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:
US
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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
Following me on Twitch is the best way to show your support! Visit me at twitch.tv/poimlok
I've just trying this deck and I have to say that in the 2 initial games i have lose like 0-30 life points, but when I started playing better, I'm like 6-0
Keep it up! This deck is so powerful with some practice!!! Thanks for your support!!!
This is an awesome deck. I love it. I reached legend last month with a similar one (didn't run Ysera, Prime or overflow and ran only 1 satyr). This is way better!. Thanks for posting and actively supporting it.
Thank you so much for your positive comment! Much love!
awesome deck, i just dont feel Exotic Mountseller fits there
Hey! It really, really does! It helps refill your board when you are stuck with big threats in your hand and also combos with Overflow insanely well. Another thing is.. sometimes you complete the quest and then Mountseller comes out from it and you have a hand of spells, it can really spiral out of control. It also works with quest and crystal power! Hope this helps!
i would love to try this deck, any subs for the prime? EDIT: nevermind, i read further. thank you!
good luck!
Succes rate is good, most of the time I building up the deck and when the dragons come opponents concede
Well, "US player" tag could explain a bit here (I'm from EU) - maybe meta is different there. Anyway, could you link your VODs from plat rank when you play this deck (if they are still available)? I will gladly watch them in my free time.
Well, this deck is trash in plat - you'll get smacked by any kind of aggro/tempo before turn 7, unless you are blessed by RNGJesus and draw a perfect hand at start. Maybe it works at legend, but not at lower ranks...
Edit: Let the downvotes begin! Just look at any site with stats, and you will see. Well, I can even give ss from hsreplay (premium user).
Buddy, if you're losing THAT many games in Platinum with this deck, it simply comes down to your skill as a player. I do not mean this unkindly, but you are very likely incorrectly piloting the list if you cannot reach at least D10 with it. Mulligan is the hardest part of this deck and maybe you haven't quite worked out the correct strategy for it. I strongly urge you to watch either myself or another higher tier player pilot the deck before you criticize. All of my games are saved to my channel and there are examples of every scenario imaginable within them. I hope this helps and if you need any coaching or assistance I would be glad to help you further.
Strangely I'm having a thought period with this deck, people always able to find the right answer to clear my board, plus a bit of unluck with the mulligan. I will try more but at moment I'm a bit disappointed, and I'm always been a huge fan of big druid
I know the feeling. It's something that can happen with all decks, and seems to be dependent on things like time of the day, weekdays or weekends, or which decks are played by a popular streamer.
This weekend most of the decks I'm facing are Pirate Warriors and Treant Druids, with a few Paladins thrown in. Last friday I faced mostly Mages and slower decks. I've been adding some early game stuff like Crystal Merchant and Beeees! and while the early game still is a close call, it does help preventing them from getting too big of a board. After the first few turns it's easier to regain the momentum.
I still concede against Priest though. I've won against Priest a few times with this deck, but I just don't enjoy playing against them as they are right now.
Mulligan is the most difficult part of this list. I'm sorry you're not finding success. If you add me in game, I would happily help you through some games and even planning your mulligans better. PoimlokTTV#1820 or hit me up on twitch and I would happily answer anything live!
This is a great deck, and one that does not break the bank. Not only am I having lots of fun playing this. (Love the flavor, really feels it fits the Druid playstyle) but I was actually surprised how effective this deck can be and how even games where I'm behind can suddenly be turned around.
It's also surprisingly consistent in ramping up, card draw, early removal and keeping up momentum. I've been experimenting with a few variations but I always find myself coming back to your version.
I pulled two Marsh Hydra from packs recently and I've been trying to include them but I'm a bit unsure what (if I should) could remove to make room.
Thanks for sharing your deck with us, as well as for your clear and very helpful advice on how to play it
Marsh Hydra is quite simply too slow and too RANDOM. Untargettable minions DESTROY basically every class in the game to a certain degree. You're right about turning games around. I find myself winning with less than 10 health very frequently. When you play against priest, you are able to keep higher cost cards. You need to HARD push for ramp cards, but if you have even ONE of them (Breath, Over) then you can elect to keep TWO big minions. Sometimes this is the better play against priest, especially if you somehow have quest or ANY untargettables. The soonest priest can deal with untargettable is TURN SEVEN and later. And even after that, they typically have x1 Mirror and x1 Plague. If you play around them efficiently and use Ysera wisely, you should be able to regularly DOMINATE priest. I consider it favorable, personally. Hope this helps! if you have any questions or want any coaching or assistance please let me know! Thank you so much for your feedback!
I played big druid before Ashes, excited to try again. Getting destroyed by priest decks though. Should I tech something to help or is this deck pretty much hopeless against priest.
I usually beat priest, the mulligan is slightly different. I will update the guide to explain further! Hope this will help!
I'd like to thank you for this deck. Works pretty well + it confirms what I suspected for a long time : big druid is much better than embiggen druid (never liked that card !). On the whole, the deck fares really well, you don't need to be a hearthstone genius to pilot it, the only problem I have is how to deal with all those d.m' murloc paladins. They keep swarming the board, and they simply go too fast (+ the murloc that gives toxic to another minion, Toxfin if I recall correctly, is the key card, if they have it......... ) I've tried to tech in a Crystal power (and dropped Overflow - way too expensive), but it's not enough, I only have like a 30% win rate vs murloc pallies. Suggestions are welcome ! Thx.