Dragon Inner Fire (Legend)
- Last updated Dec 26, 2018 (Level Up Nerf)
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Wild
- 22 Minions
- 8 Spells
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Dragon Priest
- Crafting Cost: 5520
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 12/15/2018 (Rastakhan)
- Dvaashie
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Battle Tag:
Dvaashie#2886
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Region:
EU
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Total Deck Rating
84
Hi guys,
I just hit legend for the very fist time ! And I wanted to share the deck I hit legend with.
The deck has 3 strengths the way I see it.
1. Strong early game pressure. The deck can be very strong in the early game a Northshire Cleric or Firetree Witchdoctor buffed up by Shadow Ascendant, Power Word: Shield or Inner Fire can put a great deal of pressure on your opponent.
2. Late game beefiness, Ysera, Nightscale Matriarch and Crowd Roaster makes it possible to play the late game.
3. Of course the great finisher of Power Word: Shield + Divine Spirit + Inner Fire. You can also get extra spells from Firetree Witchdoctor or from Shadow Visions.
I don't know if people has any interest in this deck, but if you do please upvote and I might put some extra effort into the description/guide of the deck.
Edit:
I did some climbing within legend.
Not a spectacular rank but shows that the deck works in legend as well.
Tommy wave made a video on the deck:
Cultrus made a video on the deck:
Different match ups:
Good: Any slower control deck is a very good match-up for this deck. I mainly used this deck to climb from rank 3 to legend and faced a lot of druid, even lock and odd control mage and this deck is very good against those.
Bad: Odd paladin can be tough, the only AoE the deck runs is Duskbreaker, however they usually don't run silence so I've had some succes with just yolo'ing the Divine Spirit / Inner Fire on a minion and just racing them. Remember they do usually run Void Ripper though, so if you want to Divine Spirit a taunt using Inner Fire as well might be a good idea to counter it.
Medium: Anything else from the decks I've described above I'd say. Kingsbane can be though but if you do a correct mulligan you can put on a lot of early game pressure, get a big hp drake to stick and then finish them off. Hunters are also a medium match-up I'd say with spellhunter being the easiest of the different archetypes.
Edit:
The Level Up! nerf has weakened what I think is one of the decks worst match-up's, odd-paladin, so good news!
Playstyle.
The deck needs to be proactive and this is why a good mulligan is essential. You need to put pressure on your opponent. Another reason why it is important to be proactive is the lack of spells it is a very minion heavy deck with only 8 spells and the spells all have something to do with the Inner Fire / Divine Spirit combo ( Power Word: Shield maybe excepted here since it can give a lot of tempo.) Don't be afraid to use an Inner Fire on a 1/5 Northshire Cleric, since you run 2 Inner Fires, to gain tempo, you'll need it.
I think a big part of learning how to play this deck is to be able to tell when to use your Divine Spirit / Inner Fire, not necessarily just using them when they give you lethal.
The deck has some late game minion such as Nightscale Matriarch and Ysera so you do have some fuel for the late game. Ysera especially is just a powerhouse and is great in this deck, but I wouldn't advice drawing out the late game too much. This deck relies on the tempo from the early game and closing the game with Divine Spirit and Inner Fire. That the deck relies on tempo is the reason why the deck has no real hard removal such as Shadow Word: Pain or Shadow Word: Death. The deck does run Twilight Acolyte which is great against high attack minions, but if you have nothing else to play in your hand then playing it for tempo might be a good idea.
The mulligan.
Try to hard mulligan for your early drops by that I mean Northshire Cleric, Radiant Elemental and Shadow Ascendant. You can keep Firetree Witchdoctor if you have a dragon in your hand, but don't keep any spells, only keep Power Word: Shield if you have early game minions otherwise mulligan the Power Word: Shield in order to get some early game pressure. You can keep Twilight Acolyte if you think you are facing even lock.
Edit: Front page! Wow thanks a lot :)
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Card replacements/choices.
Tech choices -
If you are running into a lot of Skulking Geist, then replacing Inner Fire with Topsy Turvy might be a good idea.
The spots of Scaleworm and Cobalt Scalebane can be thought of as tech choices. If you are having trouble with falling behind and dealing with the board Mass Hysteria can replace one of these spots ( I would not recommend replacing both with Mass Hysteria at the moment since the deck needs to be proactive and 2 "dead" cards can slow you down). I've had some luck with snagging Shadow Madness from Firetree Witchdoctor when playing against control lock to steal their Voidlord so if you are facing a lot of control lock this might be a good addition.
If you are facing a lot of zoo/token decks I think Mossy Horror might be good, not only for the battlecry but the stats are also great for the deck.
I've seen some comments talking about Lady in White, to me it actually seems like this might be a good addition if you are facing a lot of control, sadly I don't have it and I don't have the dust to craft it, just to test if it is good in this deck. However if you have Lady in White and have tried it in this deck, please share your thoughts in the comments.
Edit: After some thoughtfull comments and giving it 2nd thoughts I don't think Lady in White will be good in this deck, if it were to be included Twilight Drake should probably be excluded and Twilight Drake is a really great card in this deck. You can try the card if it is good but I doubt it.
Replacements:
Replacement for Ysera - Ysera is the only legendary in this deck and the spot it fills in the deck is unique. Ysera provides dragon synergy when in your hand, powerfull cards each turn it is on the board and a big amount of stats in the late game. I've had some trouble thinking of a replacement but The Lich King seems like the best replacement, Ysera is superior though. If you a newer player and don't have a lot of legendaries another Nightscale Matriarch might be good.
Some people have been asking for a replacement for Crowd Roaster, if you only miss 1 of them then try an extra Nightscale Matriarch. If you are missing 2 then it might be a bit harder since there are no other dragon cards which can impact the board the turn its played, and be a significant thread afterwards. If you are having board trouble then maybe Mass Hysteria will be a better replacement than Nightscale Matriarch.
Hi man,
If it's responsable for more than half of your losses then include it, maybe in the spots of Scaleworm or Cobalt Scalebane
If it would be so useful for you, why don't you just tech a copy in then? Seems like a pretty logical thing to do.
I do not think that Lyra the Sunshard fits in this deck. I think if you were to include it, you would make to make the deck quite a lot different and include more cheap spells and Wild Pyromancer. So no, not in this deck.
Cabal Shadow Priest could see some play don't you think?
It's actually something I've considered myself. If I were to include Cabal Shadow Priest, I'd probably take out Cobalt Scalebane but in the games I've played Cobalt Scalebane seemed to be better.
Well, i do not play Priest really, but this deck made me start playing :)
This is a Really good deck, thank you bro for sharing it with us. I hope you will update it over time...
I had a great time playing with it and a lot of fun! I have lost only from a Murloc Shaman LOL!
Hi man,
Thanks for the kind words, I am happy that you are having a good time playing the deck. When I uploaded it I didn't think that people would care much, but it was been really well received and I am happy that people are actually playing it. Yea I might update it over time to better fit with the nerfs. Happy holidays.
Any replacement for Shadow Visions, I don't have any copies and cant afford 800 dust right now.
Hi man,
I don't think there are any real replacements for Shadow Visions and since the card rotates with the next expansion I think you should save your dust and find another deck.
I've played a ton of Lady in White since Witchwood, and I don't think you want it in this deck. Its great when it works, but trying to specifically build your deck around it works horribly. Imo shes best in a deck where you don't need to draw her to win, shes just a bonus for cards that you would've put in your deck anyway.
I haven't tried her in this build yet, and I will later, but I wouldn't spend dust on her. Shes awesome in spiteful decks though
Hi man,
Thanks for your comment. As I've said I don't have the card so the section about it is based on speculation, I find the part about not building a deck around it interesting I've been thinking about what cards should be changed ( if some) if Lady in White were to be included, Twilight Drake should probably be taken out and I really don't think that removing the card would be a good idea.
If you do have to the time to play Lady in White in this deck, I would appreciate it if you were to share your thoughts :)
Edit: Typos
Been running into this deck with my DR hunter and I don't like it one bit. They say if you can't beat them, join them. Might just have to use the nerf dust to craft the missing pieces.
nice deck :-)
This deck is one of the herpes decks...no matter what happens, it will eventually pop back up every few expansions. I got legend with a version of it when Drakonid Operative was still a card and is still powerful today (although no dragon card today matches the drakonid).
I've played against IMP-LOCK (lost he discarded his hand on the 4th turn and got the quest), another MAL-PRIEST (he started spamming LICH KNGS), played another spell hunters (early in the game he laid down 2 4-wolves cards, then 2 companions), another LOCK aiming to destroy my deck - and it was a long battle to the end (still lost), then played a spell hunter, he got REXXAR and was able to make all sorts of crappy poisonous taunt minions - another loss, - so at this point....
This deck is CRAP!~!
Should I replace Ysera with Lich King or a second matriarch? Thanks
If you don't have Ysera then try The Lich King
What do you recommend replacung for lady in white?
Probably Cobalt Scalebane
Inner Fire is a very good way for new players to learn the ladder.