Witchwood Spiteful Priest /2.0/ (with dragons!)
- Last updated Apr 28, 2018 (Witchwood)
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Wild
- 25 Minions
- 5 Spells
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Spiteful Priest
- Crafting Cost: 2980
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 4/13/2018 (Witchwood)
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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! My name is Shadow and I am the creator of an overwhelmingly popular deck called "Warlock F**ker", which is basically a variant of Spiteful Priest to deal specifically with Cubelocks.
I'm talking about this deck: https://www.hearthpwn.com/decks/1017617-warlock-f-ker-budget-dragon-spiteful-priest
This is a much different deck. Unfortunately, I had to remove some cards due to the Wild rotation.
Goodbye Netherspite Historian, Drakonid Operative and Kabal Talonpriest... :(
This deck is still in testing, so I might change a couple minions. Below is a complex guide made to help you. Enjoy! :)
I've reached Rank 5 for the 1st time in my life! And it was with THIS deck! Thank you for your postitive feedback, I appreciate every single comment below in the comments section <3
2. Card choice
- Northshire Cleric - the best 1-drop for Priest. Good stats and our only card draw. Pretty much useless in end-game, so try to get this card on your starting hand
- Acidic Swamp Ooze - a tech card to counter Cubelocks and some other decks like Dudeadin or Tempo Mage.
- Faerie Dragon - good 2-mana drop. It is a Dragon synergy trigger and a good card to combo with Shadow Ascendant. Remember that you can't heal it, though!
- Shadow Ascendant - it's a decent early-game card, included with the purpose of buffing your other minions. Always keep this on your opening hand
- Stonehill Defender + Tar Creeper + Tortollan Shellraiser - these are some good taunt minions, pretty much stopping your opponent from playing aggro. Stonehill Defender is great in each phase of the game
- Duskbreaker - this card is an insanely good AOE with a 3/3 body attached to it. Always keep vs aggro. It's a real game-changer and has got Dragon synergy
- Scaleworm - you might think that it's a pretty weird inclusion, but due to many Dragons in our deck, this Beast is good in dealing with your opponent's creatures
- Spellbreaker - the most important tech card in this deck... It's versatile in dealing with everything: from Taunts to buffed creatures. Use it wisely!
- Twilight Drake + Cobalt Scalebane - both are great Dragons and common inclusions in this type of deck. I don't think that there is much to write about them, their role in pretty obvious for a Spiteful Priest - C O N T R O L!
- Cabal Shadow Priest - it's a card of my preference, you can remove it if you feel like it's useless. Personally, I found it useful dealing with annoying, low-attack minions. Also, it's great to counter Possessed Lackey and slow down your opponent
- Spiteful Summoner - absolutely necessary.. The whole deck is built around this particular minion. Try to draw them before your spells, or you'll be in a baaad position. Play this card when the board is controlled, don't use immidiately vs aggro
- Nightscale Matriarch - Dude, what are you smoking...? Don't worry, it's nothing dangerous ;) You can replace this Dragon with something else - I put this card in my deck because I find it a good control tool in late-game. Also, it has got a Dragon tag
- Psychic Scream - our only guaranteed full boardclear. If you feel like this card isn't good in your match-ups or breaks the Spiteful synegry, feel free to change it to an other minion
- Free From Amber - a great Discover spell and a powerful control tool. This card is obligatory in a Spiteful Priest deck
- Bonemare - even after its nerf, this card's still playable. It's commonly used to buff friendly minions to protect other characters OR to effectively trade/push face. Never keep this on your opening hand
- Mind Control - an amazing spell, its power allows you to steal key minions from your opponent (hello Voidlord!) or move that big Taunt in order to kill the nemy hero. It's a core card in this deck
3. Fighting Cubelock
Okay guys, in this part of my guide, I'd like to describe how to beat Cubelock. Of course, you can't rely 100% only on the tech cards, skill is also required.
Mulligan: There aren't many Zoolocks atm, so it's pretty obvious that your Warlock opponent is a Cubelock. Always keep Acidic Swamp Ooze as it's a great counter to early Skull of the Man'ari (imagine playing this weapon on turn 5 and immidiately get it destroyed). Also, you should keep the Spellbreaker which is amazing in dealing with almost every type of creature: Voidlords, Possessed Lackeys and Carnivorous Cubes don't stand a chance!
I included Cabal Shadow Priest because I find it useful in taking care of enemy Possessed Lackey or any other low-attack minion. Duskbreaker is good for clearing the board of Voidwalkers and other creatures. Psychic Scream can really f**k your enemy when he plays his DK and gets the Demons summoned. In end-game he'll most-likely have no way to draw cards or to recruit these Demons.
Mind Control should be used on Voidlords, Doomguards and Carnivorous Cubes. If you steal a Demon, your opponent won't have a way to resummon it.
If you want to destroy 1-mana spells like Dark Pact, Dark Possession or Mortal Coil, feel free to swap Nightscale Matriarch for a Skulking Geist. Good luck and have fun!
4. Mulligan and various matchups
- vs Mage - this one's gonna be Aggro (not a big threat) or Elemental Control Mage. Either way, you want to keep Northshire Cleric and Shadow Ascendant. If your enemy is using an aggressive deck, search for Acidic Swamp Ooze (for Aluneth) and Stonehill Defender + Tar Creeper. Psychic Scream can come in handy when dealing with a full-minion board, although I don't recommend keeping in on your starting hand.
- vs Druid - be prepared for a long, control matchup as Hand and Taunt Druid are now a thing. As always, keep Northshire Cleric on your opening hand. Spiteful Summoner is also great, as it's a pure value card (amazing when coined on T5). If it's a Taunt Druid, keep Spellbreaker OR Mind Control for Hadronox. Simply do your best to control the board as the game is gonna last for a long time.
- vs Hunter - Odd Face Hunter / Spell Hunter. There aren't many other Hunter decks atm, so ALWAYS keep Duskbreaker and 1-2 mana drops. Of course, keep your 3-mana Taunts, but not necessarily Tortollan Shellraiser. Pro tip: Trade each single enemy creature. Heal your face very often. Common aggro plays (watch out for them!):
- Eaglehorn Bow + 2x Southsea Deckhand + Hero Power = 10dmg face
- Unleash the Hounds + 2x Kill Command = 10+dmg face
- vs Paladin - Odd Aggro Paladin is now a Tier 1 deck. It's even more dangerous than Face Hunter, because of the constant board fill (Hero Power, Divine Favor). Keep the same cards as vs Hunter (described above). Play like vs every aggro opponent - trade everything, heal your face. Acidic Swamp Ooze is useful in dealing with many weapons - keep in mind that Pala uses like 4-5 of them.
- vs Priest - Expect either a mirror matchup, Combo or Lady in White Priest. All of them are mean a long, control game. Remember to trade each minion, especially vs Combo Priest. They can easily prepare an OTK if you leave a high-health minion untouched. Mulligan is the same like for every control matchup: Northshire Cleric, Shadow Ascendant, Spiteful Summoner, Stonehill Defender, Faerie Dragon (to trigger Dragon synergy).
- vs Shaman - Ohh boy, it's gonna be a tough one. OTK Shaman is now a thing and the only way to win this match is to out-tempo your opponent. Assemble a solid board, trade each card draw minion (Mana Tide Totem, Acolyte of Pain). Spellbreaker can be used to silence Bloodmage Thalnos, Doomsayer or any Taunt minion. Mulligan for cheap minions, Spiteful Summoner is also good. Pro tip: Watch out for Thalnos + Lightning Storm as it can wipe out your whole board.
- vs Rogue - it should be rather easy. The only Rogue decks working feasibly atm are Kingsbane and Steal Rogue. Mulligan is the same as for other control matchups. Vs Kingsbane Rogue, you want to win ASAP before he upgrades his weapon to 12/3 or so. Spellbreaker is a great counter to Edwin VanCleef, use Acidic Swamp Ooze to destroy his weapon early. Facing Rogue, just use your common sense and you should do well!
- vs Warrior - I have faced many Odd Quest Warriors and they aren't a big threat. Basically, the only thing you need to keep in mind is that they have many removals, so don't get greedy in overflooding the boards with minions. Control, my friend, control.
5. Card substitutions
- Cabal Shadow Priest - You can put in an Obsidian Statue or 2nd Spellbreaker
- Nightscale Matriarch - I included this card in my deck because it's a Dragon. You can put a Primordial Drake instead or 2nd Bonemare (not a Dragon tho)
- Psychic Scream - If you feel like this card destroys your synergy with Spiteful Summoner, swap it with a minion. Skulking Geist is a nice tech card, very helpful vs Cubelock / Kingsbane Rogue / Odd Paladin.
- Free From Amber and Mind Control can't be removed. They are the core of this deck, along with Spiteful Summoner
- Duskbreaker - can't be replaced, it's a key card vs almost every deck
- Zola the Gorgon or Twilight Acolyte are also good substitutions - the first one can be used to generate additional Duskbreakers/Summoners while the second is good in dealing with huge, dangerous enemy minions
Thanks for reading, I'll add more content to this guide if it becomes popular!!
Check out this video of Khristophesaurus using my deck!
Another one! By kiwiinbacon!
Thank you Tommy Wave for a really extensive video!
Thanks a lot All Arounder! It's the 4th video of my deck already!
Gotta say, this is SO MUCH FUN, even playing in Wild mode. It drives the Shamans nuts :D
Would swapping out Bonemare and Nightscale Matriarch for another Stonehill Defender and Deathreaper Anduin be a good idea?
Thanks for a fun deck. Nice to have more than one way to win ;)
Just wanted to say that I'm having great success with this deck! The deck fits my playstyle, but I've made some small changes - Acidic Swamp Ooze to Harrison Jones, cut the Nightscale Matriarch and Bonemare for another Stonehill defender and a Twilight Acolyte and it's working really well. Started at around 17 and I am currently at 10 with a winrate of 88%, 21-3. Thank you for a great deck!
Could Alex fit in this deck? If so, what would you remove?
How is this deck after the spiteful nerf?
Hm, considering that Even paladin is getting hard core nerfed. I just build this deck, card for card. currently at 25 games played and won all but 7. :) "Trash" doesnt matter when you're in the upper tiers. Its mainly about how you use the cards. And priest counters the meta period.
Really like the deck. I added in Holy Water for Cabal Shadowpriest.
It does have a bit of negative synergy with spiteful summoner, but if I draw into it I can milk a 3rd spiteful (If I'm playing druid) or get a nice swing by clearing lich king or Voidlord.
Also gives me the opportunity to cheat some battlecries out of my spiteful summons.
Thoughts?
Actually; it helps spiteful. With Spiteful druid you can only have one of three cards. 8/8 Giant; 12/12 Deathwing, 12/12 Tyranus. Nothing else. With this deck you can get anything from Archmage Ant to Velen, all the way to the Lich King and Tyrion Fordring. All the way to the 10 mana cards. More versatile and extremely controlling with Physic scream and Duskbringer. Spiteful isnt the win condition. Its a swing play.
I'm having trouble dealing with mages once Jaina enters the scene, can someone tell me some countermeasures for this?
Great deck, man.
What do you think about a stealing priest?
https://www.hearthpwn.com/decks/1112964-thief-priest-65-wr
Going with 6 - 2 with this deck, it's so awesome! Last game against elemental mage, I had to worst luck and drew all my spells before getting a single Spiteful Summoner, but the tools in this deck (with a little help from The Lich King I got from Free From Amber), I managed to out play them XD
The 2 losses were to other priests. I keep thinking they were other spiteful priests when they weren't.
In the first priest match, I lost to Lyra the Sunshard value.
In the second match, I failed to recognize that they are an OTK priest.
I could have won that second match if I just picked the taunt minion from my Free From Amber discover. But again, I thought they were spiteful so I was afraid of Mind Control. I'm such an idiot ^^'
Other than that, really solid deck! I've been trying to get a good deck for a while now but most decks I don't have all the cards to.
Hi, Thank you for this deck. Ive built it.
Only because i had only one Cobalt Scalebane (because of too low level (classic card) ive changed it for Bone Drake.
Works fine, thanks alot :)
Having the worst of luck 5 games and even with mulligan i haven't gotten any cards that cost less than 4 in opening hands, and haven't been able to play anything till turn 4 cause i never get to draw one of them either.
Your luck must be quite bad then. Currently going 25/7 and hit rank 6 from 11 this season card for card on this deck. Its also what your decision making is with this deck. Its not a "Have to have this opening" deck. Its control Priest with big minions; It counters every single meta deck currently in circulation. If you play like a control priest, you win like a control priest.
Thank you for this low cost ranked deck
rlly good guide
Thanks for the deck and especially for the added information, they were very useful !
Have made a similar deck that got me to rank 5, I think your deck influenced me on my deckbuilding even though I hadn't read your post when I first built my deck. I'm a F2P player as well so I know that we can't afford some cards. Have only been playing Hearthstone for a month.
So I don't have a Tortollan Shellraiser nor a Cabal Shadow Priest or a Psychic Scream.
I included only one Faerie Dragon because I've only got one added another Acidic Swamp Ooze in his place and works like a charm because when I get 2 of them in my hand I play one, Skull of the Man'ari comes out in response and gets immediately removed (chuckles) against Warlocks.
I tried using Stonehill Defender (actually had 2 of them in my deck) but dropped them out completely in favour of a single Saronite Chain Gang (only own a single one). I added a Twilight Acolyte (would have added a second and taken something out) because there are many large creatures out there that need to be nerfed (even changing a 4 attack creature into a 2 attack one can be a huge of a difference in the board).
Tried using Nightscale Matriarch (also had 2 of them in my deck) but were more of a waste of space. The same applied to Twilight Drake (only had a single one as I only own a single one). The only thing they were good for was the Dragon synergy, so I have a Bone Dragon (not the best option but gives you another Dragon when it dies, so Dragon synergy will work with that) and a Hoarding Dragon (even though I avoid taking it on the board on turn 4 or 5 if it's not likely to live long, as giving coins to your opponent at that point of the game can be really bad for your health). The rush ability of Scaleworm is really useful for board control so I have 2 of them. I'd love to add a Primordial Drake but don't own this card. Same applies to Ysera or Grand Archivist.
I have also included 2 copies of Spellbreaker as there are too many things out there that need to be silenced.
Mossy Horror isn't a dragon but can be a board clear against Paladins that seem to be very popular.
The weak card on the deck is the Wyrmguardeven though it isn't a real waste of space. Would gladly replace it with something else if I had something to replace it with. Nightscale Matriarch was worse though even though it is a dragon.
Absolutely amazing deck, cheers mate. It feels damn good destroying Skull of the Man'ari right after they play it.
I have changed [card]Psychic Scream[/card] for Bone Drake. Not ideal but I am short of dust unfortunately.