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Is there anything you would add for ungoro such as volcano?

I'm having a lot of trouble with the priest match up. They always buff their minions out of ele destruction range in the early game, and even if I manage to clear they just fill the board again with big minions like drakonid op. I never really have enough time to assemble enough burn to kill them

This deck is still insane, just went 10-1 from rank 20 to 16 so far only losing to 1 pirate warrior. 
Only replaced -1x Finders Keepers +1x Devolve

piloted this deck with -1 thalnos/+1 maelstrom portal tech to asia server legend, thanks a lot for the guide! it helps me deal with those unfamiliar decks really well

It's not worth it. In the rare scenario that it's correct to play maly without lethal the same turn, usually he's going to die to a transform effect like hex. It's better to play burn since you only usually need 3-4 burn cards with maly to win the game. Remember, this deck isn't about board advantage; it's a combo deck.

Does this really need a novel written about it and a massive album of screenshots of the same victory screen over and over?

Album- not really necessary, I just felt like it. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Novel - I'm not making a video and it's a weird deck to play well so I tried to be thorough. I've still had to coach like 6-7 people on my friends list so I might just be a really bad writer. 

Having a ton of fun with this deck. 

Looks like a fun deck.  I don't think temp storm knows what they are talking about as they list this as a tier 4 deck.

https://tempostorm.com/hearthstone/meta-snapshot/wild/2017-01-22

Congratulations on hitting Legend with Malygos Shaman!  I played Malygos Shaman to Legend as well last season.  My decklist is in fact the first entry on the Similar Decks tab; as you can see, our decks are almost identical, differing by only 3 cards.  The meta is probably a bit more difficult for Malygos Shaman this season, as there are a lot more Reno Mages and Control Warriors compared to last season.  In any case, I would argue that Malygos Shaman is still the strongest combo deck in the current Wild meta.

I appreciate the effort you took to write your detailed guide on this deck.  I'll link to it in my deck, as you did a great job in presenting an overview on the fundamentals of the deck.

I do have a few notes to add regarding the matchups section of the guide:

Freeze Mage:

Freeze Mages aren't particularly common in the current meta, but I am familiar with the matchup, having played a few games on both sides of the matchup.  It is slightly favored for the Malygos Shaman, but not for the reasons you mentioned above.  Freeze Mages pack far more card draw than you can as a Malygos Shaman, including Mad Scientist, and it's almost impossible to assemble your combo before they have Ice Block up and are ready to burst you down.  The main drawback of Freeze Mage, though, is that their burst come over several turns.  Your main win condition in this matchup is to outheal the Freeze Mage and to win through fatigue, as the Freeze Mage will inevitably draw more cards.  As a result, it's important to keep track of deck size and to avoid drawing once you have both Healing Wave and Hallazeal the Ascended.

For the mulligans, if you know it's Freeze Mage, keep any of the 3 healing cards in the deck.  Card draw should also be kept, as it helps you dig through your deck to find your healing.  The Malygos combo can be played whenever you assemble it to pop Ice Block, as it forces them to use their some of their burn to remove it.  In addition, using Ancestor's Call to eliminate combo pieces is often another win condition.

Reno Mage:

Reno Mage is an unfavorable matchup, since the combination of Ice Block, Reno Jackson, and Polymorph completely nullifies your win condition.  As you mentioned above, the best chance is the simply hope that they don't draw the Ice Block before you assemble your combo.  Because this is Wild and they have access to Mad Scientist along with their other spell generation tools, though, this is unlikely.

I would like to add, however, that there is a certain method to defeat a Reno Mage after they have their Ice Block up.  Again, it involves fatigue.  Your goal is to survive until their deck runs out of cards.  Once that happens, you summon Malygos and hit the Reno Mage with exactly 2x Lightning Bolt + 1x Lava Shock + 1x Frost Shock.  Assuming no additional spell damage, this combination does exactly 29 damage.  At the start of the Mage's turn, they will take 1 fatigue damage for exact lethal, since damage taken on your own turn ignores Ice Block.

Secret Paladin:

You listed this as a very unfavorable matchup, which I disagree with.  I would say it's about even.  One thing to note about Secret Paladin is that can't much burst from hand.  The most damage they can typically do is 6 damage more than what's on board, from Truesilver Champion + Consecration.  This lack of burst makes them predictable, and you can use that to your advantage by being greedy with your board clears.  In addition, Secret Paladins don't typically run healing (outside of the negligible 4 health from Truesilver), and also don't have much hard removal outside of Keeper of Uldaman.  This allows you to safely summon Malygos early with Ancestor's Call, if needed, to combo with Maelstrom Portal or Lightning Storm to clear their board.  Unload any burn spells you have left at face.  It's nearly impossible for a Secret Paladin to come back after that, as they lack removal and don't function well without board advantage.

Oh damn, congratulations yourself on doing the same last season! I'd just like to add a my own reasoning why I listed those matchups the way I did.

Freeze Mage  - I'd argue the most important difference in our deck compositions here is that I'm running Mana Tide Totem which the few Freezes I did fight were very reluctant to kill unless it was included in a Blizzard or Flamestrike, this meant that I was drawing a lot more than they were. As in most of my matches, I was further ahead in the deck, I often happened to get my combo before them. The blocks weren't particularly relevant as Malygos was down and it's difficult for them to both kill Maly and get up another block and then Alex themselves next turn to stabilise (assuming she wasn't already taken out by Ancestor's and disposed of). The only freeze Mage I lost to when playing like this is one where I over drew a crackle and fell just short of being able to finish them off after that exact stabilisation scenario occurred, most of the time it looked like http://imgur.com/a/zJjpY

Reno Mage - It's going to sound dumb, especially because I've written this lengthy guide, but I never actually considered waiting till fatigue xD That does seem to make perfect sense though, I've just been very lucky whilst playing wrong/aggressively that they've either 1) not gotten a block up (sometimes because a Mad Scientist has drawn Duplicate instead)  2) had Reno drgged out by the Ancestor's Call 3) Not had Reno in hand at all. So when you're playing do you just hold off on your draw unless they're ahead then? 

Secret Paladin - I've definitely had games which have played out like you've listed but I think your inclusion of the 2nd Maelstrom Portal and Feral Spirits strengthens you significantly here. There have been a many times where I've had to drastically overkill junk with a larger AoE and have suffered because of the overload. I'd say my version, if played optimally is still unfavoured but after reading your comments I realise "very unfavoured" is an overstatement + I have encountered a few more since making this and won some games.

Thanks for your feedback, I do appreciate your criticism. With your permission and full credit, if it's ok, can I write up your amendments in a bit? I'll probably keep the Freeze write up the same for the most part but your insight into Reno Mage and Secret Paladin do the deck more justice than I did. I'll also link to your deck at the end of the guide as up you've kindly done for me :)

Feel free to amend anything I write into your guide.  I appreciate the time and effort you spent in writing this comprehensive guide, and if there is anything I can add to improve it, well, the pleasure is mine.

Regarding Reno Mage, it's still heavily unfavored if they get an Ice Block up, but if you have assembled your combo pieces, you do need to watch your card draw to ensure you don't hit fatigue way before they do.  A large portion of their deck is removal and other defensive tools, so it's not too difficult to clear their major threats and survive before fatigue.

As for the differences between our decks, I think it's rather remarkable that we've come up with such similar lists independently, in our attempts to optimize this archetype.  I do think that in this current meta, a second Maelstrom Portal is better than Spirit Claws, due to how prevalent weapon removal is.  Even some Pirate Warriors are running Acidic Swamp Ooze.  Another thing that has shifted between last season and this one is the rise of Egg Druid.  Devolve may very well be a tech choice worth considering.

Guys, let me introduce myself, my nick is sens1g, I'm playing at EU server an I was multiple time legend before gadgetzan update, but struggled in reno / pirate Argo meta, since I do like combo decks.

I really need to draw your attention to this deck! Let's start with the fact that I've reached legend with it from rank 4 to leg in 1,5 days. Actually, I faced this guy - Chillinon (guid author) 5 times climbing to the legend: two times on agroburst shaman (lost 0-2), two times with RenoLeeroyWarlock (1-1) and one time on classic dragon priest (lost 0-1). Then I've decided to build that deck (thanks Chillinon for sharing it in game!) and rushed to legend with around 80% win rate (less 5 practicing matches).

It's really satisfacting to see cancer agro pirates conceding at 7-8 turn after hallazeal+ED combo (which might be use with other spells and also barnes doubled this combo). Priests/warlocks can't do anything against 30+ damage combo off with ancestors' call+maly in one turn (its achievable even without taurissan baff).

In conclusion, after struggling with ~60% win rate with mainstream decks, it's nice to see your opponent playing with you as with agrosham while you're setting up your combo.

Few tips for the followers - keep pretending being standard totem sham as long as possible. Try to avoid dirty rats. Try to kill renomage before it played icewall. Try to bite off ~10 health from Renowarlock - it will ease your combo crucially, and maintain 20+ Health in this match up. Against priests do not hurry, build your combo carefully, but remember about damage/armor from Kazakus potions. Never be greedy with your spells in agro match ups - it will help you to live and then play your high health minions (usually, wars/shams concede after loosing their presence at board and run out of cards in hand). GL HF

PS: gratz with legend, Chillinon, I haven't chance to tell you in game :) I was a bit nervous when you published this guide here, but I managed to reach legend before malyshams invaded ladder :DD

PSS: legend proof will follow. Ask questions should you have any, I'll try to accommodate. Sorry for my english - it's not my native.

 Holy shit my man thanks for posting this, I'm actually having fun in Hearthstone after a long time. Don't have Hallazeal yet but it's definitely my next craft.

By the way, what do you think of Finders Keepers in this deck?

Sorry for the late reply, been busy. Never really considered finder's keepers at all, really hard to evaluate given it's range of outcome. 

Don't think I'd run as although it can get more reach or AoE, it's also fairly likely to just give you a minion you don't really want. Still, if you see some potential, don't let me stop you from trying it :)

Thanks for the reply! Yeah I'll be keeping Finders Keepers for now until I get Hallazeal.

I find the Reno Mage match-up almost unwinnable, I've never beaten one since I've started using the deck. The only time I got close to killing one managed to win because they got Bolf Ramshield off of an Effigy. Even if I pull their Reno with ancestor's call. and pop their Ice Block, I usually don't have enough burn left to kill them.

Good, I always tried to add Malygos in my standard shaman decks but it just did not work out.
I played a few games with this deck and enjoyed them all. The only game I lost was because I miss-clicked and killed my own minion.

I would really appreciate a video of your gameplay.
Thanks for the long detailed post!