[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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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.
I have a feeling if u dont have Fist.. u cant put tempo on board at all..
Can't seem to win with it :(
Thanks for taking the time to make the deck.
I've just finished crafting it -- and I'm very low tier since I haven't played in a about a year so was hoping for a few wins.
However, I'm 0-3. Reading the comments maybe I've had some bad matchups, but they weren't even close.
I hit Archeologist into Scoundrel, Fireheart and found it underwhelming. I played an early Phaoris that was easily answered by Big Spell Mage.
Chances are I need to learn to navigate the deck better. Could you elaborate in your guide where the power combos are?
And Lorekeeper seems to be a situational card that just sits in my hand. I'm wondering if there's a better substitution for this legendary.
Am I supposed to just collect cards for big swing turns? If so what are the optimal ones I'm looking for? Where am I supposed to use Lightning Bloom for most value?
Sorry for all the questions, but I am genuinely interested in making this deck at least fun to complete with at the lowest rank.
Thank you.
Hi there!
I think since you did not play the game for a few time, first thing you need to do is learn the meta. This deck has a control shape with some nice interactions. I'd say also this deck is not very easy to play with and you might some time to tame it. You need to be really careful with when you use your AoE, what threats your opponent can pull up and how you should answer them. Also is good to know your win condition (control, value or tempo) in every matchups and therefore what to mulligan for. I'll write a little guide
love the deck. thanks bro
how did you manage to face only 7 warriros on your path, literally half of my games are vs warriors and like 20% is small spell mage with 99999999999999 copies of Evocation
gj still, i did legend with my spell shaman previous month too https://www.hearthpwn.com/decks/1362748-legend-spell-shaman , just sad it's only antiaggro archetype right now...
Thanks man !
Maybe you can toss 1 or 2 Vulpera Scoundrel for Wyrmrest Purifier ?
lolol i thought about it last time but i used all dust left to craft epics (archaeologists)
but imo oozes are more useful right now to me coz they break hunter's/dh's/rogue's weapon and especially wrenchcalibur, also the main reason of losing to bomb warriors right now are not bombs but galakrond's hero power as they stomp you to face with 10 damage every turn and you just don't have enough heal and taunts because they clear them with cheap spells
thanks man. I'm gonna build this on payday (after getting caught up on new sets as best I can) I'm really glad you managed to find the right balance.
I ended up building a control warrior deck in the end as it seemed to be more viable, but honestly this still looks like the most fun deck in standard. Now you seem to have found the right version, I feel more confident crafting some cards.
They're all newer cards as well, so I have a chance at drawing them from packs as well.
So, you remove 2 Vulpera Scoundrel and 2 Primordial Studies. Don't you think that 2 Dwarven Archaeologist is alot only for 3 "discover" card? Maybe, replace 1 Dwarven Archaeologist by another card?
Personally I add 1 Witch's Brew
Sure that is fine, you can adapt it to your taste and to the meta
That was a specific question.
I agree with serafim. Saveaj, when do you play archaeologists? Always w8 for fireheart??
I ended up put those cards back, see updated list. If you cut them (for meta card for example) then yes 1 archaeologist is enough
Also to answer your question I keep the archa/fireheart combo only again slow opponents
Maybe fun until D5 but after that just forget about it
I just hit legend with it ;-)
Nice luck you'll be the only one ever
Meant to reply to thread below.
Decent deck, but the idea of big spells plus Phaoris is nothing new. The matchup spread is very similar to Soul Fragment Demon Hunter lists and that deck does better in your weak/ bad matchups. Soul DH beats aggro, easily beats priest because they have no taunts, Warrior is a toss up.
Druid is the common nightmare matchup for both decks but Soul DH has a much better time against mage.
Not to mention that deck is cheaper too!
Overall it’s a serviceable deck, but shaman just needs some CPR right now my friend. Soul DH>Archaeologist Shaman ;{
I agree but in the meantime Archaeologist Shaman beats Soul DH ;)
We all know Shaman class need a reshape like priest had. I just try to make it work.
No point if it does even win the matchup (never faced one so it’s irrelevant). So that point doesn’t hold value when it’s not something people will see on ladder. But hey, respect on trying to make the class you love work!
Why not replace Bandersmosh with LoreKeeper Polkelt, the consistency of getting your big spells for king phaoris seems much better than a random legendary, there are a lot of bad legendaries