Galvadon Takes Gilneas
- Last updated Apr 13, 2018 (Witchwood)
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Wild
- 15 Minions
- 13 Spells
- 2 Weapons
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Kaleidosaur Paladin
- Crafting Cost: 7160
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 4/13/2018 (Witchwood)
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Total Deck Rating
132
** This deck is in development. I doubt that it'll ever be Tier 1. Don't treat it as such. **
Inspiration from Brian Kibler's stream, and his wife's glorious Galvadon Theme Song.
After discarding my first iteration of theorycraft, which had more meme-style things than useful things, I've come to this version of the deck.
The Premise
Using recurring enchantments via the Primalfin Champion and/or Sound the Bells!, getting through 6 enchantments is not a brutal process. The ones selected for this deck generally aid survivability (Adaptation can, Potion of Heroism and StB!) and draw Blessing of Wisdom to push along with Loot Hoarder and the draw from PoH.
Why no tech cards?
The meta is young. I am not sure what to tech against yet. Weapons are not yet so prevalent that I care enough to tech against them. And some of the spells I'd pick to deal with opposing minions would interfere with operation of the deck.
Why not...
Blessing of Might - Not enough value. Galvadon decks classically struggle with living, not dishing damage. If you get the combo rolling, Galvadon and/or Lynessa and their replacements can usually close a game out for you. It makes the +3 Attack moot.
Hand of Protection - Its big brother, Potion of Heroism costs 1 more and gets me draw. I don't need both.
Dark Conviction - Would break the deck.
Desperate Stand - Interesting, but low value without Divine Shield bearing minions beyond Righteous Protector.
Rebuke - I didn't find room for it. If we become a spell heavy meta, I might.
Unidentified Maul & Sword of Justice - Not enough value as weapons. And too few creatures get summoned to get full value quickly.
Call to Arms - The Baleful Banker is useful later. And if we low roll into getting him from our fairly scant pool of low-cost minions, that's bad. And with a 9 minion pool that's eliglble, a 1 in 3 chance is not one I care to try out.
Dinosize - Costs too much, and could actually LOWER a Lynessa summon's stats depending on the number of bells sounded and other adaptations in the random spell casting order.
Why...
Baleful Banker - The Galvadon/Lynessa archetype's Achilles' heel has always been that you get 1 and 1 only. BB is half the solution by stocking a new copy in your deck. The other half is..
Zola the Gorgon - Even better than Baleful Banker, this copy goes right to your hand.
Plated Beetle - Low cost survivability bonus. Wasn't my idea. Props to Brian Kibler as I watched him playing his much more meme-y version.
Your deck is bad and you should feel bad!
Okay. Well, it's just this side of a meme deck. I don't know if it has long term potential, but it'll be fun to find out.
Your deck could be better if you..
Comment below, please. I welcome feedback and discussion.
Hey dude. Sorry for the lack of replies. Been insanely busy this week off on vacation and enjoying some time in the real world and sneaking in the odd ranked match here and there. Not much time for HearthPwn!
Regarding your suggestions:
I think you might be on to something with Acolyte of Pain, so I will definitely give it a test. My concern there is that the 2 attack can actually help with some early board states and trades, especially with the prevalence of some 2 HP minions, low-cost minions in the meta right now. But hey, it's worth a shot.
Blessing of Wisdom might get cut to 1 copy, but it'll be replaced with another buff. The concern here is buff balance and curve. BoW also helps draw to needed pieces at times. But I might give it a try with that second Spikeridged Steed. The issue is a high cost buff that I can't do anything with for 6-7 turns. As it's a fairly minion-light deck, the targets might not be there, so I have to be cautious.
Let me know how you do/did with cutting Glass Knight. I was considering adding him.