Jade Evolution
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Wild
- 14 Minions
- 14 Spells
- 2 Weapons
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Jade Lotus Shaman
- Crafting Cost: 7640
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 12/6/2016 (Gadgetzan)
- Chimera
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Valid Keeps |
Far Sight |
Jade Claws |
Hex |
Bloodmage Thalnos |
Lightning Storm |
Jade Spirit |
Jade Lightning |
Maelstrom Portal |
Feral Spirit |
Strategy
- You want to start off the game on the right foot ideally with Mistress of Mixtures or Jade Claws.
- Start ramping up your Jade Golems right away and build up some board presence.
- Try to use Evolve, Devolve, and Master of Evolution efficiently. Wait for a decent board that will get a lot of value for either one. Remember to trade or otherwise use your minion(s) before you evolve them, and aim to use the effects on mid to high cost minions. Sometimes it may be acceptable to use it on just one or two minions, though. It depends on the situation. Devolve can get you out of many sticky situations, and make them slippery instead.
- Be aware of the mana costs of minions that exist in the game. Remember you can not Devolve Arcane Giant or Mountain Giant for example, because there are no 11 mana minions in the game.
- Decide how you want to use Brann Bronzebeard there are several purposes for this card. You can combo it with Jade Claws, Jade Spirit, Jade Chieftain, [/card]master of evolution[/card] and Aya Blackpaw for example, or any sort of card draw also. You could potentially draw cards as well.
Check out the card breakdown for more tips on how/when to use individual cards
Card Breakdown
Card | Words |
Evolve | One of the key cards of this deck that forms part of your strategy. Try to use it efficiently on mid to high-cost minions for best value. It may be fine to use it on fewer minions at times, use your judgement. |
Devolve | This is a unique form of removal and a very powerful tool to screw with your opponents. This can completely scramble their board an reduce it's value at the same time. |
Jade Claws | This is a really cool weapon and i like it more than i thought i would. It's nice to have the damage available and it's a great card to initialize your jade golem progress. |
Bloodmage Thalnos | This is a very solid and valuable classic legendary. The draw will help cycle and the spell damage will help with clearing the board or lethal. Just make sure you do not evolve it! If you don't have this you should strongly consider crafting it. |
Lightning Storm | This is your only aoe that does damage, so use it carefully. Don't forget about spell power. |
Far Sight | The main purpose of this card is to cycle, but the discount it provides can be unexpectedly amazing by enabling some exciting and powerful evolutionary shenanigans. |
Hex | A very powerful removal tool that you will want to save for really threatening targets or hard to clear minions. |
Jade Lightning | This is a really nice damage spell. I like the 4 damage and i love the jade golem. Very nice tool. |
Master of Evolution | This is a card you never want to have in your mulligan, but otherwise it is a very strong card. You will want to have a decent target and try to get full value out of that target before you re purpose it. |
Jade Chieftain | This is a very powerful card with awesome synergy. Aside from the obvious battlecry synergy, this 7 mana body is a fantastic target for evolution. |
Jinyu Waterspeaker | This is a fancy new healing card for shaman and it is actually pretty decent. Previous I had been using Mistress of Mixtures, but the 1 mana minions feel bad in this deck and the battlecry can combo with brann bronzebeard. |
Brann Bronzebeard | One battlecry is good, why not two?! |
Maelstrom Portal | This is a good, flexible spending which should aid you with full boards. Try to get spell damage first. |
Jade Spirit | This contributes to the jade golem effort and is a reasonable combo with Brann Bronzebeard |
Azure Drake | This is a pretty straightforward inclusion. |
Doppelgangster | The main purpose for this card is to combo it with evolve and get 3 6-cost minions. Pretty exciting combo! |
Aya Blackpaw | Definitely an auto-include, in my opinion, for any jade golem deck. I really enjoy this card and it can spawn some great tokens to fight for the board and evolve as well. |
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Thanks for sharing the list, it seems a lot of fun! With this said, I'm a bit conflicted with crafting a 2nd Dirty Rat. I think it works well in Reno Decks with some shenanigans like Brann Bronzebeard + Dirty Rat + Mind Control Tech, or + Power Overwhelming / Shadowflame, but I'm not really sure Devolve is enough to keep big threats in check when you're using 2x Dirty Rat. So far, would you say it can be replaced (1x or 2x Lightning Storm or even 1x Bloodmage Thalnos) or is it part of the core?
Must also thank you for being so involved in the discussion of this decklist. Awesome job!
Thanks for the feedback! I appreciate it :)
It is not entirely necessary to have both Dirty Rat. I don't blame you for wanting to conserve the dust. I have answered what you may replace it with not too long ago, and perhaps i could list this in the guide, but
So i hope that helps, and i hope you have fun!
Thanks a lot, man! I missed your reply, so sorry for making you repeat the answer. :) Gonna try and run it now! Cheers and keep up the good work!
Wow this is actually an amazing deck. I just started my climb today and only lost once on my way to rank 10. After rank 10 i ran into a ton of dragon priest which it struggles against.
Thanks for the feedback, i am glad you are having some success! Dragon priest can indeed be a tough matchup but it is by no means un-winnable! There are many tools in this deck to use against them. It's definitely important not to over extend too much, especially with things like Dragonfire Potion and Felfire Potion.
I've yet to lose to Dragon priest in about 5 matches against them. I think the key is to devolve their dragons in the midgame and play really slow as not to overextend into dragonfire
Heya Chimera, always fan of your decks!
I have to say, i always loved shaman (since wow) and i was kinda upset after MSOG because my control shaman was being raped by all sides, but this deck is incredible fun and effective at the same time!
You always have a good board, the Doppel+Evolve combo turn the tides against the enemy, Devolve break N'zoth decks, Dirty Rat is something like 2/6 Taunt w/ a Drawback (It's very rare this drawback, because you always have a Devolve, Hex, damage) or 2/6 Taunt w/ "Battlecry: Remove enemy win con.". Far Sight is a awesome combo enabler in early turns. Golems = Board Control & Evolve Fuel, everything is awesome and fits so well here!
Congratulations!
Thank you, much appreciated! I am glad you enjoy it =D
Enjoyed playing this deck for the purposes of the Play 75 Battlecries quest, though I'm thinking the deck needs more AoE. Trying out a version now that drops Lotus Agent and one Far Sight to play two Lightning Storms.
Fair enough. I think that is a valid tech choice, however i might leave the Far Sight, personally, and replace one of the Maelstrom Portals.Try it now ;)
replaced a devolve with a second doppelganger for a little more consistency.
You could replace Lotus Agents if you want to do that. Two Doppelgangsters sometimes seems worse than one though.
You only have two Evolves and you don't want to try and save your Evolves for your Doppelgangsters because you never know when you will draw them. You can use Master of Evolution, but that is for only one target. You could easily do that with any other card.
Is it okay to remove Dirty Rats? and what would be the best replacement for them? Will this be a solid deck to climb the ladder? Thinking to craft this deck to climb. Thanks in advance! :)
It should be okay to remove them, but that is a pretty unique card. To replace it i might suggest something like Sunfury Protector or Defender of Argus. Maybe one of them could be a second Doppelgangster, Lotus Agents or Big-Time Racketeer for one of them. You will have to decide what direction you want to go in .
As for climbing ladder, i think this deck is pretty consistent and viable, but I have not played too much ranked so i don't have quite enough data to give you an answer. It does win convincingly in multiple ways. I am also not sure what kind of expectations you have in mind.
Anyway, hope you enjoy it if you try it. Have fun!
LOL this just takes a dump on dragon priests ect. been trying to figure out a Evolve deck with this new set, this is almost perfect. good job!
Thank you, i am glad you like it! It's a blast, i am playing it right now!
might try fitting a Jinyu Waterspeaker in.
Wow this deck looks interesting - but I have none of these cards yet, haha. As a longtime shaman fanboy, though, it tempts me to spend all of my dust on this deck...
Lol! Don't go too broke! It is very enjoyable though to if you can get your hands on some cards you definitely should! I would try to open a couple packs before crafting if you can just to see what you will get :) You never know. I love shaman myself as well. I stopped playing when aggro and midrange shaman started getting really annoying and stale, but this has me busting out my golden hero again!