LEGEND - Veilbatross Priest
- Last updated Jul 16, 2020 (Pre-Expansion Nerfs)
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Wild
- 11 Minions
- 18 Spells
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Resurrect Priest
- Crafting Cost: 6900
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 4/9/2020 (Outland Release)
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Total Deck Rating
385
I HAVE OFFICIALLY REACHED LEGEND WITH THIS LIST! COME SAY HELLO AT TWITCH.TV/POIMLOK. The inclusion of Albatross prevents non-duplicate decks from using Zeph and Straza and can also ruin the draw of any deck if you copy it enough! It's extremely strong right now! If you have any questions, post them in my Twitch chat when I am live (twitch.tv/poimlok) and I would be happy to answer them! If you would like to friend me through battle.net or Hearthstone, my tag is: Poimlok#11231 [NA]
UPDATE 5/12/20 - I hit Legend for May a few days ago and was going through updating some of my outdated lists. I have recently updated this list to what I am currently running in the meta. Teron Gorefiend creates some seriously whacky plays, especially when you copy him!
UPDATE 5/7/20 - Currently at Rank Diamond 3 post-reset. Piloting a list similar to this without albatross tonight as a test. Will update within 24 hours and post pictures and videos with results!
UPDATE 4/19- Removed an embalming for Breath. Breath slows DH more efficiently and romps a newly popular murloc paladin list! [4/19] Also helps slightly in rogue matchup. Helps against lock board flood, including carpet lock. And helps to slow Totem shaman.
I have now been told by 20+ people they have reached legend with this list.
I would like to mention that I started this climb from the lowest rank possible for a returning player (I believe that was Bronze 10) and have reached LEGEND!
At the time of writing this, I am the only person I've seen running two copies of Sethekk Veilweaver....
My question to you is.... WHY?! The card is absolutely insane.
A few quick tips....
1. Be patient with your spells- take your time every turn and seriously evaluate the turn. You can make some nutty plays if you take your time.
2. SHADOW MADNESS IS BROKEN. You will find yourself taking some lock, druid, and other crazy Primes that you shouldn't even be able to use. It also demolishes aggro and now that it costs 3 mana, it's so damn strong. You'll even find yourself getting the attack reducing priest spell off Sethekk and you can steal some mean stuff from other players.
3. Try to play several turns in advance and keep your dead minion pool to only the cards you want resurrected. Sometimes, this is inevitable. In some matchups, you won't even need to resurrect. A lot of your matchups will be reactionary and defensive.
4. Sometimes it's the right play to drop a Veilweaver on turn 2. But other times.... you should save him for a turn where you can drop 3-5 spells in a single shot with him on the board. He will repopulate your hand with priest spells faster than you think... and getting multiple copies of Soul Mirror from him pretty much gives you an auto-win.
5. This deck is not easy to play by any means. I am a legend player and I'm not sure how well a less-experienced player would be able to see the smart / patient plays.
6. Always remember that MAIVE, the 3/5 DH LEGENDARY, and Galakrond Lock running STRAZA WILL CATCH YOU OFF GUARD. It sounds silly but you need to always make sure you are well out of lethal range because these cards will catch you off guard and make you lose if you aren't expecting them.
7. DO NOT USE BOARD CLEARS UNLESS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY. THIS IS IMPERATIVE.
Mulligan:
Most of the time you want to keep Smite, Penance, Sethekk Veilweaver, Holy Nova, Convincing Infiltrator (control), VARGOTH, Shadow Madness, Albatross
VARGOTH WINS GAMES. In a control matchup, you keep him every single time. In an aggro matchup, you keep him if you have one of the above cards for the early game!
Against aggro you should definitely keep Shadow Madness and Holy Nova
If you have questions message me, any suggestions appreciated and welcomed! Stay positive as Blizzard adds changes to DH so we don't discourage them from adding DKs and Monks! <3
Side note! - I am hosting a tournament on Friday, 4/23 at 9:30pm EST for followers/subs. First come first serve. 6 spots are left. No entry fee. Classic and Basic sets ONLY. No DH. NO HoF. Message me if you would like to participate. I will gift the winner of the tournament 15 packs from the set of his/her choice! More details at Twitch.tv/poimlok.
Check out this playthrough by Tommy Wave! Thanks for piloting!
Ahhhh. This is a tough question! I can't suggest something without first stating the obvious- this card is imperative. If I HAD to replace it, I would probably try Bloodmage Thalnos. Lot of spell damage cards in our list and the card draw is strong. Also syngerizes with resurrections. Hope this helps!
Do you play on Twitch ir something?
I'm so happy when I met this deck, cuz it is free win for me so thx for sharing this nobrain deck haha.
I cannot tell whether this is supposed to be rude or genuine, but thanks for commenting! <3
i just hit legend with this deck! 1st time legend. Thx a lot man!
Btw, this deck is fun af!
So stoked to hear that! Awesome! Congratulations on your first legend experience!
Hell yes it is 😏
If Shadow Madness is broken , why not a 2 of?
Hey man! This is a fair question. I actually was running it with two madness for quite a while- up until about Diamond 5, actually. Some games I was getting stuck with two of them in my hand against spell based decks and it was hurting me badly! Hope this helps!
OK this deck is NUTS!
Sethekk Veilweaver is crazy good! I'm on diamond 8 and currently 4W 0L with this deck!
And it's not the classic resurrect, I often win cycling cards with Sethekk Veilweaver by turn 6!
Cheers
Yesssss! You're slaying, my guy! Keep it up! Thanks for popping in!
Why don't you add deck code? It's annoying to put all those cards into filters...
This is the strangest request I've had... there are only 3 neutral cards... the rest are all priest specific... shouldnt be THAT inconvenient, my friend.
You know you can just click "copy deck" on the right, right? It's under the deck list...
It's right there dude, see the big sign that says "Copy Deck for Hearthstone"? How did you miss this?
edit: question already answered, but not on my screen.
Thanks guys, I didn’t notice it lol
Hey man good job, this such a great deck to play with and have fun. Have you maybe tried using Obelisk quest? I mean it's a guaranteed 1 turn play, your deck already offers a ton of healing options in its core gameplay and once activated (pun intented) turns even the smaller minions into behemoths if left unchecked.
Totally agree on the shadow of madness comment, the card is absolute insane in the current meta!
Anyway congratz, upvoted from me!
Thank you so much! I have definitely considered running Obelisk and have had quite a lot of people tell me to give it a shot. Unfortunately, I do not have the card, so I haven't been able to experiment. If you want to give it a shot, I would suggest removing one smite! Let me know how it goes if you give it a shot. The only thing I have against the quest is that it takes a slot of your starting hand. This could be horrible for this deck conceptually, but again, I haven't tried! Thanks so much for your positivity!
I have been playing this deck a lot yesterday. I think roughly 20 to 30 games.
I think I have an overall winrate of roughly 45% but in all honesty, I'm still making a lot of mistakes. So the deck has definately more potential.
Couple of things that makes this deck hard to play:
1. Shadow Madness and Soul Mirror can screw up your Mass Resurrection and Psychopomp heavily. I have lost several games due to this. So knowing when to use Shadow Madness and Soul Mirror is crucial for getting into positive winrates.
2. Learn how to use Sethekk Veilweaver correctly. I have made mistakes here whereby I kept filling my hands up to 10 cards and burned cards from my deck due to it.
All in all this deck is very fun to play but needs a lot of practice to be used correctly. I'm thinking about replacing the Shadow Madness for a boardclear. It lowers the effectivity of Sethekk Veilweaver a little bit but I think it's still worth it. As there are enough cards to activate Sethekk Veilweaver with.
p.s. The best combo in this deck is definately Archmage Vargoth with Psyche Split on an empty board. 9 mana for 4x Archmage Vargoth with upgraded stats 4 times. That's a rediculous amount of value for 1 turn.
Hey buddy! Thanks for your comment! You've definitely run into the biggest challenges of the deck. I strongly encourage you to keep the list the exact way that it is. Madness can absolutely decimate in certain matches. On my stream yesterday, I went 21-5 in my first 26 games at the legend rank and I genuinely think topdecking shadow madness won me about 5 of those games.
Always remember that in certain matchups, you don't need to focus on your resurrection pool. Some games are simply just fighting to survive long enough that the opponent runs out of steam!
Thanks for giving the list a whirl and not giving up! Let me know if you have any questions and if you wanna see some gameplay I will be streaming today!
Deck has been OK to me..more or less 50/50 with it and find that there a few decks out there straight up stomping me. but one card I am curious about its inclusion that I am surprised I am questioning its inclusion is VARGOTH. While I understand there's relative strength in its power, so long as my own face and my own minions (incl. Varg himself) are potential targets, I feel like it's less than a 50% chance that the spells he repeats work in our own favor. Now for later game spells, assuming Vargoth sticks, I understand there's great power in him, but I am just not seeing minions with staying power in this meta without a deathrattle or reborn bringing them back into play. In my games (about 20), I've only had Vargoth stay on the board if I played him on 4 or early with coin. Never at any other time does he stick long enough to be used with the mega spells...
Maybe it's just me.