[Legend Day 3] - Dragon Priest - S33
- Last updated Dec 31, 2016 (Gadgetzan)
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Wild
- 22 Minions
- 8 Spells
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Dragon Priest
- Crafting Cost: 4100
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 12/4/2016 (Gadgetzan)
- Zananananan
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Region:
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Total Deck Rating
2967
Hey Guys!
My name is Zananananan (https://www.twitch.tv/zanananan), a competitive player for SFD-Gaming (http://www.sfd-gaming.com/). I just wanted to share my Dragon Priest with you, I hit Legend with it on the 3rd day. Drakonid Operative is just insane - one of the strongest cards in the game.
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Gameplan
Dragon Priest makes use of dragon synergy to establish a board of minions with above-average stats. The deck tries to snowball off of an early-game board, which leaves it with fewer comeback mechanics. Powerful on-curve plays from early game to late game is what makes Dragon Priest so strong.
Mulligan
- Always keep Twilight Whelp, Northshire Cleric and Wyrmrest Agent
- Keep Kabal Talonpriest and Drakonid Operative if you have a good hand; Twilight Guardian is also fine
- Shadow Word: Pain obviously against Aggro
Matchups
slightly unfavored - The Gameplan depends on your starting hand. You can just rush them down if you have an aggressive hand. Keep Hellfire, Shadowflame, Felfire Potion and Twisting Nether in mind. Some people aren't even running Felfire Potion orTwisting Nether, you are heavily favored in that case.
You can also win in fatigue by taking it really slow if they aren't running Lord Jaraxxus. You can get so much value with Brann Bronzebeard + Netherspite Historian or Drakonid Operative. Don't play more than 3 minions at a time to play around Mind Control Tech and AoE.
This Guide will be continued in the future. I would appreciate an upvote.
You can easily outvalue them if they aren't running Jaraxxus. I won quite some games in fatigue against them. But I'd also prefer the tempo line if you have the hand to do so.
Amazing deck .Takes a while to get the hang of it but when u do it's very effective.21-5 so far....
wouldn't pay this dude 15 cents to take out my trash. He should ask his mom for some allowance money for washing the toilet.
-1 Kabal Songstealer +1 Deathwing
I see your point but it's also really easy to get a Deathwing from your Netherspite Historians, especially with Brann Bronzebeard in this deck but you're losing the flexibility of having the silence/the body of the five mana 5/5, which is pretty good for a priest minion.
Personally, I think I'd rather take my chances with the RNG on Netherspite Historian, hedged with the ability to use the silence.
silence is not all that needed tbh and I also removed one historian for a potion of madness allowed for a better early game against aggro if I didnt get a good hand.
I'm starting to agree with you here.
I really wish that if you silenced a Jade Golem, it reverted to a 1/1...no such luck
Thank you for the deck. What do you think about Wrathion, is he any good?
The feels when you counter SMOrc a dirty Pirate Warrior! Feelsgoodman =)
:O
After tried a lot of gadgetzan deck (see in my channel), I can tell dragon priest without reno is the best one
So far 10-1 use this deck
Sorry didn't record the deck tracker because using laptop for record (little lag)
-1 Acidic + 1 Entomb coz rarely see enemy using weapon except renolock (already win before he use jaraxxus)
Game play vs BuffLadin and Miracle Rogue https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8MdGiRFT80&feature=youtu.be
I mean in my rank right now, just see renolock a lot but every time I play, I win/lose before Jaraxxus even coming
from 25 games just see pirate warrior about 1/2x, renolock a lot, others are priest, paladin etc
how about entomb?
Entomb is great if you're facing a lot of mirror matchups.
My concern is Jade Druid more than mirror matchups.
You didn't climb to legend with priest, you mostly used pirate warrior (as shown on your stream). your deck title is misleading.
250 games with Pirate Warrior, 1 game with Priest in Legend with a win. 100% win rate Legend Priest!
This deck is insanely good in the current meta. It is good against aggro, jade golem decks and other dragon priest. 10-2 right now, one lose to a lucky buffadin and the other to a reno mage.
If reno mage becomes more common it will probably be worth it to run some more heals or Justicar.
With the many taunt minions in the deck you should be favored agianst pirate warrior.... Just do your best with early game removal and always make that tempo play.
Amazing deck, it's easy to see it's power just by looking at the list - no bullshit, very consistent, etc.
However, I'm finding kabal songstealer to be a bit underwhelming. Maybe I just haven't played enough, but now it seems like an answer vs aggro (either harrison or something faster) could make it a little better. I've replaced songstealer with darkshire alchemist (a little more healing, works well with brann, helps the trading game and is stronger vs priest removal), liking it so far