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Couple interesting tidbits from the VS podcast:

https://old.reddit.com/r/hearthstone/comments/uvrqg7/summary_of_the_5222022_vicious_syndicate_podcast/

"ZachO says that (shockingly) most Demon Hunters on ladder are still running Drek'Thar. Drek'Thar is still a top 5 card performance wise in those lists, but it's no longer worth the deck building cost to run it."

Sort of what I guessed, but interesting to see it confirmed; if you didn't have any 4+ cost minions you wanted to run anyway, Drek'thar is probably still worth running. This is mostly relevant for wild (there aren't really standard decks that can sensibly cut all their 4+ drops).

Also, in terms of overall balance, they had this to say:

"right now the new meta looks very balanced on the surface. ZachO thinks that post refinement there will be a lot of Tier 2 decks with very little to no Tier 1 decks, as no deck right now looks dominant. [...] Every class other than Demon Hunter looks like it has at least one viable deck, and Demon Hunter may still be good once it's refined for the postpatch nerfs."

Which...kind of matches my impression. I was having trouble really pinning this meta down. Like...if I had to guess the best deck at high levels, maybe Naga mage? But there's so much skill ceiling on that deck, so realistically at my MMR I'm not likely to run into someone who plays that deck close to optimally.