of videos. Hope they’re as fun to make as they are to watch. Keep it up buddy.
thank you so much for the nice words. takes so long to edit these but comments like this makes it worth it!
List is almost perfect. Though I’d give Mad Scientist the nod in Naxx. Corridor Creeper pre nerf was by far the best card in Kobolds. Completely warped the meta
Not only the best of the set, but the most underrated card reveal in history.
I'm amazed pre-nerf Undertaker didn't get the nod from Naxxramas. Was it the only card that actually had to be nerfed from the set? Pretty indicative of power level. Sure it falls under the rule of "has to be played with other cards", but with so many good deathrattle cards that wasn't much of a requirement (not like Grim Patron that needed fairly specific cards).
@@jaxsonbateman They reverted the Undertaker nerf and still not seem play
@@TheTezoni I haven't watched this video in months but I'm pretty sure it's talking about history - as in, not as things stand now. Back when Undertaker came out (ie. pre-nerf) it was monstrously powerful, so it's crazy it didn't get a mention.
I'd argue for Kobold Librarian. Has literally been in every single Warlock deck since it came out and is a major part of one of the strongest wild decks to this day
Hey Rarran! Loving your new content. And I also want to mention that this type of videos really improve your storytelling abiliity. As viewers they benefit us but as a content creator they're also good for you too. Have a good one and you look fantastic!
I appreciate that! Glad youre enjoying the videos as much as I enjoy making them!
Loatheb is SO GOOD it's still used in a lot of decks in wild.
Dr. Boom was the first legendary I ever crafted and man, it was so good, you could slap the card in almost every deck and it wouldnt be bad, playing Boom on turn 7 was one of the best plays no matter what deck you were playing. The funniest thing is that everyone thought the card was bad before it was released
I would argue that secret passage deserved to be on this list. It was nerfed by a full 20%, and has still seen play (and been one of the best cards) in every single rogue deck since it was introduced.
no card was better than ga until it was nerfed, it warped the meta around it, it didnt last long but god damn that was so good at 7 mana
@@Rarran GA while strong was comboed with other cards. Secret passage was in every deck.
Og innervate and prep are also contenders from standard
Emperor Thaurissan thanks for picking him as the best card for that expansion... It was and is a powerfull card, but have never been. CRAZY OP... So I dont remember going up against it and being salty the moment its put on the board. because it doesnt win you the game.. its just strong. he was the first card that gave inspiration to a lot of exprimental decks for me.... I remember trying a Shadowpriest build, crazy bad.. but if they didnt remove him in 2 turns. it was a OTK.. It was Prophet Velen, 2 or 1 copys of him... mind blast + mind blast. I think they did 20 dmg each.. but it was only possible if Tharissan did lower the cost of all these cards... crazy bad, but crazy fun when it worked :D....
A nice walk down memory lane. I had a moment of PTSD when I saw Mysterious Challenger and Dr Boom side by side :P
I really like that you picked one card from each expansion, as opposed to just the top ones right now. Gave me a little nostalgia and showed the increasing power levels.
The pink bird from Journey to Un'goro that adapted when atta king was INSANE. I have never reached beyond low gold rank any other det. But playing hunter that set i reached legend with this aggro deck with adapt beasts. With the right rng i could beat any deck, any class.
5:47 Kazakus is one of my favorite card. Very cool concept that you can make your own spells.
Jade idol needed a mention but I can respect the Kazakus and patches pick for Gadgetzan
jade decks were the most toxic thing you could ever encounter back in those days. I remember just conceding any game where my opponent played jade druid
Unity. Precision. Perfection.
Frozen Throne expansion, the one where Jaina gets a hero-power of spamming lifesteal elementals. That shit was lit son.
raza priest > all
That was an extremely fun deck to play too in my opinion, sad to see all those great cards go
I am here because of Zeddy, he talks high of you - and you are worthy of it! I like your work there, keep it up! 👍
I remember Cooridor creeper being super strong before nerf, lots of fun memories coming back from this
the last time I play HS is when they released the joust thing. but I still can't forget the feeling of pulling dr.boom back then as I'm a free to play player. it was amazing feeling.
I feel like regarding Naxx, pre-nerf Undertaker was a contender for best card as well, it was a scaling 1-drop that basically could easily become a game winning card if not dealt with immediately, and even then if your opponent spends something like polymorph or fireball on it, it's still a 4 mana for 1 trade. it was just broken and then gutted, rightfully so, although Loatheb was and still is amazing in wild just because a lot of answers are spells and it prevents your opponent from being able to answer.
It's not even a contender. It was far and away the best card in one of if not the best decks of all time.
There is no other option for Naxx. It's Undertaker. End of story
Shudderwock also for Witchwood
my choices:
Classic: innervate
Naxxramas: undertaker
Goblins vs gnomes: dr Boom
Blackrock mountain: Emperor Thaurissan
The grand tournament: mysterious challenger (made a deck on its own, secret paladin)
League of explorer: Reno Jackson
Whisper of the old gods: Flamewreathed faceless
One night in karazhan: spirit claws (1 mana 9 damage)
Mean streets of gadgetzan: patches the pirate
Journey to un goro: vicious fledgling (innervate this out lol)
Knight of the Frozen Throne: Prince Keleseth
Kobolds and Catacombs: corridor creeper (was a 5/5)
The Witchwood: Shudderwock (ugh)
The Boomsday Project: Giggling inventor (was 5 mana and in every single deck)
Rastakhan Rumble: Raiding Party (3 mana draw 3 and easy to combo with prep that used to discount by 3)
Rise of shadow: Heistbaron Togwaggle
Saviors of uldum: Zephrys (really cool card too)
Descent of dragons: Breath of Dremas (2 mana draw one gain a mana crystal, looks op)
Galakrond's Awakening: The Fist of Ra-den?
Ashes of Outland: Skull of Gul'dan
Scholomance Academy: Jandice Barov
Madness at the Darkmmon Faire: Arbor up (buff card that doesn't need minions for it to be good)
Forged in the Barrens: Wildfire
United in stormwind: mr smite (ridiculous at 6 mana)
Fractured in alterac Valley: Raid Boss Onyxia?
Voyage to the Sunken City: Radar detector
Ok that was my take, gonna watch the video now
I would consider Brann for League; it has seen play in tons of decks over the years, and still does.
Definitely was thinking Brann too when League of Explorers was mentioned.
i thought reno as i still see him a lot to this day
At release, playing unearthed raptor often caused your opponent to disconnect. That's arguably the strongest effect we've ever seen.
I'm 3 months late to the party but this video was a trip down memory lane! I last played around Witchwood but still remember the good old times of broken HS cards. Everyone, get in here!
For scholomance, one of the more subtle cards that a TON of decks were using was pen flinger. I was running mostly libram paladin during this expansion, and a lot of the time I opted to run pen flinger instead of going pure paladin because it was such an insane card, especially if you had consistent access to cheap spells to bounce him back to your hand repeatedly. Basically any cheap spell-heavy deck benefitted from it and it was EVERYWHERE before it’s nerf. Guardian animals was definitely more dominant when it was played, but pen flinger was in like 50% of decks.
Also I totally forgot arbor up existed as a card, and I got some serious PTSD to the filthy Druid decks people were running.
An extra note to Dragonqueen Alexstraza, she was so powerful that she changed how card generation worked for cards going forward, and cards could no longer generate themselves.
I'd say un nerfed Kael'thas was really the best from Ashes.
This card was my favorite all time pre-nerf. You could play your entire deck with this card in Druid.
It’s contending for the best card ever printed. They tried unnerfing it and it had to get nerfed again. It’s up there with 4 mana Leeroy for me.
Mad scientist is a good one for naxx too, that card made secret decks work for many years
Suggestion ... I'd like to see a video showing the best Epic and best Legendary card from each set, and also the worst Epic and worst Legendary card from each set. I've got all of the Common and Rare cards, but I'm missing quite a few Epic and Legendary cards, and it would help to know which ones are best/worst so I know which ones to craft or to turn into dust. I bet a lot of other Hearthstone players are in the same boat, since it's difficult to get all of the Epic and Legendary cards unless you spend a lot of money (and/or a lot of time grinding away to get tons of in-game gold).
While Barnes saw a lot of play in the early days of Wild and in that one Hunter deck during Kobolds and Catacombs… I feel like the weapon and maelstrom portal are possibly better in terms of dominance.
I feel pretty confident in saying the Karazhan midrange shaman was the proportionally the best deck in the history of hearthstone (ignoring the ones that got nerfed in a matter of weeks or days). The meta was like all shaman and it had zero bad matchups iirc.
An idea for video: best decks for each xpansion (would love to see cubelock and taunt druid)
Emperor Thaurissan would definitely still be great, it was a combo masterpiece.
my fav card!
Cost reduction will always be relevant and good
thaurissan sees 0 play in wild, not even slower control decks
@@b8r Not true. I run him in my Even Reno Warlock deck in wild.
@@eastdragon42 youre probably not legend then
Woww i havent commented in years. But man your videos have really evolved over the years. Keep up the great work!! You look amazing
Boomsday forgetting about giggling inventor and Knowles forgetting about corridor creeper. Ahh those monsters were truly killed well
How many times I prayed that I didn’t hear „Who am I… none of your business“ when my opponent was on turn 6 😂
Oh man. Big nostalgia😢
One of the first Legendaries I opened in December after not playing since Scholomance was Demon Seed.
I play Wild exclusively
This is the first list that you've done where, as a regular player of hearthstone from the beginning, I nearly 100% agreed.
Good picks.
I’m surprised by some of your choices. For Nax and Blackrock, Lotheb and Emperor were in every deck, but I would argue that piloted shredder was more important than boom in GVG because it would determine early-game board. Plus Big Game Hunter would always counter boom by turn 7 so it decided fewer games. That was my experience anyways
Also belcher was more important than lotheb, undertaker was so broken it was the first nerfed card in hearthstone I’m pretty sure
classic best creature was chillwind yeti, a 4 mana 4/5 was insane, the 4 mana slot was crucial in most games
I think based on your criteria Keleseth isn't really a great choice for best from Frozen Throne, it's dominance basically hinged on the lack of decent 2 drops at the time due to shifts in design, and the Firefly Saronite Chain Gang etc neutral tempo package that existed most of the time it was legal.
Glad you went back to sanity and away from Merceneries content. This is the type of content that is appealing a broader audience. Thx m8
My favorite from Naxx was Kel'thuzad, not because because it was OP or anything, but I was able to pull off some really funny shenanigans with it, especially if I was playing druid and I managed to play + Stalagg + Feugen with it.
Though I only played till the grand tournament.
The moment you said “Spreading Plague” I collapsed to my knees. Decades of generational trauma resurfaced in my, horrific flashbacks began to swarm my mind like a plague.. a spreading plague
Agree with you except classic - Ragnaros was the best 8 drop for years, and it's neutral.
Ether Rag or Leeroy (4 mana). Also from Naxx it has to be Undertaker pre-nerf. It dominated the game until the nerf
classic was the hardest one in this list, so many good cards here
I started during the grand tournament and ill admit Secret Paladin was my deck of choice. It had everything you needed to get through a game, Equality, Consecrate, Wild Pyromancer, Annoy-o-tron, Sludge Belcher, I believe it also ran knife juggler cause you had noble sacrifice and muster for battle
I haven't watched your Mercs videos, but I'm glad you're kinda back to doing a bit of standard videos too!
unnerfed undertaker was imo the strongest naxx card but i liked loatheb a lot more as a card
Jesus, watching this makes me realize just how long I played this game before finally kicking the habit. SO many expansions.
I basically stopped right before Demon Hunter came on the scene.
4:50 I hit the legend for the first time with agro Shaman, brings back memories
About league of explorers, the answer is Reno, tunnel trogg doesn't even see play within aggro shaman decks, Reno defined a game wide archetype and still sees play to this day.
On the grand tournament, I would I like to say that I think a decent amount of the inspire cards should be looked over again after demon hunter released.
I dont know if any can beat the mysterious challenger's power level at the time, but I can tell you for a fact Hero powering Twice with Garrison Sargent as Demon Hunter is way more then twice as good as any other class, and just hero-powering every turn without losing tempo turns cards like Boneguard lieutenant, Silver hand regent, or Kevadar raider from middling cards to insane tempo swings, especially if you can do it twice a turn.
And this isn't even mentioning frost giant, which can be turbo'd out as early as turn 5, even without skull of guldan.
Oh man what a rude back in memory and time. Seeing all those best cards revitalized my hate or love for the old days where all the cards were basically in tier 0 decks 😂
Personally I think 'Call To Arms' was the single strongest card in KaC. That card was crazy
Kobold and Catacombs' strongest card was definitely Corridor Creeper. It really shook up the entire meta and needed to be nerfed so hard with a reduction of 3 attack, and it was still playable after that.
Deathstalker Rexxar is completely broken. He was being held back by it only being playable in hunter, which was an impossible control deck at the time but still, the card is friggin overpowered. Imagine it in Ramp druid or control warrior. bonkers
Using emperror in my Caverns Below rogue deck for test purposes currently. It's not amazing, but it does things, especially with swindle, mimic pod and conceal, helped me a few times when the matchup was a bit more grindy than i would have liked.
Not amazing, but most certainly not unplayable.
Patches is easily the best card ever made. It was played in exactly every deck, even Reno lock, because you were falling behind heavily if you did not. It required huge amount of nerfs. It is still premium legendary, S tier in WILD. I do not think they ever printed a stronger card or ever will.
That was one of those cards that should never have been printed
The best card has always been your credit card
Emp would definitely be viable today, its a very timeless effect. You can easily get 9 free mana off of him, enable combos, and if your opponent can't remove him you can get EIGHTEEN MANA OF VALUE. 18! I use this in several wild decks to this day, its actually insane. Also, with Gadgetzan I would argue that Jade Idol could contend with Kazakus and Patches, as it created some really toxic decks and was never really nerfed or outpaced. People still make degenerate wild mill decks with it. It also worked better back then because games went longer (when patches wasn't around that is). There was a kind of triangle in Gadgetzan where Control could beat pirate, pirate destroyed Yade, and Yade always beats control. Even though the meta was super unbalanced at the time, I think I had the most fun in standard whenever Gadgetzan was in the rotation.
🐛In the dungeon I go deeper🐛in set reviews I was a sleeper🐛when minions die I get cheaper🐛You guessed it right🐛I'm corridor creeper🐛
I stopped playing around when Uldum was released, but I agree most of the list here.
Secret Paladins, Reno Warlock, Temp Shaman, Pirate Warrior, Secret Rogue, Odd Warrior, C'Thun Warrior
Good ol days
Love your content, but I have to say I'm INCREDIBLY disappointed that you didn't have Undertaker as the number one for Naxx. Undertaker WAS the Naxx meta before it was nerfed, and for a video that helps people relive some old nostalgia, I think undertaker would've helped people remember the fact that pretty much *every* HS streamer had a dozen videos on "Destroy Undertaker Hunter with this new deck".
Undertaker Hunter WAS hearthstone before undertaker got nerfed. 70% or more of your opponents in those days would be hunter, and it was almost always a loss.
I'm also surprised you didn't bring it up because it made Sludge Belcher ubiquitous in almost every deck as well. I'd say that sludge belcher, because of undertaker, was just as tech'd into decks as loatheb was. And having such a strong effect on EVERYBODIES tech, to the point where everyone was running a sticky taunt, shows more prevalence in my opinion.
I always mention undertaker in discussions like these because I *desperately* want people to remember just how terrorizing that damn card was. People cry about shudderwock, but it had a negative win rate at its height. Undertaker turn 1 meant concede turn 1, and the entire hearthstone community was either playing it or doing their best mad science to destroy it. As Hearthstone's first expansion, and for me personally as my first card game, Undertaker single handedly showed me what a powerful meta defining card was and what it could do, and I'll never forget how absolutely despised and important that card was.
In the dungeon I go deeper🐛in set reviews I was a sleeper🐛when minions die I get cheaper🐛You guessed it right🐛I'm corridor creeper🐛
Despite patches I'd think small-time buccaneer is a solid contender for mean streets as well. The second it got nerfed to a 3/1 most pirate decks took a hard hit. Being able to kill a coined out doomsayer with STB + fiery war axe/ dagger+backstab was insane, even though it didn't happen tremendously often it really was too much power for the time. At 3/2 STB was simply way too much to handle for pretty much any deck.
i feel like deathstalker rexxar was nuts because of how much value it gave hunter, a class that notoriously didn’t have that much value generation at the time
seeing and remembering mysterious challenger is straight up PTSD
Im surprised it wasn't Lightforged Cariel for your pick in Fractured in Alterac Valley simply due to how Cariel is a one card win condition. She is a board clear, gives a permanent weapon, halves damage, and makes powerful minions with Blessing of Queens. That in itself helps Paladin win in every single matchup
This was a really fun retrospective.
Also, ctrl+f "was", replace with "were"
So much nostalgia, love these videos man, keep it up!
Ice Block was just so darn nasty, since you could play multiples!
It was not just ONE more turn but in some games at least 2 turns.
Combined with OG Reno in a highlander deck it could just turn nasty, like REALLY nasty!
11:45 Absolutely insane to hear the phrase "Second best expansion of all time" when Stormwind (& Demon Hunter) has been slammed in every video I've seen from Rarran.
7:34 That is lesser emerald spellstone for sure, 4 mana 12/12 on 4 turn is something else
Wow, it's been a long time since I played. Tried getting back into it when quests were introduced. . . and that was a long time ago too!
Branching Paths from Kobalds & Catacombs. Literally the most versatile card one could wish for. I don't think I've ever seen a Druid deck in Wild that does not have two of these cards in their deck. The fact that you can get armor, card draw, or bonus attack to all your minions means it is never ever a bad card to have in your deck, period. And now with synergies such as Solar Eclipse doubling the effect, it becomes quite insane (it's sad when I'm playing against a Druid opponent near death, & he suddenly goes up by 24 armor for just 6 mana).
Unfortunately, as a F2P player, I never got this epic card in any of the card packs I opened, and I don't really want to spend dust for it.
Also, Giggling Inventor from The Boomsday Project was a very strong card usable in everything from aggro decks to control decks until it got nerfed to oblivion from 5 mana to 7.
Thoroughly enjoy your HS history videos. Thank you for great content.
Keleseth double shadowstep was always the dream.
Surprised Jade idol wasn’t mentioned, maybe it’s cause I love control and that’s why I hate that card
Jade decks ruined any actually fun control deck. You either played jade or aggro. Worst part is, jade decks were quite boring to play in my opinion
Reckful was slamming Dr 6 till the rest of the community listened to him rip you hero
Our favourite chad hittin us up with more content. This is some true content made in the heat of passion
Incredible nostalgia and a reminder on how fun the game used to be!
(almost) every expansion: omg the power of this set was insane
I'm pretty biased, but I would have to say deathstalker rexxar is the best card out of the frozen throne. It was a one card win condition against any control deck in the game, and you could throw it into pretty much any hunter deck.
Best designed card series individual videos going over top 3 or 5 cards for each set
I think Shudderwock should have at least been an honorable mention from Witchwood
Agreed
Idk about the meta today but i think Emperor is like in Controle Decks when u have 6 cards for example literally an "free" play because it reduce 6 mana so technically it was for free. So i think it would be still insane.
Cards before: good cause of this, good cause of that..
Cards now: good cause better than cards before
They really need to nerf blackwater cutlass and secret passage and possibly swindle rather than gnoll imo. Cutlass is an emperor tharissan you can pay one mana to trade, and is also your otk win con in poison rogue. Secret Passage has low key been the best card in Rogue for a while and with trade cards is also a card advantage engine and Swindle just is an extra copy of cutlass that if you discount with cutlass is one mana and gets it right back and is also card advantage with cutlass. Gnoll and Maestra together with their insane draw with tradeable cards means zero cost dudes you can spam out really fast is too good. Less consistency Gnoll gets worse as well. That's my theory at least, I think Gnoll will fall off as being oppressive if they weaken their draw, and value engine they use to beat me to death by turn 6.
I was just leaving a comment for the Algo, your videos are really good and really made. Keep up the hard work, I'm really enjoying them!
Great content man. Keep the bangers coming
Does anyone else think that Uldum into Descent into Scholomance is easily the best 3-expansion stretch we’ve ever seen in Hearthstone? So many fun and interesting cards in those sets. btw scholomance is my favorite set ever printed
The caverns below card haunted me for so long. It was nightmare to deal with.
I'm not sure if I agree with the way you went with this video.
You should've went with the best card historically, which (as far as I know from the times I played) would be
Ice Block
Loatheb
Mechwarper (arguable. an effect so strong it's the strongest card in its tribe)
Flamewaker as it still was damn good so many years later and a combo piece
Can't remember shit about The Great Tournament
Reno Jackson is still played and has an archetype with its name
In Whispers I don't remember any card we still play (not saying they're bad, I just can't remember)
Patches
Barnes
Shadow Reaper Anduin (still used, completely dominated wild ages ago)
Stopped playing soon after so idk, came back in United in Stormwind.
Overall good video tho!
I would definitely put patches over kazakus, only because you have to build you deck with kazakus in mind. You can just throw patches and one other pirate in any deck your playing just to get a free value on board.