Volazj N'zoth Priest
- Last updated Jun 17, 2016 (Old Gods)
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Wild
- 18 Minions
- 12 Spells
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Control Priest
- Crafting Cost: 7940
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 6/12/2016 (Old Gods)
- eladiko2
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Total Deck Rating
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Hi guys,
Just made to rank 4 with this one, a bit anti meta, will write a full guide if getting enough thumbs up. I know the deck is a bit expensive but I happened to get Herald Volazj out of a pack and decided to make some experiments, some of them actually worked, although this card is not that popular nowadays.
Basically, You are supposed to make the best out of your Herald Volazj, by duplicating minions like:
- Twilight Summoner - thats a minion that most of the time survives his first turn (because people dont wanna kill it and get 5/5 minion at their face ready to attack) and if it does, you can double your enemy's trouble by playing Herald Volazj, duplicating him next turn.
- Ragnaros the Firelord - the most desired duplicate, upgrading the "end of turn" threat to 16 damage instead of 8.
- Sylvanas Windrunner - needless to say its a very high value 1/1 minion to have.
- Cairne Bloodhoof - another 1/1 minion that will unleash nice and sustainable body upon death. I switched this guy, for more survivability, but you should mulligan for it in the discover of Mueseum Curator if it fits to the rythm of the game.
- Infested Tauren - another immediate value minion, the taunt creates nice defense for duplicates of Ragnaros if there are any.
- Shifting Shade to fill your hand with enemy's cards later on.
- Brann Bronzebeard - well, its not that neccessary here, its nice because you end the turn with 3 of those and the duplicating happens twice, the other option is replacing this card for Emperor Thaurissan, which I am trying from time to time but he seems too expensive, and most likely won't survive a turn. After some experiments, I took it out, feel free to still try Emperor Thaurissan tho, if u engage very slow meta.
The sweetest thing about that is, that when N'Zoth, the Corruptor bring your duplications back, they dont return as 1/1 minions, but at a regular copy of the card. With the current meta, you will have the element of surprise with Herald Volazj.
Basically, the deck is all about seizing the opportunity to duplicate the right minions, and hopefully, if that wasnt enough, ressurect them at some point later on. thanks to removals its not too slow for the meta.
So check it out, let me know what you think!
UPDATE:
Added 1 Flash Heal instead of Cairne Bloodhoof, to empower Auchenai's effect and removal, and also found out it could keep you safe from warlock's OTK range, if you use it for heal. that's also makes the deck cheaper (:
CHANGES:
-1 X Cairne Bloodhoof
+1 X Flash Heal
-1 X Brann Bronzebeard
+1 X Shadow Word: Pain
Just drew a golden Herald Volazj from a pack and I already had N'Zoth, the Corruptor. This deck looks like just the thing to play around with. Damn, golden legendary cards look good. It's only my second one in a couple of years of playing. I agree that he seems a likely suspect in the Unicorn Priest deck, but I'm not sure how. Some kind of immortal control priest, I'm thinking, with all the healing and late game shenanigans priest can pull.
My instinct has been telling me that Herald Volazj is somehow involved in the "undiscovered" Priest deck that is supposed to save the class from oblivion.
Even if that's not the case, I'm glad to see someone has actually make a deck with him that is fun and somewhat viable.
I had the exact same deck idea, but couldn't get it to work. I'll try this deck to see if it works better.
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Ok I am having some fun with this deck, and I made a video of a great match I had last night! It's not the best video to showcase the deck, because I had some stupid misplays....but it does show how important it is to keep the board cleared against the Mid Range Hunter ;)
Btw, I really like Ragnaros the Firelord in this deck after I played this match :P
Thanks! I will make a video soon, got exam tomorrow, but after that gonna put some work in a guide / video
Great deck. A little confused why Brann is involved. Would replacing it with Thalnos or another shadow word pain be viable?
Shadow Word: Pain is an idea, about Thalnos I dont know if the spell damage matters much here early game.
But anyway yes, Brann should be replaced, need to find the right replacement
Yeah you're totally right about thalnos, but I've also been running a second pain and it's been running great. What have you been doing about hunters? Usually if I don't get the shadow circle of healing by turn 4 then I'm boned.
I found Embrace the Shadow works pretty well. It's a low cost way to use Circle of Healing without leaving one of your Auchenai Soulpriest at 1 health. Also freeing up 2 more crystals at the same time.
Embrace the Shadow could work here, gonna try it. wondering instead of what, because I find second Pain useful
Embrace the Shadow is a great card, and it makes handling aggro a lot smoother I think. I'm thinking about what to drop to add one, but I'm going to test the deck list first...and see how everything goes on the ladder