Token Druid V2.0 [LEGEND]
- Last updated Apr 21, 2019 (Rise of Shadows)
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Wild
- 15 Minions
- 15 Spells
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Token Druid
- Crafting Cost: 3100
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 4/14/2019 (Rise of Shadows)
- JamieG
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Region:
EU
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Total Deck Rating
420
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Hey Guys!
Just wanted to share the Token Druid deck I used to get to Legend over the past few days. It's so strong in the meta right now, and I had a positive winrate against all decks, including other token druids. Be sure to read my guide if you're new to token decks, or want some extra advice on playing this specific build!
I went 23W-5L overall with this deck from rank 5 to Legend, with a 75% winrate (9W-3L) against other token druids.
What makes this deck so strong is the way that you maintain pressure on the opponent, and the burst potential with Power of the Wild, Savage Roar, Blessing of the Ancients and Leeroy Jenkins is insane.
Eccentric Scribe is one of my favourite tools in the deck. Everyone seems to be sleeping on the card, and it's won me too many games to count. Its high attack makes it threatening and a must kill for the opponent, but once they pop it, you have four 1/1's which are ready to be buffed up and OTK the opponent. It's also amazing against control classes like warrior, as it leaves you a board after they brawl; it's like a built-in Soul of the Forest. Insane!
Archmage Vargoth is also a key component of the deck, and if they can't kill him after u drop him on turn 4 it's basically game over, as he snowballs out of control with all of the buffing spells.
MULLIGAN
As this is a token deck, we're looking for an efficient, low curve. This means that we want to use all of our mana each turn, to have a better chance of steamrolling the opponent.
KEEP:
Acornbearer, Argent Squire, Dire Wolf Alpha, Dreamway Guardians. EITHER: Landscaping or Microtech Controller, and Power of the Wild or Blessing of the Ancients.
If you already have a 1-2-3 play, Archmage Vargoth should also be a keep, as it's a must kill for the opponent on turn 4.
Against other Token Druids, we want to keep a Swipe aswell, as it's a great play to obliterate their board on turn 4. (Against Wispering Woods)
STYLE OF PLAY
As I said before, we want to play aggressively to win the game as soon as possible. However, there is a limit to this aggression. Part of playing this deck is knowing the opponent's deck as well - specifically their counters. There's a lot of Mage and Warrior roaming around right now, so it's important that you know their board clears, and to play around them; by either trading your minions with theirs to prevent their spells from getting much value, or holding cards in your hand for the same reason.
Mage has Blizzard and Flamestrike. When it's approaching turn 6 and 7, you might want to keep your board relatively small, or try and buff your minions to above 2 or 4 health if you can.
Warrior has Warpath, which can come down as early as turn 2, so you need to be mindful not to over-extend, and to not overload on the number of un-buffed minions you allow to stay on the board on turn 2, 4 and 6 especially. They also have Brawl, but we can counter this by playing cards like Soul of the Forest and Eccentric Scribe, which give us value on the board even after our minions are dead.
Always check if you have lethal - sometimes it's when you least expect it. If you have 3 2/2's on the board, pair them with a Savage Roar and one of the buffing spells, and that's 17 damage to the opponent's face. A few tokens can go a long way!
REPLACEMENTS
Although this deck is relatively cheap, it's still early days in the expansion, so here are a few replacements if you don't feel like crafting anything yet - or are tight on dust.
Leeroy Jenkins out, for The Forest's Aid
Sea Giant out, for Scarab Egg
Dreamway Guardians out, for EVIL Cable Rat
Wispering Woods also works great in this deck, so if you have the card and want to play it, I recommend to take out Argent Squire
You can also remove an Argent Squire and add an Acidic Swamp Ooze if you find yourself facing tempo rogue a lot.
You also might want to include Crystallizer or Floop's Glorious Gloop if you have them and want to try them out, as they have synergy in this deck aswell.
If you have any suggestions or questions, drop them down below.
Cheers :)
For the HS Replay of this deck click below!
https://hsreplay.net/decks/Tt1Q69VPajry7YNsqS8JEf/#tab=overview
Really cool deck, as the comment below me states (and i hope we see the same comment) It only loses to a bad opening hand. In my experience, i'd say it's bad matchups are Warrior and Paladin. Unless you can keep them under control, Mage is a pretty bad matchup as well.
Very powerful, it loses only by a bad initlal hand.
My experience is almost 75% win, with tracker i recorded 30W 10L, from rank 14 to 6.
I think is one of the best cheap decks you can find, like the zoo warlock of season past.
In this meta I've met hunter on 45% of my games, and against Rexxar is very simple... the data from a big sample says that 3 on 2 druid wins.
Thanks JamieG
9w6L at lvl 9 today.
Meta has settled, deck is trash
Well, if you look at the stats on HS replay, the deck still has a 58% winrate, which is high over 50,000 games. So although the meta has settled, the deck still finds success. Also, I made a Version 3.0 a week after this one was made, in order to accommodate for the changes in the meta. Maybe check it out if this one hasn't been working as well.
With a few minor changes still seems viable. I think the second Sea Giant is a must.
I wonder if I can throw-in Gloop's Glorious Goop or even Gloop himself in here hmmmm....
Does Archmage Vargoth STACK Soul of the Forest...i.e., minions get deathrattle summon 2 2/2 treants instead of 1?
yes it does
Are you replacing Argent Squire with Whispering Woods x1 or x2?
Dislike this deck. Ten losestrike. AWESOME.
I know it's early days, but so far with this deck I've won 3 in a row in rank 17 and all before turn 8. Killer deck.
I played more than 20 decks from every class overall in this new meta, and this one gives me the biggest result so far. From rank 10 to 6 with result 20 - 9. Could'nt go that far with any other deck in this new year. And what's interesting is 6-2 against other token druids. So it's even strong against mirrors. The biggest threat for me are Control Warriors (and sometimes Bomb) - 2-3, and Tempo Rogue's (3-2). Mage won to 0, Hunter to 0, Priest to 0.
Dude thank you so much for sharing this.
I have been struggling so much this expansion... but finaly this build is taking me places!
Cheers buddy
Meta full of little board clearers... no way with this deck
Thanks for the deck .. Rank 3 right now!
This deck does give me the Forest's AIDS, if you know what I mean.
Hey, guys! What can you say about Tending Tauren instead of Eccentric Scribe? Is it worth?
I'd suggest it's not a great replacement to be honest, Eccentric Scribe gives you great value in that it has a decent attack value which makes him threatening by himself but, more than that, it's deathrattle is great against board clear and can potentially set up a lethal......just those 4 1/1's on the board plus any +1/+1 buff spell plus savage roar can be 16 face damage on your next turn if their not dealt with after it's killed
http://metastats.net/deck/a2dac41f-aa60-4762-9b26-f7036aaa8500/last7/