Warlock F**ker! Budget Dragon/Spiteful Priest
- Last updated Apr 13, 2018 (Witchwood)
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Wild
- 26 Minions
- 4 Spells
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Dragon Priest
- Crafting Cost: 2140
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 1/6/2018 (Kobolds Patch)
- ShadowAN
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Battle Tag:
Shad0w#2455
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Region:
EU
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Total Deck Rating
686
1. Introduction
Hello guys! Today I would like to present you my version of budget Spiteful Priest. It has got some dragon synergy, as well as good control tools, which will certainly help you to win many games. The best thing about this deck is that it's very good versus Warlocks, which dominate the ladder atm. My deck relies on board control - it is achieved thanks to 26 minions, not spells. As you probably spotted, there are only 4 of these. Free From Amber and Mind Control are cards you want to synergize with Spiteful Summoner to make him an ultimate value card!
Check out my new Spiteful Priest deck! (WW updated):
Minion (25)
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2. My stats
I'm not the greatest Hearthstone player and I have to admit it. I've never reached Legend and often misplay. The thing that's cool about this deck is that it's very fun to play and allows you to do wrong plays, there are many cards that can change the board situation dramatically. Below are my stats for past 73 matches, from the most recent matches to the oldest. (I've marked the result of Warlock matches, so it's clear)
That's my every game so far. Time for a summary.
Wins: 44 | Losses: 29 | Winrate: 60%
- Out of 22 matches vs Warlocks, I won 17 of them (77% W/L)
- Out of 18 matches vs Priests, I won 11 of them (61% W/L)
- Out of 8 matches vs Mages, I won 4 of them (50% W/L)
- Out of 6 matches vs Hunters, I won 4 of them (67% W/L)
- Out of 5 matches vs Rogues, I won 2 of them (40% W/L)
- Out of 3 matches vs Warriors, I won 3 of them (100% W/L) - Fun fact: all of them were Quest Warriors
- Out of 4 matches vs Druids, I won 2 of them (50% W/L)
- Out of 3 matches vs Shamans, I didn't win a single one :/ (I feel embarassed)
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Out of 4 matches vs Paladins, I won 2 of them (50% W/L)
3. General mulligan
When you go first:
Always keep Northshire Cleric, Faerie Dragon, Kabal Talonpriest, Shadow Ascendant and Tar Creeper. If you're playing vs an obviously aggro class, keep Duskbreaker - it's a great removal and can wipe out the whole board. Of course, don't play Faerie Dragon because of the dragon synergy.
When you go second:
It's the same general mulligan like when you go first. For the 4th slot, try getting Duskbreaker or Spiteful Summoner. The first card can be used in any dangerous situation, while the Summoner can be either coined on turn 5 for huge value or played on turn 6. Remember: to effectively play this card, you must have board control.
4. Mulligan for each class + gameplan
- Warlock - our biggest enemy, the meta dominating class atm. Make him actually PLAY his demons from hand! My deck includes several counters, which are useful in fighting CubeLock. Try getting Northshire Cleric, Faerie Dragon and Tar Creeper on your opening hand. Acidic Swamp Ooze is also a good drop in case our opponent plays Skull of the Man'ari early in the game. Use your Faerie Dragon wisely because it triggers Duskbreaker and Drakonid Operative. The matchup will be rather slow, most of my games ended when the opponent had less than 10 cards in his deck. Spellbreaker is a great card to silence Possessed Lackey or Carnivorous Cube. It can also be used to directly silence Voidlords. Use taunts to stop brave pushes from your opponent. Duskbreaker destroys Voidwalkers really well, keep that in mind. One of the best tools in this matchup is Mind Control, which can be used to steal your opponent's Carnivorous Cube or Voidlord. Drakonid Operative is a great card to steal removals from Warlocks, eg. Twisting Nether, Hellfire or the spellstone. ZooLock is not that different, except you wanna use your taunts to stop small creatures from the beginning and control the board using our dragons :) Keep in mind that both Warlocks use Bloodreaver Gul'dan, so don't waste Duskbreakers if not necessary!
- Priest - our biggest threat. Razakus is simply better in this matchup and I can't hide it. Try to outvalue him ASAP using our Spiteful Summoner. Remember that he uses one Shadow Word: Death and Pain, though! Also watch out for Dragonfire Potion and Psychic Scream. Save one Mind Control for late Prophet Velen. Other Priests like Dragon, Big and Spiteful are 50/50 matches, certainly winnable.
- Mage - rather an easy matchup, the only mage that is playable now is Exodia, Secret and Control/Elemental. Either ways, don't use the Acidic Swamp Ooze until the enemy plays Medivh, the Guardian or Aluneth. Control the board from the beginning, mulligan is the same as usual. Make him waste all him dmg spells on the minions, you want to keep your face alive. Exodia is gonna be the hardest fight here, you probably wanna destroy your opponent ASAP :)
- Hunter - it's gonna be Midrange or Spell. The first one is an easy matchup, control the board with taunts and other cheap minions. Spell is gonna be tougher. Keep your Duskbreaker to kill the wolves spawned by hunter's spellstone. Control, control!!
- Shaman/Rogue/Paladin/any aggro deck - not seeing many of these lately, but the winning cards for you will be Tar Creeper, Tortollan Shellraiser and the MVP: Duskbreaker! Don't play Spiteful Summoner or our big spells until you're 100% sure about your safety.
- Druid - Believe me or not, Jade is still powerful and we are nor favored is this matchup. I have won (luck?) my only game vs this deck by spamming low-cost minions any synergizing them together. Watch out for Wrath and Swipe, the only removals that druid has got. Aggro is gonna be a little bit easier, use the dragon-removals wisely. Keep in mind that Living Mana + Mark of the Wild combo is a thing that can decide on the outcome of the match.
5. Bonus content
A showcase video by the one and only, @kiwiinbacon!
Another video has been made! Thank you @TheSynch! =D
Also be sure to check @Kadakk 's video above!
hey boiz i just fought with quest mage with this deck and I WON >:DD
this deck is so awesome
biggest thing about this deck is it fails miserably against most control deck as it takes too long to get there unless u have perfect curve
@ShadowAN Just wanted to give you a huge shoutout, grabbed this deck because I had most of it's pieces and started the season fresh with it. Went from Rank 21 to Rank 10 in a little under a week with a 45-23 W/L record. I've never cracked 13 before and as someone who is relatively new to the game (Started in October) it's awesome to have a deck to analyze in order to find what my homegrown decks are lacking, as well as get a high enough rank that I'm not going up against the jumbled decks that can be found in the 10-20 range.
I've had a lot of fun with this one. +1million sir.
Sidenote: I subbed out Acolyte of Pain for a Golakka Crawler since pirates seem to be in every 3rd deck. It's not a huge life saver, but it definitely has come in handy compared to a 3/3 with lifesteal.
It seems a tad obvious as well, but i almost never play my faerie dragons until turn 9 w/Bonemare, turns out a 7/6 that can't be cast on can be a pain to take care of if you're able to keep a relatively clean board.
I do love this Archetype and Deck however, i feel that its a big mistake not to put a Netherspite Historian or 2 in a dragon deck. The ability to dig for an additional duskbreaker is too good. I cant tell you how many times i play a game and NEVER see any of the 2 Dusks i have in the deck and the ONLY one i get is discovered from the Historian.
Probably chose to leave it out since this is a budget deck and most people looking for budget decks done have the adventure cards
Thank you for this deck. As a F2P player, I usually can't play any of the Tier 1 or 2 decks since I'm often lacking the 3-5 legendary cards (& many of the epic cards even) required to play them. Even for this particular deck, I was missing a lot of the rare & epic cards: I had 0 Duskbreakers, only one Drakonid Operative, 0 Free From Ambers, and 0 Spiteful Summoners... :( I crafted the two Duskbreakers, one Free from Amber, & one Spiteful Summoner with what little dust I had remaining, & made the following substitutions to fill out the deck:
+2 Netherspite Historians
+1 Twilight Drake
So far I've gone 8-1 with the deck, climbing from Rank 20 to 17 & still going... :-) Will try & keep you updated with my progress as I continue to play the deck.
After a nice streak going 10-1 & hitting Rank 15, started to lose steam; went 3-6 in my next 9 matches, losing mostly to Raza priest (& two of those matches were very close), but also to an aggro Paladin & an aggro Warlock (both of which I might have won if I'd gotten a Duskbreaker a few turns earlier...). The last match I lost looked like a Control Warrior of some sort; he had a crap load of legendary cards... Anyway, will continue playing with the deck & see if I can advance further with it.
Thanks again regardless! Despite the more recent losses, it's been a fun deck to play nevertheless!
"I was drunk. Skip this part." Lmao.
While I don't have much need for the budget deck, this looks like an amazing list and I'm genuinely impressed by the amount of effort you put into your guide. Very professional. I also love the idea of giving F2P players a chance to survive in this meta.
Hats off to you, sir.
Thanks, bro, never got rank 5 so easy before. Highrolled some games, but hasn't lost a single game from rank 9
No prob :)
nice F2P deck thanks!
Very nice deck, I changed only few things and it's perfect against warlock and also very very good in ranking mode.
Check this out:
Damn Warlocks! I also made a Priest deck that counters Cube Lock pretty well!
http://www.hearthpwn.com/decks/1020628-burn-big-priest
but the point of the deck is that you only have big spells in your deck
Hey guys!
I have showcased this deck and I had interesting games with some really nice rolls of spiteful summoner! In the video bellow you can see these games -
First game is against secret hunter where Ascendant did his job nicely in the early game. Spiteful summoner highroll just finished the game.
Second one is against tempo rogue where I managed to just out smorc him like a true face deck.
Thanks for the attention and I hope you can enjoy the video ! :)
thanks a lot bro!
It takes time to fully learn how to use this deck, my first games were also pretty bad.