Dragon Inner Fire (Legend)
- Last updated Dec 26, 2018 (Level Up Nerf)
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Wild
- 22 Minions
- 8 Spells
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Dragon Priest
- Crafting Cost: 5520
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 12/15/2018 (Rastakhan)
- Dvaashie
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Battle Tag:
Dvaashie#2886
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Region:
EU
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Total Deck Rating
84
Hi guys,
I just hit legend for the very fist time ! And I wanted to share the deck I hit legend with.
The deck has 3 strengths the way I see it.
1. Strong early game pressure. The deck can be very strong in the early game a Northshire Cleric or Firetree Witchdoctor buffed up by Shadow Ascendant, Power Word: Shield or Inner Fire can put a great deal of pressure on your opponent.
2. Late game beefiness, Ysera, Nightscale Matriarch and Crowd Roaster makes it possible to play the late game.
3. Of course the great finisher of Power Word: Shield + Divine Spirit + Inner Fire. You can also get extra spells from Firetree Witchdoctor or from Shadow Visions.
I don't know if people has any interest in this deck, but if you do please upvote and I might put some extra effort into the description/guide of the deck.
Edit:
I did some climbing within legend.
Not a spectacular rank but shows that the deck works in legend as well.
Tommy wave made a video on the deck:
Cultrus made a video on the deck:
Different match ups:
Good: Any slower control deck is a very good match-up for this deck. I mainly used this deck to climb from rank 3 to legend and faced a lot of druid, even lock and odd control mage and this deck is very good against those.
Bad: Odd paladin can be tough, the only AoE the deck runs is Duskbreaker, however they usually don't run silence so I've had some succes with just yolo'ing the Divine Spirit / Inner Fire on a minion and just racing them. Remember they do usually run Void Ripper though, so if you want to Divine Spirit a taunt using Inner Fire as well might be a good idea to counter it.
Medium: Anything else from the decks I've described above I'd say. Kingsbane can be though but if you do a correct mulligan you can put on a lot of early game pressure, get a big hp drake to stick and then finish them off. Hunters are also a medium match-up I'd say with spellhunter being the easiest of the different archetypes.
Edit:
The Level Up! nerf has weakened what I think is one of the decks worst match-up's, odd-paladin, so good news!
Playstyle.
The deck needs to be proactive and this is why a good mulligan is essential. You need to put pressure on your opponent. Another reason why it is important to be proactive is the lack of spells it is a very minion heavy deck with only 8 spells and the spells all have something to do with the Inner Fire / Divine Spirit combo ( Power Word: Shield maybe excepted here since it can give a lot of tempo.) Don't be afraid to use an Inner Fire on a 1/5 Northshire Cleric, since you run 2 Inner Fires, to gain tempo, you'll need it.
I think a big part of learning how to play this deck is to be able to tell when to use your Divine Spirit / Inner Fire, not necessarily just using them when they give you lethal.
The deck has some late game minion such as Nightscale Matriarch and Ysera so you do have some fuel for the late game. Ysera especially is just a powerhouse and is great in this deck, but I wouldn't advice drawing out the late game too much. This deck relies on the tempo from the early game and closing the game with Divine Spirit and Inner Fire. That the deck relies on tempo is the reason why the deck has no real hard removal such as Shadow Word: Pain or Shadow Word: Death. The deck does run Twilight Acolyte which is great against high attack minions, but if you have nothing else to play in your hand then playing it for tempo might be a good idea.
The mulligan.
Try to hard mulligan for your early drops by that I mean Northshire Cleric, Radiant Elemental and Shadow Ascendant. You can keep Firetree Witchdoctor if you have a dragon in your hand, but don't keep any spells, only keep Power Word: Shield if you have early game minions otherwise mulligan the Power Word: Shield in order to get some early game pressure. You can keep Twilight Acolyte if you think you are facing even lock.
Edit: Front page! Wow thanks a lot :)
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Card replacements/choices.
Tech choices -
If you are running into a lot of Skulking Geist, then replacing Inner Fire with Topsy Turvy might be a good idea.
The spots of Scaleworm and Cobalt Scalebane can be thought of as tech choices. If you are having trouble with falling behind and dealing with the board Mass Hysteria can replace one of these spots ( I would not recommend replacing both with Mass Hysteria at the moment since the deck needs to be proactive and 2 "dead" cards can slow you down). I've had some luck with snagging Shadow Madness from Firetree Witchdoctor when playing against control lock to steal their Voidlord so if you are facing a lot of control lock this might be a good addition.
If you are facing a lot of zoo/token decks I think Mossy Horror might be good, not only for the battlecry but the stats are also great for the deck.
I've seen some comments talking about Lady in White, to me it actually seems like this might be a good addition if you are facing a lot of control, sadly I don't have it and I don't have the dust to craft it, just to test if it is good in this deck. However if you have Lady in White and have tried it in this deck, please share your thoughts in the comments.
Edit: After some thoughtfull comments and giving it 2nd thoughts I don't think Lady in White will be good in this deck, if it were to be included Twilight Drake should probably be excluded and Twilight Drake is a really great card in this deck. You can try the card if it is good but I doubt it.
Replacements:
Replacement for Ysera - Ysera is the only legendary in this deck and the spot it fills in the deck is unique. Ysera provides dragon synergy when in your hand, powerfull cards each turn it is on the board and a big amount of stats in the late game. I've had some trouble thinking of a replacement but The Lich King seems like the best replacement, Ysera is superior though. If you a newer player and don't have a lot of legendaries another Nightscale Matriarch might be good.
Some people have been asking for a replacement for Crowd Roaster, if you only miss 1 of them then try an extra Nightscale Matriarch. If you are missing 2 then it might be a bit harder since there are no other dragon cards which can impact the board the turn its played, and be a significant thread afterwards. If you are having board trouble then maybe Mass Hysteria will be a better replacement than Nightscale Matriarch.
Hey,
this deck looks very nice, just THE kind of dragon priest I liked to play already some years ago :) very nice that you don't rely on a dozen of legendaries and that I finally got my beloved Ysera some time ago, so I will definitely give it a try (and adept it a bit to my available cards, don't know how many of the epics I have in collection....)
Hi! I have Been using this deck for a little while now. But I feel like I don’t get that much value out of nightscale matriarch. So I was wondering if u have any replacements for it. And also do u think it’s possible to fit The lich king into this deck? Maybe swapping out nightscale for lich king. But then I lose a dragon to synergy with :/. Love the deck btw!
Hi man,
I am bit surprised to hear that you don't think you are getting value out of the card, it has been great for me. I Wouldn't exchange it with the lich king, because of the dragon synergy.
Alright, is there any other cards that I could swap out for lich king?
Good luck getting past aggro
Hi, got any modification advice against actual Hunter-meta?
Well..
https://m.imgur.com/a/dwIdk2E
dunno but i get fuck by every hunter...
my first 3 games: 3 wins, i'm in love with this deck
Hi man,
NIce video, you play well. Hope the deck can help you climb further.
I replaced 1 inner fire with 1 crazed alchemist....(for skulking geist removal)...but i need 1 mass dispel...i don't no what to replace in this deck...all cards are good.
Hi man,
I think I'd probably take out Scaleworm or Cobalt Scalebane for Mass Dispel
I've been playing Priest since I started Hearthstone years ago. After a long break, I started again with your deck and it's really fun :D thank you for sharing!
Hi man,
Thanks for the comment, seeing people enjoying the deck makes me feelgoodman.
Consistent 44dmg lethals from wyrmgaurd feelsrealgoodman
Loving this deck having a lot of success in my early ladder push (although its from 21 to 17) its still very strong for what I'm facing.
From a salty priest player that is happy to finally be decent on ladder again Thank you for posting! Great list.
Hi man,
Thanks for the kind words, happy to hear that you like the deck and is having some succes with it.
After going roughly 20-7(idr the exact numbers lol) I changed one crowd roaster for another nightscale matriarch and played 10 more games imo it seems to be stronger. Just more value for the inner fire and board presence also it can really bait out a hard clear or silence if you think your opponent is holding one.
Of course this is based on my own personal matchups. Thanks again for the list! GG
Hi man,
At what ranks and what deck did you run into?
I'm currently mid 15. And ive been going against healthy amount of even-lock, control warriors,and of course spell/deathrattle hunter
I still was having decent success before the change. just wanted to experiment with other cards, might try out cabal shadow priest as well.
tbh the lack of a mass dispell is responsable for more than half my loses... too often I end up sitting on buffs but having a taunts in front you cant overcome.