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Archmage Velen OTK

  • Last updated Dec 13, 2020 (Darkmoon Faire)
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Wild

  • 3 Minions
  • 27 Spells
  • Deck Type: Ranked Deck
  • Deck Archetype: OTK Priest
  • Crafting Cost: 8200
  • Dust Needed: Loading Collection
  • Created: 6/4/2018 (Spiteful Nerf)
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  • Battle Tag:

    Daulphas#1344

  • Region:

    US

  • Total Deck Rating

    42

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Hello and welcome to Archmage Velen's OTK

In keeping with the typical OTK priest archetype, I have once again attempted to bring Velen and Malygos out to play and they brought a friend. (and we are back to wild mode)

If you want more information or think something is missing please leave a comment.

How to OTK and other ways to win

The basic combos of the deck are straightforward I will go over them as well as other strategies that can help lead to victory.

First combo : Malygos and/or Prophet Velen on board already. Vivid Nightmare + Mind Blast x2 this is 30 - 40 damage depending on setup.

Second combo: Same as the first but using Eternal Servitude, Resurrect, or Lesser Diamond Spellstone to ressurect Malygos / Prophet Velen or both to set up the damage.

Third combo: Archmage Vargoth, the deck has many ways to create multiple copies of the 3 creatures in the deck. Once you have Archmage Vargoth + Malygos / Prophet Velen you will cast Mind Blast multiple times.

These same setups can be used with Holy Nova to do incredible board wipes and massive healing to your board. Used with Spirit Lash can clear some very tough board states and heal you, but you will most likely lose your board as well.

Don't be afraid to attack when you have the advantage on board, a win can happen at max health or 10 health and 9 armor as long as you win. This may be built as an OTK but the point is to win. Don't get so focused on combos that you don't take advantage of easy damage.

The rest of those cards and why

Psychic Scream is straightforward board clear, with the lack of minions this card is always value. Spirit Lash and Holy Nova are great for board clears but play smart so you don't leave yourself open for possible minion swarms

Mass Hysteria Another board wipe in our arsenal, works rather well when the opponent's minions are about the same power/health or when their minions are weaker than ours. If you have resurrect options in hand this can also set you up for board state after using this card by sacrificing your own minions.

Archmage Vargoth This minion has a ton of synergy with the resurrection, copy, and summon cards. Easily get 2 of him out with any card, however with Vivid Nightmare you get 4 copies. If you can manage to get all 7 spots filled and cast Mind Blast it's easy to get 40 damage out.

Shadow Essence, what's not to love about bringing in win conditions faster, or at least a quicker lead up to it. This can also set up resurrect targets for later.

Lesser Diamond Spellstone and Eternal Servitude, Resurrect bring minions back to set up the board for late game. Play your resurrect cards back to back and you can get 1 - 6 minions on board in a combination making it quite easy to hit with a 10 - 180 damage with Mind Blast.

Shadow Word: Pain / Shadow Word: Death - bread and butter priest direct kill cards, enough said.

Vivid Nightmare, With this spell we can cheaply copy any of our minions on board and with this deck and how cheap the card costs, it makes a nice copy of a minion and still leaves enough mana to cast both Mind Blasts in the same turn. Or an Eternal Servitude and Mind Blast. And hey you can easily heal the copy as well since its damage, not a set health total. As mentioned earlier play this on Archmage Vargoth and you will end up with 4 copies in one turn. Ah, diversity.

Grave Rune Toss this on a freshly resurrected minion or one that stays in play when it dies you get 2 back. A great way to expedite combos. A bonus, if Archmage Vargoth copies this onto the same minion, you get 4!

Shadow Visions, last but not least with the number of utility spells in the deck this is a no-brainer to add. Find extra damage, healing, control, minions this card does it all in this deck. And as a bonus, it also feeds even more into Lesser Diamond Spellstone to bring it to max potential.

Mulligan(s)

There aren't too many ways to mulligan for this deck but there are some things to keep in mind.

Always try to have Shadow Essence and/or Shadow Visions in hand.

Safe bet against the majority of decks: Mass Hysteria, Shadow Word: Pain, Holy Nova, Resurrect or Eternal Servitude.

Against Mages and Shamans, do not hard cast Archmage Vargoth on curve, it will more than likely get Polymorphed or Hexed. Play it on turn 5 with The Coin or turn 6 along with a Shadow Word: Pain so you can resurrect it.

Paladins, Warlocks, and Druids sometimes it heavy early, so it's not a bad idea to have Shadow Word: Death in hand at the start with them.

Card Replacements

A couple cards that are available that are not currently being used in this deck, they are part of other versions of this deck and also options for when the decks you face start to shift.

Radiant Elemental -> Archmage Vargoth

Seance -> Divine Hymn

Holy Smite -> Divine Hymn

Gilded Gargoyle -> Divine Hymn (used together withRadiant Elemental)

Zerek's Cloning Gallery -> Divine Hymn

Alexstraza -> Divine Hymn

Video of Gameplay

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 --Thank you for reading this far and looking into the deck. Feel free to leave any feedback and comment on how the deck played for you.--