Tidesoftime's TGT Dragon Control Shaman
- Last updated Oct 27, 2015 (Warsong Nerf)
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Wild
- 14 Minions
- 16 Spells
- Deck Type: None
- Deck Archetype: Unknown
- Crafting Cost: 8760
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 9/6/2015 (TGT Launch)
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Pretty good all around deck. If youre not needing it defensively, Alexstraza can be replaced for Ysera. If you want even more dragon synergy, Fire Elemental can be replaced for Chillmaw. Charged Hammer can be replaced with Sylvanas if Harrison Jones is a worry. This deck could also use a Big Game Hunter if you can figure out how to squeeze it into the list. Props to Tides for making such a fun deck.
Note: These are all Tide's recommendations above.
twitch.tv/tidesoftime
Dragon Shaman is still an open archetype. You can build it in a lot of ways. The core cards are:
2x Lava Shock
2x Elemental Destruction
2x Healing Wave
2x Hex
2x Lightning Storm
2x Twilight Guardian
2x Azure Drake
2x Blackwing Corruptor
Just these 16 cards are necessary. It doesnt even have to be control, you can make it a tempo deck instead. You can pick what cheap spells and what late-game minions you want to run as you see fit. Besides Earth Shock and Lightning Bolt, Crackle and Frost Shock have consideration, especially if youre running Malygos. And dont think just because youre missing legendaries that you shouldnt play this deck. As long as you have the core cards listed above, you can make substitutions. If you dont have Alexstraza or Ysera, you can run Nefarian instead. Other value legendaries like Dr Boom and Ragnaros can also be played. Just make sure you have enough dragons (at least 7). If you want another early game minion, one Twilight Drake is a solid option. But you cannot put in a minion that costs less than 4 mana, as this is all dependent on Healing Waves, and you really cannot afford to lose the jousts. Anyway, for those who like to experiment and deckbuild on their own but need some guidelines, I hope I helped.
I dont have malygos which card should i use to replace it
If you dont have Malygos, I dont think you should play this version of dragon shaman. Its based around winning with burst in the lategame. I uploaded Dog's dragon shaman, so you can try out that one instead. And I also posted Kolento's Ancestral spirit control shaman if youre interested.
I really like Chrommagus in this deck, why was it removed? :(
The biggest reason to run Chrommagus was because of double Ancestral Knowledge. The turn 10 combo is just so powerful from drawing 4 cards. The problem is that dragon shaman goes to fatigue a lot, and in those matchups, you actually want less draw. And once you cut 1 copy of Ancestral Knowledge, its hard to justify Chrommagus anymore. Combo is not as reliable to pull off, and by itself, its not a good 8-drop. Kel'Thuzad, Ragnaros, Sneed's Old Shredder would all be better, even though theyre not dragons.
Im playing this list, except Im running one Rockbiter instead of Ooze. I dont get enough value out of it and its cost me Healing Wave jousts. I guess Tides just ran it as a pure weapon hate tech card.
I don´t have Elemental Destruction, any sugestions?
you need it or the deck doesnt work
The more I play it, the more i love it. Thanks to the Emperor, I pulled off a Chromaggus / double Ancestral Knowledge combo last night. Such a sick combo.
can you explain how to play it porperly. Like i dont know good startingcards or what i should be aiming to do
Getting wrecked by face hunters, Cant seem to figure out what kind of tempo to play with them..
Other than that... The dragon shammy archetype is fun as hell!!!
oh, I look forward to hunters with this deck. Stall them out as much as possible, and then drop a healing wave. If you manage to drop the second before they concede, they're deck should have run out of steam by then. I think i've only lost to one hunter so far, they had a god draw, and I, not so much. Limited sample size, but the deck seems to have answers for many types of decks so far.
I thought it was gonna be bad, then i tried it ,and it's so fun and strong. damn.
my changes as i dont have the following
Out - In
Maylgos - Kel Thusard
Ysera - Nerfarian
Fire Elemental - Twilight Drake (really wanted to have another 4 cost)
Twilight Guardian ( Only have one atm :( ) - Crackle
Won 7 matches ina row
Cant cut lightning storm, as Dragon Shaman needs to run all four AOE's. It has no early game minions because of Healing Wave's jousts, and you lose games when you dont draw into any of them. Running one less makes it more likely. Far Sights are unnecessary, as the deck already has enough draw and value. The late-game minions are all interchangeable.
my changes.
FE out for Rend Blackhand
and i bought in a crackle maylos as i dont have
you can do it all over me cause im that happy !! haha finally a deck i can make top ten rank with
Wow this is epic thank you so much
missing Malygos but still gonna try it out. Looks great..
Using Malygos without Crackle feels bad.
Was this the final version he ended up with? When I was watching, he was running crackle and had one charged hammer. It's a fun deck, though.
Tides replaced Crackle with Earth Shock pretty early on. The RNG wasnt worth the overload in this kind of deck. Towards the end of his stream (like 6 hours later) he took out Charged Hammer after getting Harrison'd and losing against a control warrior. He also tried playing without Fire Elemental, Alexstraza, and Chromaggus, and tested the deck out with Chillmaw, Sylvanas, Ysera, and Frost Shock. The card replacement suggestions in the description are what Tides played with on stream. But at the end of his stream, he still recommended his original build that I posted, and said he considers it a Tier 2 deck behind Tier 1 Dragon Priest, Handlock, Patron Warrior, and Paladin.
Edit: Actually, I think Ill put Charged Hammer back up. It was usually decent, and won some games on its own with the 2 damage heropower. Against aggro, the 2 damage weapon was useful in clearing minions, and against control, you can just take it slow until you get the new heropower. Harrison Jones is a looming disaster, but thats part of the game.