Another GosuCup SEA tournament was put in the books this Saturday with Zadkiel running away with the lion’s share of the prize pool. How did he do it? Let’s find out.

Zadkiel is a long-standing veteran of the Hearthstone scene, ever since the days of GosuCup 2014 and even before that. He’s a player who knows what works, what doesn’t and what the metagame will be at an open tournament.

Thus, it is little surprise to see him run Grim Patron/Face Hunter/Demonlock triage. The line-up is flexible, ranging from the super aggressive, through slow midrange, to OTK archetypes. And, well, who can pass up on the piling tonnage of the dwarf drunkards.

The Vietnam duo of Tsukiviet and Nexxgen, both of who finished top 4, played a Druid/Hunter/Mage line-up but all of their decklists are completely different from one another. Like Zadkiel, Tsukiviet adopts a Face Hunter and supplements it with a standard Mech Mage and a slower, single-combo ramp Druid.  Nexxgen, on the other hand, plays Midrange Hunter instead of Face, uses a cool Flamewaker midrange Mage and pounds people with a double combo fast Druid.

Tsukiviet's decks:

  

Nexxgen's decks:

  

You can also view all VODs from the past events right here.

Got any deckbuilding ideas from the best players in the region? Ready your cards and come to prove it tomorrow, May 16th, when the sevents edition of GosuCup SEA will be held. The total prize pool is $500 and 52 World Championship points - the best way to start your #RoadtoBlizzcon and earn some money in the process.

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