Mysterious Big Paladin (rank5 to Legend 65%+)
- Last updated Apr 17, 2019 (Rise of Shadows)
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Wild
- 12 Minions
- 14 Spells
- 4 Weapons
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Control Paladin
- Crafting Cost: 13640
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 4/10/2019 (Rise of Shadows)
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Battle Tag:
strudel#2996
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Region:
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Total Deck Rating
240
New expansion, new meta, new offmeta paladin deck to beat the meta :)
DISCLAIMER: different version / minion setup (15.4.2019) - reached LEGEND today :)
due to the recent shift in the meta ( less warriors, more rogues / token druid, hunter , zoolock ) I had to make some changes and reinclude Concecration + Mountaing Giants instead of Big Bad Archmage. My older version which shine vs different metas can be found at the bottom of the guide.
Why Mountain Giants vs Big Bad Archmade? Big Bad Archmage are dead cards in your hand until turn10. Mountain giants cost 0 mana via prismatic lens and due to our expensive mana curve we have enough cards in hand to play him on turn 5/6 while the rest of our minions need 7+ mana. Overall he is just more flexible vs aggro/midrange/control because he enters the game earlier than Big Bad ARchmage and he wins more duels! especially vs other giants which see play in aggro decks ( sea giant) and control ( mountain giant)
Mysterious Big Paladin
The goal of my decklist is similar to the good old big priest decks which used only 1x 4 drop (Barnes) + big minions. Instead of Barnes I use Archmage Vagoth who can recast Prismatic Lens / Duel! for the big tempo swings and even the cheaper spells like Desperate Measures and Call to Adventure can generate insane value.
Early match plan
Truesilver Champion + Mysterious Blade + Secrets + Time Out / Flash of Light are used to survive until turn 4/5 and Call to Adventure on turn3 can guarantee us a turn4 4/8 Archmage Vagoth in many of our games and even after drawing Archmage Vagoth it is a nice card for drawing a buffed Zilliax.
Midgame/Lategame
Prismatic Lens is an insane card if you build your deck around it. Cheap spells + expensive minions is one way to get value out of this card and therfor I decided to play only 4+ mana minions and cheap spells/weapons to handle the early game, risky but since Equality costs 4 I wanted to try a deck without Pyromancer. Prismatlic lens always hits some great minions, especially when Archmage Vargoth is already on board/ in your hand and sometimes it is not as bad as it looks if some of your cheap spells get more expensive because every spell redcuses Shirvallah's mana cost.
The minions of my choice are sticky, generate value at end of turn or are have rush/lifegain as instant response to threatening board states.
Tirion Fordring: is one of the best minions in the game. His weapon helps us to push for lethal damage or control the board, great Redemption target.
Ysera: was always an autoinclude in the good old control paladin days and I am happy to play her again. Her end of turn trigger + body stats are great in combination with Duel! or Prismatic Lens discount
Big Bad Archmage: He survives most of the Duels! and needs to be answered asap or you generate too much value. There are hardly any bad 6 drops in the current standard format.
Batterhead at the first glance this card looks bad but he is a great minion vs aggro/midrange and functions as a board clear. In combination with Lightforged Blessing he can be used as huge life gain.
Shirvallah,the Tiger and Zilliax help to regain life and control the board state. Shirvallah + Prismatic Lens results in a 0 mana Shirvallah early on!Archivist Elysiana is the worst target for Duel! but her extra cards are crucial in some matchups because once we start tutoring via Duel! / Prismatic Lens we run out of cards really fast. (update: due to the lack of warrior we don'T need to outgirnd dr.boom, not playing her in our list makes our Duel! much more better)Baron Geddon is only in the deck for Lifelink + aniti aggro/midrange. great card :)Oondasta: great body + rush, can pull out Shirvallah or Amani War Bear for extra rush minions.
Amani War Bear: only in this decklist because of Oondasta. decent blocker/rush minions, survives most of the Duel! fights and can attack an additional time.
Try it out, sadly it is rly expensive to craft but it is fun to play and wins :)
original decklist:
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updated decklist v 1.0:
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updated decklist v 2.0:
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Anyone want to post a video of how this deck is played? I've constructed it but I'm losing more than I'm winning. I'm not blaming the deck because a lot of people seem to be having success with it so I assume I'm just not playing it correctly. I've also had some bad luck. Prismatic Lens never seems to fall on those 1-cost spells for me. And Duel keeps drawing Elyslana.
love it!!!
Whether I can climb the ladder with this deck remains to be seen but it is FUN! And sometimes I think we forget that's the point of the game.
LIT!! This deck is really storng if u have the prism and/or duel in early!
I crafted the deck yesterday, skeptic how it performs becouse on first glance it looks clunky, very slow and there arent much AOE to help paladin survive. Oh boy i was wrong!!! Surviving is really not an issue, i've had easy games even vs ultra tryhard aggro like druid or zoolock. As long as you can get to turn 4-5 and having either Duel or Prism its fine. Pulling out big minions early on is easy and very satisfying. Deck is also very consistent, but it does require skills as missplays can be easly made.
Long story short...i have to personally thank Strudl for coming up with this deck. Its best performing / fun deck of this release for me and made HS fun again.
All hands down (but i still hope this doesnt become wide spread so i can keep on owning all these netdecked boring ass warriors and rogues) :P
Nice QA, Bliz.. Prismatic Lens can draw (and detonate a bomb), because it is a spell, but it doesn't exchange the cost of that bomb with the minion. I drew a Big Bad Archmage, a Bomb, and then a 1 drop and got no discount for my pain.
I think I'm going to sit this season out until they sort out all of these edge cases that are in favor of bomb warriors.
Ye happened to me several times.. also Duel! into freezing trap.. minions bounce back to your hand but without increased manacost :) spaghetti code²²
Also fun is when rush minions duel. We get what seems like a second attack, which works really well with the Batterhead and Oondasta additions.
This is lots of fun! Batterhead feels so amazing to play
I just played your deck for the first time vs a Bomb Warrior. Prismatic Lens hit Big Bad Archmage for 1 mana!!! Played it on turn 6 into trun 7 Call to Adventure for the 4/8 Vargoth!!! Which then cast it again for the 5/4 Zilliax draw!!
Amazing deck bro. Well Played Indeed!!!! https://hsreplay.net/replay/7encu5PdpZ4oe9WA8DLa7Y
Crazy deck. I love it!
Win against Silence Priest, Pogo Rogue and Dragon Warrior!
I like this, it stopped my losing streak against the one millionth bomb warrior I've faced today.
Been giving this deck a try, only at rank 10 though, but it’s so funny and enjoyable and irritating!
Turn 1 secret, into turn 3 call for adventure into Archmage and yet people still manage to kill him hahah but if it stays on the board into Duel it’s awesome!
Definitely a deck if you are looking for something different haha
Well well well. I've just tried it out as is and managed to beat a Theif/Tempo Rogue without drawing any of my Prismatic Lens or other Win Cons. It felt really good to play, survival in the early game and big chunky minions to finish. Thanks man!