[S15] It's Light (New Style Control Priest)
- Last updated Jun 22, 2015 (Blackrock Launch)
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- 18 Minions
- 12 Spells
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Unknown
- Crafting Cost: 6780
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 6/16/2015 (Blackrock Launch)
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Hello, ever since the release of BRM Priest has been tossed up in the air and lots of different deck directions have been tried. With all of this happening I have been doing testing of my own and watching as what works and what doesn't, keeping these in mind I have added my favorite elements of Priest into a deck that surprises opponents and does well against lots of what is poplar making it a fun and effective deck. With that being said lets get into the deck.
The deck itself is based around the Lightbomb Priest which I find the power of Lightbomb to be insane, it can deal with a board full of Patrons or a board full of buffed silver hand knights and is one of the only cards that could efficiently deal with a board of Giants making this card a very powerful tool for us. That being said I have made some changes to bring a more consistent version of the original deck.
On to card explanations
I will skip over some of the cards that are in every Priest deck because most players will just skip past those explanations seeing as those cards are very popular and have their obvious purposes.
Shadow Word: Pain : One copy of this deals with many annoying minions such as Grim patron,sludge belcher,Imp gang boss,Flame walker and many more also with Shrinkmeister you can remove pesky 4-5 attack minions if you have to making this a card that can make a huge impact for 2 mana.
Shrinkmeister : As a one of this card can make a huge impact some games, comboing so well with Shadow madness, SW: Pain and Cabal you can make some game changing plays but don't be afraid to use the active to make a value trade to help control aggro either because playing this to keep your minion already on the board,remove his and get a 3/2 can really help when trying to fend off aggressive decks.
Velen's Chosen : Really powerful card to buff our many minions, some games you just win because you curved out your minions well and just put the game out of hand with this card. Spell damage is great for Holy nova but keep it in mind when using Lightbomb because +1 spell damage will make lightbomb do damage equal to the minions attacks +1.
Acolyte of Pain : This is a fairly recent innovation to Priest decks but it actually works so much better then Thoughtsteal I mean do you want your own cards that work well together or do you want to get random cards from your opponent that may be useless? I think the choice is obvious don't get me wrong TS is a great card but Acolyte is more practical. That being said this deck has probably the best synergies with Acolyte. Heals helps us get crazy draws, PW: Shield helps it trade more, same for velens and the buff from dark cultist, also light bomb when used with acolyte on the board is a free draw. Overall very impressive card for drawing when Northshire cant be comboed well don't knock it until you try it.
Dark Cultist : Good old cultist has been cut a lot recently but it is so good especially in a very minion heavy deck like this. I think it is more consistent then using Deathlord considering we have belchers for taunt. Another good thing is this card often gets silenced making your minions buffed with Velens chosen and cards like acolyte and northshire shine even more.
Piloted Shredder : We need a 4 drop and since we don't play circle or light of naruu this card is probably king of the 4 mana slot. I will be testing the power of Dragonkin Sorcerer in the deck though to see if it is better but for not shredder is the best choice.
Harrison Jones : Lots of weapon classes around and this card does just the trick while offering another way to draw cards.
Sludge Belcher : For some reason Priests were cutting this card but there is a reason why pretty much every non aggro deck uses one or two copies of this card, it is very strong and consistent, something that Deathlord isn't while it can stop games against aggro lots of times they have a silence and drawing your enemy control player a free Ysera is never good.
Lightbomb : The base/core of this deck, really powerful card and is what helps us beat lots of the powerful decks in the meta because they rely on getting a crazy board but good thing Lightbomb takes care of that no problem. Also good for us we have plenty of card draw meaning you usually have one handy for when you need it.
Ysera : We don't play into BGH so Ysera is perfect having a tough body that makes many trades that we can heal up and the dream cards offer us some really nice options.
Mind Control : This deck has plenty of tools to deal with aggro but this is our secret weapon to some times insta win the game against control decks. Many people are playing Ysera making MC game changing when stealing that. Also Warlocks use Malygos in their dragon combo deck and MC deals with that no problem. Even if you not stealing 4/12 dragons you still can take powerful cards and change the game in your favor.
Replacements:
I'll add some replacements for some of the cards here to help out those who may be missing something but don't be afraid to ask in the comments if I didn't list the card you are curious about.
- Harrison Jones : If you don't own harrison my first recommendation would be Loatheb because his effect is powerful and he is a strong body at the same mana cost. If you really want the weapon removal though don't be afraid to use Acidic Swamp Ooze as 3/2 for 2 is good stats and the effect is super powerful.
- Lightbomb : If you are missing both copies of the card I would say hold off on playing the deck until you can craft at least 1 but if you are missing one copy of LB replace it with Holy Nova until you can afford a second
- Sylvanas Windrunner : If you are missing Sylv don't worry too much because we still have a steal with Mind control. I would say Emperor Thaurissan would be a good replacement for a 6 mana card with a powerful effect.
- Ysera : This spot is pretty versatile Nefarian [/card] has a more vulnerable body but his effect is strong too, [card]Ragnaros the Firelord can work if you like him, Chromaggus [/card] doesn't play into BGH and can be comboed to draw some cards on the same turn, You could even throw in [card]Dr. Boom if you wanted to just pick what suits you.
Matchups:
Ill go over how this deck plays against every class and add a deck or two that you may see from the mentioned class.
Druid:
Probably will be Midrange Druid which is about 50/50 because you can start off the game with a good start and over power him before he can really take over and some times he gets the crazy ramp start and wins because of that. That being said though Lightbomb deals with lots of his cards well especially Shades of Naxx that he may be sitting on, we can steal Druid of the claws with shrink/cabal and most of their threats can be taken care of by our spells, just be really careful of the combo when nearing half HP.
Hunter:
Hunters will mostly be Midrange or Face but you play pretty much the same way. When against hunter be as aggressive as possible to maintain board control because once you win the board they have a hard way of getting back and you can start healing up to make sure you don't die to Kill commands and other nonsense. I wish it was this easy though as it doesn't always plan out like this, it usually comes down to if he draws what he needs on time but this deck does do well against hunter if played properly.
Mage:
Mage will almost always be Tempo/Flamewaker Mage right now. This deck is really dependent on starting hand/top decks but assuming average hands for both players, once we take over the board it is usually pretty easy to win because usually the Mage runs out of steam quickly and we have really good answers to stuff like Cabal on Flamewaker and holy nova deals with lots of the little things they put and Lightbomb can take out the big stuff. When you have control of the board if you are low try to top off your HP with hero power to make sure you don't get anything stupid such as double fireball to kill you.
Paladin:
Probably will be Midrange Paladin, which is a pretty decent matchup for us if played correctly lightbomb deals with just about any board they can put out and Harrison kills their weapons and Mind control deals with the famous Tirion so well. Keep the equality/consecration combo in mind when you have a big board building up and try to maintain pressure while keeping their stuff off the board, don't be afraid to wipe the board with holy nova if they played muster/hero power to get 4 dudes because it will save you from having to lightbomb. Acolyte also does really good against pally because they have to hard remove which is hard for them and if they don't then you get free draws off their hero power.
Priest:
Its pretty hard to say what an enemy Priest will be playing because they are rare and there is no set deck for us atm. That being said keep in mind that they have strong board clears and be very careful of Mind control and other stealing mechanisms .
Rogue:
Rogue isn't super popular which is good because their main deck Oil Rogue is pretty hard for us. Their burst potential is crazy and we are sometimes a sitting duck for them. Sometimes though a really good start can win out the game because they may have a hard time dealing with it. Keep harrison for a good time to get some value off of him and maybe you can win the game if you do.
Shaman:
Most Shamans play Midrange which is a pretty easy matchup for us usually as we can steal so many of their minions and clear their board very well. The ones that do play the Mech aggro shaman though treat it like a hunter game, if you get board control its probably game but some games will be impossible due to a godly start.
Warlock:
Its hard to say what Warlock will be playing nowadays, they have 3 main decks that are very different but all really strong. Against Zoo we can deal with their minions pretty well, cabal steal imp gang boss and our board clears can take out most of the stuff they put out so a good matchup for us usually. Against Handlock we can get a good start and overpower them and if we go into the late game we have lots of option to deal with their giants and other minions, play the matchup carefully and think about what may be coming. Last is the new Malygoslock which im honestly not too familiar with because I haven't played against it a ton. We can deal with some of their minions well but we need to be careful of our HP to not get killed, try to save Mind control for Malygos because stealing him can be really good.
Warrior:
Warrior will be either Control or Patron. Against Patron, pressure them so that you may kill them before they get some combos off but usually you cant so be prepared to deal with Deathsbite with harrison and lightbomb kills boards of Patrons really well, luckily for us very few of our minions will let them feed off of for more patrons and we have very good ways to kill a board of Patrons, the only real threat we have is getting comboed for very high amounts of HP in one turn that we cant deal with but thats how the deck rolls so we cant avoid it some times.
For Control Warrior we have a fairly good matchup against them, we have lots of ways to deal wit their threats and we have plenty of threats of our own making it a good matchup for us if played well, take it slow and think ahead of what may be coming. Be careful of going into fatigue also because that can happen if you draw too much.
Thanks for checking out the deck, leave any comments/questions you have in the comments and ill answer as soon as I can. If you like the deck leave a +1 to let me know how im doing, as always thanks and have fun playing some HS!
Do you think Vol'jin could have a place in this deck?
sorry a question is rlly necessary put Acolyte of Pain instead Thoughtsteal?
I like this deck a lot. It's fun and great against most decks so far. Zoos are always a nightmare, but so far I am enjoying it very much and winning a lot ^-^
Such a fun deck! Trying to reach legend with Priest. Best play so far against a Paladin is Mind Control their Emperor Thaurissan. Later on in the match killing Nefarian with Shadow Word: Death. Then killing Dr. Boom with Lightbomb, and finally a killing combo on Tirion Fordring with Shadow Word: Death and then playing Harrison Jones right after that = concede. Awesome deck! I did replace one Lightbomb for another Holy Nova because I am facing a lot of mages and hunters. But will probably craft another Lightbomb for Patron Warriors!
Goodluck on your way to legend man! One game that i remember against a paladin, I was controlling the board for most of the game but later he started to get a little control and threw down tirion which I stole with mindcontrol, next turn he plays ysera and I play sylvannas and SW:D it for another steal and he conceded the second he saw the SW:D go on slyv was a really funny game.
I love this deck, it's fantastic.
Have you considered subbing 1 wild pyro (maybe for 1 of the chows)? Pyro has pretty great synergy with acolyte as well...
I have played Priest for a long while now and at least in a lightbomb style deck the card seems to often be a 2 mana 3/2 because its rare to have a spell to combo with it easily most of the time, combined with our vast amount of board wipe I think the card did much better before when light of the naruu and the 1 mana deal 2 damage card (forget the name right now) were used in the same deck giving 3 1 mana spells to combo with. This deck plays different and I think drawing the chow is more consistent then hoping to draw the one wild pyro and have an activator. With that being said though try it if you feel that your lucky enough to pull that off often. Thanks for the kind words btw!
That is well stated and explained. I believe you are indeed correct.
The card you are referring to is Holy Smite (1 mana, deal 2 dmg).
I'm on quite a nice little streak with this deck at the moment, so thanks again. I think I've won 6 or 7 in a row. And I haven't really needed to use Ysera or Mind Control all that often. I just control the board like a boss in the early game. :-) Also, it's so liberating to not have to worry about those stupid Deathlords bringing out god knows what on turn 4.
More people should play Priest -- it has become my favorite class, I'm not sure why it isn't more popular!
Ah yes Holy smite :), tbh I think Priest is underplayed because so many trash it but lots who call it bad are the ones using a deck that relies more on RNG/topdecks then actually playing something reliable, When I made this deck I wanted something that had as few combos as possible and worked around valuable cards in general. Thats why cards work very well together in the deck but the only real combo card is the one copy of Shrinkmeister which has vary many uses.I agree though priest is easily one of the funnest classes to play!
Hi friend! been looking to try a new priest deck. Priest ones are the only ones i seem to struggle to make myself that work :/ Anyway, only card I don't have is a second lightbomb. Any suggestions?
Use a second Holy Nova until you get another, its weaker but still board clear, hope that helps!
Thank you :) Just opened another! :D
Thank you a lot for sharing such a unusual Priest deck (it's not even listed in TempoStorm's meta snapshots for June). So opponents are a bit confused, because they don't know what to expect from this deck. That's one of the strengths of this deck.
I don't own Ysera and Harrison Jones, so I have replaced them with Kel'Thuzad and Acidic Swamp Ooze respectively (there are also some other small replacements in my deck http://www.hearthpwn.com/decks/269259-rank-5-kind-of-light) . And even with that deck I've managed to reach Rank 5 in 4 days. I suppose, that with Ysera it's possible to reach higher ranks or even get legend.
No problem man! I wanted to share something different so that your opponent is really guessing since Priest isn't super popular anyways. The replacements are good, if you find that Kel T's effect is hard to pull off often then try some other replacements such as nefarian or chromaggus but keep him in if he does work for you, cheers!
How much of a impact is Ysera in this deck? could I use Velen instead? I do not own Ysera.
Ysera is a good card but since she is only a 1 of and is 9 mana she wont be played every game so not owning her doesn't make or break the deck, when you do play her she is good though in helping end out the game. I would say give Velen a try but if you don't find his effect to be super effective try out some other replacements such as Nefarian,Ragnaros,Dr boom and Chromaggus, hope that helps!
I LOVE THIS DECK! I replaced a Cabal Priest for Thaurissan, Loatheb for Harrison, and another Holy Nova for the missing Lightbomb -- hoping to get those cards soon. It doesn't have Auchenai, Deathlord, or Thoughtsteal; Priest cards that don't vibe with me and it's a different control play style. Thanks for the decklist and guide!
Awesome man, thanks! Just my opinion if you are looking to craft the cards you are missing I would make the second lightbomb first,probably the second Cabal after that and once you get around to it make Harrison but don't sweat him too much Loatheb does very well also. Honestly the reason why I cut those cards mentioned is because they are so RNG/luck based and I don't consider myself a really lucky person at least when it comes to video games so they don't usually sit too well with me either.
Gave up playing Priest for a while, but love this deck. A little bit different that what I've been playing with my control Priest, but I'm into not having to use Deathlords with this deck. Deathlords have bitten me in the ass so many times. Been having fun with this deck, games have been easy to control and hold onto the board against both aggro and midrange.
Yeah Deathlords are actually bad imo with even most of the faster decks like Zoo and Midrange Hunter having big minions like Malganis and Dr boom why would you want to risk it considering Aggro usually silences it and Control will for sure get something big out of it usually. Well if my deck can get people back into playing some Priest then that is just what I was after so have fun and good luck!