[LEGEND 39] - Pirate Tempo
- Last updated Jun 8, 2016 (Old Gods)
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Wild
- 18 Minions
- 8 Spells
- 4 Weapons
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Unknown
- Crafting Cost: 2980
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 5/18/2016 (Old Gods)
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Update: Added Sir Finley Mrrgglton stuff. Made a card change. Added some general mulligan strats.
Update: We have three confirmed Legends, with this deck, in the comments. If you make it too let me know.
Update: Added a Xixo related ladder story.
Update: Done climbing for today at 39: http://s32.postimg.org/ds9rpa32d/Hearthstone_Screenshot_05_18_16_16_42_00.png
This deck aims to be on the aggressive side for a tempo deck and on the midrange side for a pirate deck. The idea is to use your weapons with your spells to clear the board then take advantage of the board control you have with your charge minions and your high attack threats like Frothing Berserker and Bloodsail Raider. Cards like Blood To Ichor and Slam have synergy with your weapons, giving them extra reach for board control. After turn 5 or 6 you'll hopefully have gotten in a decent amount of damage and controlled the board, at this point you go all face before the opponent finds their answers.
Please keep in mind the deck can have a high learning curve, so don't be too quick to judge. It can be difficult to know how to juggle your weapons and this is something that will only come through experience. Furthermore it's often difficult to know when you should board control and when you should go face. If you've played Midrange Hunter before, try and make the decisions like you're playing that deck.
General Mulligan Tips:
Keep: N'Zoth's First Mate, Fiery War Axe, Sir Finley Mrrgglton, Southsea Deckhand (versus non-ping classes), Bloodsail Raider, Loot Hoarder
With appropriate other cards (generally ones in the list above) keep: Blood To Ichor, Upgrade!, Bloodsail Cultist, Dread Corsair
And obviously if your curve looks amazing, keep it all.
I've had a few questions about replacements for Captain Greenskin (which is very understandable, I'm not even sure why I have the card). I think the best replacement is Leeroy Jenkins but if you don't have that my general advice would be to just put in a 'good' card. Here's some suggestions with a kind of ranking:
1. Fierce Monkey
2. Bash
3. Azure Drake
4. Obsidian Destroyer
Worth noting that if you go with Fierce Monkey this deck only costs 1320 dust!
Sir Finley Mrrgglton stuff:
If you don't have the card you can replace it with Flame Juggler.
For Hero Powers obviously the top three are Hunter, Mage, Warlock. Hunter wins if your hand is amazing, Mage wins if it's decent, Warlock wins if it's average or worse, to try and generalise it. Choices between the others are dependent on the situation and normally fairly easy to see which benefits you most.
Storytime:
I actually ended up playing Xixo with this deck. He was playing Druid and opened up with The Coin, Innervate, Innervate, Fandral Staghelm, Power of the Wild. I Fiery War Axed down the Panther, he played Druid of the Saber and kept it stealthed. I played Upgrade!, Dread Corsair, Dread Corsair, Loot Hoarder and we both ended up with one card left in hand on turn 3. Just wanted to share that insane opening from both decks. Most importantly, I won. :P
If you've enjoyed the deck please give it an upvote.
If you want to do that I'd recommend you play a more aggro Pirate deck. That would look something like:
+2 Heroic Strike
+2 Abusive Seargant
+2 Argent Horserider
+1 Arcanite Reaper
-2 Slam
-2 Blood To Ichor
-1 Execute
-1 Arathi Weaponsmith
-1 Captain Greenskin
Thanks man!!
Flame Juggler is best.
what's your opinion on subbing greenskin for leeroy?
oops didnt see lmao read too fast
i call this deck free win warrior
had not count but i think the win rate is over 80%
I think that too often he's "anti-synergy" when you have a buffed weapon and you can't play him.
Awesome deck! Pirate warrior synergy is so fun to play, it's really does feel like hunter mid range but you have more steam
I just beat a mage who managed to curve out into velkor and still won
i´ve replaced Greenskin with a Black Knight. Works wonders against Shamans and Warlocks with big ass taunts.
Hi i just packed grommash hellscream can i put him in this deck ? lol
I wouldn't, bit too heavy and not enough synergy.
we got two blood ichors thooo lol jk i will put him in a patron deck then
Wut?
I wouldn't say so, see the write up for some replacement ideas.
So, after hitting legend for the first time ever (used a zoo deck), I wanted to play a fast, more fun deck for the last couple days of the season. Being intrigued by the weapon upgrade cards in this deck, I gave it a shot. After a few minimal changes, I went from rank 3000 legend to rank 106. So yeah, as a first time legend nearly hitting the top 100, I give this deck a big thumbs up.
Sweet. :)
As a quick guide, keep:
N'Zoth's First Mate, Fiery War Axe, Sir Finley Mrrgglton, Southsea Deckhand (versus non-ping classes), Bloodsail Raider, Loot Hoarder
With appropriate other cards (generally ones in the list above) keep:
Blood To Ichor, Upgrade!, Bloodsail Cultist, Dread Corsair
Juggling weapons is hard to do, you need to think about your next draws and whether it benefits you more to keep your weapon or use it on face. As for running out of steam, that's what the deck does most of the time. It doesn't aim to go into the late game. If you're running out of steam without having enough damage to kill you probably need to go face more, if you're running out of steam without having the board control to kill you probably need to control the board more.
Can Grommash Hellscream replace Greenskin ? I'm wondering because there's no many spells to activate enrage.
Nah, I don't think there's enough synergy and he's too heavy mana-wise too. If you check the write up I've put my favourite replacements for Captain Greenskin there.