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Hello everyone, I am Lavvek from Crown Gaming and I am back with a new guide!
This time we will review Even Paladin, the deck I played the most after witchwood expansion and hit top 10 legend with 74% win rate in 31 games. 

Even paladin is one of the strongest decks at the moment with over 60% win rate on ladder.
That is nothing new, because we have 2 instanly strong cards, Call to Arms and Sunkeeper Tarim!

Usually we start the game by just hero powering, even if we have The Coin try to save it so you could coin out a 4 drop like Call to Arms. Perfect turn 2 would be Dire Wolf Alpha if the dude survived so we could trade or Amani Berserker. On turn 3 you can go Knife Juggler into hero power preparing the juggler for Call to Arms, or any other 2 drop with hero power, if you had The Coin and you saved it now is the perfect time to coin out a 4 drop into 4 drop next turn. 

Why do I play these cards?

Amani Berserker - I was looking for the most aggresive drop 2 with 3 health.

Acidic Swamp Ooze- nice drop 2, good pull from Call to Arms, and of course weapon removal which is great versus Rogue, Warlock and Warrior.

Vicious Scalehide - very good with Call to Arms, not that bad from hand in tempo match ups aswell, but still replaceable if you don't like it.

Saronite Chain Gang - the reason why I prefer Saronite Chain Gang over Lightfused Stegodon is because it is a better tempo play and it dosen't require us to have anything on board. Much better in mirror or versus other aggro decks. Aswell, great minion with Val'anyr, you get x2 weapon back and x2 6/5 taunts for 2 mana, sounds good, right? :) 

Argent Commander - can be used for some nice trades, and aswell perfect finisher if it gets hit by Val'anyr.

Val'anyr - additional damage/removal, and additional big minion to play when it buffs something.

The Lich King- great late game card, gives us value, hard to remove, if it survives a turn it can go crazy out of hand. 

Other cards are pretty much core in this deck.

Overall you are looking for 2 drops and Call to Arms in your starting hand. Some other cards in certain match ups. 

Warlock 

Main win condition is Blessing of Kings on turn 4, besides Spellbreaker and Acidic Swamp Ooze. It is very hard for warlock to deal with a big minion early game, unless he managed to upgrade his spellstone. Use your resources smartly and try to play around Defile. 

Spiteful druid 

One of the easiest matchups, we are always looking for drop-2, Call to Arms and Sunkeeper Tarim. You are faster then he is and by the time he starts playing his Spiteful Summoner the game should be in your hands. Take care of his Mind Control Tech. If he gets big minions on the board, you have Equality or Sunkeeper Tarim to handle them.

Quest Rouge

Tempo is the most important here, so we are looking for drop 2 minions and Call to Arms. Since he needs time to get his quest done, you should do as much damage as possible then finish him with your charge/weapon combo after he plays Vanish. 

Tempo Mage 

We have to fight for the board early game. Call to Arms will swing it into our favour, but beware of Counterspell. Acidic Swamp Ooze and Truesilver Champion are keep aswell, since ooze gets rid of Aluneth and Truesilver Champion will contest every minion he plays. 

Control priest

Acidic Swamp Ooze is the best drop2 we can play, it contests Northshire Cleric. Blessing of Kings is very good in this matchup becouse they run only 1 death. 

Paladin 

Knife Juggler, Call to Arms and Consecration are key cards for this matchup. You will fight for the board and these 3 cards make the biggest impact on the board.

Warrior 

Well, versus Control warrior your chances are slim since he has tons of clears and armor gain. Try to do a similar thing you do versus Warlock. 

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