Do you play fun/themed decks or meta decks?

[Petersona]

I just started playing a few days ago, so I'm lacking multiple copies of a lot of powerful cards so I can't make high tier meta decks. I like the idea of playing a themed deck (orcs, dragons, etc) and I'm wondering if anyone else likes making decks like that, or do you prefer to just play ranked with meta decks?

[meglobob1]

I play both!

Also, in ESL some of the theme decks are meta, Goblins and Dragons are meta, players getting to legend rank with them. Also, I have recently seen a awesome Orc deck and I would not be surprised if you could get to legend playing that.

The only themed deck not to do well is werewolves, never seen a good deck based exclusively on werewolves. Some good werewolf cards but only a smattering in a deck.

Currently in ESL you can play lots and lots of different decks and do ok to excellent. I have over 20 decks that I like to play. Currently, this ccg has alot more variety them Hearthstone for example.

For a new player, blue/red aggro combo is good, a creature / action / prophecy deck can easily get you to rank 5 or 4.

[Zsrai]

If you're looking for a good "tribal" deck, the best are probably Goblins (basically mono-Green, you can splash in another color if you want) and Orcs (usually a mostly mono-Red Warrior build). Dragon based decks work well too, depending on what class the deck is (Scout is probably best, Spellsword and Archer are pretty good too), but those aren't really a "tribal" deck since there are so few.

Some other decent "theme" decks that work well enough to climb the ladder (but not to hit high Legend) are things like Pilfer Monk (focuses on Pilfer creatures, Master of Thieves, and Thieves Den) and Action Mage or Action Assassin (both focus on heavy Action usage with the Hexmage for damage). Item decks work pretty well too, with certain types (check CVH decks, he loves Item builds) performing far better than others.

Personally I don't play many theme decks because they tend to rely too much on combos or good match ups. I do play Orcs pretty often though, and it's my favorite aggro deck (more fun than hyper aggro Mono Red anything). I've had some success with Goblins and Items too. I usually play more standard "meta" style decks, but not always a pure netdeck from the top players either. Something like a solid Mid Sorc or Mid Archer are pretty fun, and you have a lot of options within those archetypes to build a good deck too.

[Crixus]

I hate meta decks, I find them very boring to play, even when I'm winning so I don't really play them anymore.

I have been playing goblins since the start though since I loved themed decks and they are actually good too(although can require luck), so I can have fun while winning, not sure if they are considered meta though, or they wasn't when I started with them. I just hate fighting against control with them lol.

I play a lot of weird themed type decks in casual though.

I Wish this game had way more card choice though, so more theme type decks could be used competitively.

[Volodio]

I try to play themed decks, but it's not very successful because I lost most of the time. Probably cause I need all the cards of the theme to play effectivly, and I don't have them.

[Masterofkaputnik]

I like themed decks (eg mage deck) or direktly built around Divayth/ Ancano but there is the problem, that one can do that only in ranked mode and not the arena, because you will not be able to tune your deck to the different combinations needed to succeed.