[Outdated] Rank 1 Legend Togwaggle Druid [Wild]
- Last updated Jun 14, 2018 (Spiteful Nerf)
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Wild
- 7 Minions
- 22 Spells
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Unknown
- Crafting Cost: 10480
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 5/6/2018 (Witchwood)
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Battle Tag:
Kohai#21527
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Total Deck Rating
1265
Tech vs control: -1x Ferocious Howl, +1x Naga Sea Witch
Rank 1 Legend
Togwaggle Druid [Wild]
Hey Guys, I'm Kohai and this is my build of Togwaggle Druid that took me to Rank 1 Legend in April, I also defended #1 for 2 weeks and finished #1 with it. This is also the first time for me that I reached #1 without using Rogue so I'm really excited to share you this list. First of all, some stats and proof:
Stats and proof
https://twitter.com/KohaiHS/status/985879226820759553 My twitter post a few weeks ago
My list is on HSreplay! 62% Winrate
https://hsreplay.net/decks/lJlP3c13PFyZe8HSAcRGoh/#gameType=RANKED_WILD
My personal decktracker stats:
My Ladder finish in April:
History
Some history about this deck: The idea of this combo was first published by a player called Amplive who showed his idea before Witchwood was released. (alongside 6 other theorycrafts) http://wildhs.com/7-wild-deck-brews-witchwood/
Obviously the decklist was a bit unrefined but in theory it just sounded too strong so I tried to make it viable right after Witchwood came out. 2 hours after I reached rank 1 legend https://twitter.com/KohaiHS/status/985879226820759553
Sipiwi94 defended his rank with Togwaggle Druid as well. https://twitter.com/sipiwi94/status/985897060917501952
Now some people try different versions of Togwaggle Druid, just like a Hemet, Jungle Hunter version, which will get you to the combo way earlier. To be honest it doesn't sound bad at all and If I had the dust I would try it as well. It probably makes the deck worse against aggro though. There's also the possibility to include Twig of the World Tree and Blingtron 3000 for 3 reasons:
1) If played both on curve you instantly ramp to 10 mana
2) It counters Kingsbane, Skull of the Man'ari and Aluneth, but mainly Kingsbane as you can steal their Kingsbane 100% of the time if you play Blingtron 3000 to destroy their weapon before you play King Togwaggle
3) Better vs Dirty Rat as you have a second Aviana with Twig of the World Tree. Also, Blingtron 3000 can get pulled by Dirty Rat as well.
Deck explanation
So the basic idea of this deck is to stall the game, draw and do the following combo once your deck has almost no value anymore:
Aviana + Kun the Forgotten King + King Togwaggle + Azalina Soulthief
This will do following things:
1) You win the value game almost all the time (Bloodreaver Gul'dan or Kingsbane can counter that)
2) Creates a huge tempo board your opponent has to deal with
3) You steal your opponents hand which means he has to outvalue a deck (opponents deck) without having a deck at all (yours) with the same hand as you have. In theory that's not possible. (only possible with heavy late game synergy win conditions like Kingsbane or Bloodreaver Gul'dan)
If your Kun the Forgotten King got milled you can also do the combo with Aviana + Innervate + King Togwaggle + Azalina Soulthief
The real strength of this deck comes from the powerlevel against aggro, you can say that Togwaggle Druid is basically an Exodia Mage that's really strong against aggro. Sure you don't win on the spot if you do the combo but that makes the deck so hard to play. You need to know your opponents deck well to win games. Hard counters for this deck:
2) Combo Rogues (Quest Rogue and Kingsbane)
Card explanation
Innervate: Very flexible in this deck, can lead to some earlier and less clunky UI turns. The fact that it can replace Kun the Forgotten King in the combo makes it definitely a staple.
Lesser Jasper Spellstone: This card is easy to upgrade and good hard removal for 1 mana. (comparable to Shield Slam in Control Warrior) You can also use it for just 2 dmg to clear a Mana Wyrm in early game, very flexible card as well.
Wild Growth: I think that one's obvious. If played in early game it's a permanent coin, if played in late game it's another draw. The earlier you can play Ultimate Infestation the better. Curves out perfectly into Oaken Summons.
Ferocious Howl: This card easily replaced Wrath. After Ultimate Infestation is played this basically gives you 2 extra turns. (10 Armor + 1 card draw) It's the definition of a stall card.
Tar Creeper: Probably the weakest card in the deck, but still decent. If it's not pulled from Oaken Summons it can be a 1 mana taunt on combo turn as well.
Branching Paths: This one fits the deck perfectly. Just compare it with Greater Healing Potion. The fact you can draw and go for attack (Spreading Plague) if needed makes this card absolutely insane here. Still, there people out there who cut 1 copy of this.
Ironwood Golem: Great if pulled from Oaken Summons. Minions from Oaken Summons package can defend you from Dirty Rat as well.
Oaken Summons: This card is broken, it's on same level as Mad Scientist. Basically 4 mana heal 6, summon an overstatted 4 mana taunt minion and draw a card.
Poison Seeds: One of the main reasons slow druid lists work so well in Wild right now. Perfect answer to Naga Giants, Big Priest, Bloodreaver Gul'dan and N'Zoth, the Corruptor. (In combination with Spreading Plague)
Swipe: Helps clearing small tokens, especially if you played Seeds + Plague before.
Nourish: Ramp for UI or more draw to get combo earlier, I think that one's clear too. Neat synergy with Ferocious Howl.
Spreading Plague: Paladin. Strong board clear in late game with Poison Seeds.
Azalina Soulthief: You play this card on combo turn after you played King Togwaggle to copy their King's Ransom. This one can actually win games on its own if King Togwaggle got milled. If your opponent is far ahead in fatigue you just play Azalina Soulthief without switching deck at all.
Malfurion the Pestilent: Justicar Trueheart ResidentSleeper
King Togwaggle: Win condition
Aviana: Needed for combo
Kun the Forgotten King: Not needed for combo
Ultimate Infestation: Sprint + Shield Block + Firelands Portal = 17 Mana = Ultimate Infestation
Matchups
A matchup guide wouldn't make sense for this deck, since it all comes down to certain cards to counter Togwaggle Druid.
Anyway, Togwaggle Druid is favored vs any kind of aggressive deck by nature. That beeing said; there certain aggressive decks that can be harder to beat, (Even Shaman with Devolve and Aggro Paladin with Equality + Consecration) but even those decks are good matchups for this type of deck. (this build in particular, as it is heavily teched vs aggro)
Any slower deck with Bloodreaver Gul'dan is an even matchup
Any deck with Dirty Rat and Deathlord is bad for us
Any decks with Coldlight Oracle, Jade Idol, Naturalize or Kingsbane in it can be rough
Quest Rogue is an autolose
Again, apart from Quest Rogue there's no deck that really beats Togwaggle Druid, it rather comes down to certain tech cards than the actual decks. Decks without any of those cards I mentioned will probably just lose to this deck without having a chance at all, that's how powerful Togwaggle Druid is.
Is this deck better than Malygos Druid?
There different opinions out there but for me it definitely is stronger than its Malygos counterpart. It only has 4 combo pieces which means your Ultimate Infestations will never be dead. Some Malygos lists actually cut 1 Ultimate Infestation for that particular reason. Since Ultimate Infestation is a broken card we would like to play 2 of those, don't we? Also, we can include more anti aggro tools while Malygos Druid needs to fit in stuff like Faceless Manipulator.
Malygos Druid isn't able to do full combo with Innervate
Togwaggle Druid beats Armor and Ice Block, Malygos Druid doesn't
Togwaggle Druid is better vs Aggro
Why no Fandral?
I'm poor, if you have him cut Tar Creeper and include, if you don't it's fine as well. I think other crafts are more important than him though. He is great vs control decks.
If you have any questions ask below!
I play everything! Those downvotes are desperate copycats that cant play any other combo or deck beside hearthpwn, but on the other side everyone probably agrees with me
Also loving the strength of this deck, seems to be pushing naga decks out of the meta between ranks 5-2. I am experimenting with that new guy that destroys 2 attack or less minions to combo with poison seeds, still unsure about the results but can help against a board of 7 2/2's
innervate is working out quite fine imo, good for card dump b4 ultimate investation!
if kingsbane rogue is so much of a hard-counter - I'm surprised you don't run 1 weapon removal card.
so for kingsbane rogue, you could do: Aviana -> Kun the Forgotten King -> weapon removal (eg Acidic Swamp Ooze ) -> King Togwaggle -> Azalina Soulthief. If said rogue was holding a Cavern Shinyfinder in their hand, its now in your hand and you can "steal" the Kingsbane.
Just an update after playing for a few days - so far I'm 11w-5l (rank 20 -> 16) - major losses have indeed been mill decks running deathlords.
I did end up swapping out 1 UI for the 5/5 weapon removal Corrosive Sludge, so that it doesn't affect Oaken Summons - although I haven't killed kingsbane with it yet, it has saved me vs pirate warrior vs his Arcanite Reaper.
I am having fun playing the deck though, so will stick with it for the rest of the month and see how I get on.
Moreover, Oaken Summons will surely spoil the Acidic Swamp Ooze plan ))
As the season has just come to a close here on the EU servers, just want to post a final wrap-up of how this deck worked for me this season (season 50).
I wanted a fun deck to play wild, to get away from the same-old decks on standard, so I started this on wild at Rank 20 on the 8th May.
I played a total of 71 games with this deck (average of 3 games per day) - which just shows how much of a casual player I am.
I won 49 games and lost 22 (69% win rate) - and taking winning streaks into account (11 games in a row was my best streak), I finished this season on Rank 8.
So, thank you for coming up with this deck Kohai_, and I only wish I had time to put in more games/day - I'm sure I would reach legend one of these days.
dusted togwaggle a while ago... is it worth recrafting him??
Nop. you can play malygos druid. I got legend with him it might be even better than this. Its just that everyone play this deck because community is desperate and every deck that is on hearthpwn top side it will be played no matter what. I even faced odd palas with raid leaders, because that deck was on hearthpwn top side
so the answer is "no"?
Created myself and been playing this deck since the release of new expansion.
Looks like finally someone uploaded this idea.
Here is my list :)
hey just wanted to say congrats on that rank 1 legend in april and congrats on defending it as well. Im so tempted to try this deck out cause I love Exodia mage, but a druid version!? that sounds awesome LOL. However I dont have Azalina Soulthief but im going to end up crafting it, seems very promising