Legend Malygos Rogue [*with guide]
- Last updated May 14, 2020 (Second DH Nerfs)
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Wild
- 18 Minions
- 11 Spells
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Malygos Rogue
- Crafting Cost: 14380
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 2/10/2020 (GA Week 3)
- gm6
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Battle Tag:
LF7D#2909
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Region:
EU
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Total Deck Rating
126
On 20 upvotes i will wright a guide.
Update 13.05.2020:
Here i go again with an update guys. Thanks to my man Zatrzymany i slightly changed the list. Our beloved queen Alexstrasza is back in business. Also added Bloodmage Thalnos. This sneaky little bastard serves very well for additional spell damage (won me a couple of games adding missing 2-3 damage) and also at early game he gives you a card draw (which is always very welcome when you want to find your combo pieces).
deck works wonders against those pesky mages and priests (those never ending games with tons of value from your opponent is a joke against Maly), currently Diamond 3 with it, aiming another legend with this list. also adding updated WR. have fun and dont forget to share your vibes with this deck in comments!
Update 14.04.2020:
New meta, but still deck is good. Switched to it and on a win streak against all those DH and spell mage\druid decks. Added Maiev instead of our beloved Zilliax.
Update 30.03.2020: i did some changes to the list and made legend with it today. + added new WR screenshot (total 132 games)
You can see the breakdown of changed cards with a green mark on it within the list. Now this is even more powerful and can easily win against heavy aggro decks.
Hello guys, gm6 here. You can find me on ladder by the name LF7D.
Multiple legend player and Hearthstone lover.
And let me introduce you a powerful deck, which can bring you maximum joy while playing, and at the same time grief and butthurt while not recieving combo pieces :D
1. Winrate.
I played around 60 132 games with it. Ofcourse it is not 500 or 1000 and you can say that this sample size means nothing, but unfortunately i do not have so much time to play test decks like Popular streamers, but i have my stats with this deck and you can approximately make a picture of what it is in terms of competition. These statistics were made on the range of Legend-r5 ranks. Actual WR may be different for the other region or rank.
2. Mulligan.
This is a combo deck, you need to stall the game till turn 10 or more. So at the start of the game try to be in tempo.
With the coin you want to have Pharaoh Cat, Edwin VanCleef, Backstab, EVIL Miscreant.
Without coin you want to have Pharaoh Cat, Backstab, Seal Fate, EVIL Miscreant
3. Gameplan.
There are different ways to win with this deck. First of all it is the main WC with Malygos and triple face spell damage, where you dont care about opponents board:
Malygos + Sinister Strike x2 + Eviscerate = 25 damage.
You can say that this is 13 mana, well, you have 2 tools for getting your cards cheaper:
Galakrond, Azeroth's End, Heistbaron Togwaggle with his Wondrous wound and 2x Umbral Skulker. And ofcourse Preparation.
With fully buffed galakrond you can make lethal combo even on turn 7 if you pull some needed cards because of Alexstrasza in the deck. Now, when Alex gone off the list, you can find her from a dragon lackey. I moved Alex because usuallu it was absolutely dead card till late game.
You should always count lethal with this deck. Especially when in the late game your opponent have less or equal 25 health. Sometimes you can finish the game even without Malygos being played. If you have a board, full of threats and eqiupped with a 5/2 Claw. Do not underestimate Kronx Dragonhoof and his additional 5 face damage or buffing your minions for even more stats, if you have at least 3 of them on board.
4. Rules.
DO NOT play Malygos if you are not closing the game the same turn.
DO NOT play Galakrond, Azeroth's End having more than 7 cards in hand. Galakrond must be seventh card in hand to prevent burning needed combo pieces.
DO NOT play your Sinister Strike cards before Malygos. This is you finishing combo for at least 16 damage. Alexstrasza knows how to make it happen.
DO NOT be shy to play not fully buffed Galakrond if it is a matter of surviving against aggro decks.
ALWAYS count lethal and think ahead. Your main goal is to maximum decrease your opponents health, if not playing Alex and, ofcourse, stay alive till your combo.
5. Video
big up to my man Kadakk for showcasing this deck and explaining some key moments:
So this is it. If you have any questions - let me know in comments. If you have any success stories with this deck, please share it. GL!
https://imgur.com/a/5XpdA3x
Update:
Got D5 at the 10th day of the season running mostly faster lists without alex , messing up with shadowstep , prep and fan - it has been a lot of fun (pun indeed) but for now looking to get that legend but not rushing it and have a nice day everyone reading that ^^
https://hsreplay.net/replay/or5HWikqzDdJtuzBpkP6yD
Also check out how this can be satisfying (turn 4+) :D
Thank you! This is an amazing deck! I have 75% WR, but I've played only 8 games so far. But killing an opponent with full HP is a great pleasure! It has some difficulties with aggro matchups, but meta is a little bit slow now, so that's not a problem. I have only 2 stars left to legend and I think, I will go further with this deck.
https://imgur.com/a/8JdHyTV
So I started today from D3 and was trying to come up with a list that was running cats as I said before and after getting legend (13-4) I saw that I was running the same list as yours here haha. Cats doing good singlehandedly carried vs DH so imo this current list is the best iteration - if you know every in and outs and playing to your chances perfectly then you can beat everyone easily , you have every tool at your disposal (sometimes finding where you failed is very hard and that's why rogue was the only class that stayed with me from the very beginning - there is no same match and you need to think about every little detail - no other class gave me that feeling and you made me try it again after a long break so you are a god and I want to thank you dude for finding this gem - found second love because it was always like that for me but I needed to find a deck that would interest me and it was a bullseye - so this first and second you are a kind person exchanging tips and I found my best list with your help a lot faster than by going all alone - no second class [this season at least] comes even close to that feeling that every detail is important and is not completly black or white (I mean that most classes have best plays and there is not that much even to think of - only rogue give me that feeling that it is constantly evolving and finding fun in doing the most you can do every match to play to your highest wr % chances other classes are limited by many things and just thinking about every enemy worst move vs you is gonna give you so much invaluable info that it will make your gameplan much easier to correct one). Sorry for a long ass post without edit but don't have that much of time for now and was trying to catch every thought that I wanted to share so again gl , thanks for everything and I wish you a wonderfull day!
ps1: forgot about an important thing - even going into legend rank I didn't found a single rogue that would impress me - (don't get me wrong I won't say that I am the best in the world but I mean that noone could outhink me this is first and most important thing [not talking about rng swings that were there regardless of my decisions , not trying to prove I am omnipotent ;) ] and the second most importamt thing is that people didn't even try to suit the deck to they liking (going for "new" useless shits like that 1/5 secret legendary , secret packages etc just because they are new and flashy and I value things that I will consistently use them to the best usages out there - if you know your shit you will fucking slay them (it should be a crime to be that ahead sometimes - best feeling ever :D). Abuse that weak secret package , 99% don't even know what is the most important thing going rogue vs rogue and being 3 steps ahead of your enemy is imo the best feeling ever.
Bamboozle is sometimes killing them when I wait more than half of a match to trigger it and then when for example when I have the upperhand and they need to survive you will most of the time break their taunt for nothing (1/1 minion or just dagger going and most of the time it won't roll a taunt for them - some guys don't count cards all the time and you can burn them smart with dirty tricks etc. ;) being smart and getting rewarded for it doing everything you can to win is my way to have fun and only rogue can give me that - it is addicting tho for sure and that's why I will thank you again => thinking=OP ^^
Great write up!
I'm glad that you gave alex a second chance - she can be invaluable for sure. Also how are your pharaoh cats going? Sometimes I miss them but I haven't got enough place for them and instead after adding thalnos I added even more support as you probably saw on my imgur link because I thought that thalnos needs a package to be even stronger (I was even considering a fan but couldn't find that much space and si7 sometimes is too game changing to lose him).
I got rank 2 and all stars but got down to dia 5 again and gonna try my luck today - if I will come up with any reasonable changes I'll let you know but for I'll try my luck with what I have (copied the deck to have more specific info on my tracker gonna post some notes after todays grind).
Have a wonderful day everyone and stay on the bright side - don't get consumed on the "negativity bias" and stay calm.
Cheers!
first of all thanks for your kind attitude and nice words. As for cats: i personally find this minion is the best turn 1 for rogue. It has a solid body (for example DH can not just kill it with his hero power by its own) and also this is a potential target for your Praise Galakrond!. so if you cut off cats, you are awfully loosing tempo. For example, again, against DH. What will play on turn 1 without a coin to be in tempo against his early minions according to your deck list with no cats in it? Sap? Shiv? Or you just wait till turn 3 to Seal Fate one of his minions? This is very bad for your health. And you probably will not have a chance to come back. But Cat can give you 2 mana minions for the following turn and they are also reborn ones so you are staying in business and can contend the board.
My current list isn't that great vs DH but I came into conclussion that if backstab/seal/praise isn't enough vs them then I lose regardless (god even gala+alex sometimes is not enough when they know their outs and closing with perfect lethal after skulls and altruis ;) also not trying to be salty just giving my 3 cents because sometimes you feel hopeless for sure and going for alex & gala resets sometimes even is not enough but I try to play to the chances) so I decided to follow my personal taste and I don't have any room for cats (dh matchup felt that for sure 10-14 haha) - currently tring out more spell heavy variants switching between one shiv or fan) - d2 right now we will se how it will go ;)
https://imgur.com/a/22sQhUW
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(oh yeah also a thing to note try to play less on nights because after a few matches I sometimes go into weird autopilot mode and missing something that will in the end lose me the match hahah)
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@gm6 gonna try a list with cats today so I'll let you kniow how it went later :P
seems legit. D2 is a very close to legend my friend, just push this shit to that orange icon!
Fan of knives seems very good tech. turn 5 with Thalnos or simply clearing all lackeys against rogue to prevent next turn Toggwagle is sweet.
Waiting on your follow up comments my man. GL!
Hey dud this deck is amazing, since i played this deck i have 3 wins in a row, i know its low, but i didnt loose any matchup, 1 mage and 2 priests, i dont even come to make the otk, if u draw alex with 0 its already mostly a win.
Ouh keep in mind i have the version with Alextrasza
thankz buddy
ye alex gives bonus reach and sometimes the heal is unvaluable - priest matchup is imo the easiest one so you should farm them consistently (this season vs priest I have 12-2)
thank Punisher for your kind words. Deck is awesome, i agree :D share your wr when you are ready, i added mine today. GL!
Okay so I did a small break and apparently it worked like a charm! Got new decklist that got me to diamond 10 at least - gonna try some more tomorrow - I am also curious what do you think maybe for you will be too heavy with alex haha ( https://imgur.com/a/01OkJJ0 ) Have a nice day!
Update after day : got diamond 5 with the same list as above 40-21 going from dia 10 to dia 5 is not that bad I guess but I had a moment where I was getting a star , downranking a star but after some matches I feel more comfortable for sure
Damn, friend, such a good result! Gl on getting legend with this beautiful archetype !
Hello, could i put shadowstep for something? i really like that spell. Its great with toggwagle you can draw another 3 cards cost 0
You don’t need that much cards really. I mean most of the time your hand is 7 and more cards. But experiments with the deck are always welcome. So if I were you, I would cut SI:7 Agent for your shadowstep card. GL!
Imo I wouldn't go for it - this deck has the ability to fill up your hand so sometimes you need to be skilled to just dump your hand in case of playing rod or gala.
In the last 2 days I made ~ 65 matches with it (62%wr) and I tried to make my own variations of it starting from core cards and... you don't have too many places to stick half working cards like shadowstep (can be awesome but could be useless and getting space in hand so imo I wouldn't bother too much because of that. Cheers
https://imgur.com/a/DAq1Iit
Any wise ideas what include for ziliax slot?
Hey there! You can easily go with Maiev Shadowsong or simply Waste Warden. i took Warden.
awesome will try them immediately- I was wondering maybe I will miss some healing but these effects can do it too I guess - will update after some games
Changed to Maiev. Feels more consistant.