Hearthpwn

Sudo work in progress Silence Priest that's been having pretty good ladder success. Sort of combo, sort of midrange. Not sure what to call it exactly. Here's a breakdown:

Silence: Core to the structure of the deck. Flexible use on own or enemy minions depending on the situation. Best used as combo with Eerie Statue, Ancient Watcher, or Barnes (more on that later). Best to wait a turn with Watcher/Statue before silencing. Don't want to waste a silence only to have your minion die to removal.

Power Word Shield: Card cycling. Efficient trades. Bigger taunts. Moving on.

Acidic Swamp Ooze: Tech Card for Warrior, Paladin, Hunter, and Shaman. Also a good body against aggro.

Ancient Watcher: Core combo minion. Particularly good to coin out on turn one followed by silence or purify on turn two. ORDERING IS IMPORTANT. IF YOU WANT TO GIVE IT TAUNT AND ALLOW IT TO ATTACK, SILENCE FIRST (same goes for Eerie Statue).

Purify: The card YouTube loved to shit on when it was first announced. Silence plus card cycling in a deck based around that? For only two mana? I'll take it! (Or two. Albeit would consider trading one for extra single target removal)

Shadow Word Pain: Single target removal. Good for early tempo/control.

Sunfury Protector: Good with big bodies in the deck. Nuf said.

Injured Blademaster: Good body when healed. Good body when brought back with Onyx Bishop. Solid card. Would consider Resurrect for the deck in large part for this card.

Barnes: Oh goody. The real fun has begun! When you silence the 1/1 that Barnes has copied, it reverts to its original stats. Loses any abilities it has (duh) but this can make for some big swings in the middle of the game. Because of this, I do not recommend you ever play Barnes without a silence that can be played with the remaining mana. So turns 4, 6, and 8 are your best bets, or somewhere in between depending on draws. Some exceptions to the silencing depending on the situation include: Sylvanas (your call; generally a good idea to silence when facing Mage, Druid, Rogue or certain Warrior decks), Ragnaros (Same as Sylvanas), and Faceless Shambler (no benefit to silencing). Priest of the Feast is generally recommended. You do get one heal before the silence takes effect.

Eerie Statue: Core combo minion. Good to coin out on turn 3 when silence in hand. Best target for Faceless Shambler.

Faceless Shambler: Big taunts. Heal minion if you can before use. Next question.

Priest of the Feast: Big body. Big heals. Big fun.

Spellbreaker: Silence on a good body. Flexible for silencing enemy minions.

Excavated Evil: Board Clear. Picked over Holy Nova for extra damage. Effect on own minions is lessened by how ginormous they are and hero power. Pray for it against zoo.

Onyx Bishop: Really solid card. Good with Blademaster. Good idea to have silence on hand but not as necessary as with Barnes.

Entomb: Single target removal. Save it for the biggest threats. Don't waste it. You'll regret it.

Holy Fire: Personal preference. Good for healing. Also good for removal or burst. Replace if it isn't the card for you.

Sylvanas: Win more legendary.

Sweet Swaggin Raggin: Win even more legendary. Keep in mind silence will allow you to attack with Rag. Good for when the opponent decides to rely on Rag RNG to try and survive. Also good Shambler target.

Deathwing: The mother of all board clears. Also, who doesn't want crush their opponents with  a 12/12 on turn 4? Sign me up.

 

Mulligans:

Generally you want to look for early silences and early Ancient Watchers or Eerie Statues. Barnes plus silence is an instant keeper. Shadow Word Pain and Sunfury depend on match-up. Injured Blademaster is good early, especially with Bishop follow up. Go for taunts over board clears when suspecting aggro.

 

Have at it!