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!
No link, bro, I play via phone. You can add me as a friend in the game and I will show you how I pilot this deck.
you can play this deck any rank. Usually on low ranks people do more mistakes, so If you play well, your chances to win are higher.
Ok, dude, I spent one hour to make it happen. My first video failed to be recorded, so I tried again and successfully got the video. Hope you will enjoy the win (there are 2 games on the video, the second is victory).
Replace 4 alex?
Khartut defender will be fine, I suppose. Try it.
Geppetto might be nice
Missing 3 Legendary card: Flik Skyshiv, Heistbaron Togwaggle and Alexstrasza. With which cards I could swap them with? I was thinking about Bloodmage Thalnos and 2x Khartut Defender.
I am afraid that you can not replace heistbaron... he is one of two tools to cheapen your key cards.
flik is pretty necessary, because it is a very versatile card to deal with threats, especially against resurrect priest. You can try to swap it with sap. But I cannot guarantee that this is a good replacement...
as for Alex - you can try to replace it with thalnos, additional card draw and spd + it is a good tempo play.
Well, I dont have spare 1600 dust to craft Heistbaron :/ And also Maly always come to hand before I can play Gala. I dissed a lot of card :D (Veranus, Loki, some epics) and I have it :D Hopefully it will work) Swapped with Prep
Any replacements for Malygos
You can easily replace him with any other +5 spell damage card.
Hmm, I'll just get 5 Kobold Geomancers on the board. easy.
Don't listen to the haters, just replace him with a new deck that he isnt essential in maybe a patron warrior
First off thanks for the deck gm6! Similar to others I was looking for a twist on rogue to play on the ladder and this is the kinda fun I like to have in HS--high risk/high reward.
Second, this right here:
This should be a lyric in "Joy & Pain" 'cause it's that's the track that plays in my head while I was running this for ~20 games.
Finally, any recommended replacements for those of us who missed Boomsday and don't want to craft the soon to be rotating Zilliax or SN1P-SN4P?
Thanks again for the deck and tossing up the guide, too...
Hey MrXzavy! Thank you for your feedback!
these 2 cards are not essential here. Zilliax here is for potential healing and absorbing damage, while he have taunt. So basically you can easily replace it withKhartut Defender. He will even heal you more.
as for snip-snap - this is a good tempo play minion, who have nice stats and deathrattle with two bodies 1/1. This is IMO the best tempo 3 mana card. You can try a basic card instead,Razorfen Hunter.
I was looking for a nice Maly-Rogue to try out but I couldn't found anyone that convince me... until now jaja.
Thanks dude, it's preety fun so far. I'll keep playing it for a while probably.
You are welcome mate!
i cant tell you about downvotes, and all in all your arguments are pretty logic, but you are missing early Van Cleef combo without preparation.
Rogue is my favourite class since beta, and turn 2 with coin in hand + backstab + prep + eviscerate making 10\10 Edwin won me TONS of games. Plus on todays meta there are not much classes who can deal with it early game. So preparation is still essential for me.
At the end of the day, this deck recipe works for me, you can see MY winrate, i am not forcing anybody to use it blindly. If you hit legend at least once, you know that you always adapt your deck while laddering. And i will tell even cooler thing: at the very first build i started with 2 preps :D
Preparation is a must have here.
You can support your Edwin With it and Also on turn 8: lackey+Heistbaron Togwaggle+Preparation+Wondrous Wand=value
Each Umbral Skulker adds 3 The Coin to you hand. Preparation isnt necessary.
Edit: Downvotes... Seriously? The guy said you NEED prep... Malygos, 2x Sinister Sinister Strike, 2x Eviscerate, 5x coin... 34 damage... That's assuming the 7 0-cost cards you get from Galakrond and Wonderous Wand don't hit any of the combo pieces.
Sure, Preperation can work... Or, we can not clog up the deck with unnecessary 0 cost cards, instead of stall/clear pieces...
I hate being told I'm wrong too, but grow up.
I play similar deck but with 3 different cards:
-1 preparation, -1 Bone Wraith, -1 SN1P-SN4P
+2 Khartut Defender, +1 Togwaggle's Scheme
It helps a lot especially against hunters and priests which are bad match ups for this deck.