[Spark] Beasty Trap (S45)
- Last updated Jan 3, 2018 (Kobolds Patch)
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Wild
- 14 Minions
- 14 Spells
- 2 Weapons
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Secrets Hunter
- Crafting Cost: 4260
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 12/21/2017 (Kobolds Patch)
- Sparkaz
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Hey guys Spark here ! It's been awhile and today I wanted to share with you my new Midrange Hunter with the last expansion. I hit Legend with a 72% Winrate playing this deck.
Side note : I also played some Cube Demonlock around Rank 3 with great success. Here is my list for those who are interested : Spark's Cubelock
Deck Breakdown
The deck revolves around Secret and Beast synergies to overwhelm your opponent quickly and close the game as soon as possible. The gameplan is to develop your board early on, keep your momentum up with favorable trades and then push for face damage as much as you can before running out of steam. Games should generally be decided between turn 5 and turn 8, but can extend a bit if your looking for the right top-deck to finish-off a control deck.
The usual Beast package comes in with Dire Mole as a nice addition to stick on the board early on and get buffed by Crackling Razormaw or Houndmaster. Flanking Strike is an awesome tempo tool to deal with an opposing threat while developping a beast on the board. Finally, the infamous Corridor Creeper obviously comes in the deck, leading to insane tempo swings after some early trades as it can be dropped for free very quickly or simply give you a solid 5/5 Beast on turn 4 to threaten your opponent.
As for the secret package, Lesser Emerald Spellstone is the addition that justifies it. It can be an incredibly powerful turn 5 that ends the game if your opponent can't deal with it or it can simply help recovering from a board clear. Secretkeeper and Cloaked Huntress obviously comes in the deck to synergize with the secrets and pressure your opponent early on. Wandering Monster is really the true MVP of these secrets as it can compensate for a lack of early game board presence and/or punish your opponent from going face. Cat Trick is the perfect complement as it punishes Control decks very well and adds a lot of damage in the long run. Finally, Snake Trap and Venomstrike Trap are played for the "mind game", punishing your opponent for trading. Note that those are also triggered by Wandering Monster, which is pretty cool. Freezing Trap and Explosive Trap could also be considered for these spots depending on your preferences, but overall this set up turns out to be very solid.
Overall, the deck is pretty consistent and leads to very fast games. It can beat anything with the right starting hand, which is a very good point for a ladder deck. Of course, sometimes you won't have quite the good cards and will get countered slowly by your opponent, but you'll notice quickly if you can steal the game or not and then move on to the next game :)
Season 46 Update
Swapped out Savannah Highmane for Leeroy Jenkins to close games faster against Control decks and work around taunt or buffed minions. The deck feels even faster with this change. Feel free to tweak the deck around your preferences and metagame ;)
Mulligan Strategy
The gameplan is to pressure your opponent quickly, do some minor trades early on and work on lethal before running out of steam. That's why you want to get a good start like Dire Mole into Crackling Razormaw or Secretkeeper into a secret. Overall, you want to build a hand that "plays itself" and can build some good pressure each turn.
Always keep :
Secretkeeper, Dire Mole, Crackling Razormaw, Corridor Creeper.
Situational keep :
- Cloaked Huntress, Animal Companion and Eaglehorn Bow with The Coin or with 1-drop and/or 2-drop in hand when going first. Note that Cloaked Huntress is the safest keep here due to its solid body (and potential synergy with secrets that you may draw).
- Wandering Monster against Aggro or with Secretkeeper in hand.
- Cat Trick against Control or with Secretkeeper in hand.
- Snake Trap and Venomstrike Trap only with Secretkeeper and going first against decks that may want to trade into it early on.
- Lesser Emerald Spellstone if you have a secret to play on turn 2 and good hand all around.
Gameplay Video
Here is a gameplay video with the last iteration of the deck facing 2 Zoolock in early Season 46. French commentary
Closing
I hope you'll enjoy the deck as much as I do and maybe it can help you reach Legend this season while having some good fun. Don't forget to show your support by upvoting the deck if you liked and don't hesitate to discuss about it or ask any question in the comment section below ;)
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Hey Spark, I was hoping you would find a good deck for Dire Frenzy, have you tried it?
EDIT: Nevermind, I just found your Recruit Hunter recipe in twitter. Too bad I'm more of a Wild player. I was looking for a more traditional beasty midrange hunter of old.
I don't feel like Dire Frenzy would be that good in Midrangey Beast Hunter playstyle, it's more of a combo card aiming to do shenanigans with Big minions or Charge imo ^^
Is there a replacement for corridor creeper? I don't want to craft this card since the upcoming nerf.
Well you can always get the dust back when they nerf it (full refund) so you could definitely toy with it and trash it once the patch goes live ^^
I'm not sure how I would tweak after the nerf though, it was a pretty solid mid game threat. Maybe Savannah could do the job but it is obviously slower
So I must have accidentally dusted Cloaked Huntress in the past not realizing what I was doing since it is an adventure card. It now wont let me craft it again even though I own the adventure..... Is this a known bug???
Seems weird, I have no idea about how to fix this :(
just climbed from rank 15 to 5 with only 5 losses playing this deck xD
Wow very nice streak ! I guess it is kinda unexpected in the current meta :P
Yep Hunter not at the top once again, but this one works pretty well :) Thanks for the feedback buddy :D
I created a Hearthpwn account just so I could praise this deck! Played six games and won six games so far. Nice deck!
Owww thanks buddy, glad you enjoyed :)
I don't have Leeroy atm but I teched one of the Highmanes from the original list with Deathstalker Rexxar. It seems to help a tad in control match ups and sometimes aggro (if the game makes it that late). What do you guys think? Currently soft stuck at around rank 4/5
Highmane is fine obviously as it was already in the initial list. Rexxar can be ok from time to time even though it doesn't really fit in the initial playstyle of the deck, I don't see it really saving a game against Control in this deck, but can help cleaning an Aggro board and outvalue it afterward ^^
Ok I will just run two until I can get leeroy. Thanks for replying and I am loving the deck :)
A delight to see your hunter decks and guides. Best of luck in this year!
Thanks mate <3 Good luck to you as well :D
Not a big deal, I was playing without it initially ;) Savannah does a good job here
Can't seem to win at all with this deck. Losing against Kingsbane rogues, cubelocks, priests and secret mages around rank 15. Guess that's the meta a the moment
Well, same meta here around Rank 4 don't worry ;)
Wow. Just wow. This is really good.