The Weasel Tunneler mechanic has been around since 2016’s Mean Streets of Gadgetzan expansion, but up until now, there haven’t been enough copy/resurrect cards, and it’s been too weak to spend the early turns watering down the enemy deck. After all, you can’t copy your Weasels if you’re dead at turn four.

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To boost survivability, the Weasel Priest deck runs a Quest card from the Journey to Un’Goro expansion called Awaken the Makers that can increase your max health over time, giving you more time to build up Weasels.

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Even this might not have been enough to make the deck work, but recent changes to Hearthstone’s metagame have made a Weasel strategy even more viable: Most of today’s popular decks take a handful of turns to get rolling, so you’ve got even more breathing room to get the Weasel engine up and running before your enemy starts doing damage.

Watching someone win with Weasel Priest is like watching a child win the Indy 500 by tossing marbles onto the track: It’s crude, it’s slightly unfair, and it’s pretty damn funny. Will it become a top-tier competitive contender and the new deck that’s so OP that everyone hates it? Maybe not. But as Savjz and others, like popular streamer Thijs Molendijk, have demonstrated, Weasel Priest can stand paw-to-paw with some of the best decks in the game, and rat’s enough for me.

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Want to run Weasel Priest for yourself? Here’s the code for Savjz’ deck: AAECAa0GCJ8D7QXgrAKKsAKWxALPxwKQ0wLD6gILigH7AbW7AuW8AsPBAtHBAtXBAujQAovhAqniAurmAgA=