[TOP 5 LEGEND] Raptor Rogue
- Last updated Nov 30, 2015 (Explorers)
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Wild
- 21 Minions
- 9 Spells
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Unknown
- Crafting Cost: 3880
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 11/22/2015 (Explorers)
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INTRODUCTION
The creator of this deck is the Russian player doktorrrr. He easily reached TOP 5 Legend with this deck. You can check his stream out on www.twitch.tv/doktorrrr_, where you'll also hopefully find the VOD's.
LEGEND PROOF: http://i.imgur.com/NAc1YUH.jpg
DECKLIST: http://i.imgur.com/sxo6zUU.jpg
It has been a long time, since Rogues got something new to play with. To be exact, it has been since GVG due to the inclusion of Tinker's Sharpsword Oil.
Now with LOE we've gotten the Unearthed Raptor, which is an incredibly broken card in the right deck... And I believe this deck to be the right deck.
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GAMEPLAN
It's a Midrange deck, that is full of sticky minions. You obviously want to curve out well with 2 drop like Haunted Creeper, Nerubian Egg or Loot Hoarder >> into Unearthed Raptor >> into Piloted Shredder or Defender of Argus... and then continue following the curve.
You want to keep your opponents board clear. When you don't have good value trades, then hit face. This deck has quite a bit of burst, so sometimes you'll able to do a lot of damage out of nowhere... But usually you win by getting more and more sticky minions out and simply gaining more tempo and value than your opponent.
The best targets for Unearthed Raptor are obviously cards, that provide you a lot of value... So always pick Nerubian Egg and Piloted Shredder over Loot Hoarder and Sludge Belcher, if you can.
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CARD REPLACEMENTS
This deck is fairly cheap, as long as you have the first two Naxxramas wings and so far the first two LOE wings. What pushes the cost of this deck up, are Sylvanas Windrunner and Dr. Boom, which are great cards in pretty much any Midrange deck.
If you don't have Sylvanas Windrunner, then you can try out Cairne Bloodhoof instead. If you don't have Cairne Bloodhoof, then craft Piloted Sky Golem.
If you don't have Dr. Boom, then why are you even playing Hearthstone? Run yet another Piloted Sky Golem instead, or maybe Ragnaros the Firelord.
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MULLIGANS
This deck is a Midrange deck. The general gameplan of a Midrange deck is to play fast against Control decks and to control the board against Aggro decks.
Against Control decks you generally really want power on the board: A good curve consisting out of Nerubian Egg, into Unearthed Raptor into Piloted Shredder is devastating for the opponent. That board is so sticky to a point, where all of their board clears become absolutely useless and even if they push the match to the late game, you out-value them so hard with all the stickyness on your board.
Against Aggro decks you want your cheaper minions like Leper Gnome, Loot Hoarder and some removal in order to stop their aggression and then hopefully taunt up some big minions and start being the aggressor.
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FAQ
1. Why no Bloodmage Thalnos?
Bloodmage Thalnos picks up in value, when you also run Preparation and overall more spells in your deck. In this deck Bloodmage Thalnos simply doesn't do enough.
On top of that we're at a point in Hearthstone, where dropping a 1/1 on turn 2, or using your hero power feels really bad. You rather play a 2/1 in Loot Hoarder on turn 2, since it trades up / does more damage / is a bigger threat.
2. Can I replace Cold Blood with SI:7 Agent?
You can do whatever you want. Maybe it ends up working better for you.
I personally would not do it, since in my opinion SI:7 Agent is a great card in Oil Rogue, which is a deck, that is all about tempo swings. The tempo swings in Raptor Rogue come in the form of building a sticky board, that becomes more and more powerful on its own.
Now you might say that Cold Blood doesn't do much for the development of the board either, but that is not the role of that card in this deck. Cold Blood shines, when you put it on Nerubian Egg and use it for great trades. Cold Blood is also amazing, when you have it on a minion, that is hidden behind a taunt and gets to hit face multiple times.
3. Is there anything besides the recommended minions, I can replace Sylvanas Windrunner with?
In my opinion you have the choice between two minions: Dark Iron Skulker if you feel like you struggle to swing the tempo back in your favor (which however has more to do with your mulligan / bad draw)... and Argent Commander, which is also a sticky minion in a way and also has an obvious synergy with Cold Blood.
Just always keep in mind that replacing Sylvanas Windrunner is often a very hard thing to do, since that minion has a very specific purpose... and that is to create absolutely awkward turns for your opponent.
4. Is there any room for Anub'arak in the deck?
In this deck not so much. At 9 mana Anub'arak is very, very slow. Sure, it has potential to win you games on its own, if they go long enough... But in a deck like this, where your main goal is to curve out well and finish the game by turns 7-9, drawing Anub'arak right at the beginning of a match, is going to hurt you a lot. It would be a dead card for 8 turns, while Dr. Boom is a dead card for only 6 turns.
I personally believe that we might see the rise of Anub'arak once Tomb Pillager gets released.
Imagine the concept of a "Coin Collector" Rogue, where you play Tomb Pillager and Unearthed Raptor and then get 2x The Coin, with which you play Dr. Boom on turn 5 (!!!), or Kel'Thuzad on turn 6, or Anub'arak on turn 7.
5. Can I replace Leper Gnome with Clockwork Gnome?
You can watch My Little Pony, if you feel like it. Maybe you end up liking it. What I mean, is that you can try it out of course.
I personally would advise against taking out Leper Gnome and putting in Clockwork Gnome, since this deck is rather fast and it has to be fast in order to win against other fast decks like Facehunter and Tempo Mage. You don't run any heals in this deck, so your goal against fast decks is to lower their life total faster than they can lower yours.
Besides that, in the first 5 turns you really want to play on curve, since that increases your chances of winning dramatically. Getting the right spare part at the right time (which ends up being better than an on curve play)... That's probably not going to happen frequently.
6. What about Baron Rivendare?
High Risk / High Reward. It can win you games on its own, but it can also be a dead card. Plus it requires some setting up. I'm not a fan of it.
But on the bright side, in this deck it is not as bad as it would be in other decks, since together with Cold Blood you can get a 5/7 for 5 mana. If that's hidden behind a taunt... with its effect... Oh my god.
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VIDEOS
2 minute deck guide by FailCraft:
Few games on Rank 5 by Kristophesaurus Dinosaurus Youtubesaurus Channelsaurus:
Yeah im running another list now, kolentos variant with some slight modification. Theres just a lot more reach in that deck, helps me win a lot of times
"This deck was created, before LOE came out"
Unearthed Raptor happens to be an LOE card, so how can something featuring a card from LOE have been created before LOE?
Ok. So initially i saw a few things wrong with this deck. I tried to fix those. First time around went pretty good, then i ruined the deck. I basically introduced azzure drakes instead of sludge belcher (Alot of people will do this but it's a huge mistake) I then put in Brann Bronzebeard, there's no issue with that. Works great for a lot of things. I put in healbot, didnt work out. While bronzebeard healbot combo is great, this deck is too agressive for that. At last, and this is where things got really bad, i put in SI:7 and Ringleader. This is too much combo. It doesnt work. Perhaps having SI:7 is allright, but having too much combo in a deck with only one 0 cost spell is too much.
I will switch back to this version. I think removing the sludge belchers was my biggest mistake. So don't do that.
Can you perhaps give me some advice?
I couldn't get this deck under rank 13, and i've played it alot. I'm a poor man, so i don't have sylvanas and dr. boom. I did as the deck guide suggested, i put in two sky golems. Seems to work fine, but when things go late game i have trouble.
Now i wonder, am i playing this deck wrong? I don't think i am, the gameplan is quite straight forward, but it boggles my mind that this deck works in rank 4 when i'm having mixed results. Don't get me wrong, this deck wrecks havoc 20-13 but about 13 theres too many control decks, freeze mages and face hunters for me to pull this deck off. I've often experienced bringing the enemy to a lethal amount of health, for them to then flip the entire game.
For late game, maybe i should put rafaam or onyxia? i think rafaam might be best, i usually have 4 minions or more on board, so i won't get full value out of onyxia, where rafaam can end the game easily the round after.
Could Baron Rivendare fit in this deck?
Maybe. It's hard to tell before you try it. Generally the way you play this deck is you don't deliberately pop your deathrattles unless you need to, baron rivendare goes against that. I guess he is good when you trade up, and you get a good board going. He could also hang around behind sludge belchers and defender of argus to as he wont be touched by AOE. Try it, seems op. Works better than Brann Bronzebeard atleast.
What about Big Game Hunter in place of Sap? Do you think that it can work?
Perhaps, but if you are ready to unleash a huge burst of lethal damage or close to lethal, sap is better.
Mulligans please? From my experience you usually get a good starting hand, but it would be nice!
Love to mess around with decks like these, thanks for sharing it!
What about Edwin VanCleef, just got one. (if someone have a better deck for him pls link it, ty)
Edwin VanCleef doesn't really fit in this deck. It's more of a miracle rouge card. Keep it, don't disenchant it, he might just be the perfect card when standard comes out.
is this deck still playable?
Yeah, currently made it tonight for shits and gigs, but overall is very solid, despite big game does well and i am moving up ranked with it
God, how long have I looked for a decent Rogue deck, which I have cards for. Well, all of them except Boom. Replaced him with Harrison, works well against aggro. Thanks, have an upvote.
I think you mean works well against control. I don't know.. I think you will lack late game cards, maybe put something else?
just crafted Boom yesterday, so I'm all set now, thanks
Great, boom is good, mostly because most games close on his turn and nothing in 7 mana really competes. Great value. I don't have him sadly, i decided my first legendary was going to be onyxia. Not a bad choice at all it's just not as flexible as boom so sometimes i wish i had chosen dr. boom.
would you play patron warrior without patron?
sorry man but there is no replacement for raptor maybe you could try Baron Rivendare but i don't think the deck will be on his best side gl though :p
The games i win i win because of raptor. Just buy league of explorers, it's worth it.