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What would be a good replacement for malchezar's imp? I haven't payed for that adventure...

Malchezaar's imp is pretty important card for the deck but if u don't have them u can use another solid 1-drops like fire fly or maybe add saronite chain gangs or something :P

sure thx!

Bro, r3 here and I am budgeting on EU. I use this deck and already had this way back months ago. No imps on this acc cause im f2p. What should I use as sub? Nothing right

Malchezaar's imp is pretty important card for the deck but if u don't have them u can use another solid 1-drops like fire fly or maybe add saronite chain gangs or something :P

 Can you show proof that you reached legend?

How many games did you play with this deck?

I didn't use deck tracker when I played this deck and I have only some game play with this deck on my stream. But I managed to reach 560 legend with this deck so I hope that it is good enough :)

 https://www.twitch.tv/videos/237215302

I have to apologize that the commentary is in Finnish.

I'd advertise this as a budget deck (doesn't use epics or legendaries). Also, can you explain why you chose to use Glacial Shards? In my opinion, they aren't good early game (weak bodies, less likely to need freeze effect). Also not good later game since you can get more value out of higher cost cards.

Sure, I use glacial shards to stall against spiteful and big priests and and against spell hunters when they high roll Y'Shaarj, Rage Unbound on turn 4. Plus it is really solid card in a tempo deck mirrors.

And thank you for the budget tip :)

Understandable uses for Glacial Shard, but my point is you're using a one mana minion to deal with turn 4+ threats (and it's a temporary solution). Wouldn't a taunt accomplish something similar most of the time and be more versatile as well? I'd suggest using Saronite Chain Gang and/or Tar Creeper. Both are budget cards.

Side note - I overlooked that Malchezaar's Imp is an adventure card and doesn't necessarily qualify as budget (especially given the adventure leaves standards soon). You might want to think of a suitable replacement if people intend to use this as a budget deck.

Glacial Shard may only be a temporary fix, but it's still rather strong. In tempo decks, the key is *surprise* tempo. I don't mean that sarcastically, but many people don't fully understand what that means. Tempo is not necessarily board control, but who moves first. Tempo determines who's allowed to play proactively, and who has to play reactively. For example, let's say that your opponent drops T H I C C Mountain Giant. If you don't Glacial Shard, he gets to hit you face for free next turn for 8 damage. In two turns that's 16. Now, let's suppose you DO play Glacial Shard: He only gets 8 damage in two turns while you get 4 with just your shard, creating a net difference of 12 damage from the first example, in favor of you. This doesn't factor in the fact that you could easily play other cards with you remaining 3 mana on turn 4. This should be a pretty clear example of why Glacial Shard's useful.

The reason you prefer this over taunt minions is a bit less obvious, but I'll try my best. One major factor in tempo decks is board pressure. THIS IS NOT THE SAME AS BOARD CONTROL!!! Board pressure is a way to achieve board control, but board control also includes things like taunts, poisons, etc. Board pressure calculates how much you threaten the opponent directly. To show why Glacial Shard has more board pressure, let's compare it to Tar Creeper (one of my favorite 3-drops ever) in three different scenarios: vs aggro, vs midrange, and vs control.

Facing control, your priority should be damaging face, trading only when absolutely necessary. Playing a control deck, the goal should be to slow down the game. In order to win, your goal should be to speed it up. Not only does Glacial Shard have 2 attack vs the 1 on Tar Creeper (a much bigger deal than it seems: the longer it's alive, the bigger that difference becomes), but it also costs 2 less, allowing for you to either play another card(s) of even use your hero power for extra draw.

Against aggro, Tar Creeper is sightly better. Many minions used in aggro decks have high attack and/or high health, though for balance reasons they have negative effects if they have both high value attack and defense. When minions have high attack and low health, Tar Creeper[/card is worse. When they have high health and low attack (i.e. zoolock, ironically), [card]Glacial Shard is worse. When they have high all-around stats, Glacial Shard is worse. Therefore, vs aggro, Tar Creeper is slightly better.

Finally, vs midrange, the better card heavily relies on the situation: as demonstrated so far, Tar Creeper is better when you want to slow the game, Glacial Shard when you want to speed it up. HOWEVER, Glacial Shard is overall the better choice, as it's better at slowing the game down than Tar Creeper is at speeding it up. 

One last important thing to note: even though my analysis shows Glacial Shard to be a slightly better card in situations where the meta consists evenly of midrange, aggro, and control decks, this isn't how the meta usually functions. If you're encountering substantially more aggro decks decks, go ahead and throw in a taunt minion. If there are more control decks, Glacial Shard's your friend. Just remember to factor in the cost efficiency, as Glacial Shard IS a 1-drop.

Sorry for the mountain of text, but I hope that answered your question!