[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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I tried it myself, it just doesn't fit because you dump your hand as it comes so you would rarely benefit from its effect. And even then, somewhat underwhelming honestly.
If you desperately wants to do so, go for Highmane but it's far less effective and even less useful than things like Leeroy or Spellbreaker
how would you replace the karazhan cards? i got DK rexxar
Honestly you can't really replace these, pretty much core to the deck. Cat Trick very important against Control, but you can try some Explosive Trap / Freezing Trap / Spellbreaker / Leeroy here.
Cloaked Huntress can be replaced by Bearshark then. Can be fine but still less optimal than Cat Trick + Huntress.
DK Rexxar doesn't fit in this aggressive playstyle btw
I have made it to rank 5 using this deck just replacing cat trick with freezing trap. cloacked huntress is unreplaceable
those. where pretty much my thoughts also. thx for the guide, apreciate it
What should i add in the place of 2x Corridor Creeper
See comment below : Hydra, Spellbreaker, Leeroy, Bearshark. Find the mix you prefer ;) Corridor is somewhat a key card though, so that will hurt. It's a very safe craft as it can fit every decks so I'd recommend working on crafting this one ;)
The man speaks truth. Corridor Creeper is this set's Bonemare. It does well in damned near everything.
Corridor is way better than Giant but if you don't have it why not. I don't see 2 of them fitting though, you're not flooding the board that much. So maybe think about Spellbreaker, Hydra and stuff like that
Not sure how it will perform but this card is a killer against Control so that may hurt =/
Explosive can be good against Aggro though, but still a problem for Control. Just try it this way and see if you want to craft those or not ;)
I changed one Snake Trap for Explosive Trap due to the current Aggro Meta
Perfectly fine, always adapt to the meta you're facing ;)
Very good solid deck. Performs admirably against most matchups. Went from Rank 19 do Rank 14, and plan on going up to at least 10.
Nice ! Thanks for the feedback ;)
Hi Sparkaz,
i ranked up all the way to rank 5 with variations of this deck, after which i can't progress. After reading through all the comments, I made these changes:
-2 Savannah, -1 wandering monster, -1 cloaked huntress, -1 flanking strike, replaced with
+1 explosive trap, +1 unleash the hounds, +2 Spellbreaker, +1 bittertide hydra
to deal with aggro decks, paladins and warlocks.
Please let me know your feedback on this. :)
Seems like a lot of changes, I would remove wandering monster and cloaked Huntress. Only cards that are flexible are Savannah, Snake Trap and Venomstrike Trap.
I would also consider Leeroy more Hydra, but maybe it's just personal preference.
So you can swap the 2 traps for explosive and UTH, then swap Savannah for a mix of Spellbreaker/Leeroy/Hydra. Should be fine this way ;)
thanks!
Kill him before that or move on to the next game
It's not Face Hunter at all, you need to trade early. With that being said, Hydra is a good fit instead of Savannah as it's faster and can put a big pressure on control decks (Aggro will probably rekt you however)
Thanks for another great deck Sparkaz!
Curious on your thoughts about Tundra Rhino fitting in this deck. Seems like incredible synergy with Corridor Creeper. Would love to hear your thoughts...