[BRM] OTK Burst Priest
- Last updated Apr 24, 2015 (Blackrock Launch)
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Wild
- 15 Minions
- 15 Spells
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Unknown
- Crafting Cost: 5800
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 3/31/2015 (Undertaker Nerf)
- Xenocide_HS
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Battle Tag:
Xeno#1555
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Region:
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Total Deck Rating
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Props to Genocide51 for the idea on this one. Basically the main combo in this deck is to stall the board long enough for you to draw into Emperor Thaurissan, Prophet Velen, 2 Mind Blasts, Velen's Chosen, and a Holy Smite in order to kill the opponent in one turn!
Although the main combo involves killing your opponent in one turn, there are other ways to win. The deck does not solely rely upon one combo to win the game. In fact, I've won most games by dealing about 15 damage to the opponent with the taunts and other minions throughout the game, and then I finish them with a few pieces of the combo.
The Combo: This deck has the ability to deal 30+ damage on turn 10 with the combination of playing Emperor Thaurissan on turn 9 (or whenever you get the combo cards in hand), reducing the cost of all of the cards in your hand by 1 at the end of your turn. Then, on the next turn, you will be able to play Prophet Velen with the buff from Velen's Chosen and burst your opponent to death using 2 Mind Blasts (dealing 12 damage each for 1 mana) and a Holy Smite to do the remaining 6 damage. Because of Emperor Thaurissan, Prophet Velen will be 6 mana, Velen's Chosen will be 2 mana, Holy Smite will be 0 mana, and together the Mind Blasts will cost 2 mana, making a total of 10 mana and 30 damage on turn 10 (assuming there is no other friendly minion on board who already has a Spell Damage +1).
Who need's Ice Block? One health and I won.
This deck has plenty of stall mechanics and plenty of draw, so it is be feasible, just as Freeze Mage is feasible. Good luck against Warriors, but other than that, I see this working. Addressing the inclusion of Alexstrasza, I believe she fits in the deck because, if all else fails, you still have enough burst to kill the opponent with Alexstrasza, Bloodmage Thalnos, Holy Smite, and Mind Blasts. It could also make the Warrior match-up winnable because, unlike Freeze Mage, this Priest will be able to burst 30+ damage, which means a Warrior could have 30 health and 15 armor when you use Alexstrasza, putting the Warrior in killing range. The Freeze Mage doesn't have this much burst so the Warrior's armor ends up saving the Warrior in that match-up and the Warrior wins with ease because the Mage runs out of burn. In the Hunter match-up, the heal from Alexstrasza is often game changing. If you don't have Alexstrasza, the best replacement is probably Ragnaros the Firelord.
Resurrect fits perfectly in this deck because it acts almost as a Duplicate. The RNG can also be controlled so as to always bring back a minion with Taunt. For example, you could play a Deathlord as your first minion on turn 3 or 2 (if you have coin) and resurrect it immediately after it dies. Either way, Resurrect almost can't bring back a bad minion if played later on in the game; it will almost certainly either bring back a minion with Taunt, or a minion that will provide card draw.
Lightbomb is one of the most powerful clears in the game. It is very challenging to replace this card, but if you don't have Lightbombs, I would suggest replacing them with another copy of the Auchenai Soulpriest and Circle of Healing combo to clear the board.
Bloodmage Thalnos is great for the spell damage if you want more value from your Holy Nova, or other clears. It's also a decent minion to play on turn 2 to draw some cards. If you have Resurrect and another taunt in hand, I would hesitate to play Bloodmage Thalnos on turn 2 because you want to resurrect a taunt over a Bloodmage Thalnos. If you don't have it, replace it with a Loothoarder or a Kobold Geomancer, depending if you value the card draw or the spell damage more. I would suggest the Loothoarder, however.
Note: OTK means "one turn kill" for those who did not know.
UPDATE 1.1:
UPDATE 1.1: This deck is viable. I've tested it and face hunter doesn't stand a chance. Here is the counter we've been searching for! Resurrect is strong if you use it correctly.
Update 1.2:
Update 1.2: I've added the Auchenai Soulpriest and Circle of Healing combination to help with match-ups against midrange decks. Auchenai Soulpriest is also a solid 4 drop (something the deck was originally lacking) which can help clear the board with the Priest hero power as well as with Circle of Healing. I'm also considering adding Holy Fires into the deck. If Freeze mage becomes very popular on ladder, Kezan Mystic might have a spot in this deck as well. Thank you for all of the constructive criticism!
Update 1.3:
Update 1.3: I've swapped out 1 Acolyte of Pain and 1 Holy Smite for 2 Annoy-o-Trons to have a stronger early game. The early taunt is important.
This deck works very well for me in lower ranks and is tons of fun. Really great job there.Two things that I encountered so far that make me say, that this game is more than a gimmick:
This makes me think, that it might be quite consistent. Thank you for the deck.
PS: The low amount of control warrior in the meta today helps it a lot :)
Thanks! I appreciate that a lot! There are a lot of control warriors at higher ranks right now, but the meta changes every day so it depends haha. Thanks for the comment!
I just beat a similar deck with my Midrange Warrior. He only got 10 damage out of his burst (single mindblast), and then drew himself to death. I had 14 cards when he started fatiguing. I guess maybe I got a little lucky having the right answers, getting alot of value out of my weapons and minions etc. But it just seemed really silly in the beginning and near the end. Like what is this guy possibly drawing for?? Then once the burst came, and I could contain it I was like "okay... what now? you're almost out of cards"
Maybe the guy I was facing got too 'draw happy'. He even took control of my Acolyte of Pain and drew some more cards. And even used Circle of Healing on a 5-minion board to draw a bunch of cards. And there were a few turns when he held 10cards.. He even played 2x Azure Drake iirc. Ontop of 2xNorthshire, 2xPowerShield, the card draw for 1turn miracle combo seems excessive. Oh yeah he also played 2x Ressurect near the END of the game... i guess he was hoping to res Prophet Velen.. lol but got a Northshire instead.
Personally I'm not a fan of Combo/OTK decks, my playstyle is Midrange/Control. But I just thought I'd offer my feedback playing against this deck, hopefully it was insightful? o3o"
not really, since Warrior is the hard counter anyway ^^
Lol ahh okay, sorry i still need to wrap my head around deck matchups.
I just tried this deck for some games, and I like it (although it plays boring).
I don't have Bloodmage Thalnos so I replaced him with Malygos, which feels more stable than a gnome / goblin: It adds another burst possibility if you don't draw Prophet Velen and helped me a lot in the games I had. Occassionally he is even Stronger than Prophet Velen, since he gives Smite and especially holy nova an EXTREME damage burst, if you can use them both.
I crafted a Prophet Velen to play this deck because it looked fun. After a load of tries in casual, I am regretting my decision. I don't see how this deck is possibly viable in the current meta. Still a very cool design. Here's hoping this (or another Velen centered deck) is viable sometime in the future...
Malygos?
Malygos could be pretty good, might have a spot in this deck
I use Malygos instead of Bloodmage Thalnos and I enjoy it a lot. Can be played to stall or to try if it is safe to play Prophet Velen, or simply as finisher instead of Prophet Velen.
Works nice!
First game with this deck I took it into Casual mode against a midrange Hunter. He's spamming me "Greetings, traveler" the entire time. I carefully played around all of his secrets and played very patiently. We get down to our final two cards and it's clearly over and he concedes. Then he added me and told me I won because of RNG and to go kill myself and the usual stuff. I managed to say "this is casual mode, get over it" before he unfriended me.
Anyway, it's a fun deck. This one goes out to you, Recaliber, wherever you are.
Lol typical hunter..thanks man!
Okay, i registered to comment this deck. Played nearly 40 games with it with winrate near 50-55%, which is quite good for experimental decks i think.
Some observations:
spanish inquisitionburst combo from priest, so it's easy to trick an opponent. Your deck seems to your opponent as usual priest control deck. Let them think you are helpless, they often trade health for board opportunity, leaving 20 or less health to your combo.At all, very fun deck, much more interesting for me than a freeze mage, thank's for this idea, for current meta it's really good deck.
Thanks, glad it's been working well for you! The meta seems like it's almost all aggro some days so having a deck like this in your rotation is pretty nice.
I actually made a new account just so comment on this Deck!
PROS
+Super Fun
+Makes people rage! Ex. Double Rez Emp or Deathlord.
+has some decent combo opportunities
+Grin Patron = GTFO
CONS
-Relies too high on getting a good starting hand Ex. No deathlord vs aggro = lose.
-Doesnt have answers to high ramps, And gets out tempo'd easy.
-Slow build up, Loses to Zoo(once again mulligan dependent)
Over all its still one of the funniest/Fun decks ive played in along time. But it struggles at rank 13 area.
Thanks for the deck :)
Glad you enjoy it!
Anyone got any footage of this deck, good or bad matches.
Am playing a similar one, winning a good amount but never really being able to use the full velen combo.
There is no mulligan section, I mentioned it once, and there are two Deathlords in the deck.
Not a great deck. 4 out of 5 losses and barely won the one I won. Have to mulligan perfectly for the deck to work.
I don't really like the annoy-o-tron change, you already have enough early taunt with deathlords, I don't see the use of them.