Cheelmind's KaC Razakus Prince Dragon Priest (a...
- Last updated Dec 30, 2017 (Kobolds Patch)
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Wild
- 24 Minions
- 5 Spells
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Highlander Priest
- Crafting Cost: 11520
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 12/5/2017 (Marin's Treasure)
- Cheelmind
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Battle Tag:
Cheelmind#2859
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Total Deck Rating
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Hi, everyone! My name is Cheelmind and I am a casual HS player from Russia who hit legend couple of times in past few months.
As the new expansion Kobolds and Catacombs has arrived I am trying out a lot of new decks and post the ones I like and that are really competitive on ladder (with gameplay videos) so other people can achieve the legend rank too. Here is a Highlander Dragon priest.
If you like this deck please up vote, your support is really appreciated. Thanks very much in advance.
Here are other deck I play : http://www.hearthpwn.com/members/Cheelmind/decks
Edit: If you encounter a lot of Hunt alone hunters and tempo secret mages just get a Eater of Secrets instead of 3-4 cost minion or instead of a Skulking Geist.
I meet like 35 % of Hunter and Mages and only like 8 present of druid so I went for Eater of Secrets . If you feel that one silence in term of Kabal Songstealer is not enough then get Spellbreaker instead of Eater of Secrets
Have played around 50 matches with the deck here is some game play :
The worst luck in history :) (Highlights 1:45, 2:15, 10:35, 13:00)
Vs Agro Overload shaman
Vs Tempo Rogue
Vs Control Frost Lich Jaina feat. Dragoncaller Alanna. One the the most interesting games I have experienced lately! Hope you like it :).
Vs Control Warlock (Really top deck mode game)
Vs Secret Agro mage
Vs Hunt alone hunter
Vs Velen OTK priest
Vs Zoo warlock
Vs Control warlock
Made following adjustments:
Changed Harrison Jones for Gluttonous Ooze because Harrison was way too slow and the meta is still quite aggressive and Gluttonous Ooze is 2 mana cheaper. Works great against hunter
Also swapped Dragonslayer for Saronite Chain Gang because I was able you utilize his battle cry only once and another 4 drop taunt two bodies is great especially buffed by Prince Keleseth.
here are my stats from rank 13 to 8 and last 5-9 matches at rank 4-2 :
Duskbreaker - This card is just insane, while playing highlander you are very often in a reactive/defensive position in the beginning of the game and turn four board clear and a dragon body is just what priest really needed.
Twilight Acolyte is another great addition with dragon synergy that is very flexible and is great dealing with big early threats like Edwin VanCleef, Bittertide Hydra as well as big late drops.
Psychic ScreamIn my opinion a fantastic card to stall the game and get you out of hopeless situations, for example, when you are facing a big druid and you have 7 mana while he has already ramped up to ten and got Kun the Forgotten King, Y'Shaarj, Rage Unboundand who knows what else on the table in one turn. This card is also a great answer to Bloodreaver Gul'dan and new Dragoncaller Alanna.
There are also some great new common cards that in my opinion will fit great in this deck:
Dragonslayer this card has a great value. There are so many decks out there that run Cobalt Scalebane nowadays and this card is a perfect answer and has playable stats for 3 mana even with out battle cry.
Lone Champion this very similar to Tar Creeper and I feel it will feather improve our chances to pass early game in a good shape. This deck has only 1 drop for 2 mana Prince Keleseth, so good three drops are very important.
Other card are from previous expansions but I would like to say some word about another two cards which will in my opinion get increased value in KaC.
Harrison Jones As this expansion adds legendary weapon to every class I feel this card will truly shine and will be very handy especially in deck which lack card draw like this one where we have only Northshire Cleric,Power Word: Shield and Acolyte of Pain and Kazakus sometimes for card draw.
Skulking Geist Not only it is great against Druids removing Jade Idol, Earthen Scales, Mark of the Lotus, Evolve Shamans Evolve, getting reed of bunch of priest one mana cost spells in OTK Prophet VelenHighlander priest and burns Warlock Mortal Coil and Soulfire. In this expansion there are another 5 strong cards which get burned : Unstable Evolution and Lesser Jasper Spellstone, Psionic Probe, Dark Pact and Barkskin.
Win conditions:
This deck is not purely based on drawing Raza the Chained and Shadowreaper Anduin and burning down your opponent with machine gun hero power. You have many strong and effective minions which can even be further buffed by Prince Keleseth, 7 dragons two of whom with aoe Duskbreaker, Primordial Drake, one with card steal Drakonid Operative, one with deathrattle Bone Drake. so I this deck can fight for board and come back when losing with help of massive board clears in terms of Dragonfire Potion, Psychic Scream,Shadowreaper Anduin..
Mulligan versus agro and tempo:
In this kind of deck I think it is better to mulligan assuming you are facing aggro or tempo deck. against all classes except Priest and Warrior (pirates are not that popular with warrior any more)
You always keep Prince Keleseth, any one drop for one mana (no need to keep two, if you need to choose which one drop to keep get Mistress of Mixtures or Fire Fly over other two. You also want to keep Potion of Madness.
In case you already have one drop you can keep any three drop except Twilight Acolyte.
With coin you definitely keep Kazakus,
Mulligan versus control:
If you face Priest or Warrior it is going to be some kind of control so you keep Raza the Chained and Shadowreaper Anduin. also always keep Prince Keleseth andKazakus. Curious Glimmerroot is also a great against control. If you do not have those 5 cards just mulligan for them aggressively.
I hope you will give this deck a try in couple of days once we all get new Kobolds and Catacombs cards.
Will record some videos with game play soon.
Will be more then happy to get any feedback on how this deck is doing.
Best regards,
nice and creative deck, love it, specially when it include prince keleseth lol
-1 duskbreaker +1 tortollian for me
here my 2 games vs Hunter and rogue. enjoy :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLa1VqwyM88&feature=youtu.be
Cool video! Glad you like the deck ! Although I would not replace duskbreaker (you need him for board clear and dragon synergy)
Good luck :)
Replacment for pshycic screams?
Very hard to replace, very strong and universal board clear. I would craft it. It is used in many different priest decks so it is definitely worth crafting.
Very glad you like it ). Hope you can get to legend this Season!
Good luck !
I wouldn't say she's pointless, she's a dragon and will ease you life vs mage and lock, also she can save your ass vs aggro if you draw shit early game
Hi and thanks for you comment! Glad you like the deck. Here are some matches where Alexstrasza won the game, watch only last couple of minutes. I will upload some more where the use of her is justified.
https://youtu.be/weapQlFJG_0
watch at 7th minute
https://youtu.be/vn6vCfDz_h8
would it be good if i replaced Alexstrasza with Ysera?
i played this, over 60% winrate, but i feel i can get more value if i replace Kabal Songstealer
any ideea of replacement ?
Hi and thanks for your comment. Glad you like the deck. From my point of view Kabal Songstealer is good in this deck and there is no need for replacement, He is good silencing Voidlord , any minion buffed by Bonemare silence Rin, the First Disciple, Cairne Bloodhoof or just any strong taunt minion to get through and get lethal. Anyway 5/5 Body for 5 mana is not that bad even without a silence so I think we definitely keep it.
I tried Alexstrasza for a dozen or so games, but it was just too slow for me. Book Wyrm is a great counter to those stupid Wolf(ves) from Lesser Emerald Spellstone.
Hi, thank you for you comment. I feel Alexstrasza is essential to this deck. Her battle cry is very powerful and helps both bring you opponent down to 15 or heal you up, like in a game play video against control warlock (link in the beginning of deck description). She helped my out in a lot of games. If you do not encounted many Jade druids you can consider changing Skulking Geist for Book Wyrm to get more dragon synergy. But I doubt it will help much against Lesser Emerald Spellstone as they usually get it upgraded at least once, so you will kill only one out of 3-4 wolfs is which not good.
Hi, thanks for you comment. I think Alexstrasza is essential in this deck because her battle cry is just to powerful and can win help you to win many control match ups. Please watch a match against control warlock in the beginning of deck description , she won that match for me. Personally I do not like Book Wyrm to much and hunters usually upgrade Lesser Emerald Spellstone at least once so killing one out of 3-4 wolfs is not a great answer. By if you think different and you do not encounter many jade druids, you can change Skulking Geist for Book Wyrm , at least you get more dragon synergy.
Thanks for the comment, Glad you like the deck. :D
I guess your meta is not that aggressive as mine, I meet a lot of Tempo Mages, aggressive Call to Arms paladins and tempo rogue, so I really need the early game defensive tools. Your replacement are good for a mid aggressive meta I guess.
https://imgur.com/a/z42Cn
My Stats are very nice
From 18~17 to 9
Very nice deck but has a thought match up against Hunters.
Trying to figure it out a way to counter it
From rank 15 to 10 on NA server without a single lose, until now. It's working well gratz
Hi Guys! Really glad you like the deck. I am playing and recording some games right now. Have a very little sample but so far it is 19 - 12.
I am thinking on changing Dragonslayer for Gluttonous Ooze mainly for hunters Eaglehorn Bow and warlocks Eaglehorn Bow. (Just a thought).
Silence has saved me a vew times, msotly against bonemare or deathrattle like highmane...yoy gotta siwtch shit out VS most of what you play toh sometimes
Problem with jade is that they wreck priest generallly, was looking at metstats last week and both aggro and jade were the worst matchups for priest. vs jade you really have to play fast and just outpace them, but often times cause HS isnt very balanced it just doesnt matter. you cant play jade like a normal matchup. same thing vs non secret mages. pressure pressure pressure have ot grab tempo ASAP and not let them get it as long as you can.
Bonemare is ot a terrible idea...perosnally ive seem a decnet amount of wapons but, if youre rly not seeign em, tech different, these decks arent cut and dry lists, even the best lists requoire you to do critical analysis of the ladder
Hey broski, sad I didnt first comment lol but I had to register to talk to you
So far, this deck, is amazingly retarded. I'm still lower ranks mind oyu cuase I hadnt played ranked so far but - my success has me amazing. These new Kobolds cards seem to you seal the deal for this deck. The dragon pakcage has alwyas been strong but ever since a lot of it's essentials were phased out, withing Raza deckit was almost aways cosndiered a niche tech or noivelty
Dusk bring? Killer. Aldors but better 2/4? Stupid broke. amazing tempo lay to keep a minion alive at 1 health even if its only 3 attack so far has seem to be play, funny as it is.
With Prince, hialrisuly,l stupid broken. Even if you get it bottomish, it often seals the deal with your already overstadded minion.
The harrisn tech? They seme to neevrr expect it, its down right bomb af
Honestly, it seems likeyour work in compiling te peices on thios establish deck has been pretty spot on. As i paly more I will update you on suggestions or issues.
Its jsut SUCH a insane stupid pwoerful tempo deck with the altrenate overpwder shadow form shit. I like how you have taking it more as a powe tepo deck, as the DK HP is already stupid broke and didnt need all the attention in card slection many decks have set on it, sacrificng and often truggling tempo wise. Bit this deck? amaizng curve, lwoer minions either fight ofr board or used and fuel later
Sorry for the book I have rotten, jsut very glad I found this deck cause my pulls were shit andI was afraid Id be left ehind bc I couldnt afford a lt of packs this time. Lucky I only had to spen 800 dust for this version
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Sorry for my shitty broke nkeyboard I hope you can understand me