Highlander Malygos Shaman (70% WR)
- Last updated Jun 1, 2020 (Second DH Nerfs)
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Wild
- 18 Minions
- 11 Spells
- 1 Weapon
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Highlander Shaman
- Crafting Cost: 18180
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 5/23/2020 (Second DH Nerfs)
- Saveaj
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Battle Tag:
Saveaj#2720
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Total Deck Rating
71
Hello there! This the first time I share a deck there. I feel my creation is working pretty good so far so I wanted to share it. I climbed from 13k to 3k legend with this Highlander Malygos shaman deck. Overall 70% winrate over 58 games !
If it get support or comments I can detail the playstyle and match-ups I encounter
Good luck on ladder !
Here is a video with 4:39 : Hunter 15:16 : Rogue 26:57 : Demon Hunter
Edit: First thanks for the support and the feedbacks! I have now 131 games with the deck (half with this version) for 60% WR. I am also working on a better version of the deck ! and will go for legend with it in june.
Pirate Warrior and Malygos Warlock became popular after I posted the deck and those are bad matchups. But still it is not the most encounter on ladder. Here is a description of matchups from best to worse:
Demon Hunter : 75% WR. This is your best matchup. Mulligan for Serpentshrine Portal, Lightning Bolt, Zephrys the GreatAcidic Swamp Ooze and Hagatha's Scheme. Also for Marchpawn and Torrent especially if on coin or if you already have a spell to activate them. Frozen Shadowweaver and Bone Wraith might also be good keep. You need here to deal asap with all the threats he puts on the board and save your life total as much as you can.
Hunter : 65% WR. Same mulligan as for DH. This is mostly Highlander Hunter that you'll encounter (because it is one of the best deck currently) but you might find face hunters. I'd say you want Witch's Brew also
Rogue : 59% WR Rogues can't heal so you want to go for Malygos combo. Normally they don't pressure you so much in early game so look for Lady Vashj, The Fist of Ra-den,Bandersmosh, Serpentshrine Portal, Harrison Jones and Hex for Edwin VanCleef. Also fine to keep Hagatha's SchemeLightning Breath
Warlock : 58% WR You are favoured against zoo so mulligan same as Hunter/DH but lately we see more Malygos warlock so look for Zephrys the Great, Lady Vashj, Bandersmosh, The Fist of Ra-den. You want to be asap on the board to pressure his life total and try to get you malygos combo before him. Also try to keep you life total as high as possible. But most of the time they are faster than you.
Priest : 56% WR. Mostly that will be Galakrond Priest. Also I have positive WR, most of the time I'd it is a bad matchup. They can deal with all your threats and heal for a lot so it is a very difficult match. You have to be careful about Shadow Madness. Basically hard mulligan for Lady Vashj here and hope that he use Renew early so he can't heat after your Alexstrasza.
Druid : 53% WR. This is like even match up. Sometime he do druid thing and there is not so much you can do about it but you have you chances. Go for early board and AoE cards to pressure and deal with waves of Glowfly Swarm.
Mage : 50% WR This is really even match up. You have better late game than him so just be ready to handle Power of Creation and Dragonqueen Alexstrasza. Also be careful about The Amazing Reno after turn 10. Go for Hagatha Scheme, Lady Vashj and The Fist of Ra-den in priority
Warrior : 40% WR This might be the worst machtup. Either Enrage Warrior (best deck in the game when played correctly) or this new aggro pirate warrior. Go for Same mullgan as Hunter/DH. I'd say you have better chances against enrage warrior (did not encounter a lot) Mulligan for Acidic Swamp Ooze, Hex, Harrison Jones, Zephrys the Great, Frozen Shadoweaver and Hagatha's Scheme in priority
Paladin and Shaman I have only 4 games for each so it is not very representative. Paladin you should mulligan the same as DH and hunter since it is more likely to be murlocs and keep Hex against libram. Shaman is most likely to be control so look for Lady Vashj in priority
Replacements :
Lady Vashj/Alexstrasza/Jepetto Joybuzz -> Frizz Kindleroost
The Lurker Below -> Waste Warden or Siamat
Bandersmosh and The Fist of Ra-den -> Swampqueen Hagatha, Vulpera Scoundrel, Escaped Manasaber
Very thoughtful deck. I removed 1 Harrison Jones / Witch's Brew and added Swampqueen Hagatha + Eye of the Storm. Currently at 7k legend, 8-1
Any changes for june? Really enjoying the deck :)
any replacement for Lady Vashj?
She is really important to the deck but you can also play Frizz Kindleroot instead
Hey guys,
I tried out this deck and made a showcase of it! I had a nice game against reno mage and tempo dh. I have to say I got quite carried by Bandersmosh and was very surprised how good it was. Timestamps are in the video if you just want to check out particular matchup :)
I hope you can enjoy the video
Bandersmosh is ok. Its a dead card if it doesnt turn into something useful which makes it inconsistent if you play some games you ll see. And Priestress of Fury is still great in the right Tempo DH deck - you just got lucky he draw terrible and you had witches brew. On average it will be the other way around. I played 200 games DH and like 200 games of shaman (highlander) and shaman only has a chance with brew and without DH mobs the floor with it (every normal DH gets some ticks off their weapon, and plays Priestress on turn 5 with minions on board)
I can agree with u with bandersmosh but cannot agree with priestess. One of the reasons I got "lucky" he drew terrible is because he is playing priestess in the first place. I have played over 600 games with dh since release and if you want to play T1 DH you are not playing priestess.
The only thing I'm missing is Alexstrazsa, maybe I could replace with Frizz? What are your thoughts?
I'd say replace it with either Khartut Defender, Swampqueen Hagatha or Siamat.
Very fun!
I am currently on a 80% win percentage after 5 matches at rank 4.
I did however swap Jepetto for Frizz Kindleroot because I dont have Jepetto. For now that feels ok.
Nice that it works well for you ! Indeed Frizz is a nice replacement for jepetto, I might consider it also
The high win percentage didn't last, but I am having fun. Currently on a 54% win rate but also playing other decks.
Did you try the change? If so, did it work out or is jepetto just better?
No I prefer Jepetto because it bring what this deck (and the class) miss the most: card draw.
Well I tried it and my results were very different. Lucky I didn't really care about losing legend ranks and just trying out decks because this just isn't working for me. I have a positive win rate with kibbler's control shaman deck which has a lot more control tools. This doesn't really work in the games I have tried.
First game - murloc paladin. Lost by turn 5 nothing I can do. Seems unfavoured.
Second game - vs aggro DH barely won.
Third game - vs shaman - lose by turn 6 - evolve shaman just evolves things nothing I can do but unlucky.
Fourth game - spell druid lose since not enough board clears in my hand to deal with his tokens and he won for double savage roar.
Fifth game - vs maly druid i made a big board by turn 5 and he cleared the whole thing using two wraith, bogbeam, swipe, moonfire and crystal power (a lot of cards). However, he used ysera unleashed to create a board full of huge dragons. he was playing the maly version with alexstraza. There was no way to win. Too much draw and too much consistency and unanswerable boards which are too big even for earthquake.
The trouble with this deck is the early game is so weak and to not lose vs very consistent decks you need to draw specific cards at the right time. The deck can't really race. Sorry to say but it feels like a less consistent and strictly worse version of quest warlock (a deck which in my view is probably the best deck in the game when played right).
Hi there,
For sure the deck is hard to pilot, I admit. Maybe I highrolled on 60 games or I had better matchups.
Paladin murloc I did not encounter any tbh, only libram paladin. but yeah should be unfavoured especially if he got a lot of shield with the dragon. I'd say muligan for zephrys ooze breathe freeze cards and any early minions
Evolve shaman I encounter just one time and was very thigh match since he evolve his elementalist into untargetable 7/7 but I also far sighed into dragon queen.
Spell druid although I manage to take some win is still hard when he draw the nuts. lurker zephrys rumbler scheme and any early game minions is good. fist also if you have some spells like brew or portal.
Yea 5th game is the nuts from druid clearly
For the quest warlock I like the deck but I beat the 2 I encountered looking at my replay.
Overall I don't think you got enough game to conclude and you got not the best match up which are DH hunters and rogues I'd say. I repeat but the deck is hard to pilot (I am a shaman lover with 3000wins). Also you might have been unlucky with the games. I just saw kibler list and he don't have more early game. more control tools maybe but not so much more. You can still make some changes to fit you play style.
Considering druid and murloc paladin, if they become more popular I might add Lightning Storm and/or Waste Warden
Anyway thank you for the feedback !