Hearthstone Deck Tech: Dummy Warrior - The Best Warrior Deck in Standard!

The Lost City of Un'Goro, the most recent Hearthstone set, has been out for a few weeks now. Now, after some balance changes, some classes are standing out from the others.

Warrior is one of the few classes we haven't discussed much in the last few months, as no Warrior deck has made it to the top of the meta even now. However, recently Dummy Warrior became the main topic of debate among Warrior fans because it is one of the few viable Warrior lists in the meta.

So, we at Cards Realm decided to bring you this guide to show you more about this deck, like its main cards, matchups, and how to mulligan with it. Check it out!

The card that names the deck and is its main source of damage is Testing Dummy. This entire list centers around this minion and its Deathrattle, which deals 8 damage randomly to all enemies.

Your main game plan is activating this effect as many times as you possibly can and then, at the end of the match, playing Endbringer Umbra. If, during the match, you managed to summon several copies of Testing Dummy, your Endbringer Umbra can deal up to 40 damage.

Now that you know this, let's see the other cards in this list.

Main Cards

This list relies a lot on Testing Dummy, so some cards in it will draw it for you. For instance, Quality Assurance and All You Can Eat.

As for the combination of Safety Goggles or Shield Block with Part Scrapper, it will make Testing Dummy cost only 1 mana. With them, you'll be able to play it quite early on.

Once your most important minion is in play, lots of your other cards become even better. Boom Wrench activates its Deathrattle another time, and Carnivorous Cubicle and Wreck'em and Deck'em create even more copies of it.

When your first Testing Dummy start dying, Inventor Boom will become incredible. And, finally, the aforementioned Endbringer Umbra will activate Testing Dummy's Deathrattle an extra five times.

Other minions, like Mixologist and Elise the Navigator, are quite flexible. They'll give you custom resources, so you can get more ways to draw cards, deal damage, or defend yourself.

The last notable minions in this list are Zilliax Deluxe 3000 (with the Virus and Perfect modules) and Tortolla, which should protect you in the late game. Both are big, have taunt, and can give you life, either by giving you armor or through lifesteal.

Because this list plays so many expensive minions, it also plays Chemical Spill, which will help you play them for cheaper. Just be careful not to use this spell to play Endbringer Umbra or Inventor Boom because Battlecry effects don't work like that.

This list also includes a few removals: Axe of the Forefathers and Slam.

Of course, your win condition is Testing Dummy, so get ready to use resources like Carnivorous Cubicle and Wreck'em and Deck'em on it. This way, your Endbringer Umbra will be able to deal 40 damage and, most likely, will win the game.

Early on, we mentioned how important Testing Dummy is and how you must play him as early as possible. So you must look for the combo we mentioned before, Safety Goggles or Shield Block and Part Scrapper.

Discounting the cost of Testing Dummy is useless if you don't have it in your hand. So, keep some card draw in your mulligan, like Quality Assurance or All You Can Eat. If you can't, you can keep Testing Dummy itself.

This is your ideal opening hand.

Aggro

You'll have to take a different approach against aggressive lists. You can't put pressure on them early on, and your main minions are expensive. So, defend yourself as best as you can with cards like Axe of the Forefathers and Slam.

As Mixologist's potions and Elise the Navigator's location are flexible, you can go for them when you mulligan too. Focus on removals or ways to gain life.

Ideally, you'll survive the early game pressure and have enough gas to play the later turns with more mana.

Control

Dummy Warrior is better against control lists. These slower decks will give you the time you need to use all your tools.

Just try to get as much value as you can from your cards. Don't rush into playing Endbringer Umbra before making sure at least four copies of Testing Dummy have died.

Your resources are limited, and control lists usually heal a lot of life. As Endbringer Umbra will end the match for you, you must use it as soon as you find a proper moment. If you don't, you'll struggle to kill your opponent later on.

Dummy Warrior isn't the best deck in the game or unbeatable, but it is the strongest option if you enjoy Warrior lists.

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Thank you for reading, and see you next time!