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Genn w/ Summoners & Corpsetakers

  • Last updated Apr 5, 2018 (Patches Nerf)
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  • 24 Minions
  • 6 Spells
  • Deck Type: Theorycraft
  • Deck Archetype: Midrange Paladin
  • Crafting Cost: 9240
  • Dust Needed: Loading Collection
  • Created: 4/5/2018 (Patches Nerf)
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Genn Paladin has potential due to the sheer number of good (even)s available, but the interaction that IMO actually makes it worth losing Divine Favor and all of your fast (1)s is with Crystal Lion. With a (1) dude available every turn, you now never lose tempo by hitting the button before dropping your Lion. Unlike the K&C meta: where you have to choose between playing the Lion this turn and potentially wasting mana, or holding it back for the next turn and potentially losing all of your dudes to an AoE.

Genn Greymane allows us to run Sunkeeper Tarim, Lightfused StegodonDrygulch Jailor and the Call to ArmsKnife JugglerDire Wolf AlphaEquality package normally used in Dude Paladin, but we still need more cards to fill in the gaps.

This variant actually forgoes Equality to make room for a Spiteful Summoner package, tilting the deck more towards the mid-range. Including Spikeridged Steed reduces the minimum chance of highrolling an (8) off Dinosize from 1/3 to 1/5 (this assumes you've drawn 1 Dinosize and have all the other spells in your deck before playing Summoner, as a worse-than-average scenario) but the trade-off is that Summoner is less likely to draw a blank later in the game. That aside, Steed is a good enough card that you'll probably like running it regardless of the times when it short-changes your random Summoner value.

As a mid-range deck, you'll want to use Loot Hoarder and Cult Master to make efficient trades with your dudes while maintaining card advantage. This incremental draw combines nicely with the Corpsetaker package which, with a little good draw RNG, can offer game-ending burst damage if you manage to land a buff spell on the following turn. Even when you don't draw the Corpsetakers first, having Chillblade Champions and Tirion Fordring available alongside Tarim and the Lions offers a reasonable amount of redundancy, plus some decent stabilisation vs aggressive/burn decks.