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Demons aren't just for hunting...

Big Demon Hunter is a control Demon Hunter deck type that uses late-game Demon minions with Demon synergy effects.

The bulk of the deck's power comes from large, high-cost demons like Taintheart Tormenter and Pit Commander which are brought into the board with cards like Raging Felscreamer, Caria Felsoul, or Sigil of Reckoning. They use a number of mid-game AoE and Lifesteal spells to stabilize beforehand, such as Immolation Aura and Eye Beam. Other late-game threats like Priestess of Fury continue to add pressure after they've established control of the board with big demons.

Standard cards[]

The following cards are usually in the deck.

Core cards[]

The following cards are played in most or all versions of the deck:

Sigil of Alacrity
Sir Finley, Sea Guide
Chaos Strike
Fel Barrage
Aldrachi Warblades
Raging Felscreamer
Warden of Chains
Faceless Manipulator
Sigil of Reckoning
Caria Felsoul
Kurtrus, Demon-Render
Xhilag of the Abyss
Illidari Inquisitor
Mo'arg Forgefiend
Taintheart Tormenter

Optional cards[]

The following cards are played more than occasionally, but not always:

Multi-Strike
Sigil of Flame
Eye Beam
Ambassador Faelin
Vanndar Stormpike
Spammy Arcanist

Wild cards[]

Wild iconThis section concerns content exclusive to Wild format.

In addition to the Standard cards, the following Wild cards are played in most or all versions of the deck:

Core cards[]

Illidari Studies
Immolation Aura
Priestess of Fury
Ancient Void Hound
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Optional cards[]

Zephrys the Great
Soul Split
Chaos Nova
Reno Jackson
Skull of Gul'dan
Dragonqueen Alexstrasza

History[]

Originally, the rampant success of aggro and midrange Demon Hunter made Big Demon Hunter not only generally outclassed, but their popularity resulted in the presence of many Warlock decks running Sacrificial Pact, which countered Big Demon Hunter moreso than any other Demon Hunter archetypes. With their biggest counter and other Demon Hunter cards nerfed, the deck started to see presence in the meta.

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