Since the rotation and expansion aren't too far out (hopefully) I thought I'd reflect on what this meta really brought for the past many months.
One of the comments I've seen throughout this meta was how stale it was. So I thought I'd ask why it was worthy of this label. Imo, there have been many metas prior to this one that have been much staler, some with literally only two options for consistent high ladder decks (talking rank 5 to low legend).
In this meta we saw
Warrior: Pirate and Dragon
Shaman: Jade (Basically cannibalized the old midrange & aggro decks)
Priest: Dragon & Reno
Warlock: Reno
Mage: Reno
Rogue: Miracle
Druid: Jade & a select few Egg Druids
I feel that is pretty damn good for a "stale" meta. Almost every class had a valid deck. In this meta you also saw very decent and viable options for every general deck archtype; Reno Warlock for control, Pirate for aggro, Miracle for combo, and Jade Shaman for midrange/tempo. I don't think we've had very many, if any, metas that provided you at least one solid choice for every archtype in the same meta.
With this in mind I ask again, why was this meta stale exactly?