Shadow priest works man!
- Last updated Sep 21, 2016 (Karazhan)
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Wild
- 11 Minions
- 19 Spells
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Shadow Priest
- Crafting Cost: 3860
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 9/12/2016 (Karazhan)
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Hey guys as I had mentioned before, I only play priest as class, and always try to find a way to make priest somehow playable in this meta as I like the challenge.
This deck is working very well for me and have unexpectedly high winning rate and also much fun compared to boring dragon and resurrect priest decks.
If the deck gets certain amount of likes, I am going to give full guide for how to play it.
One important tip is that you must use your 1-mana cost cards efficiently in order to benefit from board clear or heal - it is very important.
Shadowform is amazing since you already have lots of heal and it provides you a win condition: either by doing constantly 3 damage to your opponent's face or cleaning the board - believe me you no longer hate 4 attack minions!
Hope you enjoy it; waiting for the feedbacks.
Cheers :)
More tips (UPDATE):
First of all guys, you should keep in mind that there are much easier ways to get to Legend rank. Priest is just hardest class to climb in this meta, yet I strongly have to emphasize that the Karazhan expansion made priest somehow more playable - just ignore Purify. Priest of the Feast is what we needed against non-stop aggro decks such as zoo and hunter - also so great against other classes.
ONE THING TO REMEMBER: Do not forget the use Yogg-Saron, Hope's End against OTK decks such as worgen warrior. 30 HP will not save you so try to get some armor or secrets with yogg. Once they fail with charge and face combo - you win.
Jeweled Scarab is a very good card. ALWAYS keep it for mulligan. If you are facing aggro, just drop a 3 mana minion to win time. Against control, Shadow Word: Death or Thoughsteal is amazing and have so much value. If you have more than 1 Shadow Word: Death in your hand, use the golden one so that your opponent will not know that you have more than two. Also you can get Shadowform which is a bit more situational - I sometimes need it for fast upgrade, early three damage is just tremendous.
Hunters:
I have a high winning ratio against Hunters. Just try to survive and use your Priest of the Feast in a way to maximize the efficiency of your heal. If you survive after two Call of the Wild, you win. Thoughsteal might also provide you a good board clear with Quick Shot etc. You can Mind Vision to steal Call of the Wild at turn 7 or later on.
Zoo locks:
Versatile match. Survival is also essential here and Pyromancer is a great card since you will also kill Possessed Villager and Argent Squire. Remember that full board clear is very important in terms of preventing your opponent to play Power Overwhelming for annoying burst. They usually don't risk discarding it with Doomguard and that gives you enough time to control the game.
Control Warrior:
I rarely loose against control warriors. Anyway, here are some important tips. If it is going armor and armor for monkey, do not use Acolyte of Pain it is all about going to be fatigue. One other important thing is that you can save one of your Entomb for the monkey and with 3 damage hero power, you will have the advantage when it is all about the minions. I also sometimes burn their cards with pyro if he uses Acolyte of Pain.
Aggro shaman:
Extra Shadow Word: Death helps a lot. If you manage to survive early game, try to keep your HP as high as possible and watch out for doomhammer burst damage. Remember whether your opponent used any Rockbiter Weapon!
Malygos Druid:
Beware of burst from Malygos damage. If they use Emperor Thaurissan, I usually go for Yogg to get some secret or armor etc. Otherwise they might OTK you.
Overall, f you think you are going to die next turn, go for Yogg instead of heal. Try to calculate how much damage your opponent can do next turn.
I am not having any problem against Mages and also can deal with Rogues easily. I will be writing more about the type of classes that I find challenging.
** (UPDATE): I thought I had updated the page, yet it apparently didn't work, so here are some tips that I think that might be helpful.
When to use Shadowform?
This is very important. Against control decks, I immediately go shadowform for the maximum value. Against aggro decks it is better to drop 3 mana minions such as Acolyte of Pain or another one from Scarab to slow down your opponent. Also if you are going for the 2nd shadowform, ALWAYS use it in a way that you use your hero power twice. It has a good value and also might ruin their plan.
Mulligans
Generally speaking, I always try to have 1 mana spells as much as I can do and always keep Jeweled Scarab. It is a very good card against aggro decks. Even 1/1 minion on board at turn 2 is useful, e.g. it kills Firebat. Also if you have 2 of Priest of the Feast, you can drop it at turn 4 for 3/6 body since your opponent MUST deal with it. It gives you a huge amount of time.
Zoo lock:
Pyromancer is a must. You need a board clear as soon as possible. Also Excavated Evil is a good choice to keep. Darkshire Alchemist is a good choice as well. It is not only healing but also it is minion that you opponent usually trades with and it gives you an additional time to survive.
Hunters:
Again Pyro has a good value here, however, Feast is also a sort of a must to have one. Hunters are doing damage every turn no matter what.
Control decks:
Keep Shadowform for sure. The faster you go damage, the more you have a chance to control the board.
If you go second, try to use your COIN for Pyro or Feast. Free AoE or heal.
Shamans:
Many of the shamans are face and aggro so keep pyro and Excavated Evil.
Resurrect Priests:
Well, I do not suggest you to kill the Blademaster immediately. Because those resurrects might give you a headache. Your priority is to kill the useless minions. Keep Thoughtsteal and Entomb against priests. I sometimes even Entomb the Blademaster so that my opponent will not get a resurrect value from it.
Possible Replacements:
You can try -1 Holy Smite and -1 SWD for +2 SWP.
I think Yogg is a sort of a must for nowadays because of the annoying OTK decks. I mean 30 HP will most of the time not be enough to save you.
*** UPDATE (2 replacements):
Hey guys. I appreciate the feedback. I just changed two cards in the deck - you can modify this deck in anyway you want but it also really depends on the ladder and the meta that you are in - whether you face more aggro or control etc.
My replacements are -1 Holy Smite -1 Shadow Word: Death for +2 Forbidden Shaping, I mean it worked well for me for two reasons: first of all it combined pretty good with Pyro and Feast since it is a free spell against aggro decks - and sometimes we need it for the full board clear and the other reason is against control I always drop 8 drops at late game - DO NOT do it at turn 10 without using hero power or 2 mana card, 8 mana minions are much better. You can also use it at desperate situations for a body. Lack of SWD might be a problem but you can get it from Scarab and also Tinkmaster Overspark is very good at late game against single drop big minions.
So i am i golden priest player love the class constantly looking for good shadow decks and this one may be my favorite ever. I made one change though and it i sounds really insane but it has worked for me so far. I tried putting in elise but always found that i would draw to fast and i would always be behind on fatigue. All of my games have gone late and gone to fatigue, so I put in a Reno Jackson. It suprises the heck out of ym opponents and no one ever expects it late. It may suck and im just getting lucky but I have been winning with it. Love the deck!
Which card you change for Reno Jackson?
1 acolyte
This decks is GORGEOUS, i would recomend -1 Flash Heal and putting starseeker, just for the late game legendaries, i'm at 100% win rate at this point against control warrior, dragon paladin AND Arcane Giant MalyDruid
I'm in love with this deck
which other finisher i could use instead of yogg?
It is a tough question because there is no other minion that I would call as finisher; I mean N'zoth is one but it doesn't fit to this deck, yet if you lack Yogg, go for a big minion for late game such as Ysera etc.
I really like your deck. It feels like I always in control and relax because the game will always slow and over 15+ turn. Thanks for making me enjoy playing Priest again.
For this deck, I recommend 2 shadowform. Although Yogg is not wrong too.
It might worth to try, yet along with pyromancer, you can draw 3 or more cards with acolyte and there are certain cards that we must draw against aggro decks in order to survive. Controls are not as problem as aggro decks in this meta.
I usually end up a month at rank 5-6. I even played a shadowpriest at rank 5. But i started testing this one on unranked, and won maybe 2 out of 10? I can assure you, I have a lot of experience as a priest player, as I play mostly just control priest and ctrl warrior. Anbd I have always tried to play shadow whenever a viable deck appeared, or when I tried to make one.But this one simply doesnt work.
Either I make something horribly wrong, or its simly not a good deck. What are the odds?
This deck is the first version that worked well fot me and is open to so many modifications. I am a golden priest player for more than 2 years and I can tell you that Priest is a sort of a class that strongly depends on your opponent's draws, sometimes no matter what you do, for example if a zoo lock or a face shamns draw perfectly, you just loose, even board clear with circle of healing at turn 3-4 might not be enough to come back. The idea in this deck is shadowform, stealing and heal from feast is a great way to obtain the win condition, which is a bit hard for Priest players for nowadays.
I played this deck from tank 17 to rank 12 with maybe 3 losses. I don't expect it to hold up once I start facing only shamen (maybe rank 6 or 7), but that's fine. It's been pretty decent against Hunter, and I have been absolutely crushing tempo mage and dragon warriors. I only played one control warrior, and I won that game by stealing golden monkey. Overall, super fun deck, but again, not sure how it will hold up in the try-hard ranks. I'll update in a week or so.
Thanks for this deck! I love priest and have never been able to make a shadowform deck as effective as this one!
Since I always try to discover fun decks with Priest, I was stuck between 18-15 but now I climbed to rank 9 with this deck and doing well, yet I also try some modifications at the moment, it also slows down me a bit.
Mind vision and thoughsteal is kinda 4Head though. I play one Excavatd evil and one holy nova in my priest deck. I used to run one auchenai soulpriest in my shadowpriest because it helps you out if you don't draw shadowform. I've had a game where both shadowforms were card 29 and 30 in the deck. FeelsBadMan
I won many games because of the value from both Mind Vision and Thoughtsteal. Especially being 1 mana cost combines perfect with Feast or Pyromancer. Also if you think that you are in need of Shadowform try to get from Scarab and you can not do anything about 29 - 30 spot. Imagine that you are playing Nzoth rogue and you rely on Nzoth and Reno are 29 and 30 or for Malygos Druid for Yogg and Malygos. You rely on shadowform less than those cards :) Sometimes pray for Yogg!
I see where you're coming from but I'm not a big fan of the steal your opponent's cards playstyle. I always got triggered by it and used to rope priest players. Also because when I started, I said heals were for newbs so I crafted a shadowpriest deck instead :^)
'Heals for newbs'. Well you will not stand a single chance against zoo or hunters without heals. If you don't like it, try disco mage etc. I have tried every single possible priest deck and believe me aggro priest just doesn't work period. Even OTK priest gives you headaches. The reason I use shadowform in my deck is not because I enjoy playing aggro but instead the priest hero power is just bad and I hate passing my turns by healing my full hp opponent.
I'm talking about my first hearthstone experience. I still hate cards like reno though. That card is just insanely stupid.
I assume we're talking velen mindblast combo if you say OTK priest? I tried that too, and I'm still trying it, and I'm gonna keep trying it until it works. maybe shadowform wouldn't be a bad addition to the deck since you want clear.
Mulligans please