[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.
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HI! What tactics have this deck against OTK decks? Murlodins, malyrogue ... And what do you think is possible add Kern in this deck? Barnes summoned Kern seams good
Hi. Against murlodin, mulligan for Entomb and entomb one of their Murloc Warleader then it's 100% a win. I'm serious, you'll see it. Just don't use that minion so they can't summon it with anyfin during late game. Use shadow word: death on tirion and healer ragnaros and you are done. Anyfin pala just can't stand against your resurrect mecanics. Anyway there are not many murloc paladins around atm. I faced like only 3 or 4 of them and won all.
Against both Maly rogue and maly druid you need some luck tbh. You should get board control as soon as possible to make them use their face spells on your mobs. Then you'll have good chance to win. I went like 50-50% against them. Good luck.
Some tips how to improve deck against shams and hunters? cuz i stucked on rank 5 and always every match is against them.
Hi hunter is the worst match up. Still i went 14-17 against them while climbing legend. Just don't trigger their secrets keep board clear with spells and heal yourself with priest of the feast. I made some of them concede while having 2 potf on board. And i went 36-30 against shamans which i think is a good rate while you consider how op they are atm. Alongside injured blademaster and barnes, always keep an excavated evil. If you use your spells wisely you'll have a good chance to win. For example using a shadow word: pain on a 1/3 tunnel trogg or 2/3 spirit wolf is not wisely. But using it on a flametongue totem covered by taunts or on thunder bluff valiant during end game is wisely. Tbh you should play like more than 20 games against each to learn how to counter them. Then it will feel easier game by game. Good luck.
yeah also i kept shadow word horror, its rlly good against shamans i went from 12 to 5 yesterday but those hunters... my face hurts :D but awesome deck! :D im trying to hit legend but i think dont have time :D
Yeah, SW: Horror is just perfect against shamans but also unuseful against other classes so i had to remove it. I also became legend just before 5 days to end of the season. Cos i tried many cards to get the perfect list. I guess i can do that way faster next season. And i'll write a detailed matchup guide for you guys so you may do better with this deck as well. Have fun for now.
but atleast ty for golden epic :D btw nothing is better when from barnes comes ysera and then ressurrect.... :D
Ywc m8. Yeah, Ysera is the card pushed me to legend from Rank5. She is seriously perfect for this deck and tbh i was too late to add her. But i listened all ideas from dudes writing here. So i have to thanks everyone for cool ideas cos i believe we made this deck perfect all together. Ysera's spells are crazily good, especially against control decks. I couldn't use a tracker well enough cos i'm playing Hearthstone on 3 different computers. One at home and two at work. But after i added Ysera i didn't even lose a single game vs control decks from Rank 5 to legend. I defeated at least more than 10 warriors and a few renolocks too. And yeah, if you get a Ysera and Ragnaros from Barnes, your chance to win the game is like 90% ;)
Hey what do you think of putting Alextraza in this deck? Idk what to take out though
I wouldn't use her even instead a holy smite m8. Alex has no place in this deck. There are way better legendaries fit this deck like Paletress, Grull, Yogg, Soggoth.
Hi and thanks m8. Hope you can do good but i would keep Shadow Madness. That card itself made me win serious numbers of games. It's really an interesting card. Sometimes turns into an aoe spell by killing two good enemy minions (especially against aggro decks) and sometimes turns into a finisher charger. I clearly remember that i finished at least 3-4 warriors by stealing their Ravaging Ghouls. Still you better make the changes that make you feel more confortable. Good luck.
Hi. You can play Gruul instead Ysera but Ysera is way better. Even it's not a legendary card, Bog Creeper does better in this deck instead Soggoth. Still all your choice. Good luck.
hi any replacement for ysera ?
Hi. Check REPLACEMENTS and choose one. Confessor Paletress is another choice.
okay, so I'm having a lot of trouble against control warriors? How do you deal with those? Are there specific targets to save shadow words and entomb for? Also, shamans are giving me a hard time, but it seems like i'm okay as long as i get excavated evil. So, yeah~how do you deal with control warrior
Hi again. You can watch the video i shared today. Defeated a control warrior while hitting legend. I just like to entomb elise or sylvanas and keeping shadow word: death for ragnaros or grom. Just don't play all your good minions before they use both Brawls. I usually keep 2 minions even if i have enough mana to play another. And save Ysera for end game. Dunno how you have trouble with them, i guess i never lost a control warrior from rank 5 to legend lol.
I wait for Golden Monkey and entomb it.
Another bog creeper is a good replace for ysera ?
Hi. Yeah it can work but Ysera is just so good in this deck and makes you win against control decks. Good luck.
Why did you replaced Soggoth the Slitherer? i thought it was good in this deck