Hearthpwn

We confirm Dragon Warrior if they play any dragon card. In this case, Stormcrack are perfect for theFrothing Berserker and the Kor'kron Elite. Hex are for Ragnaros the Firelord and Grommash Hellscream. Use Healing Wave if we anticipate Drakonid Crusher next turn. Block the 2 drops with taunts and clear them with a board wipe. We are on a tight budget, so try not to hit their 3/2 with our face. Beware of Deathwing, if we can Hex it or block it with Feral Spirit + Sylvanas Windrunner, it is often a concede.

It's a C'Thun Warrior if they play any C'Thun card. Duh! Try to play the tempo game with them, ie. put down threat when possible to trade into their minions next turn. Stormcrack are for the Beckoner of Evil and the Twilight Elder. Hex are for C'Thun or for emergency, we have two shots, so it's ok to Hex a 7/6. We often play Hex + Taunt + Healing Wave after their C'Thun, and we probably heal for 14 too, because their 10 mana card is gone. Keep Twilight Drake and 1 board wipe to kill the Twin Emperor Vek'lor.

Assume Control Warrior otherwise. We pretend to be a Midrange Shaman with a bad opening hand, and let them overdraw with their Acolyte of Pain. Smash a Searing Totem on it and emote "Opps". Bait their spot removals with small threats like Twilight Drake or Thing from Below. Bait their Brawl with totems and Feral Spirit. Always count Brawl. If we have something like 5 damage to their face each turn, they may waste a Brawl to that. If we do have a huge legendary on board, stop pressing the totem button to play around Brawl. Remember that whoever gets a big threat unanswered will win eventually. Use Golden Monkey when all Hex, Healing Wave and Charged Hammer are used.

Use Stormcrack on Totem Golem if we have it. Feral Spirit to block the early aggression and board wipe when their health is in range. Hex on anything scary. Sylvanas Windrunner can make them panic and put down lots of minions, to which we throw a board wipe or Chillmaw. Healing Wave always heals for 14. That's incredible!

Stormcrack on Tomb Pillager feels really good. Save Hex for Edwin VanCleef, Sylvanas Windrunner and/or Questing Adventurer. Elemental Destruction for the stealthed Gadgetzan Auctioneer. Other than that, just press totem every turn and put down some moderate threat. This is an easy matchup.

Throw away everything in panic when Coldlight Oracle happens. But seriously, we have enough a few high attack minions to race face with Mill Rogues. Play cards and not totems so they do not die to Vanish.

It all comes down to the Hex target. For Aggrodins, use Hex reactively against Blessing of Kings. If they play Infested Tauren, save the Hex exclusively for Sylvanas Windrunner and Tirion Fordring, and save one Elemental Destruction for N'Zoth, the Corruptor. Hex at least one of the Murloc Warleader for Anyfin decks. Be sure to count their board clears, which cost at least 4 mana (Wild Pyromancer + Equality). If we manage to keep a moderate threat on board, they can never clear it and summon their legendaries (often 8 cost).

Hex is the best answer in the game to Savannah Highmane, and Elemental Destruction is the best answer to Call of the Wild. But before that, we must survive until that turn. Again, taunts for early aggression and Lightning Storm to clear them. Do some counting before pressing totem, because Unleash the Hounds will summon one more doge, if that extra doge will break a taunt or deal the last point of lethal to us, don't press totem. To play around Explosive Shot, try to separate bigger minions with totems, and not to put taunts beside each other. Hunters have limited ways to get past a taunt, and we have more taunts and heals than that.

Be prepared for sudden Innervate into big bros. Druid cannot properly spot remove a threat, so playing the tempo game is a good idea. Having our own threat on board will help us dealing with Arcane Giant. Save the last charge of Charged Hammer and as many removal spells as possible. Deal with Yogg the same way you deal with your life.

For Token Druids, make sure Fandral Staghelm cannot stand more than 1 turn, which should not be too difficult for us. One Elemental Destruction should be saved to deal with the mess after Fandral Staghelm or Violet Teacher[card]. Trade and use spell to clear their tokens to avoid buffs. [card]C'Thun Druids has a lot of high health minions, but so do we. Press totems a lot to get a free Thing from Below, trade sensibly into a final board wipe. Try to put Twilight Drake or Sylvanas Windrunner behind taunt, which makes it very easy to kill Twin Emperor Vek'lor or stop them from playing C'Thun.

There is not much to do against Warlocks, other than playing very carefully and hoping they overextend into a wipe. This is where my deck needs to improve on. Feedback is much welcomed.

Tempo Mages are one of the most difficult matchups. We need Elemental Destruction or Stormcrack on turn 3 or 4 after their Flamewaker + Mirror Image + Arcane Missiles combo. Do some elementary maths before overloading. Taunt up every turn to soak damage. If they don't kill us already, they will run out of juice mid-game to play something like Mana Wyrm + Arcane Intellect. Now is the chance to Healing Wave + Blackwing Corruptor and take back tempo.

If they draw cards a lot, they probably are Freeze Mages. Save one Healing Wave after Alexstrasza, one Healing Wave when dropping below 16, like after a burst turn. Save up 7 damage from hand to deal with Doomsayer. Mix in high health dragons with low health minions, so their Flamestrike is ineffective. Our goal is to kill them with fatigue.

Priests decks are very much like Paladins, except they do not go aggro in the current meta. It is even more important to draw Hex and put it on the right target. Use Hex on the first Injured Blademaster or Priest of the Feast for Resurrect Priests, use on Sylvanas Windrunner and Cairne Bloodhoof for N'Zoth Priests, use on C'Thun and another fat dude for C'Thun Priests.

Like any other control decks, we must play around the tricky Priest removals. We sort our minions in order of threat level and always play them from weak to strong. For heavy minions, usually there are 2x Shadow Word: Death, 2x Entomb and/or 1x Mind Control. Bait 4 of them with 2x Blackwing Corruptor and 2x Thing from Below. Bait Shadow Word: Pain with Feral Spirit to protect Elise Starseeker and Twilight Guardian. Bait Auchenai Soulpriest and Excavated Evil with Feral Spirit and totems. Priest games are like chess, play carefully and have fun.