[12-1 Legend] Holy Tiger TTK
- Last updated Dec 13, 2018 (Rastakhan)
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Wild
- 13 Minions
- 16 Spells
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: OTK Paladin
- Crafting Cost: 11680
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 12/6/2018 (Rastakhan)
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If you want to perform well with this deck, I strongly recommend reading the full guide carefully! It will probably be much more efficient than the trial and error approach.
I hope you will enjoy the deck! If you have any questions or feedback, please leave a comment.
Inspired by Kipp's Bazookadin, I made my exceptionally powerful Holy Wrath deck. I have been getting 12 wins in the Brawliseum more than half of the time. I just love the sweet gold! I also hit legend without much difficulty.
The deck takes some practice to pilot since we constantly have a lot of cards in our hand. However, it is irresistibly fun and satisfying when you hit that 25 damage on your opponent's face!
Basic Strategy (Important)
Survive until your deck is empty. Play Shirvallah, the Tiger. Baleful Banker shuffle Shirvallah. Holy Wrath on opponent's face for 25 damage. If the opponent is not dead, repeat the same process once more next turn (which makes a two-turn-kill combo).
Alternative win condition against armour heavy classes: Play Uther of the Ebon Blade. Use Baleful Banker to shuffle 2 horsemen. Use Zola the Gorgon to copy a horseman. The 3 horsemen mentioned have to be different, so you should keep track of them. Draw the shuffled 2 horsemen. Play 3 different horsemen and then use hero power to destroy your opponent.
Card Choices
If you are missing some of the cards, consider these replacements: Potion of Heroism, Shrink Ray, Hammer of Wrath
Crystalsmith Kangor: Synergizes with Crystology and all the healings. Also works as an effective soft taunt.
Crystology: Very effective card draw. Often enables us to play Acolyte of Pain on turn 3. Also works as a cheap spell for Wild Pyromancer.
Zola the Gorgon: Gives us an extra win condition. Can be used on Shirvallah, the Tiger for tempo swing and heals.
Hammer of Wrath: Board control with card draw. Can also push some damage on opponent’s face before using Holy Wrath.
Bloodmage Thalnos: Synergizes with Crystology, Consecration and Hammer of Wrath.
Lynessa Sunsorrow: Potential card draw from Potion of Heroism and Flash of Light. Casting two Spikeridged Steed can be win condition against aggressive decks.
Uther of the Ebon Blade: Extra win condition. Great board control. Heals 20 health. We can often save 1 durability of the weapon for 5 + 25 = 30 OTK.
Mulligan
Always keep one Crystology. Always keep one Equality. Keep Wild Pyromancer and Consecration against potentially aggressive opponent.
Druid is an exception and the above rules do not apply. Mulligan everything away except Crystology to find Uther of the Ebon Blade because it is common to have cards milled by Naturalize.
Guide
In most matchups where the opponent does not have armour, we want to focus all our attention and resources on board control because we always win if we survive. Below are the strategies against some common decks. If there is a deck archetype that I did not mention and you would like me to explain, please leave a comment.
Odd Paladin
If we only have one board clear in hand, try to save it before opponent’s turn 5. It is fine to let odd paladin play Fungalmancer or Level Up! and then clear the board on our turn 5 or turn 6. The reason is that the board means almost everything for odd paladin and we have some big heals later. Feel free to use Time Out! early on. For example, if we can play Wild Pyromancer with Equality and then hero power, we can play Spikeridged Steed on the pawn next turn. We do not have to save combo pieces. It is fine to shuffle a Wild Pyromancer with Baleful Banker.
Odd Rogue
Rogue has some solid burst damage, so we need to pay attention to our health. It is typical to use board clear on turn 5 or even turn 4. It would be favourable if we can Time Out! on turn 5 and then clear the board on turn 6. Use Spikeridged Steed on smaller minions since the opponent will play Vilespine Slayer anyway. Crystalsmith Kangor plays an important role, use him effectively. We do not have to save combo pieces.
Kingsbane Rogue
Health really matters here. Crystalsmith Kangor is one of the most important cards in this match-up. Try to maximize Kangor's heal value. If you are going to play multiple minions, play Lynessa Sunsorrow the last. Because if the opponent plays Vanish, she dies and summons taunts. The win condition is to keep 1 durability of 5/3 Grave Vengence and hit 25 Holy Wrath for 30 OTK.
Spell Hunter
Very favourable matchup. The opponent will have two useless cards since the beginning of the game: Explosive Trap and Wandering Monster. Never attack opponent’s face when he controls secrets. Save Bloodmage Thalnos Consecration combo for Greater Emerald Spellstone. Play around Crushing Walls.
Beast Hunter
This matchup has very little mistake tolerance and games are often very close. Try to remove Scavenging Hyena as soon as possible. If we use Time Out! while there is hyena on the board, do not use hero power so we can avoid hyena getting buffed further.
Odd Mage
Maximize equality value. It is fine to let opponent hero power and draw cards from Pyromaniac. The opponent’s resources are not our concern. Try to clear the elementals on the board before we play our combo so the opponent cannot heal after the first 25 damage.
Odd Warrior
In the first few turns decide which win condition we are aiming for. It is totally viable to cheese through the armour and win with TTK (I did it all the time before I started playing Zola the Gorgon). But I still recommend the less stressful 4 horsemen win condition because it has more tolerance for mistakes. Choose bigger minions from Stonehill Defender discover options. Play around Supercollider.
Toggwaggle Druid
Try to draw 2 Baleful Banker and Zola the Gorgon as soon as possible. Play Uther of the Ebon Blade and try to keep all 3 durabilities of the weapon. Use Zola on a horseman. Feel free to use Shirvallah, the Tiger in mid game if desirable. Wait for the opponent to play King Togwaggle and Azalina Soulthief. Play "King's Ransom" and let opponent swap back. Use Baleful Banker to shuffle a horseman for 2 turns. Keep in mind that all 3 horsemen have to be different. After that, destroy your opponent with 4 horsemen.
I run the Zandalari Templars as well, and agree they are a great addition to the deck. Though the Sound the Bells! just seemed dead in hand a lot when I play tested it. High Priest Thekal is my latest addition and honestly he is super worth it due to lots of heal effects in the deck.
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Are the death-knight hero-power tokens random do you get every time a different one?
They are random out of a unique 4 total. When using your hero power you will always get one that is not currently on the board, but it could be in your hand/deck.
Yup. Works the same way as the shaman hero power. If you already have a certain one on the board, it won't summon that one. So if you have 3 in hand, you should play them first and then hero power to get the 4th guaranteed.
I also don’t have uther but packed Shirvallah so I wanted to see if this worked. I subbed in tirion and a truesilver and a zilliax which have worked pretty well.
besides gorgon, guys could also use augmented elekk with b. bankers. :p
Super deck, can beat any deck. But lose to deathrattle hunter in 90% matches.
I need some help with this deck. I'm missing Crystalsmith Kangor and Uther of the Ebon Blade, I'm currently using Potion of Heroism and I need another idea for a sub, thinking about the good old Truesilver Champion.
I'm finding bad trouble against Shudderwock Shaman and some Rogues such as Pirate, Even Pirate and Odd Rogue. Also, Token Druids often destroy me. Do you have any tips for me?
Thank you!
hmm uther is a big part of the deck for the other win cond.
also depends what you have in your collection, you can throw in more cards to help with the otk holy wrath combo.
here is some cards I would use.
--- Countess Ashmore
--- Zilliax
--- Time Out!
--- Leeroy Jenkins
{card draw cards}
--- Acolyte of pain
--- loot hoarder
ect.
I actually came up with almost the same kind of deck. The dual win condition is fantastic. I often win just by out healing and holy wrath-ing once. But it's nice to know there is an answer to the mega armor matches. My list leans harder on the draw as I included acolyte of pain and lynessa. Here is the list I am running if you're curious.
Edit: Also it is possible to do the 50 damage combo in one turn with this deck if you go:
Setup: 0 mana Shirvallah, Baleful on Shirvallah, Baleful, Zola on Baleful, Baleful
Kill Turn: You draw 1 of 3 Shirvallah naturally, then Holy Wrath and Holy Wrath.
Thanks for mentioning the 50 in one turn. I did not think of it. Looks promising against Shudderwock Shaman when the 5/3 weapon is destroyed by ooze.
Honestly, this deck feels bonkers to me. I've been playing hearthstone since the beginning and usually can pilot my waky home brews to rank 5, then I never have time to grind to legend. But with this deck, it feels so strong, I wouldn't be surprised if I hit legend for the first time with it. I started this season at rank 14 (I wasn't able to play much last month) and in two days I've gone all the way to rank 6 with only 4 losses. (Half of those were because I misplayed the deck)
There are so many cool flex plays with this deck. You can zola/baleful pyromancers vs aggro/token decks, you can mega cycle and finish with double HW vs priest/shaman, you can play for a tempo shirvallah to stablize midgame into a single 25 damage HW to finish vs midrange decks, or you can play for the 4 horsemen against the ultimate tanks like Druid/Warrior.
I even regularly beat control warlock that try to interfere with my combo because it has so much redudancy. No single piece of the deck is critical to all win conditions.
Imo a single win condition Horseman OTK is better and the early data seems to support it.
Yes, that seems to be true and even when playing the Shirvallah deck, I find that I use the Uther win con more and more.
Enjoying this deck soooooooooooo much, thanks! Using the exact list, seems perfect so far. I find Uther of the Ebon Blade absolutely necessary, not only for the alternate wincon (which is not that rare... Besides the ocasional control warrior or druid, once a lucky priest got a Hakkar, the Soulflayer from Free From Amber and I could only win with the 4 hoursemen) but also as a huge healing and board control tool.
I was already a big fan of Exodia Paladin in Wild (Beardo, brewmaters, Reno... check them in my profile) but just now I hopped in this Holy Wrath OTK train with your list. Again thanks!
Enjoying this deck soooooooooooo much, thanks!
When your deck is empty and you shuffle 1 tiger into your deck don't you draw into it? So you can't holy wrath their face.
You gotta do it in the same turn, when the tiger is already 0 mana. Play tiger, baleful banker it, then IMMEDIATELY Holy Wrath. Only works when the deck is empty, obviously :-)