+1
Favorite this Deck

Highlander Quest Shaman ft. Galakrond

  • Last updated Jan 31, 2020 (GA Week 2)
  • Edit
  • |

Wild

  • 23 Minions
  • 6 Spells
  • Deck Type: Ranked Deck
  • Deck Archetype: Shudderwock Shaman
  • Crafting Cost: 15520
  • Dust Needed: Loading Collection
  • Created: 2/1/2020 (GA Week 2)
View in Deck Builder
  • S0lus
  • Registered User
    • 5
    • 27
    • 46
  • Battle Tag:

    Solus

  • Region:

    US

  • Total Deck Rating

    107

View 41 other Decks by S0lus
BBCode:
Export to

So I know this type of deck isn't exactly a new concept, but after seeing a bunch of different versions I decided to try my own take on it.

Why Highlander?
It's a fair question, double Zephrys the Great basically always gets you the same 2 cards and often getting 2 of them isn't any more helpful than getting 1, but there a lot of sneaky ways you can eek value out of it.
For example, in a game against face hunter, I'm on 7 mana, I spend 2 mana, hero power, play zeph, knowing he'll offer me Binding Heal, but then I also get a Tirion for next turn.
Otherwise, new Alex is a great power play, and with all the bounce effects shaman has, i've played as many as 7 Zephrys in a game,

Why not just play Galakrond Quest? Isn't it more consistent?
It's more consistent at playing invoke minions, and somewhat more consistent at playing Galakrond, since it runs more draw, but it's less consistent at staying alive and less consistent at dealing with Druid and Priest, and I mostly built this deck because that's all I'm seeing lately. Standard Galakrond Shaman, both quest and non-quest plays more like a combo deck with the goal of playing Galakrond as the win-con, and I've only played Galakrond in about 1/3 of my games, despite him being fully upgraded, because I had better plays to make.

But at the end of the day, I wanted to see if I could make a Highlander Quest Galakrond shaman deck work, and as it turns out, it's not half bad, and it's a TON of fun!

Overall winrate: 23-9; ~72%

5-0 against Embiggen Druid
2-1 against Treant Druid
6-0 against Rez Priest
3-2 against Face Hunter, basically comes down to what you draw by turn 6.
1-0 against Highlander Hunter
4-1 against Galakrond Warlock
0-1 against some funky value priest. Technically I won, but only because I assume his Nozdormu bugged out and he skipped his lethal turn. 
2-2 against Galakrond Warrior, honestly feels pretty 50/50 too.
0-2 against Enrage Warrior, this honestly feels like our worst matchup hands down, the amount of pressure they can put out in the first 3 turns is just gross.