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Budget Combo Priest!

  • Last updated Feb 18, 2018 (Patches Nerf)
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  • 22 Minions
  • 8 Spells
  • Deck Type: Ranked Deck
  • Deck Archetype: OTK Priest
  • Crafting Cost: 1120
  • Dust Needed: Loading Collection
  • Created: 2/19/2018 (Patches Nerf)
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Budget Deck Series

Hi friends!

Tommy Wave here with the first in what will hopefully be a series on budget decks. While I don't profess to be the best player, I have had a few friends talk to me about budget decks lately and figured I'd try and help y'all out!



The first class I'll be taking a look at is Priest, and boy was it a fun one! Before we get into things, lets establish some loose criteria for the series.

Criteria:

  • No set dust limit.
    We don't want to set an arbitrary number to go by, but still be conscious of how much we are spending and provide downgrade/sidegrade options when available. We also want to generally steer clear of Epics and Legendaries.

  • Focus on the CORE of a deck.
    Let's define the absolute necessities of the deck. Identify what the strongest cards are and build around that.

  • Have a reasonable upgrade path.
    Using budget versions of existing archetypes provides players with the ability to spend more dust to have a 'complete' deck. This way, if someone enjoys the deck or has more resources, they get more bang for their buck!

  • Prioritize cards that aren't rotating.
    A new season is almost upon us and it's a smart idea to avoid crafting those year of the kraken cards. We want our dust to go long AND strong!

With that in mind, let's take a look at the core of combo priest;

The Core:

2 Inner Fire
2 Northshire Cleric
2 Power Word: Shield
2 Divine Spirit
2 Radiant Elemental
2 Kabal Talonpriest

You can watch the video above for a more in depth talk on these cards, but they are our most impactful and important pieces. Start with these if you are crafting your own version!

The Expensive stuff:

2 Duskbreaker
2 Twilight Drake

One of the most powerful early game sweepers ever made, Duskbreaker is too good to pass on! While I think Drakonid Operative is stronger than Twilight Drake, it rotates out soon and the drake is more flexible. If you have the dust though, definitely slot some Operatives in over the Scalebanes! Speaking of;

Meat on the bones:

2 Netherspite Historian
2 Novice Engineer
2 Acolyte of Pain
2 Tar Creeper
2 Cobalt Scalebane

If the core is a deck's skeleton, this stuff is the muscle! Once again, check out the video for some more in-depth talk. Here we round out our Dragon package and include some draw to dig for our combo pieces.

Flex slots:

1 Silence
1 Potion of Madness
1 Kooky Chemist
1 Spellbreaker

This is the combination of 'flex' cards that I settled on, but you should customize things to your liking! If those aggro decks are giving you trouble, a second potion of madness with go a long way. Kooky Chemist is a cheaper version of Crazed Alchemist, if you have one then swap it over.

Feedback:

Think this deck is too far out of your budget? Got some card suggestions? Had some good/ terrible luck with the list? Let me know! This project will be ongoing and I'm always looking for ways to improve.

I'm also looking for suggestions on the next deck for the series! You can hit me up here on Hearthpwn or at Twitter.