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Welcome adventurer ! 

You want to play Jade Druid ?

 

Try to survive at best to aggro & humiliate control ; your green golem army potential gets stronger and stronger every turn. Your ennemies will feel like having a Jade Damocles's sword over their head as the game goes on.

A turn 9 Brann Bronzebeard into Jade Behemoth or Aya Blackpaw is devastating for your opponent if he doesn't have AOE removals like a Twisting Nether.

Playing this deck is quite unique and requires a lot of skill and practice. The decision making is HUGE and 1 bad turn can cost you the game. 

There are a lot of the versions of the Jade Druid in the meta jungle those days, i don't believe mine is better than the other ones : although, i think i found a solid way to win 1 of 2 games vs aggro, and 80% of games vs control with this version.

My deck list contains only 1 Wild Growth, 1 Living Roots & 1 Gadgetzan Auctioneer and other tech choices like Mulch and Brann Bronzebeard. It also has 2 Raven Idol.

The Arcane Giant's aren't included in my list, as in my opinion ramping & stacking our imba jades is enough for the BIG GUYS. 

Those choices are all designed to have a strong synergy together, also replacing some cards would rather lead to think about other setups. 

Feel free to comment, share you deck list and AMA.

If this gets 50 likes i'll write a in deep guide on card choices and other stuff. Cheers 

EDIT :

STRATEGY GUIDE

Ok guys, some of you asked for it, and as i promised that if the deck has more than 50 upvotes i will write up a strategy guide, here we go. 1st of all i was really glad to see some of you trying the deck, having fun with it, and i also saw few people on ladder playing magnificent Jades ! Thank you, you are awesome ! 

Introduction 

I always enjoyed the mirror matchup between Malfurion and Malfurion.

" I must protect the wild ! " - " Nature must be preserved !"

Exactly. With our Jade Golem Druid we need to preserve the nature. But what truly is preserving the nature ? What is the difference between preserving and protecting ? Well, preserving the nature is protecting WHILE developing it. If you want to play this deck you need to understand this key factor, and act like if you were a true botanist. You will have to do ALL THAT YOU CAN  to preserve the development of our precious jades. Ennemies that makes intrusion in our Jade forest have to endure your terrible Wrath. Once you will able to do this, Jades will show you their true power.

The deck is constructed taking advantage of 3 essential points :

Jade Golems / Fandral and the "choose one" mechanic / Card cycling 

1. Jade Golems

x2 Jade Idol x2 Jade Blossom x2 Jade Spirit x2 Jade Behemoth and the magnificent Aya Blackpaw are our tools to stack our jades. Fandral Staghelm (x2 discover), Brann Bronzebeard (x 2pop) and x2 Raven Idol (discover jade spell or minion) are some additional tools to get more jades.

Always play the 1st Jade Idol vs aggro & control, shuffle the 2nd. Only case when you shuffle the 1st is if you draw it late in the game when your golems are already 6/6's. Never Innervate to play Jade Spirit turn 4, it's just too weak. Try to save Brann Bronzebeard for 2 pops to get nice value. Never Innervate turn 1 for Jade Blossom. Aya Blackpaw can seem weak but throw it turn 6 even if you are in trouble, she will sometimes save the day. Ennemies tend to focus her once on board. Innervate -Aya Blackpaw is cool play. Even if you have to stack jades, don't throw your hand away. Try to stack 2-3 jade pops in one turn. Bait. Don't play like if you were playing aggro.

2. Fendral and the "choose one" mechanic

Fandral Staghelm is a huge factor of what makes this deck unique. He can combo with :

x2 Jade Idol x1 Living Roots x2 Raven Idol x2 Wrath x2 Feral Rage x2 Nourish x1 Ancient of War

Your game plan is to get at least 1-2 cards out of Fandral vs aggro, and 3-4 cards vs control. Note that Fandral Staghelm and Nourish together is pretty devastating. In theory the 4 best cards to get out of Fandral are of course our Idols. The Raven Idol's are the most precious cards to combo with him, due to the potential value out of a 1 cost card (you get Ysera and Pyroblast - best choice). Also, the mechanic is heavy luck based (you could get Wisp and Totemic Might - best choice). If you can get a Gadgetzan Auctioneer on the board and play Fandral Staghelm - Jade Idol combo end game it's very fun to watch. Try to play turn 7 (or 5 with Innervate) Fandral Staghelm - Feral Rage combo vs aggro. Trade a threat without putting anything on the board and get 8 armor is always worth. If you can get the x2 Feral Rage vs aggro your chance to win are much higher.

3. Card cycling

You have 5 classic tools for draw. x1 Gadgetzan Auctioneer, x2 Nourish & 2 Azure Drake. Then you have situational draw x2 Wrath and x2 Raven Idol's (can give you a draw spell x2). Past turn 10 you have a Wild Growth to draw 1 extra card.

The Gadgetzan Auctioneer is very important, you need to draw at least 2-3 cards from him, don't throw it like a crying child on a full enemy board. Note that Wild Growth is a godlike value combo with him. Don't always Wrath for 3 dmg, try to do it for 1 & use heroic or trade to finish the target. You can easily play the Azure Drake's to cycle instead of the magic dmg argument. Don't be afraid to Nourish when you have an empty board, you won't fall behind, a new world of choices will appear to you and the game will be totally different. 

4. BONUS : Other Cards and tech choices

Innervate : Gamewinner. Crazy combos. Insane value. If i could put 4 i would.

Living Roots : Hello there turn 1 Small-Time Buccaneer !

Wild Growth : For nature, i will RAMP. Can be nice even if tending to be out of meta. Putting only 1 was a crime some times ago, now i think it's the best choice as we have x2 Jade Blossom.

Mulch : Hated this card for 1 year. Now i can't take it out. Kind of "joker" of the deck. Can save your ass vs Flamewreathed Faceless turn 4, Ysera and other stuff you will never be able to deal with as Druid. Must Have. Still better than Naturalize.

Swipe : Feelsgood man.

GAMEPLAN 

Our gameplan is to stack Jades. Versus control the game is easy. You have all the tools to clear their threats, you stack and draw like crazy. Don't put yourself in clunky or greedy situations. Vs CW, Reno Mage, Warlock, Priest, Secret Hunter you really should win. Keep Swipe for final face dmg if you can. Don't spam, keep 3-4-5 minions on board and wait for the opponent to AOE. Feral Rage for armor, specially vs Reno Mage and Warlock. Try to Mulch for Ragnaros the Firelord or Ysera type of minion. A good Fandral Staghelm is crucial vs control, don't throw it turn 7 for a single Feral Rage.

Vs aggro things are very different. Forget the crazy combos, forget the full value Gadgetzan Auctioneer, the Wrath for 1. You need to SURVIVE. Your best tools are Wrath, Swipe, Feral Rage, Jade Behemoth, Living Roots. If you survive 8-9 turns and Feral Rage successfully or Ancient of War the enemy with either concede or you kill him in 1-2 turns coz he can't respond to the state of the board (while he was SMOrking you were trading and stacking). Play very agressive on the trading. 

vs Miracle Rogue things are more random. If he has the cards he needs in the time he needs, you are fucked. But if he has a bad hand and you a good hand you can will easily. Bait, don't be predictable. 

Special mention to SHAMAN, than annihilates this deck. Take it as a raid boss. Try funny stuff. Sometimes it works. Don't get mad if you get matched with 5 shamans in a row. 

BONUS

Here's some video of KadakHS playing the deck vs Dragon Warrior, and winning ! Shoutout to him.

If you guys have other videos playing this deck i will ad it to the wall, so don't hesitate. Cheers !

Some more gameplay, with a budget version, feat WargladeHearthstone

EDIT : 101 likes ! That's crazy ! I'll do a section about mulligans this week i guess.