Highlander Dragon Reliquary Shaman (counters an...
- Last updated May 1, 2020 (Second DH Nerfs)
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Wild
- 16 Minions
- 13 Spells
- 1 Weapon
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Highlander Shaman
- Crafting Cost: 13940
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 4/15/2020 (Outland DH Nerfs)
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Hey guys!
As always I wanted to create a original AND competitive deck and after a bit of struggling in the ladder I came out with this fabolous deck which is giving me around 70% of WR from gold to diamond, and it looks like somebody is playing it in legend ranks with good results!
You are a FULL CONTROL so remember: Waste cards (for example using a big aoe against small minions) only against aggros.
Against aggro decks you should use wisely your Witch's Brew and Walking Fountain, against these face hunter decks you can keep one of these two cards on the opening hand. A option against aggro decks is to Reveal an Ancestral Spirit through Vulpera Scoundrel or Marshspawn to use on Walking Fountain to heal for 16 HP and trade until 4 minions.
Against Demon Hunters don't be afraid of using Zephrys the Great early only to destroy one of his weapons.
Against control your task is to counter enemy strategies so you should always go for the most value possible. For example against a res priest or a big spell druid you should play your Plague of Murlocs only when you can get the maximum value from this unbelievable debuff. Let them fill the board and bite a bit of your life, then punish them when they forgot the very existance of the Plague. Will be instant concede.
Against all those Prime cards you have also Hex and Earth Shock.
Your control/tempo enemies will be shocked as well.
Of course The Fist of Ra-den shapes the decks archetype. We can say this deck is a mixture of Highlander/dragon and Reliquary of Souls Shaman.
This because, as it was already found out and exploited in some decks, the only 1 MANA legendary card in standard now is the very nice Reliquary of Souls from the Priest which will get very in hand, expecially against aggro. Potentially you can make 4 of those Lifesteal monsters using your 2 1 mana cost spell in the deck + 1 mana spells that you might Reveal with Marshspawn, Vulpera Scoundrel or with the battlecry of Cobalt Spellkin
I hope you guys will try the deck and enjoy, I hope we can find together the way to make this deck even stronger!
Edit 17/04/2020: I chose to remove Mutate which was in the end most of times useless for a Torrent and the WR is increasing ;)
I am posting here a video by Supersenter playing a deck really similar to this that managed to hit Legend and it's making its way to climb the rank:
A couple of other suggestion for new players:
-Against a control deck use your hero power as much as you can to generate more value on the general game count. Example: on turn 2 don't play Thalnos just Hero Power. On turn 6 a 2/3/4 mana card + Hero power instead of a 5/6 mana card. Because that Totem will be somehow "lost forever" (this thing is the same with Paladin control decks).
Of course this only if the game is going slow, DON'T GO for value against aggro and tempo decks if you know they are going to combo you next turn.
-If Sludge Slurper gives you Goblin Lackey, and you have Siamat on your hand, you can summon Siamat on turn 8 giving him Windfury, Divine Shield AND Rush throught the Goblin Lackey, which will be pretty strong.
-It's a option to Hex one of your own minions in extreme face-to-face situations.
-When you have Zephrys the Great on hand, and a board with some minions, you may have a lethal without noticing
Update 01/05/2020 : added The Lurker Below instead of Khartut Defender for more board control, and also to watch that super satisfying animation that the legendary beast has :p
Nice deck but i i think too slow vs DH
I changed Big Ol 'Whelp to Waste warden for combination with Plague of murlocs. I think it might be more effective against priests and druids.
I think its a nice idea... can be also effective against DH's demons and Shaman's totems in this meta...
Another idea can be The Lurker Below which is slower but works also without the plague...
Damn, this deck is so cool!
Currently 4-0 in low Legend, having beaten two Priests, a Mage and a Demon Hunter. The title doesn't lie, this deck literally has counters to everything, and its value is just through the roof. :o
Swapped Evasive Drakonid to Lady Vashj since I fealt the big Dragon might be to slow vs Aggro. Still not sure about Vashj either, thinking about maybe trying cards like Maiev Shadowsong, Acidic Swamp Ooze or even Ancestral Spirit... Any thoughts?
Anyway, great deck there mate!
Maiev Shadowsong sounds interesting, for sure the most interesting between the three cards you suggest... BTW I am happy to hear that you have beaten two priests in a row cause they are among the most difficult match ups for me... They can generate even more value than us with Galakrond... I almost never beat them in fatigue games... I manage to beat them almost only during the mid game... having a big board he cannot clear or something like this...
Nice deck! I'm going to try it now it seems really fun
Super! Let us know how it's going!
I've played this deck a good bit, and had strong success at Legend Rank with it going 7-3 so far! I made a video showing some insane games with this deck, and I hope it helps you learn how to navigate it, I will say that I swapped in Bandersmosh because I think it's a ton of fun!
I've had pretty good success with this deck at low Legend ranks actually. 5-3 so far with, and it's a ton of fun getting to Fist your opponents.
I am very glad to hear it!
Keep us updated on your WR!
It's true... I find often myself auto-countering my HL strategy with multiple reliquaries.. Still wondering if it's worth it or not... Against a fast aggro deck I think is better to have multiple reliquaries than using Alexstrasza or Zephrys. Maybe an option would be to switch from Highlander to pure control reliquary dragon but then the deck would miss two big potential winning conditions (Zephrys on a filled board early on won me lots of games like I were an aggro deck.. And the Dragon Queen it's just OP)
A solution can be to make only one reliquary against control/tempo decks. Legendaries coming out from 3 mana spells are also nice: there are Prime cards that come very in handy like Zixor, Apex Predator
I have two one mana spells and Cobalt Spellkin in my deck so I have to decide sometimes if I want a second reliquary in my deck. If it is early enough in the game you may take the risk. Later on especially if you have Zephyr in hand I would really think about it because you may need to play him any time if you run into trouble. In my experience non highlander decks are not that good because you lose some win conditions.
I made a couple changes, like throwing in Lady Vashj. Overall I'm 4-1 in Legend rank though, and the deck is a ton of fun!
Sounds great! Which card you replaced with Lady Vashj?
Really? In my experience she is useless.
Be careful with those reliquaries. I am playing highlander as well and I screwed my highlander deck up already twice by shuffling two reliquaries in it. Now I really think about it before casting a second 1 mana cost spell