• Location: Arachnid Quarter (third and final boss/first wing).
• Maexxna starts the battle with 45 Health.
• Web Wrap costs 0 mana and is on auto-cast at the start of Maexxna's turn.
• Maexxna starts with two Haunted Creeper.

Boss Decklist

Card Name	Total
Acidic Swamp Ooze	2
Anub'ar Ambusher	2
Dire Wolf Alpha	2
Emperor Cobra	2
Haunted Creeper	6
Necrotic Poison	2
Nerubian Egg	2
Sea Giant	2
Shade of Naxxramas	2
Sludge Belcher	2
Spectral Knight	2
Stoneskin Gargoyle	2
Webspinner	2
TOTAL	30

 

 

 

     Mulligan Guide: Elven Archer, Bilefin Tidehunter, Murloc Tidehunter are all good to look for in your opening draw. You will quickly fill up your hand, but eventually be able to cast nearly everything each turn and make your Sea Giants cheap, if not free.

     Maexxna can be extremely annoying on Heroic mode because you are always battling from behind. Her hero power, Web Wrap, is on auto-cast at the start of her turn, so you will always get two minions tossed back to your hand. You can really start to take advantage of this by using cards that have a Battlecry. This fight is very slow because you need to keep the board clear or else you will get overwhelmed. If you play a Saboteur it does affect Maexxna's hero power and either prevents it for a turn or forces her to use it and burn all her mana.

     Mind Control Tech can be a lot of fun, allowing you to steal a minion every turn. However, if you aren't putting more minions on the board you will just eventually succumb to damage from her initial Haunted Creepers. Cult Apothecary is an excellent way to come back from certain death. It has saved my life more than once because you can gain 14 life a turn. If you've managed to fill her board with spiders, then you can theoretically cast Cult Apothecary every turn and wait for her to die from fatigue. However, that is an extremely boring option. Sir Finley Mrrgglton is also fun to cast early on by letting you choose a new hero power every turn. I usually try to get the Priest hero power and leave it, but you can adjust your decision depending on your situation.

     The biggest threats you will face are Shade of Naxxramas and Sea Giant. You should hold onto your Consecration and Equality specifically for them. The key to winning this fight involves a little luck with which minions get returned to your hand from Web Wrap and which ones you are able to steal from her with Mind Control Tech.

 

     If you need to replace any cards you might want to consider Flame Juggler, Mad Bomber, Jeweled Scarab, or Novice Engineer. The Scarab and Engineer are not optimal, because your hand is going to get clogged very fast with them, but you can still make it work. This deck performs much better if you include the Sea Giants because they are large enough to take care of anything on her side of the board and can be cast for 0 mana. Definitely include them if you can.

You could probably use this type of deck with other classes, but Equality, Scarlet Purifier, Aldor Peacekeeper, and Consecration are all pretty important in keeping the board manageable while you are chipped away from all the Haunted Creepers she plays. Here are some other top decks for this encounter below.

Hunter - by Vijce
Priest - by I_AM_AKU
Rogue - by VictorOwnt