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I will never understand why he runs 2x azure drake instead of  1x azure + 1x loatheb..  loatheb can help in so many situations... and its great if you just throw it in when the opponent has 0 minions on board.. its always value even if you don't use it to stop some finishing move

I would rather use 2 Azure drakes than 2 Cabala Shadow Priests. Azure has always value even with empty board and +1 spell power can save your life easily.But I agree that Loatheb is extremly powerful card

The two cards fill different roles.

Azure Drake replaces itself and gives spell power on a 4/4 body filling roles of card draw, tech, and a mediocre minion for cost.  Spellpower is better in other classes but its has it's uses in Priest.

Loatheb is a tech card with vanilla to good stats (good only because its the only 5/5 for 5, otherwise it just passes vanilla).   While the card is good bordering on great, it doesn't replace itself and there is no guarantee when you play it you will actually disrupt the opponents plans.  Loatheb is better in a spell heavy meta to just a 5/5 for 5 in a normalized meta.  He fills a role similar to The Black Knight.

is Sylvanas Windrunner a must?

look here - http://www.hearthpwn.com/decks/89122-tsm-trump-priest-2-0-naxx-week-4 it is updated version of the deck and I tried to write replacements there :-)

Update of Trump's "Priest 2.0" deck up to 13th August:

+2 Dark Cultist +2 Zombie Chow

-1 Holy Nova -1 Deathlord -1 Holy Fire -1 Earthen Ring Farseer


If someone is interested I posted the deck as a new one and I will try to update it everytime Trump change something in it. My page was updated of tips and replacements :-)

http://www.hearthpwn.com/decks/89122-tsm-trump-priest-2-0-naxx-week-4

Didn't even consider Auchenai-ing some Zombie Chow. Smart play, I'll run this and see what's up.

It is easy to do so but try to not use it only as that. If you want Chow as pure 5 damage to face card there is no reason to play him instead of mind blast. Try to use him as board presence and then trade him in the same turn you throw down Auchenai. This can let you circle bigger minions than 4hp.

Example from my last game - 
my board - zombie chow
opponent's board - cabala, pyromancer, northshire cleric 

I threw down auchenai, hit Cabala to bring it under 4 hp and then used circle. This guaranteed me board clear and saved me 2 mana from hero power :-) 

Anyone else not sure how to incorporate the cultists?

Thinking about removing the farseer and one pyro atm

Amaz also runs only 1 SW:Death in his newest decks .. it is starting to be pretty usual 

No idea, probably because priest has so much other removals that he doesnt need cards which are 1 for 1 ... 

Playing this beast this morning and I think I've gone 6-1 so far. What makes this deck vicious is the amount of removal your opponent has to use on you to get rid of anything in play. Judicious use of Injured Blademaster and Circle of Healing can be an enormous headache. Even versus zoo, where you think you would want to save Circle of Healing for Auchenai Soulpriest, their zoo will still end up eating two or three cards worth of removal and battlecry buffs to put down your Blademaster. In that time, they're being cost turns which are ultimately their downfall because you can start playing higher cost minions like Cabal Shadow Priest and Ragnaros the Firelord.

My only change has been removing the Deathlord pair for the brand new Dark Cultist. You would think the lack of a taunt would hurt, but I've had Druids sacking silences from their Keepers of the Grove just to shut them up. On top of that, you get an above average minion that will eat larger damage spells like Swipe or Kill Command AND you don't have to worry about the Deathlord rattle which can and will ruin your day.

The trick to this deck is it is Chess. It's not the fast aggro deck, it's calculated plays. Make smart trades, smart heals to avoid removal, and hold onto a fat hand for when your opponent goes balls deep.

Good hunting, folks! Knock them dead.

I replaced 1 pyromancer for it since I feel like i have enough removals and the second pyromancer is mostly a dead card for me. :) Not sure if it is right though.

I would the ERF if you were to replace anything. 

I am thinking about replacing 1 farseer and 1 cabala with 2 dark cultists ... seems like thebest replacements for me. Pyromancer is really important in aggro matchuos so I wouldn't replace them. Other possibilities seems to be to replace 1 deathlord or 1 azure drake instead of 2nd Cabala because the rest of the cards are really important for combos as far as I know :-) But it is all up to personal preferences 

Really like this deck. I only had one Cabal Shadow Priest and no Sylvanas Windrunner, so I added in two Chillwind Yeti. While they Yeti don't offer the same benefits as the other two cards, I feel it gives the deck more board presence and a very strong midgame.

I think the main key to the deck is Deathlord, he allows you to slow the game down so you can get your control cards into your hands. I originally was a bit nervous about his deathrattle but so far, the only bad summon has been Deathwing, but luckily I had a SW:D in my hand!

I've been playing this deck quite a bit and I agree that Control Warrior is one of the dicey matchups, but Zoo should not be an issue. If you see a warlock, Mull for low cards. Wild Pyro + PW:S / Nova, Aucheni / Circle and/or Deathlords should be enough to hold off the Zoo while you get setup. 

If you're still having issues, consider swapping an ERF and/or Cabal for 1-2 Sludge Belchers.

I don't have the Cabal Shadow Priest's what can I replace them with?

There is a somewhat option and it's called Kodo

Stampening Kodos or if you dont have these just Yetis :-)