[Legend] Archaeoloking Shaman [75% - B10 to D5 ...
- Last updated Sep 13, 2020 (Scholomance Academy)
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Wild
- 11 Minions
- 18 Spells
- 1 Weapon
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Control Shaman
- Crafting Cost: 10800
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 9/3/2020 (Scholomance Academy)
- Saveaj
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Battle Tag:
Saveaj#2720
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Region:
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Total Deck Rating
71
This deck is an adventure. You stuff yourself with your Fist The Fist of Ra-den, your books Primordial Studies and your best mates Dwarven Archaeologist to dig for Heathstone temple wonders.
Hopefully you and your buddy the Groundskeeper learned your Scholomance lesson well to be able to fight the monsters you may encounter with Devolving Missiles, Torrent Earthquake, Tidal Wave Eye of the Storm and Hagatha's Scheme .
Now you can dig for Vulpera Scoundrel, Marshspawn , Primordial Studies and especially Instructor Fireheart wonders. If you are a good archaeologist you'll eventually find the King Phaoris to unleash the true power of Hearthstone's temple. And if you search well in the corners you'll even get there faster with the Lorekeeper Polkelt and his Far Sight or with Jepetto Joybuzz.
For the most enthusiasts you also have the Bandersmosh sidequest.
Dig well and have fun !
EDIT 13/09/20:
Mulligan :
This deck highly depends on the meta (It's not straight up GA druid that is overall good). You want to target aggro which were very abondant early september. The rise of bomb warior or different types of mages is no good new for this deck (but you still can adapt).
In the Mulligan always keep Hagatha's Scheme against every matchs.
Against aggro also keep Devolving Missiles, Groundkeeper and Torrent in priority. If on coin or already have Devolving Missiles or Primordial Studies always keep Marshpawn. Dwarven Archaelogist, Vulpera Scoundrel and Instructor Fireheart can also be kept and played on curve for tempo. Lightning Bloom can be a keep too if you already have Tidalwaveor Earthquake.
Against midrande deck like Paladin keep The Fist of Ra-den and Devolving Missiles
Against Control like Priest keep Lorekeeper Polkelt, The Fist of Ra-den, Vulpera Scoundrel and Marshpawn. Although be careful with playing the fist as they might play weapons destruction (especially in Highlander build) so try to make some value before they destruct it. Try to pull up the combos Dwarven Archaeologist + Fireheart Instructor and Lorekeeper Polkelt + Far Sight.
Overall guidelines:
Always to keep your schemes as long as possible, use your health as a ressource. In the meantime stay safe from potential lethal from your opponent (always calculate how much can your opponent deal to your face in the next turn) Don't hesitate to throw minions for tempo against aggressive opponents. Against slower keep Dwarven Archaeologist for combo with discover card and always one for Fireheart Instructor. The Fist of Ra-den is an amazing card in this deck. Best use of it is at 10 with Eye of the Storm and 1 cost spells. On 10 you have 50% chance to hit Deathwing, Collossus of the moon or Kalecgos plus 15/18 worth of taunts. For 1 you'll always hit Reliquary of Souls for extra value against control or healing vs aggro.
Feel free to adapt to the meta at your rank with some cards listed below. You can remove cards from the discover package.
EDIT 10/09/20:
After yesterday nerfs, I decided to switch to original version of the deck (only 2 change below) and I went 11-3 in final push to legend! :D
Out: Jepetto Joybuzz & Bandersmosh/ In : 2 x Lightning Bloom
Blooms are OP overall and in this deck too! You can play all your big card 2 turn earlier (AoE vs Aggro and Phaoris against mid and control. Also great with Fireheart combo
Overall I think this version is very stable. You can still remove some cards of the discover package to add some meta cards listed below:
Considerations/meta-adjustments : Runic Carvings, Educated Elekk, Kobold Stickyfinger, Acidic Swamp Ooze, Plague of Murlocs, Serpentshrine Portal, Archivist Elysiana, Witch's Brew, Walking Fountain, Speaker Gidra, Wandmaker, Bandersmosh, The Lurker Below
Showcase from a french streamer with my original version:
Matchups :
Favorable : Face Hunter (18-5) / Soul & Aggro DH (10-4) / Zoolock (5-2), , Shaman (3-0)
Aggro matchups = EZ win
Slightly favorable : Rogues (16-13)
Rogues sometimes do crazy stuff and weapon rogue can be hard to stop but overall a favorable matchup and way more since the nerf of Secret Passage
Even : Paladin (4-6), Priest (10-8)
Paladin can be though if you don't hit Devolving Missiles or Hagatha's Schemes. Divine shield can be though to deal with. Regarding priests (I hate this match-up and class atm so hard xD) it is gonna be a strong battle of tempo/value. If he drops Galakrond, the Unspeakable early then you lose the value game and you'll have to play the tempo game to perfection. Be careful with Soul Mirror and Murozond the Infinite. Not all priest play Plague of Death so pry for that. I'd say Dwarven Archaeologist/Instructor Fireheart combo and Bandersmosh are your best win condition (Archivist Elysiana, Dragonqueen Alexstrasza late, Ysera Unleashed, Lord Jaraxxus, 2nd King Phaoris, Tirion Fordring for 15 dmg weapon, ...). So much to say but overall stay calm and breathe xD
Slightly unfavorable : Druid (13-9), Warrior (2-5)
Ok I don't know how I am 13-9 there because I think this matchup is hard! You simply can't deal with Survival of the Fittest, but you still have a decent chance to kill him before this stage. The Fist of Ra-den is the best card in the matchup. Fireheart Instructor and other early minions help a lot. Lorekeeper Polkelt is also great to get the King Phaoris ASAP before they play Survival of the Fittest
Regarding warrior, I think you also have decent chances but if you face a lot of them you might want to add Kobold Stickyfinger and/or Acidic Swamp Ooze or even Witch's Brew.
Unfavorable : Mage (7-10)
I faced a lot of different mages. Turtle mage is by far the worst matchup (but did not encounter so far) also mozaki mage is bad matchup. Highlander is also difficult and Tempo mage is more favorable. But with the last 2 you have more chances. Once against battle for tempo is the key. Reno the Relicologist is direct counter to Phaoris. As you see 7-10 is not so bad.
Yea that is fine, I had it in first version. I put Bandersmosh because I love the card
I really want to like this deck but the lack of healing against miracle rogue has been a death sentence. I also don't have archaelogists but I'm not sure if they would really swing the match up much either way due to how easy it is for miracle to have power turns.
It's more regarding bomb warrior I'd say rather than miracle rogue. You can still put witch brew instead of the archaeologist if you need health. The combo is very cool but you can still win without it
No they hardly see real use. In most cases they are dead cards
Is the lurker below crucial? I can't craft him right now and maybe there is something I can put in this deck instead of it.
Indeed no. Just put any tempo card here like serpentshire portal
been away from the game since 2018. need to craft a deck, could this be the deck for me? i used to play loads of control shaman, so is this something I might pick up fast, or does it use lots of new mechanics, please?
If you enjoyed control shaman then it's definetely a deck for you. There no new mechanics I think. It is simply a big spells control deck with a bit of discover combos.
Although this deck can get you to legend, it costs a lot of dust, isn't easy to pilot and is not part of the best decks in the game (Shaman class is one of the worse in the game atm). Also there is some nerfs that comes in few days (but doesn't affect this deck) so the meta might change a bit.
Overall tbh I can't recommend crafting this deck, especially if you miss a lot of cards. But in the end it is up to you ;-)
I only have hagatha's scheme.
I have no deck to play right now though. I don't have any cards really after league of shadows.
Any decks you would recommend, please?
For little dust I'd say go for aggro demon hunter or face hunter
I do already have some up to date demon hunter stuff, so only will cost me about 5k. definitely a cheaper option.
still really tempted to make something like this deck. I like decks with lots of legendaries, and control decks are one of my preferred styles as well.
I used to play a lot of control warlock, but I switched to control shaman last time I was playing with cards like kragwa and shudderwok (amazing times)
I don't really care about having tier one meta decks, I'm more into fun decks that can exploit the meta. This deck seems like it ticks those boxes.
I could maybe cut some cards to bring the price down a bit or something, do you think?
If there are a lot of aggro decks right now though, this deck should clean up.
Sure you can cut one archaeologist, Rumblers, Bandersmosh and lurker too. Only Phaoris, Fireheart and the Fist are core
This is actually my deck with a few modifications, thanks for giving me credit.
I didn't look anywhere to create my deck. Looked at yours but they are nowhere close to mine.
Its obviously my deck - card draw + more big spells. A coincidence that it came out a few days after I posted? Maybe.
you really think you are the center of the world? everybody copy you ? come on!
Also your deck is quest fireheart OTK how's that close to mine ??
I Play shaman all the time I have 3k wins with it and I probably cover every shaman deck possibilities before you even come to think about it
No one was playing Fireheart archelogist discover combo before I posted it, and a lot more of the cards are the same, not only the class cards but the neutral cards. Besides the fact that I mentioned King Pharis in the description and have big spell cards to activate groundskeep and draw spells(which also no one else was doing). I can appreciate the fact that you saw my list and said "Hey I can modify this and make it work differently" but to pretend like you created it just shortly after I posted it is just shameless.
I've created a few decks in spare my time that people end up using or taking the main ideas from and modifying them but its just annoying sometimes that no one wants even say "hey I got the main idea from this guy".
I also created the popular version of shaman highlander with dragons. Sheesh you're not the only one who plays shaman alot. I've also created other class decks that got pretty big too.
And there is the possibility of coincidence and that like minds create similar decks because we have the same card pool, but like I said earlier most likely you took the main components of my deck and made yours with a nice write up.
Whatever I'm done anyway not like I get paid for this anyways just spent hours everyday on it for fun.
That's a coincidence dude stop that. I thought about this combo on day 1, as many other did I am sure. As I am sure many other theorycrafted it (archaeologist/fireheart combo)
TheFishou, a french streamer, showcased this deck if you're interested ;-)