Hearthpwn

• INTRO
• THE 4 PACKAGES
• WHAT ELSE?
• MULLIGAN GUIDE
• HOW TO PLAY

INTRO

So how did I came up with this deck because it looks a bit weird? Actually I was looking for a deck where I could place the cheapest 5-attack minions in a deck to complete the quest as fast as possible. Cheap minions with a high attack usually have a drawback. King Mukla gives your opponent 2 bananas, Hoarding Dragon gives your opponent 2 coins and Coldlight Oracle (not a 5 attack card but card draw is needed once you have played Barnabus) gives you 2 cards but your opponent too. Than I thought, hey: these cards can be drawn by The Curator. The Curator is a card with taunt, but Deathlord is a taunt minion with a drawback: Maybe I should add Hadronox and find some more taunt minions. I kept puzzling some more and came up with a deck where it's all about: Barnabus the Stomper, The Curator, Hadronox and N'Zoth, the Corruptor with a surprise milling technique.

So I tried to create a fun deck with a lot of synergies:

THE 4 PACKAGES:

Barnabus, The Stomper package:

There are 13 minions to support the quest (minions with 5 attack or more): 2x Elder Longneck, King Mukla, 2x Evil Heckler (one of my favorite cards), 2x Cursed Disciple (this card actually made this deck soooooo much better, it really is a must!), 2x Hoarding Dragon x2 Chillmaw 1x Harbringer Celestia 1x The Lich King and N'Zoth, the Corruptor (but you actually want to play this after you played Barnabus the Stomper.

The Curator package:

4 beasts: King Mukla and Hadronox and 2x Elder Longneck (if you want to be greedy you can rplace the Longnecks with: 2x Witching Hour

2 murlocs: Coldlight Oracle.

3 Dragons: Chillmaw and 2x Hoarding Dragon

Hadronox package:

There are 7 taunt minions: 2x Deathlord, 2x Evil Heckler, 1x Chillmaw, 1x The Curator 1x The Lich King

N'Zoth, The Corruptor package:

There are 10 cards with a Deathrattle effect. 2x Dancing Swords, 2x Deathlord, Chillmaw, Hadronox and 2x Hoarding Dragon and 2x Cursed Disciple.

WHAT ELSE?

- Card draw: 2x Coldlight Oracle, 1x The Curator, 1x Ultimate Infestation (it also summons a 5/5 Ghoul which is good for your quest, but this is really really a card you wanna play after you have played Barnabus because the minions drawn will cost 0 mana). The best way is to keep the Curator in hand until you have played Barnabus because if you play the Curator you will draw a free Coldlight Oracle of which you can draw (hopefully) 2 more free big minions. Another strong addition is 2x Branching Paths as it is very versatile in its options. I usually use it for 2 card draws.

- Milling Mechanics: there are some cards that I've put in this deck which were really great in "fatigue druid". These cards are 2x Dancing Swords, 2x Coldlight Oracle 2x Naturalize, 2x Deathlord, 1x King Mukla and 2x Hoarding Dragon. These cards hopefully disrupt any combo's your opponent wants to play. To support this mechanic I have added The Darkness. This card works so good in this deck because you keep milling your opponent. Making him draw cards with Naturalize, Coldlight Oracle and Dancing Swords and in the mean time thinning opponents deck with Deathlord. 

- AoE. The only cards to effect the board are: 2x Swipe, and potential 1x Chillmaw.

- Secret Keycard for this deck. Then there is 1 card I have been keeping from you and that is: Prince Keleseth. It is the only 2 cost card in the deck. The ideal play is turn 1 quest, turn 2 Prince Keleseth turn 3 a 5/5 Dancing Swords. This is a great card in this deck because it makes the drawback of many cards almost irrelevant. It also gives you 3 more potential 5-attack minions for your quest (2x Dancing Swords will be a 5/5 and The Curator will be a 5/7).

This deck needs the prince because all these cards with drawbacks can backfire and cost you the game. Cards with a drawback (or a potential positive effect for opponent) are: 2x Naturalize, 2x Deathlord, 2x Coldlight Oracle, 2x Dancing Swords, 1x King Mukla, 2x Hungry Dragon, 1x Chillmaw (because it could also damages friendly minions).

MULLIGAN GUIDE:

Mulligan for Prince Keleseth and keep the Quest in your hand. All 3 and 4 minions are great except for the Murlocs. Dream mulligan:

HOW TO PLAY:

The 3 and 4 mana cards are very important in this deck.  They will make sure you are able to complete the quest quickly. Opponent will try to deal with all your big 5 attack minions. The key is to keep going for the face so opponent has to deal with them. In the mean time if you see you are able to burn some cards by playing for instance a Mukla - Naturalize combo, just go for it. For defense you can even play a Hadronox - Naturalize (on Hadronox) combo and fill your board with taunt minions. N'Zoth is just fun to fill your board again with big minions.

It is just very important to keep Coldlight Oracle - The Curator, Branching Paths and Ultimate Infestation until after you have played Barnabus!!

You want to draw 0 cost murlocs with The Curator filling your hand with free minions.

This image shows exactly what this deck is all about: burning your opponents cards and filling the board with big minions while you have a hand full of free minions to play (this deck used to have The Beast and The Darkness in it as well):