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https://twitter.com/TPG_Jambre/status/791300490172702721

Updated decklist, now with 100% less consecration.

I think that you forgot to update the actual decklist.

Only reason I didn't make the change is I don't personally have a 2nd Argent Commander and the difference over Defender of Argus doesn't seem like enough reason to craft it. Win rates are about the same for both versions from what I can see. But I did make mention of it in the intro. Thanks for the update, you saw it a few hours before I did.

After playing some more games, I'll agree with you that one Defender of Argus is better than a 2nd Argent Commander. The card won me a couple of games, whereas AC would just sit dead in hand.

argus is fine as it gives you more chances to go face without worrying as much about defense. also it gives dragon eggs an answer without having to wait for the buffers to come along. even without dragon egg it works with other minions as well.

muz i think your assesment is right on that. i'm probably gonna do 1 of each for better balance.

https://twitter.com/TPG_Jambre/status/785519202455187456

He exchanged the Defender of Argus for a second Argent Commander

Just an update. compiled more data on this deck build over 2 month period of game data. Managed to get to rank 5 both times with it in normal ranked play

I made slight modification by replacing 1 of the Stranglethorn Tiger with a Divine Favor for better card draw to suit my card spamming style.

Can you call it "secret paladin" with 3 secrets?

Yes

This deck is insane. People do not know how to play against it, It is my favorite atm and I just keep creeping up the ladder. I added concecration because I ran into to many zoo and need a board clear. :) 

had the same problem to be honest. this deck lacks an answer for board clearance by stuff like zoolocks which spam the board. unless you get the opportunity to buff up those eggs to get board full of free minions for clearance duty, you may end up wasting shields just killing their board.

sometimes i either pressure them by going for face to force them to clear their own minions, though at times i will sacrifice a minion here and there to make better trades at my own discretion.

But yes if people don't want to deal with that, a consecration or 2 would work wonders. Is it just me or does it feel like there are too many weapons ? Maybe removing 1 of the truesilvers to make room for a consecration would work?

The latest version has Consecration x2 in place of buff cards (Blessing of Kings or Silvermoon Portal).

am i the only one who thinks divine favor may be needed for this build?

i took out 1 tiger and added a divine favor, testing that out. only 1 divine is less chance of drawing it, but still better than no chance at all. some times i went dry of cards and couldn't recover.

and other times having 2 stealth tigers kept the pressure up. so theres a pro and con :X

*update

I managed to improve my rankings from 14 ish to reach rank 5 with this secret shield pally build. For today i got from rank 9 to 5 after switching out a tiger for divine favor. it felt like that worked better for situations i need more cards when i run out of steam since my play style is not to hold back spamming cards.

Here is my stats

It's been often requested so I added it to the substitution list the other day. Let us know how it works out. Could also cut a truesilver for it, I suppose.

yeh worked nice for me. took out a tiger didn't seem like a big deal. as for truesilver. i feel 1 would be fine for me, since i'm already running rallying blade, so too many weapons hm... i felt at times i had more than needed :] so yeah. but with all those weapons i never felt like i didn't have enough, so i could safely clear minions and have weapons to spare for going face at times, or as a deterrent for them placing minion on board.

But what would i replace one of the truesilver with? a 2nd divine favor ? or something else.

I was staying you could cut the 2nd truesilver instead of the 2nd tiger to put in the 1st divine favor. I don't think you need 2 divine favor.

Is it bad? It can be surprisingly good, and sometimes better.

Portal: +2/+2 buff on single target, random minion (often 2/3 or 3/2), no taunt
Argus: +1/+1 buff on up to 2 minions (max +2/2), 2/3 minion, 1-2 taunts

Argus is a little better when you have 2 minions in play (consistent minion, 2 taunts), but Portal is better when you don't, especially if you are not playing defense (and shields are better used for offensive trades). Also Argus forces a split of the buff, Portal can put all +2/+2 on a key minion to trade up.

With our board empty, Horserider + Portal is a charging 4/3 with shield that kills Azure Drake for free. Sometimes the extra +1/+1 is better than taunt. Horserider + Argus don't kill the drake without help or an additional turn.

Argus is still the better card in aggro decks. But this is not a flood the board deck, and Portal seems viable, perhaps even preferred.

silvermoon portal is actually pretty amazing.

Here are the reasons.

1. you are rarely going to have 2+ minions on the field when you are against tempo oriented classes, making argus pretty hard to get full value out of, this was a problem even with the previous version, however in tempo oriented matches you are usually going back and forth with a single minion which is easier to buff

2. silvermoon portal makes your single divine shield minions stronger, for example silent knight can easily trade with things like corruptor/azure drake, squire can trade with most 2-3 drops.

3. silvermoon portal makes your dragon egg into a 2/4 instead of a 1/3, 2/4 can trade with a lot of things in this meta and get you another whelp while 1/3 is still poorly stated and likely to get 1 shotted.

The thing about silvermoon portal is that you can save your blessing of kings for mostly just going face due to the large +4/+4 buff, but often you ended up using it to trade in order to keep up the tempo advantage before portal was released, portal solves this while getting a 2 drop, it's also why I don't like the tigers in this setup. argent commander can easily outburst tiger and used for trades effectively.

I thought the same thing too initially when i made a deck just like this. The one key factor that people forget is that it provides tempo in a way that argus  doesn't. In many games id end up buffing a 2/2 shield minion to a 4/4 and trading into a zoos taunt minion to kill it, while at the same time getting a card like huge toad, millhouse, etc. Only once out of out 50 games with it did i ever get a doomsayer. Its very rare that this deck needs taunts, more often than not you need card draw or a bigger body for trades.

I don't understand how a deck that has so few secrets require 2 mysterious challengers?