Basic deck

Basic decks are pre-made card lists provided for new players, composed entirely of cards from the Basic card set, including neutral cards and class cards available at level 1. There are 9 basic decks in total, one for each class.

Basic decks are the default deck lists provided whenever gaining a new deck slot, offering a quick, simple way of getting to know a class and the game itself without needing to spend time constructing a deck. Basic decks are provided automatically for new players as they unlock each class.

While they provide a reasonable starting point for a new class, once the player has gotten to grips with the basics, and added a few cards to their collection, it is generally recommended to try their hand at constructing their own decks. This not only helps players to learn about the game's deeper strategic elements, but is likely to provide a superior deck to the basic decks available. Players can use their favourite cards from that class' basic deck (or the entire deck) as a starting point for building their new deck.

For those seeking a helping hand in learning to construct effective decks, there are two main options. Online card listings on sites such as Hearthpwn.com provide a constantly updated selection of popular and competitive decks, often accompanied by tips and guidance on using the deck, as well as suggestions for substitutions where the player has not yet collected certain cards.

Alternatively, Deck Recipes can provide a useful bridge into deck building, with the 'Classic ' recipes representing an upgraded version of the basic decks, featuring only Basic and Classic cards and mostly lower rarities, but with much stronger synergies and a better chance of victory. Other Deck Recipes are more complex, featuring specific themes and strategies, and requiring cards from various card sets and of higher rarities. Deck Recipes are more accessible than online listings due to a smaller number of options and their integration within the game.

Deck listings
Below are listings for the composition of each basic deck. Each basic deck is composed of all 5 basic class cards available to that class from level 1, plus 10 neutral basic minion cards. Each card is included x 2.

{| class="wikitable" ! Druid !! Hunter !! Mage !! Paladin !! Priest !! Rogue !! Shaman !! Warlock !! Warrior
 * Innervate || Arcane Shot || Arcane Missiles || Blessing of Might || Elven Archer || Backstab || Ancestral Healing || Murloc Raider || Charge
 * Claw || Stonetusk Boar || Murloc Raider || Goldshire Footman || Holy Smite || Deadly Poison || Frost Shock || Voidwalker || Murloc Raider
 * Elven Archer || Timber Wolf || Arcane Explosion ||Hand of Protection
 * Northshire Cleric || Elven Archer || Stonetusk Boar || Voodoo Doctor || Execute
 * River Crocolisk || Tracking ||Bloodfen Raptor
 * Light's Justice || Power Word: Shield || Goldshire Footman || Frostwolf Grunt || Kobold Geomancer || Frostwolf Grunt
 * Mark of the Wild || Bloodfen Raptor || Novice Engineer || Stonetusk Boar || Voodoo Doctor || Sinister Strike || Rockbiter Weapon || River Crocolisk || Heroic Strike
 * Wild Growth || River Crocolisk || River Crocolisk || Holy Light || Bloodfen Raptor || Bloodfen Raptor || Windfury || Felstalker || Murloc Tidehunter
 * Healing Touch || Ironforge Rifleman || Arcane Intellect || Ironforge Rifleman || Frostwolf Grunt || Novice Engineer || Raid Leader || Drain Life || Fiery War Axe
 * Silverback Patriarch || Raid Leader || Raid Leader ||Raid Leader
 * Radiance || Sap || Wolfrider || Shadow Bolt || Razorfen Hunter
 * Chillwind Yeti || Razorfen Hunter || Wolfrider || Gnomish Inventor ||Shadow Word: Pain
 * Ironforge Rifleman || Chillwind Yeti || Wolfrider || Warsong Commander
 * Oasis Snapjaw || Silverback Patriarch || Fireball || Hammer of Wrath || Shattered Sun Cleric || Dragonling Mechanic || Hex || Chillwind Yeti || Wolfrider
 * Darkscale Healer
 * Houndmaster || Oasis Snapjaw || Stormwind Knight || Silverback Patriarch || Gnomish Inventor || Sen'jin Shieldmasta || Hellfire || Dragonling Mechanic
 * Nightblade || Multi-Shot || Polymorph || Nightblade || Chillwind Yeti || Stormwind Knight || Booty Bay Bodyguard || Ogre Magi || Sen'jin Shieldmasta
 * Boulderfist Ogre
 * Oasis Snapjaw || Sen'jin Shieldmasta || Stormpike Commando || Sen'jin Shieldmasta || Assassinate || Frostwolf Warlord || Darkscale Healer || Gurubashi Berserker
 * Lord of the Arena || Stormpike Commando || Nightblade || Lord of the Arena || Gurubashi Berserker || Nightblade || Boulderfist Ogre || Reckless Rocketeer || Boulderfist Ogre
 * Core Hound || Core Hound || Boulderfist Ogre || Stormwind Champion || Core Hound || Stormpike Commando || Reckless Rocketeer || War Golem || Lord of the Arena
 * Ironforge Rifleman || Chillwind Yeti || Wolfrider || Warsong Commander
 * Oasis Snapjaw || Silverback Patriarch || Fireball || Hammer of Wrath || Shattered Sun Cleric || Dragonling Mechanic || Hex || Chillwind Yeti || Wolfrider
 * Darkscale Healer
 * Houndmaster || Oasis Snapjaw || Stormwind Knight || Silverback Patriarch || Gnomish Inventor || Sen'jin Shieldmasta || Hellfire || Dragonling Mechanic
 * Nightblade || Multi-Shot || Polymorph || Nightblade || Chillwind Yeti || Stormwind Knight || Booty Bay Bodyguard || Ogre Magi || Sen'jin Shieldmasta
 * Boulderfist Ogre
 * Oasis Snapjaw || Sen'jin Shieldmasta || Stormpike Commando || Sen'jin Shieldmasta || Assassinate || Frostwolf Warlord || Darkscale Healer || Gurubashi Berserker
 * Lord of the Arena || Stormpike Commando || Nightblade || Lord of the Arena || Gurubashi Berserker || Nightblade || Boulderfist Ogre || Reckless Rocketeer || Boulderfist Ogre
 * Core Hound || Core Hound || Boulderfist Ogre || Stormwind Champion || Core Hound || Stormpike Commando || Reckless Rocketeer || War Golem || Lord of the Arena
 * Boulderfist Ogre
 * Oasis Snapjaw || Sen'jin Shieldmasta || Stormpike Commando || Sen'jin Shieldmasta || Assassinate || Frostwolf Warlord || Darkscale Healer || Gurubashi Berserker
 * Lord of the Arena || Stormpike Commando || Nightblade || Lord of the Arena || Gurubashi Berserker || Nightblade || Boulderfist Ogre || Reckless Rocketeer || Boulderfist Ogre
 * Core Hound || Core Hound || Boulderfist Ogre || Stormwind Champion || Core Hound || Stormpike Commando || Reckless Rocketeer || War Golem || Lord of the Arena
 * Core Hound || Core Hound || Boulderfist Ogre || Stormwind Champion || Core Hound || Stormpike Commando || Reckless Rocketeer || War Golem || Lord of the Arena
 * Core Hound || Core Hound || Boulderfist Ogre || Stormwind Champion || Core Hound || Stormpike Commando || Reckless Rocketeer || War Golem || Lord of the Arena

Basic Druid
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 * 1) Basic Druid
 * 2) Class: Druid
 * 3) Format: Standard
 * 4) Year of the Raven
 * 5) 2x (0) Innervate
 * 6) 2x (1) Claw
 * 7) 2x (1) Elven Archer
 * 8) 2x (2) Mark of the Wild
 * 9) 2x (2) River Crocolisk
 * 10) 2x (2) Wild Growth
 * 11) 2x (3) Healing Touch
 * 12) 2x (3) Silverback Patriarch
 * 13) 2x (4) Chillwind Yeti
 * 14) 2x (4) Oasis Snapjaw
 * 15) 2x (5) Darkscale Healer
 * 16) 2x (5) Nightblade
 * 17) 2x (6) Boulderfist Ogre
 * 18) 2x (6) Lord of the Arena
 * 19) 2x (7) Core Hound
 * 1) 2x (7) Core Hound
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Basic Hunter
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 * 1) Basic Hunter
 * 2) Class: Hunter
 * 3) Format: Standard
 * 4) Year of the Raven
 * 5) 2x (1) Arcane Shot
 * 6) 2x (1) Stonetusk Boar
 * 7) 2x (1) Timber Wolf
 * 8) 2x (1) Tracking
 * 9) 2x (2) Bloodfen Raptor
 * 10) 2x (2) River Crocolisk
 * 11) 2x (3) Ironforge Rifleman
 * 12) 2x (3) Raid Leader
 * 13) 2x (3) Razorfen Hunter
 * 14) 2x (3) Silverback Patriarch
 * 15) 2x (4) Houndmaster
 * 16) 2x (4) Multi-Shot
 * 17) 2x (4) Oasis Snapjaw
 * 18) 2x (5) Stormpike Commando
 * 19) 2x (7) Core Hound
 * 1) 2x (7) Core Hound
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Basic Mage
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 * 1) Basic Mage
 * 2) Class: Mage
 * 3) Format: Standard
 * 4) Year of the Raven
 * 5) 2x (1) Arcane Missiles
 * 6) 2x (1) Murloc Raider
 * 7) 2x (2) Arcane Explosion
 * 8) 2x (2) Bloodfen Raptor
 * 9) 2x (2) Novice Engineer
 * 10) 2x (2) River Crocolisk
 * 11) 2x (3) Arcane Intellect
 * 12) 2x (3) Raid Leader
 * 13) 2x (3) Wolfrider
 * 14) 2x (4) Fireball
 * 15) 2x (4) Oasis Snapjaw
 * 16) 2x (4) Polymorph
 * 17) 2x (4) Sen'jin Shieldmasta
 * 18) 2x (5) Nightblade
 * 19) 2x (6) Boulderfist Ogre
 * 1) 2x (6) Boulderfist Ogre
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Basic Paladin
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 * 1) Basic Paladin
 * 2) Class: Paladin
 * 3) Format: Standard
 * 4) Year of the Raven
 * 5) 2x (1) Blessing of Might
 * 6) 2x (1) Goldshire Footman
 * 7) 2x (1) Hand of Protection
 * 8) 2x (1) Light's Justice
 * 9) 2x (1) Stonetusk Boar
 * 10) 2x (2) Holy Light
 * 11) 2x (3) Ironforge Rifleman
 * 12) 2x (3) Raid Leader
 * 13) 2x (4) Gnomish Inventor
 * 14) 2x (4) Hammer of Wrath
 * 15) 2x (4) Stormwind Knight
 * 16) 2x (5) Nightblade
 * 17) 2x (5) Stormpike Commando
 * 18) 2x (6) Lord of the Arena
 * 19) 2x (7) Stormwind Champion
 * 1) 2x (7) Stormwind Champion
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Basic Priest
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 * 1) Basic Priest
 * 2) Class: Priest
 * 3) Format: Standard
 * 4) Year of the Raven
 * 5) 2x (1) Elven Archer
 * 6) 2x (1) Holy Smite
 * 7) 2x (1) Northshire Cleric
 * 8) 2x (1) Power Word: Shield
 * 9) 2x (1) Voodoo Doctor
 * 10) 2x (2) Bloodfen Raptor
 * 11) 2x (2) Frostwolf Grunt
 * 12) 2x (2) Radiance
 * 13) 2x (2) Shadow Word: Pain
 * 14) 2x (3) Shattered Sun Cleric
 * 15) 2x (3) Silverback Patriarch
 * 16) 2x (4) Chillwind Yeti
 * 17) 2x (4) Sen'jin Shieldmasta
 * 18) 2x (5) Gurubashi Berserker
 * 19) 2x (7) Core Hound
 * 1) 2x (7) Core Hound
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Basic Rogue
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 * 1) Basic Rogue
 * 2) Class: Rogue
 * 3) Format: Standard
 * 4) Year of the Raven
 * 5) 2x (0) Backstab
 * 6) 2x (1) Deadly Poison
 * 7) 2x (1) Elven Archer
 * 8) 2x (1) Goldshire Footman
 * 9) 2x (1) Sinister Strike
 * 10) 2x (2) Bloodfen Raptor
 * 11) 2x (2) Novice Engineer
 * 12) 2x (2) Sap
 * 13) 2x (3) Ironforge Rifleman
 * 14) 2x (4) Dragonling Mechanic
 * 15) 2x (4) Gnomish Inventor
 * 16) 2x (4) Stormwind Knight
 * 17) 2x (5) Assassinate
 * 18) 2x (5) Nightblade
 * 19) 2x (5) Stormpike Commando
 * 1) 2x (5) Stormpike Commando
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Basic Shaman
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 * 1) Basic Shaman
 * 2) Class: Shaman
 * 3) Format: Standard
 * 4) Year of the Raven
 * 5) 2x (0) Ancestral Healing
 * 6) 2x (1) Frost Shock
 * 7) 2x (1) Stonetusk Boar
 * 8) 2x (2) Frostwolf Grunt
 * 9) 2x (2) Rockbiter Weapon
 * 10) 2x (2) Windfury
 * 11) 2x (3) Raid Leader
 * 12) 2x (3) Wolfrider
 * 13) 2x (4) Chillwind Yeti
 * 14) 2x (4) Hex
 * 15) 2x (4) Sen'jin Shieldmasta
 * 16) 2x (5) Booty Bay Bodyguard
 * 17) 2x (5) Frostwolf Warlord
 * 18) 2x (6) Boulderfist Ogre
 * 19) 2x (6) Reckless Rocketeer
 * 1) 2x (6) Reckless Rocketeer
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Basic Warlock
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 * 1) Basic Warlock
 * 2) Class: Warlock
 * 3) Format: Standard
 * 4) Year of the Raven
 * 5) 2x (1) Murloc Raider
 * 6) 2x (1) Voidwalker
 * 7) 2x (1) Voodoo Doctor
 * 8) 2x (2) Kobold Geomancer
 * 9) 2x (2) River Crocolisk
 * 10) 2x (2) Felstalker
 * 11) 2x (3) Drain Life
 * 12) 2x (3) Shadow Bolt
 * 13) 2x (3) Wolfrider
 * 14) 2x (4) Chillwind Yeti
 * 15) 2x (4) Hellfire
 * 16) 2x (4) Ogre Magi
 * 17) 2x (5) Darkscale Healer
 * 18) 2x (6) Reckless Rocketeer
 * 19) 2x (7) War Golem
 * 1) 2x (7) War Golem
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Basic Warrior
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 * 1) Basic Warrior
 * 2) Class: Warrior
 * 3) Format: Standard
 * 4) Year of the Raven
 * 5) 2x (1) Charge
 * 6) 2x (1) Murloc Raider
 * 7) 2x (2) Execute
 * 8) 2x (2) Frostwolf Grunt
 * 9) 2x (2) Heroic Strike
 * 10) 2x (2) Murloc Tidehunter
 * 11) 2x (3) Fiery War Axe
 * 12) 2x (3) Razorfen Hunter
 * 13) 2x (3) Warsong Commander
 * 14) 2x (3) Wolfrider
 * 15) 2x (4) Dragonling Mechanic
 * 16) 2x (4) Sen'jin Shieldmasta
 * 17) 2x (5) Gurubashi Berserker
 * 18) 2x (6) Boulderfist Ogre
 * 19) 2x (6) Lord of the Arena
 * 1) 2x (6) Lord of the Arena
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Patch changes

 * Basic decks no longer feature as separate decks, but are now default deck lists provided whenever gaining a new deck slot.
 * The basic decks section of the Play screen has been removed.
 * Unknown beta patch: Name changed from "Standard Decks" to "Basic Decks".
 * Unknown beta patch: Name changed from "Standard Decks" to "Basic Decks".