S32(Top 50) Legend Dragon/Aviana Druid
- Last updated Nov 14, 2016 (Yogg Nerf)
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Wild
- 14 Minions
- 16 Spells
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Ramp Druid
- Crafting Cost: 20340
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 11/9/2016 (Yogg Nerf)
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Hey Guys, TheCantelope here. (NEW** If we get this deck to 100 upvotes I'll write a more detailed guide)
I used this deck heavily while climbing to legend this season. It's effective, and gave me some of the most fun moments I've ever had in hearthstone. Opponents have almost no idea how to play against it, and when you make your swing turns, I guarantee you'll see more insta-concedes than you've ever seen in your life. One of the best parts of this deck are the multiple win conditions: Here is a video of me pulling off an insane game breaking Aviana turn to win a match - Aviana+Innervate=GG
1)High roll with Barnes.
I advise only playing Barnes on turn 4 if you have a coin, or an innervate in hand in case you high-roll an Aviana. This is important so you can play out your other big minions before the 1/1 Aviana gets killed off. If no coin or innervate, play Barnes on turn 5. You can high-roll a Deathwing Dragonlord and instantly get all your massive dragons in play, or get a Y'Shaarj copy and pull a huge minion out of your deck. Your chance of high-rolling a helpful minion are 11/14, and sometimes can outright win the game for you.
2)Ramp, Ramp, Ramp.
Your most likely win condition is to just hard mulligan for ramp at the beginning of the game, so you can create your game breaking swing turns.
3)Giant Dragons
Deathwing Dragonlord can pull out Ysera, Deathwing, and Chillmaw. Nuff' said.
4)Aviana is Bae
This deck can be very difficult to win with if you don't plan out your Aviana turns. Many times you have to play very patiently to get out a big burst of giant minions onto the board. See video linked in intro.
Mulligans: Ramp, innervates, and Barnes are your best friends. Aside from maybe keeping an occasional wrath against against an opponent you know is playing a very aggressive deck, hard mulligan for the above cards in all situations.
Special Points and Considerations: Make sure to plan your turns very well and exercise patience. Saving Wrath and Swipes to use with Thalanos(if possible) can be game saving. Soggoth is also an absolute game changer against spell heavy decks. Against control warrior, Nature's Idol out minions for extra threats. Shoutout to the man, the myth, the legend: MiniTitan87!!!!
Bad Matchups: Zoo can be very difficult without a lucky power turn, or heavy early ramp.
Contact for help: Feel free to come by my stream any weeknight and ask me questions directly about the deck/ how to play it. Twitch.tv/TheCantelope
Deck is still functional. Madam Goya and Kun the Forgotten King are perfect fits for this deck.
neverlucky
Really fun deck to play thank you for the idea. I've made a few changes to this deck and from my first night of playing I've pretty easily climbed from rank 15 - 10.
Changes:
-Soggoth
-Y'shaarj
+Craine Blood
+N'Zoth
I feel these changes add a lot of consistency, also allows me to throw sylvannas and craine on curve for tempo/momentum. I'm debating doing something else with the mire keepers for more taunt and removing deathwing but for now this is working great.
Main win conditions:
1. anivia surviving a turn, the dropping 2-3 huge bodies
2. turn 10 anivia into N'Zoth combo is auto win vs all non-warrior/warlock decks (brawl/nether storm)
3. stupidly early Rag, like turn 4-5
Why remove Yshaarj before removing Deathwing?
You're leaving out that Barnes provides a huge tempo swing, so you need to give it as many outs as possible. I removed Deathwing for Emperor Thaurissan which made me faster, but like people have said your biggest problems are taking spells to the face or getting aggro'd down.
I'd love to add Cairne Bloodhoof though, maybe for Soggoth
You have to play 1 threat at a time against control warrior, and get minions from idols. It's actually not a bad matchup
TheCantelope,
Firstly, Thanks for such a sweet deck. Close to getting my golden druid and love it.
Direwolf519,
I've done what you said and replaced Chillmaw with Geddon, and a Mire Keeper with Cairne. The synergy between Cairne and Barnes is awesome.
My question to the two of you guys is: Do you feel the deck needs more taunts? Taking out Chillmaw you only have Soggoth left. At the moment I'm 15-7 which isn't too bad, but I feel like a lack of taunts is letting it down, but I don't know what to replace.
You could try sticking a bog creeper or an arakoa in there for deathwing
Thoughts on subbing out Deathwing for Chromaggus , Emperor Thaurissian or Baron Geddon? I haven't needed the last gasp clear of Deathwing and if I play him my opponent usually has a hand of 3+ and I'm getting rid of threats. I see a lot of Hunter Shaman and Warlock so I'm wondering which of those subs can help most. they all go better with Barnes and will make me a little faster. Curious on your thoughts on those potential subs.
I would think Geddon would help the most against fast moving decks. Deathwing has saved me a few times but only as that last attempt. I mostly enjoy getting him a draw from Y'Shaarj, just because he is a huge body.
Thanks for coming by tonight dude!
I feel like Baron will hurt you as often as it will help you. The deck you need to "slow down" the most is tempo mage and even if you get baron down to keep board clear you are just eating spells to the face. I agree with you regarding deathwing clear, usually either I dont need it, have too many cards in hand, or would lose something essential like Anivia.
Great and fun deck. But I replace Sylvanas Windrunner on Emperor Thaurissan. And maybe need replace one Mire Keeper on Living Roots.
It isn't just you. This deck isn't consistent. When you win, you usually win in big - even spectacular fashion. But, sometimes you just get burnt down before you can really get going. That's kind of the nature of these ramp decks. This one, in particular, relies on hitting the jackpot a bit. A clutch Barnes can win you the game right away. That said, I'd just try to be patient and not use your removal too quickly. Hold onto your Swipe until you can take out multiple targets, ideally. Don't use your Wrath on a Netherspite Historian, as tempting as it may be. Save it for something more threatening.
I really don't want to post about how good this deck is. But I feel the need to thank the creator.
This deck is brilliant. I'm having a blast and went from 14-11 and 3 stars last night and this morning.
I don't have Soggoth or Bloodmage and Mire Keeper is bad. Swapped them out for another Moonglade Portal because I need it vs aggro, Chromagus, Emporor and Cairn.
Getting Emporor or Cairn off Barnes is great. And Chromagus has great ysnergy. I've had a guy expend all his resources on Dragonlord, kills it, puts Chromagus into play, start my turn and draw two cards, Nourish for 6 more.
Brilliant, Brilliant deck. Thank you.
I hadn't considered running Chromaggus. Nice synergy with the Dragonlord. I was looking to stick another dragon into the deck because I removed Chillmaw for Geddon. Who do you prefer - the Cairne or the Chromaggus?
Looks really fun but kinda really hesitant about crafting a soon-to-get-out-of-rotation Aviana for this T_T
Ya I would only do it if you have the dust lying around
If you've got everything else, I'd still give it a try. Aviana is great but there are plenty of games where I don't even get to use her. I think the deck would still be viable with a different card.
You say soon.. but I think you are not realizing when rotations happen. The "new year" won't occur until sometime around March when that years xpac comes out.. It does not roll over at January 1st, 2017. 4 months of that card is fine. If you dont want the card dont play the deck, but it isn't that soon
Just wait untill gatgetzan Aviana then Kun the Forgotten King refresh mana and summon everything for 1 mana, all the big ones u stoppable one turn OTK