[Legend] [+70%] Pelitin's Raptor Rogue
- Last updated Apr 10, 2019 (Rise of Shadows)
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Wild
- 21 Minions
- 9 Spells
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Unknown
- Crafting Cost: 5900
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 11/29/2015 (Explorers)
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Battle Tag:
Pelitin#2447
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Region:
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Total Deck Rating
268
Introduction
Hello, I am Pelitin, a Hearthstone player since beta who has reached legend several times. I have always favored a tempo play style with some of my favorite decks being Tempo Rogue, Tempo Mage and Midrange Druid. With Tempo Rogue not being viable for over a year now, I was really looking forward to Unearthed Raptor as a card that might revive the archetype and so far I have been very pleasantly surprised by the results. I reached legend rank with this deck in season 20 and am planning to keep laddering with it and refining it on this upcoming season as well.
Proof of legend:
Win rates:
Change log:
3rd of December 2015
Trying out a suggestion by UdyretST, working out well so far.
-1 Bloodmage Thalnos
+1 Leeroy Jenkins
2nd of December 2015
-1 Sludge Belcher
-1 Leper Gnome
+1 Cold Blood
+1 Bloodmage Thalnos
General Strategy
Your plan with this deck is to flood the board with hard-to-remove deathrattle minions and kill your opponent before he can stabilize the board. It is very difficult to come back with this deck if you fall behind early so it is extremely important to gain control of the board during the first few turns. Early game you should be focusing on making favorable trades to maintain board control until you are in a good enough position to start prioritizing the face.
Cards
Backstab - One of the best tempo swing cards in the game and a pretty obvious inclusion. Cheap removal which allows to establish early board control as well as enable combos later in the game.
Cold Blood - A good activator for Nerubian Egg. Works well for trading on the turn played, but can also be use to go face with a deathrattle minion the opponent would normally not trade into like the Nerubian Egg to force the opponent to deal with the target minion on their turn (remember to watch out for silences when played like this). Also adds some reach which is something the deck would otherwise lack.
Abusive Sergeant - Second activator for Nerubian Egg. Best used early to trade with deathrattle minions. Can also be just played on curve in the early game without making that good of a use out of the battlecry.
Leper Gnome - Best turn 1 play. Copying the deathrattle with Unearthed Raptor can be good in some situations but generally the worst deathrattle in the deck.
Eviscerate - A strong spell for fighting for board control as well as the main reach in the deck.
Sap - Another strong tempo card best used on 5+ mana taunts or other expensive minions to set up for a lethal for the next few turns.
Haunted Creeper - Great sticky early game minion with a good deathrattle to copy if you didn't draw a Nerubian Egg.
Loot Hoarder - Some draw and a decent deathrattle.
Nerubian Egg - The strongest deathrattle in the deck. Playing a Nerubian Egg on turn 2 and following it up with an Unearthed Raptor on turn 3 basically wins you the game in most match-ups.
Fan of Knives - Great early removal with a card draw. A very important card against Paladins to counter Muster for Battle and general token spam.
SI:7 Agent - An incredibly strong tempo minion in aggro match-ups when comboed.
Unearthed Raptor - The core of the deck. Aim to copy a strong deathrattle but don't be too afraid to play even with no targets if you have to.
Defender of Argus - Third activator for Nerubian Egg. Taunt weak deathrattle minions to force your opponent to trade. Or slow the game down if you are getting rushed.
Piloted Shredder - Best 4 drop in the game and a great deathrattle, not much to say here.
Azure Drake - Adds a little bit of card draw.
Leeroy Jenkins - Great finisher.
Loatheb - Lets you flood the board and avoid board clears for a turn allowing you to push for lethal on the following turn.
Sludge Belcher - Strong 5 drop with a deathrattle.
Dr. Boom - Dr. 7
Other cards to consider
Sylvanas Windrunner - I ran Sylvanas when I first made the list, but I quickly noticed the card is too slow for this deck. The thing is if this deck falls behind on the board a single Sylvanas Windrunner is not going to help regain it and comboing it with an Unearthed Raptor is a 9 mana combo and something I never did in the ~30 games I played with the card. Nearly every game where I played Sylvanas Windrunner it ended up being just an overcosted 5/5 which is something I wouldn't personally run in this deck.
Other cards that are not fast enough for THIS deck include: Brann Bronzebeard, Cairne Bloodhoof, Stalagg, Feugen, Baron Rivendare and Sneed's Old Shredder.
think its better to add patches with southsea
Instead of Leper Gnome I prefer Bloodmage Thalnos -> the replacement leads to better draw, that seems crucial in this deck and it can lead to increased damage or board clearing with Fan of knives. Leper Gnome was very powerful until it got nerfed. To some people: I think that N'Zoth is to slow for this deck.
Build the deck like so many others for a quest, continued to streak all the way to rank 5 from rank 13. Maybe I will be able to climb to legend with it after all.
I switched out Loot Hoarder and brought in Bloodmage Thalnos.
I do not own Leeroy Jenkins so I use Argent Commander instead which can be situationally better or worse.
Yeah that deck is awesome, just did 6 win streak here from 11 to 9, "had to" stop cause of "3 victories!" quest i wanna avoid.
Replaced Leeroy Jenkins with Dark Iron Skulker
57-36 wl overall
Any replacement for Leeroy Jenkins? Maybe Arcane Golem?
Dark Iron Skulker gives me good result
i dont have Dr. Boom and Leeroy Jenkins any way to replace them?
For a deck that says to win, you must not fall behind early, it seems to have a low number of low mana drops. I lost three games outright to just unlucky mulligans.
Instead of the one Loot Hoarder, would a Bloodmage Thalnos be better? I have one so I'm just curious about your thoughts on it.
enjoying this deck a lot. somehow i still only have 1 defender of argus so i put in dark iron dwarf for the 2nd one and have not felt like i lost much at all. in some cases it can be situationally better but the defender is likely more consistent. have climbed from 9 to 5 pretty smoothly. overall great job with this.
This is a really good deck! I went from rank 12 to rank 4 and it's still doing quite well. Hoping to reach legend for the first time using this deck. I replaced Leeroy with Arcane Golem and it still seems to be working well. Thanks bro!
Yes you definitely can, it works as minion clear as well which leeroy can't do although i haven't tried leeroy cause i don't have him
Very cheap and efficient deck, thanks!
Fun deck +1
Do you have any suggestions for mulligans against Dragon Priest?
I haven't been able to win games against them even with great starting hands.
-1 Cold Blood
-1 Haunted Creeper
I found a Haunted Creeper later in the game kind of useless because of the little buff cards available, I wanted another small drop that could be a little more useful later on. I also took out a Cold Blood as I felt I wasn't using a second one very often.
+1 Shadowstep
+1 Defias Ringleader
I added a Shadowstep because Leeroy Jenkins x2 is a crazy way to hit him twice in he face for 12 later in the game, or even spread over two turns . The Defias Ringleader is to replace the haunted creeper. by keeping it low cost i hope to be able to combo him in at early stages of the game and have a little more damage.
Had a rogue quest. Went 5-0 with this deck. Subd Leeroy for Sylvanas. Pretty nice deck. Will try to ladder with it -)
-1 Cold Blood
+1 Shadowstep
You know what I mean :)
On a side note, this deck struggles with card draw. Sometimes sticky minions aren't enough if you aren't drawing well. And this deck gets punished by that fact. Maybe -1 Leper Gnome and +1 Loot Hoarder would make things a bit better.
Really interesting deck, last night had 7-2 score, and this is my first rogue deck, so i hope its gonna last for a while cause its really fun to play.. Having a little bit of trouble with Warriors but i think i need more practice, like for every new deck. All the best for Pelitin, cheers
Anyone know of really good replacement for Leeroy Jenkins since do not have him yet.
Is possible to put Brann Bronzebeard in the deck?