Amber Medivh Priest
- Last updated Jun 13, 2017 (Un'Goro Launch)
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Wild
- 13 Minions
- 17 Spells
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Control Priest
- Crafting Cost: 7220
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 6/7/2017 (Un'Goro Launch)
- Rhadan
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Region:
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Total Deck Rating
415
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Now for the deck:
The goal of this deck is to outvalue your opponent while staying alive. You have many tools to control the board early game, especially with Potion of Madness and Wild Pyromancer.
One of the keys to success is to know the matchup you're in and grab spells with Shadow Visions that help you to win the game. Against aggro, you will need things like Holy Nova and Greater Healing Potion.
You should stay on a high enough life total so you can drop Medivh - this will be a turn where you have to yield board. ideally you grab it back the very next turn with either a boardclear or by playing Free From Amber, which will give you a 8-10 drop AND another 8 drop on top of it.
Save up big spells for Medivh, unless you need to push for board and save up little spells for Lyra or a Priest of the Feast, depending on the matchup.
Against Quest Rogue, try to get more than your two Dragonfire Potion. Smarter Rogue players will not flood the board completely. Also the chargers can be deadly to you. Go wide on the board as soon as early.
Against Shaman, always try to ask yourself "Will Bloodlust kill me if I don't clear the board?", because the current lists are sometimes even running 2 of them. I've been killed at 30 life with double bloodlust. Also their Devolve is good against your early game cards. Later in the game it can help them remove a taunt to let them push through.
Mages get pretty wrecked by this deck, because you can heal yourself up very well with either Priest of the Feast or Greater Healing Potion. Make sure to trigger Counterspell with cards you don't desperately need. You really don't want your 8-10 cost spells to be countered. Keep a Shadow Word: Death ready for Alexstrasza when it comes down (and heal up).
Hunters also get pretty eaten alive because they can't deal damage as fast as most other aggro decks and Potion of Madness is an amazing card in that matchup.
Jade Druid is trickier, but I haven't encountered many. They usually can't deal with high health minions, so make sure to get your Free From Amber in as fast as you can, IF you can with Medivh for double value.
Aggro Druid is easier, just make sure you can remove their early game and keep Holy Nova or Dragonfire Potion for their Living Mana turns.
Against Pirate Warrior you need to reach the later stages of the game. If you do, you win. They need to race you down by turn 4-6 (which they can with a decent draw). Wild Pyro, Potion of Madness and Tar Creeper are key. You actually have a better chance if you go second because you can go Priest of the Feast + Coin + 1 mana spell for healing and board presence they have to remove.
Played some Paladins recently and the matchup is very good as well. They don't have that much early aggro and you usually can deal with it OR stall until you clear with Dragonfire Potion. After that it's a waiting game. Keep that Mind Control for Tirion! 90 % of my games against Paladin after I Mind Controlled Tirion the opponent just conceded.
More guides to come when I played even more. :)
Currently the deck is hovering at around a 70% winrate! You can definetly hit legend with it, but it's a slower climb as the matchups are not fast.
Pain > Death IMO. I'm running this deck exactly as you have it but with 2 pains 1 death. you already have MC anyways and most decks don't have that many big drops.
Very well written guide and interesting deck, maybe I'll try it. Have a thumbs up!
i'd love to see some videos of you playing. I feel the thing im struggling most with is knowing when to use spells. I feel sometimes i hold them for too long and can't keep board, other times i use them too early and have no cards
NA, but ill check the vod's thanks!
Replace Binding heal for Greater healing potion ???
Useless crap deck.
The greed is strong in this one ^^
Trump would approve the greed level of this deck!
Wow just had an epic win vs Token Druid. So much board clear! Also beat Quest Rogue before. 2-0 now.
https://hsreplay.net/replay/H29KEAp9izWRqwW3MuA8u6
Would Curious Glimmerroots work in this deck? And what can i replace them with. Great deck btw
i'm running something similar but with divine spirit + inner fire combo which can end the game faster instead of waiting around for medivh + free from amber. fun deck regardless.
Elise Replacement?
this deck is fkin sick every priest im facing right now is using it, so far i lost to two of em but it made me hurt me butt so hard like one minute im winning and next he mindcontro*ls my key minion and things go downhill from there very quick.
I hope you had a nice journey.
I like very much but it’s hard to play. Half of my looses come from errors I made.
win rate currently 1 and 8
every version of this priest lyra i have tried ends up with a total of no wins whatsoever regardless of hero opponent. I have been playing this crapola game now since it started and i have discovered that either i am completely retarded or i forgot how to play am actually a worse player now than when i started! at any rate deck does not work for me at all so much for crafting lyra!
I know there will probably be no replacement. but is there any replacement for dragonfire potions?
Ok, i crafted the cards haha. I really do enjoy the deck, i want to thank you for that. The only downside i have playing this deck, is that i don't seem to draw Medivh that often, which is not too bad really, but when i do draw Medivh and i have Amber in hand, people concede or i win before i can do my epic Medivh > Amber combo haha so i have not witnessed it, but i am winning. I guess that is the most important thing