[Dragon Soul] Spell/Resurrect Priest
- Last updated Jan 19, 2018 (Kobolds Patch)
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Wild
- 3 Minions
- 26 Spells
- 1 Weapon
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Spell Priest
- Crafting Cost: 5240
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 1/19/2018 (Kobolds Patch)
- Almoullim
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Hello everyone!
First of all, this is a fun deck, it might work and it might not.. your winning condition is about 50/50, and depends a lot on your draws and the early game.
Early Game:
You equip Dragon Soul, have a Radiant Elemental on board (not necessary) and spam those spells while generating a couple ofDragon Spirit. If you weren't lucky enough to draw Dragon Soul early then you may use the spells to help you survive and keep clearing the board.
Mid Game:
You want to have your weapon equipped already or in hand, and by now you should have a Radiant Elemental that died which can be resurrected to help you recover after a board clear which should be easy considering the mana cost of most of the spells.
Late Game:
By now your opponent should be overwhelmed trying to keep up with your board given that you had a good early game. after your opponent manages to clear your board or fill his board. You wanna play Lyra the Sunshard, resurrect a Radiant Elemental or two, the more you had already or play the more dragons and spells you gonna play. This should help you fill board and clear board if you get the spells you need or if you have them in hand already. Also, it keeps your hand rich with spells.
in case your opponent kills Lyra the Sunshard or fully clear board again by trading or whatever the way. You now wanna play your Lesser Diamond Spellstone which will resurrect Lyra the Sunshard , a Radiant Elemental, and a Dragon Spirit. and you should have spells to try to squeeze in another Dragon Spirit or more depending on mana cost of them.
Spells:1 x Shadow Essence is used to bring out a Lyra or a Radiant Elemental1 x Mass Dispel Is a two for one, draw a card and to shut down any big walls. An example would be a N'Zoth, the Corruptor summoning a couple of Voidlord while you had lethal on board. or any big taunts.
2 x Resurrect is mainly used to resurrect a Radiant Elemental on early game, but it can hit a Lyra or a 5/5 dragon and all of them are favorable.
2 x Mind Vision no need to talk explain this card but be aware of playing copied minions as it will ruin your resurrections cards.
1 x Unidentified Elixir is a really great card with all its variations. best two for the deck would be Elixir of Hope and Elixir of Shadows.
The rest of the spells are self-explanatory.
Backup [Not included yet]
Rummaging Kobold; Given the fact that this deck is heavily reliant on Dragon Soul. Your weapon getting destroyed is a huge setback. Therefore this minion battlecry could be essential in the deck. I have yet to see people running minions with battlecry: destroy your opponent weapon, but when I do then I will consider including this minion.
Other Cards to consider / Subsitution
-1 Lesser Diamond Spellstone / +1 Arcane Giant: Reason behind this is that by the late game it will cost 0 mana. to flip the scales after board clear maybe.
-1 Mass Dispel / +1 Gadgetzan Auctioneer: The deck lacks card draw, this card will help a lot to cycle through your spells. If you have a Radiant Elemental on board it would be super!
-1 Flash Heal / +1 Priest of the Feast: This card could be used as way to recover from a bad early game in the mid or late game.
-1 Holy Nova / +1 Shadowreaper Anduin: could deal up to 10 damage per turn depending on spells and how many Radiant Elemental on board. Dont forget the 5 armor and destroy all +5 attack minions. Could make a huge comeback.
Important!Before you go about replacing those spells, you have to consider the other spells in the deck. Having minions other than Lyra the Sunshard and Radiant Elemental will without doubt break your chain of resurrction. As I said before, its all about constantly reviving Lyra the Sunshard and Radiant Elemental whilist generating Dragon Spirit. The only Safe card to include is Shadowreaper Anduin.
Some games you don't even need the weapon. Overwhelming the opponent and board control is the key to winning. Against a Razakus/Dragon OTK Priest, I burnt my weapon and kept resurrecting Lyra with her elementals to a win.
Very fun deck to play!!!
I really want this deck to work! But it is really frustrating if you don't draw the weapon or Lyra. I wish there was a card like the rogue Shiny Finder that could get you the weapon earlier. Thanks for putting this together- nice guide.
Same. I love the deck when it goes off but it's so wildly inconsistent. If I don't draw Lyra or Dragon Soul, I just lose, especially to aggo.
I have thought about Gadgetzan a lot and I have tested the deck with him a lot too, it is good and it can match up ith lyra as the deck is mostly spells. The problem however is that he can run you into fatigue, your opponent could be at 15 and you have one or two cards left. Its not an otk deck so you wanna prolong the game.
I agree with you about not drawing the weapon or lyra. What I usually do to survive is not to hold on onto your spells until you get the weapon, when you feel like the weapon might come late you just use those spells, copy some of his cards and start tempoing with to buy some time. Some games i win without the weapon or even lyra. Its basically luck to be honest.
Anyhow, the deck as i noted is about having fun rather than playing competitively and have 50/50 win chance.
Lyra is my only missing card. And I do not have the dust to craft it. Is the deck still playable/successful without Lyra?
Although Lyra is really important here, the deck is still playable. Lyra purpose is to keep the flow of spells going—you will never ran out of spells. The deck however is built to function without her, she’s still RNG based and you can’t wait for her. You have 8 spells that gives you another card when played, That means 16 card.
With that in mind. What i would recommend is to replace Lyra with Gadgetzan Auctioneer, it works the same, just instead of cycling through priest repository of spells, you gonna cycle through your deck that is full of spells.
Awesome thanks for the advice.
curious if you've thought about adding a shadow boxer because you have an elixir in the deck
I haven’t thought about but now that you brought it up. Its RNG. You got one elixir (or even two) in the deck so you have one (or two) shot at it and if you hit something other than elixir of life you will end up with two dead minions cards in your hand. If you play them for tempo it will break your resurrection chain. Definitely not reliable, and its more of a control deck rather than OTK. The spell is mainly there for elixir of shadows to copy a radiant elemental, and if you didn’t get it then the other are buffs which still pretty good.
What about addig Yogg?
I remember copying a Yogg from a shaman once, I played it at the end of the game, i was winning but i played it just for fun. It was crazy, a lot of spells going around doing tons of stuff it. Was hard to keep up with it, but it eventually destroyed what was a board full of 5/5.
because Yogg spells are in fact random and unexpected, I don’t think its viable here. You can include it as a backup plan, but most of the matches its gonna be a dead card.
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54 Spells, best gamer ever kkkkkkk fun
Thanks for the comment. Glad you are enjoying the deck. Great game you had. It was unfortunate that you didn’t get to play Dragon Soul, but lyra alone can win games as you had proven. Have fun!