[Guide] Luna's Pocket Dragons
- Last updated Mar 13, 2019 (Level Up Nerf)
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Wild
- 29 Minions
- 1 Spell
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Control Mage
- Crafting Cost: 17520
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 1/31/2019 (Level Up Nerf)
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Behold! The tools of creation! We are going to be creating dragons and lot of them with this deck! Ever draw a 1 mana Ysera, into a 1 mana Alexstrasza, into a 1 mana Crowd Roaster? Well now you can, thanks to Luna's Pocket Galaxy! This deck is similar to a Spiteful Mage deck in the fact that it primarily runs minions but instead of relying on a big spell to pull out just 1 minion, we're going to make our whole deck cheaper to make a lot of big minions! The combo is fairly easy to pull off since we also have 2 Grand Archevist in the deck so by turn 7 or 8 most of the time we will have our combo! Full write up below, hope you all enjoy :).
Mulligan:
Aggro / Midrange (Odd rogue, Odd pally, Hunter, Shaman, etc) - Never keep a card above 5 mana. Ideally, we want to be looking for Tar Creeper, Zilliax, Corpsetaker, Nightmare Amalgam, and of course Prince Keleseth.
Control (Warrior, Priest, etc) - Here we can be a little bit more greedy with our mulligan and go for our Luna's Pocket Galaxy or Grand Archivist. Arcane Keysmith, Scaleworm, Zilliax, Corpsetaker and Mojomaster Zihi are all great options as well.
Combo (Druid, Priest, etc) - Mojomaster Zihi.
Strategy:
As you can see, there is no card draw in this deck besides Stargazer Luna and no spells besides Luna's Pocket Galaxy. Therefore, we need to control the board whilst being as efficient as possible with our minions. It is great to use cards like Scaleworm, Crowd Roaster, Zilliax, etc to regain board control but if you have control of the board be careful not to overextend. A lot of classes have very efficient removals now like Paladin with Equality or Psychic Scream or Brawl or Dragon's Fury or...you get the idea. Usually 2-4 minions is all you need on the board at a time since most of our minions hit like a truck anyway. Clearing the board on turns 5-7 is the most important because it gives us a good opportunity to drop our Luna's Pocket Galaxy or Grand Archivist. The huge swing turns come when we Mojomaster Zihi after we combo since we don't care as much about mana and when we Stargazer Luna after we combo so we can cycle our 1 mana cost big bois.
Notable Mentions:
If you're facing a very aggro meta then possibly swapping out Prince Keleseth and Lone Champion for Plated Beetle and a Firetree Witchdoctor.
Harrison Jones - I would actually recommend this card! Sadly, I do not have him crafted but being able to counter weapons and draw, especially after using Luna's Pocket Galaxy is great.
Frost Lich Jaina - Can substitute a Grand Archivist if you feel that 2 are overkill or for a Mosh'Ogg Enforcer.
Nerubian Unraveler - If you're facing a ton of control decks like Priest, Warrior, etc and feel that 1 Mojomaster Zihi isn't enough
I hope you like this deck! As always feel free to ask any questions or leave a suggestion!
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At first I didnt like that I already know that I have no play on turn 1 and a 90% chance of Heropower only on turn 2 (and somehow I am still not a big fan of that).
But after playing a couple of games I have to admit that it was quite fun and I like the Archivist idea a lot!
Not for ranked, but nice in casual!
well done +1
Well thanks! Very funny when you play Luna's Pocket Galaxy or Grand Archivist and your opponents emotes "Wow" haha. You're absolutely right that most games we don't have a turn 1 or 2 but I've been playing against a lot of midrange and control decks that usually don't play anything until turn 3-4 either. We do have some very good 3-4 cost minions to regain the board to compensate for our turns 1-2 but if you feel like you lose board too quickly you can always add in Plated Beetle and Firetree Witchdoctor. So far I've peaked at rank 3 with a positive win rate so its worked on ladder for me, but if you are in legend ranks it very well could work a lot differently! But I'm glad you like it, and the most important thing is to just have fun with it!
Seems to be a really fun deck, but too RNG for going ladder. Thanks for the guide anyway, I'll give it a try.
Thanks! It is indeed fun and very satisfying to play a lot of big dragons especially when we can play them for 1 mana :). Strangely enough, there actually isn't too much RNG involved in this deck at all and performs very consistently. With 1 copy of Luna's Pocket Galaxy and 2 Grand Archivist we usually will have our combo going by turn 8. I have also won several games even without casting that combo too since our minions generate so much value by themselves! I have peaked at rank 3 so far with a positive win rate over 40 games played so it can definitely work on ladder! If you try it yourself I hope you have good success with it too!