LEGEND - Poimlok's Big Dragon Druid
- Last updated Jul 20, 2020 (Pre-Expansion Nerfs)
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Wild
- 14 Minions
- 16 Spells
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Big Druid
- Crafting Cost: 4900
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 7/15/2020 (Pre-Expansion Nerfs)
- PoimlokTTV
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Battle Tag:
PoimlokTTV#1820
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Region:
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Total Deck Rating
385
UPDATE 7/20 - Seeing much more aggro recently. Removed Twin Tyrant and added a 2nd Crystal Power. Allows for additional healing and removal!
Poim is back with the easiest legend of his life! This is now the 6th month in a row I've achieved legend. Need a brainless deck to hit legend? This is it! This type of deck has gone unnoticed for the last few weeks. After the recent nerfs, it has become strong again!
MULLIGAN IS THE HARDEST PART OF THIS DECK!
Mulligan Guide:
Generally, you are aiming to open with Strength in Numbers, Breath of Dreams, Overgrowth, Imprisoned Satyr, & occasionally a DRAGON if you already have Breath, ideally Emerald Explorer.
Against aggro you are probably keeping Wrath and Bogbeam, especially against early DH threats, Pirate Warrior, and any other smorc nonsense.
When you elect to toss or keep cards, think about your turns. For example, you are offered Breath of Dreams, Evasive Drakonid, and Overgrowth as your first three cards; you are probably keeping all three of them, even though Evasive Drakonid isn't in your mulligan guide. This forces an early ramp minion and compliments the Dragon effect of Breath of Dreams.
Against control you typically want to aggressively mulligan for ramp cards and the quest.
Substitutes- if you have a ton of aggro / hunters, you probably should tech in a Crystal Power
Missing the Prime or another big threat? Try adding Alexstrazsa and/or Twin Tyrant!
If you have any questions, feel free to ask them below and I will answer them to the best of my ability! If you enjoy this deck please make sure to toss me an upvote here and visit my twitch channel where I stream almost every single day! You can also add me on Hearthstone or battle.net: PoimlokTTV#1820
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Hey! make sure you are hard mulliganing for wrath and bogbeam... unless your first offer of cards includes both breath, a dragon, and overgrowth. Certainly a tough matchup as Murloc Paladin is very aggressive and wasn't nearly as prominent when I first achieved legend with this list. You could also try adding in x2 crystal power for early removal and potential healing! hope this helps! let me know if you need coaching or spectating at any point for assistance! Thanks so much for your comment and good luck!
Thanks for the offer, really appreciated ! However, I'm gonna be away for a few days (holidays). I'll see what the meta looks like when I come back, and I'll get back to you if I still need help ! ;-)
Thanks once again for your speedy response ! Take care.
What do you think about embiggen? It's usually a dead draw late in the game but with mountseller it could be good
I personally think it's unnecessary and this deck as listed is absolutely strong enough to achieve legend and compete at legend rank
4-0 so far at Diamond-2. (2 - mages:HL and bigspell, 1 - zoo lock, 1 HL hunter). Very nice!
awesome! hit that legend! stay on the grind! good luck!
Replacement for Archspore Msshi'fn ?
Twin Tyrant or Alexstrazsa! Good luck!
It is a nice deck, just seems I am very unlucky. Getting Ysera from the quest half the time so I lose the battlecry :-(
It certainly happens, but a lot of the time it doesn't matter!
Thanks for the deck. It's pretty fun. Currently playing it around 3k legend. I've even won games against DH or Hunter while being on 1 HP, but they can't get past the big taunts so they concede, haha. Mainly my issues have come against Hunter... like when they top deck a kill command, Zephrys the Great, or Zixor Prime to get past your taunts. So if you're playing a lot of Hunters, this may not be the deck to use at the moment. I highly recommend though if you're looking for something a bit off-meta and fun.
Also, in my 12 or so games I've never once played or even drawn Overflow... do you think it's a must keep? I know it has nice Ysera Unleashed synergy, but I feel like there's not enough Control decks out there right now for that combo to actually get pulled off. I feel like I'd almost rather run a Crystal Power instead since it's cheaper and more affordable for health restoration against the abundance of Hunter and occasional Murloc Paladin decks out there at low rank Legend. What are your thoughts on that change?
Thank you so much for your comment. I find hunter is really a coin flip based on each of the players' hands, personally. I think against hunter Mountseller is important, as it helps dodge easy Rotnest turns.
I was coaching a friend earlier and also toying with the idea of adding a crystal power. I think it's a strong card, sometimes you really need 2 damage and other times just a quick 5 heal can win you games like you mentioned earlier. I would probably give it a shot, I may do so myself.
As far as overflow is concerned, I love it. I don't necessarily have it in the list specifically for Ysera, but you are correct that it does have obvious synergy. I find that Overflow healing has saved me in many games. Also helps you refill hand and can heal huge taunts after you make efficient trades. I also find that in some games I end up topdecking and Overflow saves me with the draw power. I love it and I probably would not cut it. IMO!
Thanks so much for your feedback and look forward to hearing how you make it work for you!
Hey, thank you for the deck, it's amazing. I started at rank 3 and got to legend without a single defeat. I don't have Prime and I removed 1 copy of Scrapyard Colossus to add 2 Crystal Power - it increases the survivability or allows to kill small, but annoying creatures and not waste the hits of big boys.
Awesome! Glad it took you to legend! Congratulations! I like those substitutions. Thanks so much for your comment!
You did it again Poimlok! Love the deck, it's very strong right now but as many players are going to start using it, the meta will tech against it soon...well I hope not that soon!
Thanks so much, friend! Much love! Cant wait to brew up some craziness with the next expansion!
No idea how this deck has so many upvotes, went 0/5 in casual. Not gonna dare take this into ranked. You have to get lucky to even have wrath/bogbeam/quest, but every game I just had big minions in my hand and couldn't do anything lol.
That's either atrocious RNG or the inability to correctly pilot the deck. Took this to legend no problem, still win games at 3k legend. If theres a way I can help or you are open to coaching or assistance, please let me know and I'd be glad to help.
Btw, what would you think about Alexstrasza in the deck? Just discovered one and won me a game (against Mage) what would u cut for it? Satyr? I feel often it is a dead card.. to slow ..
I've been running CodyCandy's Big Druid which looks similar to this and has Alex. I'm thinking about trying this one and see which I like better.
ETA: Yup, only missing four cards. Nice!