[Spark] Legendeath (S5 + GVG Update)
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Wild
- 23 Minions
- 7 Spells
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: N'Zoth Rogue
- Crafting Cost: 9300
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 8/14/2014 (Naxx Launch)
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The Deck has been updated with GvG but I wouldn't recommend it since the Undertaker nerf. I'm keeping it as an archive ;)
The Deck was kinda revived with the release of League of Explorers : Deadly Zoo
Hello everyone I'm Spark, Legend player from Hearthstone and today I'm presenting you my update on my good old Tempo Rogue Deck with the release of Naxxramas.
What's the new idea ?
The deck focuses a lot on valuable deathrattle minions which will lead to tempo or card advantage. It is especially centered around deathrattle that gives you another minion when they die so it gives the deck a really strong stickness power.
The deck is now a little bit more Control oriented with some annoying Legendaries or stronger drops overall and it fits perfectly with the current meta since we are seeing less and less finish burst and the games tend to be slower and more focused on value.
What does Naxxramas bring to it ?
Undertaker is the perfect one drop for this deck. It can give you a turn 1, a combo starter or be used later in the game followed by a couple of deathrattle minions to power it up instantly. this little guy has not to be underestimated ;)
I cut off some situational cards to give more consistency to the deck and play the new deathrattle minions that fits the curve pretty well : Haunted Creeper and Sludge Belcher.
The first is really appreciable to ensure some minions on the board just like the good old Harvest Golem, Defender of Argus has now an easier time finding some targets.
The second one often generates a lot of tempo and bring some more taunt to the deck to prevent aggression.
Baron Rivendare has some interesting interaction with the deck as you'll be very happy to draw 2 cards with Loot Hoarder or Bloodmage Thalnos. It is also insanely strong with Cairne Bloodhoof and Sylvanas Windrunner which are coming back into the list for obvious synergies and superb value overall. They replace perfectly Argent Commander from my older deck as the card felt a little bit lackluster to me in the current meta.
Loatheb is pretty standard nowadays as it prevents your opponent from board clears or finishing combos. A strong tempo card overall so it's a must have for the deck.
Besides that, I'm still running Azure Drake to keep up on card advantage and help the spells reach the damage needed when necessary and The Black Knight for strong tempo swing against many match ups, especially in the current meta where every decks possess some form of taunts.
General Tips :
You really wants to mulligan for your early plays : Undertaker, Haunted Creeper, Loot Hoarder, Harvest Golem, Backstab, Deadly Poison and SI:7 Agent (especially if you have the coin).
Those cards will allow you to get to the mid game safely while controlling the board or applying slight pressure, depending on the match up, and then go for your strong end game plays.
Always be very careful on how you use your resources, playing Rogue is a matter of precision and understanding of what you are facing. You really need to plan you next turns so you don't mess up with an SI:7 Agent combo, a well timed Blade Flurry or an empowered Eviscerate.
Deck Talk with TheChiv : Breakdown and Gameplay
Update : Gameplay Videos
As I updated the Deck with GvG and feel like it's in a pretty good state right now, I'll probably keep playing it and post some interesting games on my Youtube Channel ;)
Here is one against Handlock (which is normally a very tough match up), don't hesitate to subscribe for more !
Closing
I'm currently playing it with amazing success at rank 2 (I wanted to ladder with my Hunter only but the deck is just too exciting) and its versatility allow you to adapt to many match ups. Beating Zoo is generally pretty easy if you can have a decent start but will sometimes depend on a nice Deadly Poison into Blade Flurry to get the edge in the mid game. The other popular deck of the moment, Mid Range Hunter, is also a favorable match up as I'm currently 5-0 against it.
That's it for the guide guys, I hope you'll enjoy the Deck as much as I do !
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This deck doing okay for this meta?
So far I'm 8-2 with it. Not sure if that really says anything but over the weekend I've been facing a LOT of shamans and paladins. The 2 loses are actually both from a Freeze Mage which sad to say doesn't really have an answer. In those games I was always able to get them down to 1 health but I was never able to finish them off because of Ice block or Ice Barrier.
of course its amazing, did you see how many legendaries are running around in this deck? Also why wouldnt rivendare get taken out fairly quickly?
Having a lot of legendaries in a deck doesn't make it instantly good ^^
I didn't really understand the rivendare question, I mean he has 7 life so the opponent has to waste some time/ressources on it if you wants to get rid of it
Lol, i love seeing legendaries in any deck, only been playing for a few months so mostly that comment was out of jealousy ;) I know when I get rivendare played on me(Shaman), he is fairly easy to get rid of. granted I usually just crazed alchemist him and hit him for cheap. also the hexes. But i suppose not everyone has those options
Yeah you are right but generally if my opponent goes for it I'm ok with that since I won some tempo. If you use Hex or something I'm crazy happy about it because that means one less hard removal for my real threats ;)
haha, but what you dont know is that I still have a BGH to deal with big fat fatties on the board....but i guess you know that now...damnit!!! you know earth shocks are great too, but really those would probably already be used depending on your deck comp. anyway besides shaman rogue is my favorite deck to play with. its is really fun and satisfying.
This deck is legit as fuck!
Really fun to play and its damn effective.
Took me a bit of playtime to figure out how to use it as I never played rogue before [First non miracle deck I actually wanted to play].
I was ready to drop it but im glad I stuck with it.
Need a replacement for Cairne Bloodhoof. Sunwalker maybe? That wouldn't work well with the deathrattle theme though
I didn't have Cairne or Black Knight so I substituted them with Stalagg and Feugen :P
What would be a good replacement for Sylvanas, TBK, & Bloodmage? -for this deck
Cairne, Sylvanas and TBK : Sunwalker / Argent Commander (Sap / Assassinate can work to a lesser extent, for TBK probably) and then probably replace Rivendare with a Spellbreaker ;)
Bloodmage replaced by Defias Ringleader or Perdition's Blade ;)
Ths for the info of which cards best replacement for this deck.
This deck is beyond worthless
did u ment this deck isn't worthless but more worst than worthless? >_>
With the increase of handlock (due to fall of hunters) i replaced Thalnos with BGH. Helped much ^^
Yeah BGH may become mandatory with the increase of Handlocks ^^
This deck is really fun to play but is also pretty slow. And its never easy to make a rivendel combo. As a player below said already, it fails a bit vs naxx priests. Priests... healing their deathrattles and also have higher aoe force... Really hard to go against.
So call me crazy, but I've been running Lorewalker Cho in this deck and it's been great fun and actually surprisingly effective. Think about it, if you're against an opponent that doesnt have a weapon, it's only backstab and eviscerate you can give them (or coin). Then if you get an undertaker out and buff him up shit gets crazy. I gave a ramp druid nightmares just then cos he didn't want to use swipe or wrath to remove him but I had a sludge belcher out by the time he could deal with it and he ended up giving me a wrath and a swipe.
At the very least, it's funny, give it a shot in place of an azure drake and have a laugh.
Ugh. No. More. Deathrattle. Everything. PLEASE!!!!!!!!
Man, this deck design got old a week after they finished Naxx wings. We need a new set already. Maybe one day this game will have some actual diversity in it.