[Legend] Summoner Priest
- Last updated Mar 2, 2017 (Aggro Downfall)
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Wild
- 12 Minions
- 18 Spells
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Resurrect Priest
- Crafting Cost: 7900
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 10/2/2016 (Karazhan)
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Battle Tag:
elvishak#2427
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Region:
EU
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Total Deck Rating
1476
[Video] Hitting Legend;
Intro / Game Plan:
Hi people. This is a priest deck based on summoning/resurrecting big minions while controlling board with spells.
Card Choices:
Spells (17);
Holy Smite (2x): Cheap early game remover. Always mulligan this vs Warlock, Hunter and Mage. Counters minions like Sorcerer's Apprentice, Flame Imp, King's Elekk perfectly.
Power Word: Shield (2x): No need to explain, our only drawer in this deck. Just don't use this on an enemy minion when you think there's nothing else to do. It's not a good idea.
Resurrect (2x): Well, this is clearly our key card. Nothing feels better when you summon a Ragnaros for 2 mana.
Shadow Word: Pain (2x): Best early game remover. Always mulligan vs aggro decks. Especially a perfect counter for minions like Imp Gang Boss, Flamewaker, Acolyte of Pain. (ignores their effects)
Shadow Word: Death (2x): Mid/endgame remover. Just a tip save your entombs for big deathrattle minions (like tirion, sylvanas, cairne) and use this on other ones (like ragnaros, alex, grom)
Thoughtsteal (1x): While we don't have good enough drawing mechanics (cos we unfortunately can't use Northshire Cleric in this deck) this card help us to have a solid hand. Also sometimes can steal the best cards from your opponent.
Shadow Madness (1x): I've seen many people complaining about this spell can turn things bad by making the stolen minion resurrected. Yes, ofc that's a possiblity but believe in me there will be some situations this card will totally make you control the board control. You will probably kill two good enemy minions for only 4 mana. And while we will mostly use this spell against aggro decks, you'll probably kill and get one of their key minions (like Sorcerer's Apprentice, Flamewaker, Imp Gang Boss, Totem Golem etc.)
Excavated Evil (2x): Good aoe card. Especially very effective against shamans and zoolocks. Totally clears their board. And even this goes to opponent's deck it's not such a problem cos our minions have more than 3 hp.
Holy Nova (2x): Other aoe card. Also heal face and our minions.
Entomb (1x): No need to explain. Especially can make you win the game against control decks. While deathrattle legendaries like tirion, sylvanas are best targets for this, you better keep one to steal legendaries with 4 attacked like Ysera, Malygos. Cos they can make huge trouble for you while priest has no other spells vs any 4 attacked minions.
Minions (13);
Priest of the Feast (2x): Another no need to explain card. This one saves your ass against all those aggro decks. Buffing this with a shield makes it a 3/8 body which can make you pew pew some heals for many turns. Once i had 18 heals in a single turn while i had two of this on board. This can make some of those pretty shamans, locks and hunters instant concede.
Shifting Shade (1x): Inc...
Onyx Bishop (2x): Resurrect in human form. This dude can be crazy. Lets check matematically. When this one summons an arcane giant for you it's a 11/12 body in total for 5 mana.
Injured Blademaster (2x): [card] One of the best minions to resurrect. 4/7 body for 2 mana is really op.
Barnes: I call this Commander of the deck. Barnes himself can make you win the game. Yeah, if he summons a ragnaros and if you manage to resurrect another with full hp on the next turn, you'll most likely win. Resurrecting 2x raggy is instant win. Same almost goes for Confessor as well.
Sunwalker (1x): Maybe this deck is only one around which is seriously good for this honey. She really works so good in current meta with our resurrect synergy.
Sylvanas Windrunner: Hail to the warchief! Another amazing target for barnes and resurrections. Can make you win a game against any type of opponent. Just don't play her if board is totally cleared. It can be a waste.
Bog Creeper (1x): Against all those aggro decks we surely need a taunt which also can be good with Barnes and Resurrect. Sludge Belcher would be the best one but unfortunately he is lost in the wild. So best one for Starndart is this dude.
Ragnaros the Firelord: I call this the best target for both barnes and ressurrect. Cos you'll have a chance to have 2-3 of this dude on turn 5-6 which will totally drive your opponent crazy.
Ysera: Inc...
Mulligans:
Druid: Shadow Word: Pain - Injured Blademaster - Barnes - Resurrect
Hunter: Holy Smite - Shadow Word: Pain - Injured Blademaster - Barnes -
Mage: Holy Smite - Shadow Word: Pain - Injured Blademaster - Barnes
Paladin: Shadow Word: Pain - Injured Blademaster - Barnes - Resurrect
Priest: Injured Blademaster - Barnes - Resurrect - Resurrect
Rogue: Holy Smite - Injured Blademaster - Barnes - Resurrect
Shaman: Excavated Evil - Shadow Word: Pain - Injured Blademaster - Barnes
Warlock: Holy Smite - Shadow Word: Pain - Injured Blademaster - Barnes
Warrior: Shadow Word: Pain - Injured Blademaster - Barnes - Resurrect
This is a simple guide. General strategy is not to lose board control until turn 4-5, then start to summon, res big dudes. Once you got board control, you'll like 90% win.
Replacements:
If you want to success with this deck, you just can't replace any Priest cards, Injured Blademasters and Barnes. Also replacing other legendaries will reduce the strength of the deck. And please don't ask replacement for taunts Sunwalker and Bog Creeper. They are both very useful in this deck and cheap to craft. So just craft them.
Replacements for missing legendaries; (Best to Worse)
- Gruul
- Bog Creeper (2nd one)
- Sunwalker (2nd one)
Screenshots (Ranking):
Rank 13 vs Reno Mage;Got some time to play and just climbed to Rank12 defeating a Tempo Mage;Got to Rank 11 now after defeating another Mage. Seems they have no chance ;)Got to Rank 10 after defeating a Renolock;After defeating an interesting kind of an aggro Warrior now i'm Rank 9;Defeated a Tempo mage and climbed up to Rank 8 now;Poor Aggro shaman could only use 4 cards :( Rank 7 now and climbing;Defeated a Rogue and Got to Rank6 now; Ok dudes after defeating a Tempo Mage now I'm Rank5! Which means we can call this deck good for laddering; At last got Rank 4 after some meta changes... Lets go for LEGEND now! After a victory against a Secret hunter got Rank3 now; Won against a Zoolock and reacher Rank2 now. Only 2 ranks to go! Defeated another shaman and became an inkeeper now. Legend inc? Why not? Here is my first time Legend!;
Screenshots (Fun):
Giants, more giants... This is what happens when you double resurrect two giants, and play another for 2 mana :oBarnes summons a 1/1 sylvanas, she steals flamewaker, opponent concedes on turn 4. Mission completed. 30-0 vs Aggro Shaman. Paletress summons icehowl from ToC and he clears the board.Here is another funny screenie by Qlinx. A nice example for Confessor replacing; Ofc you do...Another example for Paletress Power; This is what you can do with this deck to those pretty shamans around ;) Secret Hunter? No problem, lets have a healfest!
Videos:
Here's one with some funny plays by the dude Khristophesaurus; Two cool games by Furo;A cool Ragnaros moment by Cluly;Another good example from Salterino;
Edits:
Edit 04.10.2016: Ok replaced Cabal Shadow Priest with Barnes. Cos while there are good enough spells to deal with minions with 2 hp, barnes is more useful in this deck. Only Onyx Bishop is a bad target for barnes. It's good when he summon a 1/1 raggy, sylvanas or giant. then you can get one with full hp for only 2 mana with resurrection if you are a bit lucky.
Edit 05.10.2016: Wrote a simple mulligan guide. More inc...
Edit 05.10.2016 (2): I made some cool changes, tested them, and i guess the deck is way stronger now. Removed; Shadow Madness, Shadow Word: Horror, Mind Control. Added; 2nd Excavated Evil, Holy Fire, Confessor Paletress. I'll fill card choices section tomorrow and try to explain how to play all these cards.
Edit 06.10.2016: Filled all sections. Now you can read card explaniations, check mulligans and watch a gameplay video. I'll still try to make this deck better. Keep following!
Edit 07.10.2016: Got back a Shadow Word: Horror instead of a Holy Nova. Check reason in the Card Choices section.
Edit 09.10.2016: Removed a Holy Smite and Holy Fire, added another Thoughtsteal and got Shadow Madness back. Found 1 smite is enough and in end game it turns into a dead card. Holy fire seemed a little slow now. Thoughtsteal is just good to keep having enough cards and do some different plays when needed. And shadow madness sometimes turns into another aoe spell.
EDIT 10.10.2016: (important) Changed the deck title since we have 6 summoning cards. (It was [S31] Resurrect/Giant Priest before) Seemed more logical and funnier to me. Also replaced one of Arcane Giants with Soggoth the Slitherer since the meta is still fast. Tested him and he is amazing.
EDIT 23.10.2016: Removed power word: glory, added Ysera. Cos after i got to Rank3 i started to face more Control decks (warrior, paladin) and she is perfect against those kind of decks.
Have fun!
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Hi. This currently is an anti meta decklist. I only face control warriors and it's like 1 out of 10 games. And yeah, you should be a little lucky to win against them. Still your choice, you can give it a try. But i would remove sunwalker, not bog creeper ;) Good luck.
I'm having so much fun with this deck that i had to log in andthank you for it! Really good job man, thanks!
Hi. Ty2 friend. Have fun.
Thanks for the deck, and I appreciate the constant updates. That's really the only way to play priest atm
Hi. Ywc m8 and good luck.
Ty and nicely done m8. Still you better get someting else instead thalnos. He is just bad for summoning/resurrecting. Replace him with Ysera, cairne or even one of hoggers (original or cursed one). Also Yogg Saron can be another end game alternative. Good luck.
Having fun with this!, replaced confessor with Ysera though, because i lack confessor
Awesome deck! I was wondering if only one smite can be used in favor of another great barnes target like ysera. I don't think it significantly affects the early game. Also I think horror is a great card. It's quite impossible to play around it.
Hi. No smite is really very useful. Your aoe spells will sometime make great targets with 1-2 hp left for smite. So you'll be able to execute them for only 1 mana. If you want add Ysera replace her with Sunwalker. But those taunts do very good in current meta. Good luck.
Just want to say thank you! Thanks for creating & updating the deck - I love playing it!
Ywc friend. I'm just happy to hear/see that you guys loving it. Have fun.
I have never commented on hearthpwn but I am today. I wanted to second rotzi's appreciation of you. Thank you for constantly updating this deck and figuring out ways to make priest work. Your deck(s) is fun and effective. I have tried many priest decks from here (I am golden too) but it's been a long time since one has impressed me like this! But most of all I appreciate the constant updates and revisions. Keep up the good work
Hi and thanks for your comment m8. I just never liked to play popular and op decks in meta. So i wanted to make something really different and fun to play. But with some revisions this turned into a strong one as well. I atm have a 6-0 streak against aggro shamans, that's enough to tell how good this deck can be. So as you mentioned anyone with some patience can see Priest still works for real. People just give up playing this kind of theorycrafty decks just after a few loses. But when you learn mulligans, tricky plays, possibilities you'll have way more fun playing this ones than those popular decks with limited, boring strategies. Thanks again and keep having fun.
Soggoth the Slitherer in this deck is no longer needed?
Hi. It's a good card but while you neither can't target it, soggoth is not better than Bog Creeper imo. You can buff creeper with Power Word: Shield, you can heal him with hero power and he is 2 mana cheaper. I tested them both many games and bog creeper does better in this deck. Good luck.
Love this deck! Played against a C'Thun Warrior. No minions were played until turn 6, when I played Sylvanas. She died quickly. Onyx summoned her back. He used his resources to clear that board. Another Onyx summoned her back. He brawled. I play thoughtsteal, which steals HIS Sylvanas, which I play next turn.
He conceded shortly after. 4 Sylvanas before turn 9!
You can't beat that value with a stick.
Hi again people. I was stacked between rank 5 and 6 in last two days so i thought making some meta changes would burst me up again and seems i was right. Just got rank4 with a 7-2 score using current, updated deck list (check screenshot right clicking for a big image).
Changes are;
- Shadow Word: Horror, Entomb, Arcane Giant
+ Power Word: Glory, Holy Nova, Sunwalker
Reasons are;
At first i made this deck just for fun before realizing it's potantial. All those spell/giant synergies with crazy summonings/resurrectings was crazily fun. But while i wasn't so care about top ranks and legend before i think i have to listen people who want to success this deck. So i made current changes and i guess this is now a good, alternative deck to reach very top ranks, even legend with some patience.
So while the meta is full of aggro/midrange shamans, hunters, warriors and freeze mages, i tried to make best counters especially for those decks. While removing Arcane Giant hurts me, in current meta that big dude is just slow. When you get him in your hand at early turns, you just can't use him. Instead i added a Sunwalker which is good for both midgame and resurrects in current fast meta. Removed an Entomb for same reason. You just won't use both of them against many decks around. Secret hunters use 1x Savannah Highmane which is your only entomb target. You will kill their Ragnaros the Firelord with Shadow Word: Death. I liked Shadow Word: Horror a lot but atm 2nd Holy Nova is more useful. Also Power Word: Glory will surely make you stay alive for at least 1 more turn in bad situations. So if you can get the cards you want, you may have the chance to get back in the game. Good luck and thanks for loving this deck. Have fun!
Hi m8. Ywc and Gz. I made some anti meta changes and got rank4 atm. Gonna post it and change the decklist soon. Good luck!
I'm easily climbing with this deck, currently sitting at 12 after about a 5 or 6 game winning streak
Barnes Is super MVP when he pulls any of the late game
Only changed i've made is Emperor Thaurissan instead of Bog Creeper and Ysera instead of Ragnaros the Firelord
may have to put Creeper back in just for some late game survivability though as most of my games I'm usually around 10-15 health