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67% WR - Anti-Jade/Anti-Pirate Control Shaman

  • Last updated Feb 28, 2017 (Aggro Downfall)
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  • 11 Minions
  • 19 Spells
  • Deck Type: Ranked Deck
  • Deck Archetype: Control Shaman
  • Crafting Cost: 9660
  • Dust Needed: Loading Collection
  • Created: 12/2/2016 (Gadgetzan)
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Today is a great day to try CONTROL SHAMAN!

With powerful single target and AOE removal, absurd quantities of healing, and giant threat after giant threat, this deck has all the tools you need to climb the ladder. 

 

Control shaman decks usually take the form of some sort of extremely greedy nzoth/deathrattle synergy deck. I've seen many decks use ancestral spirit in conjuction with earth elemental and bog creepers to make huge defensive walls. My opinion: These decks are too slow, too inconsistent, and too easy to counter! If you've tried to play these on ladder, you know exactly what I'm talking about (they will get CRUSHED by jade btw). But there is another way to play control shaman.... 

A few months ago, a player on Reddit shared his/her incredible "Fat Shaman" list. This list benefits greatly from the new cards released in MSG! Here is an updated version that is extremely strong vs the current meta.

Allow your opponent to overextend -- then you clear the board, heal, and play giant threats. You actually win with tempo -- not value, unlike most control shaman lists-- allowing you to beat extreme-value decks like Jade Druid! Imagine clearing a huge board with elemental destruction, then plopping down two free arcane giants: The ultimate tempo swing -- Your opponents will concede again and again!

Mulligans/Playstyle Guide: 

Click here to read the full guide on Reddit!

Note: The guide is for the pre-MSOG meta, but contains some very useful info like mulligans matchups etc. Currently, this deck is good vs aggro and jade decks, but unfavored against priest and renolock

New Card Inclusions:

Finders Keepers is a total sleeper card in the set in my opinion. Overload cards are extremely powerful in an control-archetype shaman deck because dead turns are not a problem. In fact, dead turns can coax your opponent into a false sense of security, they may even extend foolishly into a board clear. Finders Keepers can allow you to discover a number of exceptionally powerful options, including extra elemental destruction and lightning storm; three weapons (doomhammer, jade claws, stormforged axe); healing (jinyu waterspeaker), and a large threat (earth elemental)! Pick what you need, it's fantastic!

Devolve This card fits right in here, it is great for clearing out buffed minions, and absolutely DESTROYS rogue. Good vs any sort of resurrect decks and can sometimes be a last resort against jade. 

White Eyes The card seems to fit into a control shaman deck and specifically it helps shut down the pirates and jades. It trades nicely into azure drakes and auctioneers, it blocks an entire whack from an arcanite reaper. If you manage to get the storm guardian out, it's a behemoth threat that all opponents struggle to deal with. It's pretty much GG vs a druid or pirate warrior.

UPDATE: I will be including some replays below:

Win VS Jade Druid: https://hsreplay.net/replay/tpK9Zq4v4MxABEuFqEUPYm

Win VS DemonZoo (big comeback) https://hsreplay.net/replay/fSt8HShpLkiwLwGsqmPwSY