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With the start of the Year of the Dragon, Kobolds & CatacombsKathrena Winterwisp, Knights of the Frozen ThronePlay Dead, Journey to Un'GoroCharged Devilsaur, Kobolds & CatacombsCarnivorous Cube, and Journey to Un'GoroDevilsaur Egg have rotated to wild, making Recruit Hunter a wild-exclusive archetype. For more information, see Game format.

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Recruit Hunter (also known as Big Beast Hunter or simply Big Hunter) is a Hunter Midrange deck introduced in Kobolds and Catacombs and popularized in The Witchwood. The deck relies on reaching the mid-game to summon powerful Beasts such as LegacyKing Krush, Journey to Un'GoroCharged Devilsaur, and The WitchwoodWitchwood Grizzly with the effect of Kobolds & CatacombsKathrena Winterwisp.

Aside from the core cards, the archetype is relatively flexible. It can be played as a hybrid deck with cards from Spell Hunter, or take a more Deathrattle-focused approach with Journey to Un'GoroDevilsaur Egg. In any case, most of the other cards should be focused on surviving the early game so that Kathrena has time to come into play.

Common Cards[]

The following cards are usually in the deck.

Core Cards[]

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

Candleshot
Hunter's Mark
Play Dead
Tracking
Stitched Tracker
Flanking Strike
Houndmaster Shaw
Witchwood Grizzly
Deathstalker Rexxar
Charged Devilsaur
Kathrena Winterwisp
King Krush

Optional Cards[]

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

Fire Fly
Explosive Trap
Freezing Trap
Grievous Bite
Loot Hoarder
Prince Keleseth
Wandering Monster
Gluttonous Ooze
Lone Champion
Devilsaur Egg
Tar Creeper
Terrorscale Stalker
Void Ripper
Saronite Chain Gang
Carnivorous Cube
Corpse Widow
Lesser Emerald Spellstone
Mossy Horror
Savannah Highmane
Seeping Oozeling
Flark's Boom-Zooka
Silver Vanguard
The Lich King
Oondasta
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