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Replacements for Ysera and Harrison Jones? Is alexstrasza and Loathweb viable replacements?

Loatheb is always considerable in control decks; Alexstrasza sounds good to replace Ysera. GLHF!

This is a tournament deck.  It was made to go up against specific decks, not for constructed.  There is far too much late game to be viable, any slightly aggressive deck would tear this apart. 

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This is a tournament deck.  It was made to go up against specific decks, not for constructed.  There is far too much late game to be viable, any slightly aggressive deck would tear this apart. 

No, it's not. It's VERY viable for ladder actually. Aggressive decks are harder to beat than control, but definitely doable. I'd say the typical Warlock zoo is the toughest match-up. But you can still keep damage down with humility and peacekeepers, until you've got the right timing for a pyro/equality to wipe the board and by that time, you're usually in a good spot mid-game when you can start rolling out your Belchers etc.

This deck also hard counters the fotm deck, Handlock. Which obviously makes it very viable on ladder, based on that fact alone.

Thing is mate, when the deck is poor against aggressive decks, you're gonna have a bad time in the ladder, where as much as maybe 70-75% plays "aggro" decks (hunter and zoo).

I'm not saying it's a bad deck, because it's not, but its not a smart move to play it on the ladder...

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Thing is mate, when the deck is poor against aggressive decks, you're gonna have a bad time in the ladder, where as much as maybe 70-75% plays "aggro" decks (hunter and zoo).

I'm not saying it's a bad deck, because it's not, but its not a smart move to play it on the ladder...

 

It's actually what I play mainly on ladder and once you get past a certain rank, you see less and less zoo. And even if they do appear, it's still not a impossible obstacle. If you play it right you can beat pretty much all aggro decks with it.

I'd love to play on that ladder. Don't be ridicilous...even legend is full of hunters and zoo...

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I'd love to play on that ladder. Don't be ridicilous...even legend is full of hunters and zoo...

Of course it is, it's just NOT AS COMMON...

Are all of you people internet-aggressive by nature?!

Every fkn reply is sprinkled with aggression or rudeness. Are you all sexually frustrated or something?

Do you really feel my reply was that aggressive or rude?

I really feel it wasn't, but hey that's just me. I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings. The point is, our opinions differ. I feel there's still a lot of hunters and zoo decks at legend rank. But maybe atleast 30-40% isn't a lot for you...

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Do you really feel my reply was that aggressive or rude?

 

I really feel it wasn't, but hey that's just me. I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings. The point is, our opinions differ. I feel there's still a lot of hunters and zoo decks at legend rank. But maybe atleast 30-40% isn't a lot for you...

It's the feel of all replies in general on this site, I'd say. I dunno, I'm not a very sensitive person, but I feel like a lot of replies are passive aggressive. Guess I'm just not used to the "tone" here. I'm a designer by trade and the social platforms in that environment is very mature and friendly. Here, it's very different. But anywyay, screw it :)

To answer your question, I didn't feel like the ladder was too cluttered with zoo and hunter last week. Maybe I was just lucky with my match-ups, but this week has been freakin' horrible. I'm not facing anything else than zoo, hunter and the occasional priest. Unplayable.

It's hard when you rely 100% on drawing a board clear early. I think Paladin has a decent arsenal though. Pyro/Equality & Consecration, as well as Aldor Peacekeepers & Humility to mitigate damage until you can start rolling out some taunts and slap on a Truesilver. But it's not a free ride, like I said and it gets really old really fast, when that's all you face.

Been playing a lot of Shaman lately and that is even worse, I feel. I'm not the kind of person to "adapt or die", because I refuse to play Zoo or Hunter. It's like watching Paradise Hotel or Oprah. Your brain melts slowly.
Priest is just a snorefest and building a deck solely to counter zoo and hunter is not enjoyable for me. I'd rather wait it out and just fk off from the game until the meta shifts into a slower pace, which is more my style.

I guess it does depend on luck and where you're at on the ladder.

I totally agree though, I try avoiding playing zoo and hunter. Sometimes when I get Hunter quests, I do though. For warlock, I prefer Handlock! If you like warrior, you should try the "hunter\zoo killer" deck. It's quite good in this meta! You will lose most of the mirror matches though...

I've had success with a modified version of this. http://www.hearthpwn.com/decks/110522-legend-hunter-zoo-killer-control-warrior#c88

Note for newcomers: this deck sucks (most situations) against Zoolock and Hunters (even after the nerf)

Is there a any replacement for Lay on Hands? I put Avenging Wrath instead, seems to work fine.

Holy Light is better than Avenging Wrath in this deck.

Thank you gmacmtg, but for now i will keep Avenging Wrath, works very well with equality.

Very efficient deck, swapped Harrison Jones for Loatheb to fit into my meta. And by the way, I'm kinda surprised with the versatility of the deck against Handlocks and Control decks in general.

This was the official deck list provided by Prismata, so I think it's safe to say Trump opted to play 1x Humility in the tournament.

Having no experience playing the deck, I cannot give you an absolute yes or no as to if it would work, but here's my view on it.

Logically, the only suitable replacements for [card]The Black Knight[card] are those with removal capabilities, and Paladins don't have access to any class hard removal. A second Stampeding Kodo is the closest thing a Paladin could use to get rid of Taunt minions.. but that doesn't really work in your favour since you want to get rid of stuff later on (which won't have 2 or less attack) and you're also relying on the fact that only one suitable target is on the enemy field. Adding a second Spellbreaker may help you out to go past his minion into the face, or even a Hand of Protection so you can run a minion into the taunt for your removal. 

There is no suitable replacement for Ysera, she is unique. Fill the void with whatever you feel would help you out at your spot on the ladder. I'd probably add in a second Hammer of Wrath for soft removal and card draw, or Humility (Trump had a previous version with 2 Humility). Switch it up as needed.

*cough cough kolento build cough cough*