Hearthpwn

Intro

This is a slightly cheaper DMH warrior deck that is based on Zeddy's ladder version. The backbone of DMH remains mostly unchanged. I dropped Ancharrr since I didn't have it and wanted a bit of a slower deck with an N'zoth package which required some space in the deck.

It does lower the consistency of drawing Risky Skipper, but the addition of more control tools like Zilliax and 2 x Warpath can make up for that against many aggro matchups, as a corrupted Stage Dive can tutor an upgraded Zilliax or Kargath most of the time. Zilliax synergizes nicely with Eternium Rover in the mid game, so keep an eye on possible combo plays against aggro.

Some highlights in late game: Milling mill rogues.

 And stealing Hadro from jade druids giving free Zilliax and DIrty Rat every time it dies (conceded on turn 41 so i couldn't make a nicer screeny of how sad he was when I hit 100 armor):

Or simply surviving C'thun with 30 HP since you build up armor faster than they can chew through it:

 

Game plan

During early game you mostly focus on draw/survival/removal using Risky Skipper + any combinations of Eternium Rover, Armorsmith, Acolyte of Pain.

Kargath Bladefist needs to die at least once. To increase the initial death pool I included Playmaker (you could sub it for Blood Warriors or Faceless Manipulator or Spiritsinger Umbra), allowing for 2 Kargaths on as early as turn 7 to clear. Preferably sacrificing both for early N'zoth turns if necessary in the mid-to late game. If you're running Blood Warriors instead of Playmaker, you can even get N'zoth (or other minions) back on the subsequent (or the same) turn.

Use corrupted versions of Stage Dive for either drawing Zilliax for extra healing or Kargath Bladefist if you really need them against aggro in the early game, otherwise you can cycle Stage Dive into your DMH recursion for draw in the late game.

The late game fun is mostly generated by, for example, having:

1) Brann Bronzebeard + Dirty Rat + Zephrys the Great + Coldlight Oracle

2) or N'Zoth, the Corruptor + Stage Dive (with a few Kargath's in the res pool) + Shield Slam + Brawl in your DMH recursion

There are many ways to play it, but these might be the funnest DMH packages to start with. Package 1 allows fast drawing into fatigue of your opponent or simply clearing their board, package 2 allows for Kargath fun until your opponent gives up due to you having 100+ armor (shuffle decks, jade druid, etc.). Stage Dive + Kargath Prime + Shield Slam on the same turn can be devastating tempo in the late game. One that keeps coming back thanks to DMH.

Zephrys functions as the ultimate defence or offence tool alongside other package in the fatigue game. Just remember that shuffling more than 1 Kargath Prime into your deck inactivates Zephrys the Great, in case you want to save N'Zoth, the Corruptor + Zephrys the Great going into fatigue.

 

Substitutes

I like Stage Dive since it's cheaper and gives an upgrade to Zilliax and I like having a cheap spell to use against counter spell mages. However the original deck runs 2 x Town Crier and leaves out Zilliax + Playmaker in favour for 2 other rush minions (Bloodboil Brute).
Feel free to play with the rush packages how you see fit. If you do not have Zilliax, but own 2 Town Crier, just switch to the cheapest package. The biggest advantage of Town Crier is that it can trigger Risky Skipper for early game aoe, armor and draw purposes.

Blood Warriors works quite well with this package, since you have a lot of AoE effects and damaged minions your hand can fill up fast, whereas Playmaker summons a 2nd copy for free. Faceless Manipulator can also be used to duplicate Kargath, but costs 9 mana in total or a lucky sticking Kargath on turn 4 with a follow-up on 5.

If you have Ancharrr, drop a Warpath for it.