Full Counter Zihi Shaman (87.5%WR/16 games)
- Last updated Oct 8, 2020 (Scholomance Academy)
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Wild
- 21 Minions
- 9 Spells
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Shudderwock Shaman
- Crafting Cost: 15440
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 10/8/2020 (Scholomance Academy)
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Battle Tag:
JustinStrize#1361
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Region:
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Total Deck Rating
12
Recently started working on this deck and so far it's been surprisingly reliable.
Normal Shudderwock shamans tend to only focus on one win condition which is infinite heals and possibly damage (LifeDrinker) leaving them open to OTK's and other combo decks. With this list, I focused more on adding things to the combo that counter the decks that I constantly run into.
Mojomaster Zihi: Typically you want to go infinite then play him the turn after so all of your Shudderwocks are 1 cost making mana not a problem for anyone but your opponent. But against combo decks, you can play him just to slow down the game and deny their combo turn until you find the rest of your combo.
Coldlight Oracle: This is another card you can use against combo decks by possibly milling their pieces, other than that it's just a really efficient draw and unless you're fighting agro the punish of them drawing cards usually isn't as important and you finding your combo pieces in time. This along with your hero power and Shudderwock can also be a win condition by forcing your opponent into fatigue while you shuffle cards into your deck.
Elise the Trailblazer: I considered using baleful banker to shuffle more Shudderwocks in against fatigue matchups but wheres the fun in that? By using Elise you not only shuffle cards into your deck allowing Coldlight to trigger without pushing you into fatigue as quickly, but you also have tons of value from the packs in the event that Shudderwock fails or something. Feel free to switch it out for a baleful banker but for me, it's just way more fun.
Mulligans:
General: You wanna look for your low mana battlecrys like Questing Explorer, Sandstorm Elemental, Coldlight Oracle and Instructor Fireheart.
Vs Agro: You typically wanna look for Volcano, Antique Healbot, Lurker Below, Torrent, and Sandstorm Elemental. In these matchups I usually don't go infinite and end up playing Shudderwock just to clear and heal but since they're usually not able to clear Shudderwock because of a lack of removal you can just bounce it back with Zola. Also in these matchups, you wanna abstain from playing Coldlight Oracle or Mojomaster Zihi unless absolutely necessary as you gain more use of your mana than they do unless you're already infinite.
Vs Combo: Follow the general mulligans but looking for Zihi early to deny their combo turn is essential, You're also gonna wanna use Coldlight Oracle to try and burn their combo pieces as that usually just forces a concede.
Vs Control: Follow the general mulligans, how you win these matchups is with Elise and Coldlight Oracles, You typically don't have any substantial board in the early game which strands their removal in hand, this allows you to mill them quite easily, in these matchups you also want to use hero power Zola on Elise so that your Shudderwocks (with hero power) shuffle 6 cards in effectively putting you at the fatigue advantage while your Coldlight battlecries push your opponent deeper in.
Feel free to try this deck out and give feedback it's greatly appreciated. I will continue to play it and update the list where I see fit but so far it's feeling pretty good.
-1 coldlight
-1 ooze
-1 healbot
+1 dirty rat
+1 lifedrinker
+1 Plague of Merlocs
Thanks for sharing. Which ranks did you play at? A few remarks :
- Discard lock and token druid can grow too fast.
- I would consider Dirty Rat instead of Elise to have a chance against Razakus.
- except against Secret Mage, Stickyfinger is always better than Ooze, especially since you can't win against Kingsbane otherwise. It also turns Bomb Warrior into a snack.
Edit : Thanks to a single Rat, then Zola into Rat again, then Tour Guide into double Shudderwock, I got Reno, Spawn of Shadows and Illucia from a Razakus, which the Lurker effect then destroyed methodically.
No problem, and thanks for the advice! I actually already swapped out Ooze for Stickyfinger but I just forgot to update the list. On the other things, I'm gonna hop on and make some changes that you guys suggested then update the list on here later when I've played it some more and have valid stats on the new iteration. Oh and I've been playing it in gold and now low plat, I plan to stick with it all the way to legend this season but I just haven't had the time to play.
Reply to edit: God damn I can feel that guys soul imploding, I'm definitely gonna make some changes thanks again for the feedback.
No plague of murlocs to mess priest res pool up?
Yeah, that's my bad, I don't really ever fight res priest but it's still a card that should be in there. I only didn't include it cause I don't own it right now lol
OK ty
first game i Auto milled myself against an iceblock, but still got insulted ! I'm lovin it already :D
That's a rip lmao. You could probably drop one Coldlight for a Plague of Murlocs to prevent stuff like that from happening, I've definitely lost some games to accidental fatigue :P
This deck looks filthy! Can't wait to try it!
Aye thanks! And good luck my guy, hope you have fun with it!
Interesting deck i will defo save up for this and try it, I'm currently running with Shudder yogg and Ctun at the end XD
Now that, that I can get behind, I currently have a Yogg shaman but i can never seem to make it work since Yogg always fills my hand before Grumble triggers lol