The decks you need to win the Clockwork Card Dealer – Standard Hearthstone Tavern Brawl

The robots take over in this week’s Clockwork Card Dealer – Standard Hearthstone Tavern Brawl. The Innkeeper and Bartender Bob never knew what hit them. The robots burst into the Tavern and said “Hasta la vista, baby” as they tossed them out and replaced them with Clockwork Golems. But never fear, my friends, while Bartender Bob muttered something about the spicy pretzel mustard, the Innkeeper yelled, “I’ll be back!”

Let’s take a look at how to win this week’s robo-themed Tavern Brawl. Come with me if you want to play.

Tavern Brawl basics

• Name: Clockwork Card Dealer – Standard
• Description: Tinkertown gnomes are testing their prototype card-bot: Optimotron! The card you draw on turn 1 will be a 1-cost card, if you have one. On turn 2, a 2-cost card…
• Fun level: 3/10* Personal preference. Some players will give it a much higher score.
• Difficulty: 7/10* Depending on the size of your card collection.
• Replayability: 2/10
• Format: Standard
• Type: PVP
• Deck: Constructed
• Rewards: 1 Standard card pack (can contain a card from any set in the current Standard rotation)

They could have called this the On Curve Brawl. Each turn, the Clockwork Dealer will try to deal you a card with a mana cost equal to the turn. 1 mana cards on turn 1. 2 mana cards on turn 2. 6 mana cards on turns 6. It gives players a great deal of control over the most random aspect of any card game: the draw.

How to win the Clockwork Card Dealer – Standard Hearthstone Tavern Brawl

The most important thing you’ll need to win this Brawl is a good deck. In constructed Brawls, players discover the most powerful lists very quickly, which leads to the Brawl falling into a meta structure like we see on the ladder. This is a repeated Brawl, but it’s Standard format. Standard has seen dramatic changes since the last time this Brawl was in the rotation. Many of the deck used last time will no longer be viable.

Overall, this Brawl awards aggressive play. Tempo is the name of the game here. You want play the card you draw most turns.

The decks you need to win the Clockwork Card Dealer Tavern Brawl

The last time we played this Brawl, the most recent expansion was. Since then, we’ve had changes to the Core set, plus we’ve seen,

It was a completely different world the last time we played this Brawl. Ah, the fond memories of the youthful days of February 2024. We are now in the Year of the Year of the Pegasus (2024). In addition to a big Core set update, we bid fond farewell to Voyage to the Sunken City, Murder at Castle Nathria, and March of the Lich King. In addition to the cards from the Year of the Wolf set like Festival of Legends, Titans, and Showdown in the Badlands, we have two Year of the Pegasus sets: Whizbang’s Workshop and Perils in Paradise.

Is this Brawl just like living in paradise? You decide, Earworm time!

Not to put too fine a point on it, but the available cards for us to build our decks with are radically different this time around.

New Clockwork Card Dealer Tavern Brawl Decks

Tsunami Mage

• Credit: Houseleft
• Deck code:

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• This deck is focused around the Mage spell, Tsunami. Your Watercolor Artist will draw you Tsunami. Skyla allows you to play that Tsunami for 0 mana. Conniving Conman potentially lets you play another Tsunami. If your opponent somehow survives all that, you’ve got Marin into Kalegos as a backup plan.

Elemental Shaman

• Credit: Ben Hearthstone
• Deck code:

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• Most of your minions are the Elemental tribe and have a Battlecry. When you Turbulus and Skarr on curve, you’ll get a solid buff, and a nice board clear.

Highlander Warrior

• Credit: skizzy1719
• Deck code:

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• You’ve got lot of small, cheap minions and spells to survive the early game. If you have to make substitutions, don’t put anything else with 8 mana. You need for that draw to be Deepminer Brann. Your strategy revolves around creating Chaotic Tendrils and using them to great effect. Chaos reigns supreme!

More Clockwork Card Dealer – Standard lists

Hopefully, one of these decks listed here should get you the W. Keep checking Hearthstone Top Decks, because there are more Tavern Brawl decks being added by the hour. If you find another great list, share it with us in the comments.

Originally posted on July 22, 2021; last updated September 11, 2024.