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What would be a good replacement for Lightbomb until I get one? Thinking maybe a Holy Nova.

I know it's called "Velen's Return", but the deck would be so much better if Velen was traded for Dr. Boom and the mind blast and holy smites traded for something else. I've tried Velen decks so many times and I'll either get crushed before I get him, or he'll just sit in my hand as a dead card. And even if you get him out, he has no immediate impact on the game unless you have the other combo cards in your hand, which are also dead cards until you get Velen. Also, if you're going to run Shrinkmeister, I suggest throwing some SW:P into the deck for synergy as well as Zombie Chow for early game dominance and Auchenai synergy. I've had so many people destroy my Zombie Chow only to get a big -5 to the face. As for the smites, trade for Holy Nova and you have that Vol'Jin synergy still, as well as being able to trade with Zombie Chow.

I play mostly hunter and shaman these days, but priest is the first class I really enjoyed playing when I first started Hearthstone. I have a Velen that I opened before GVG came out and I'd tried incorporating him in the past with very little success, really happy to find what looks like an awesome and very viable deck that makes use of him (it's really a shame not to make good use of the card if you have it).

Only cards I'm missing on this list are cabal shadow priestx1 and vol'jin. I have a list of other legendaries I plan on crafting, so crafting these is not much of an option. Thinking about replacements. I was thinking either sludge belcher x2 or sludge belcher x1 + holy nova x1 for variety. I mostly have trouble with aggro decks (esp. the unfortunately popular aggro mech mage), and both seem viable. Thoughts?

Its a fun deck that gave me the excuse i needed to craft Voljin. I love to be able to play Velen in a consistent deck. Priest mirror is hard though and handlock is impossible (i dont have lightbomb so im using holy nova). I was running another priest deck that had better results against mirror matches and handlock, but im sticking to this one for now.

Played against Zoo warcock, had Soul Preist on hand all the time but not not CoH -_- ... anyways, made it to play Pyromancer plus PwS while warlock kep hitting my face, i started cleaning the board and in late game i did play Veleen to take my life back from 3 to 15. amazing deck i gotta say.

* I replaced Voljin with Rag since i dont have him :(

I LOVE the fact that you have a 10-mana 14-dmg combo or 9-mana 10-dmg combo that goes directly to the face unlike the other priest decks.

However, do you think it's a good idea leaving out both Shadow madness or perhaps even a Recombobulator for a 6-mana combo (8-mana for 4~5-attack minions)?

Thanks! :)

I guess you could add a Shadow Madness. To combo it with Recombulator is of course a lot of fun (a lot! :D), but for what else would you use the card? 

Pretty solid control deck. I don´t have Vol`jin and lightbomb yet so I use Ragnaros the Firelord and Ysera to replace it. Finally I am convinced to use Injured Blademaster with the addition of Light of the Naaru.

Thanks for sharing!

Thanks! :) Injured Blademaster and Light of the Naaru rocks! 

Ragnaros seems like a good option, but Im not sure about Ysera. Personally i dont have any problems versus Control decks,  more against aggro, so i would run a Holy Nova instead. But its a meta choice i guess.

Thanks! :) A Sludge Belcher and Loatheb would work. If you dont have problems versus aggro decks i would remove the Sludge Belcher and add a strong 5 drop, like Venture Co. Mercenary. Cairne could work as well, but i would prefer the Mercenary ;)

Looking good. Played it for few games at low ranks so far, I'd say 18 to 14, with 2 defeats.I'm not sure about shrinkmeisters. they didn't work at all, but I guess it needs to be tested at 10+.

Happy you like it! Shrinkmeister can be situational, but you can always get a good trade by using his ability or combo him with Cabal

I love it, been struggling to find a good new Control priest deck since GvG, can't wait to try!

If you you light of naaru + heal isnt light warden a 5/2 then? I'll try trhis as soon as I get Vol'jin great deck :)

Do you mean the Auchenai Combo? 

Thanks! :)

You are right of course, ill edit it!

Edit: It is a 3/2 Lightwarden, because the character will be damaged

WildDitto is right. It's a 1/2 Lightwarden because no healing happened. You can't heal when you have Auchenai out.

Damn. I don't play priest but this deck looks so solid. I would HATE to go up against it with my Crusher Shaman variant. 

Looks incredibly fun to play! Thanks for sharing! ;)