Budget Midrange Paladin with Elementals and DK!
- Last updated Sep 10, 2017 (Frozen Throne)
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Wild
- 21 Minions
- 7 Spells
- 1 Weapon
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Midrange Paladin
- Crafting Cost: 4780
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 8/12/2017 (Frozen Throne)
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First of all, Paladin is the class which is the most difficult to budgetize. It has a lot of auto-include legendary cards like Tirion Fordring or Ragnaros, Lightlord. As new player it hurts to get a nice expensive card without the possibility to make a deck for it. I'm in the same situation except that I'm not new, I just have a smaller collection. That is the reason why I made this deck, and decided to post it to help others out.
As you can see I used the elemental package. Elementals are cheap and work quite well in Paladin with the possibility to discover Ragnaros, Lightlord from Servant of Kalimos multiple times. You can discover some good class taunts from Stonehill Defender too. Why Bonemare? Because it's the most OP thing you get for 40 dust. The end.
If you don't have Karazhan:
-1x The Curator +1x Grimestreet Protector
If you don't have Uther of the Ebon Blade but still want to play this deck:
-1x Uther of the Ebon Blade +1x Grimestreet Protector
Strategy:
Aggro
Taunting and board control is your win condition here. Most aggro decks need to be tired out in order to win against them, except for Murloc Paladin. You need to get out there stuff on the board until their hand is empty, then use Equality + Consecration to get rid of their murlocs. If you can't clear their board you have no chance to survive.
Tempo/Midrange
Three simple words: CLEAR THE BOARD. That's their weakness. After you clear their board there is no escape for them. Develop your own side and buff your minions in order to win.
Control
The control matchup is about value. The more Tirions you discover, the more you win /s. Rely on your buff cards such as Bonemare. Try to discover good things from Stonehill Defender and try to get Ragnaros, Lightlord from Servant of Kalimos to stay alive. Clear the board in the meantime. Uther of the Ebon Blade may help you reset your health and deal some face damage in the meantime. Control the board too. You will need to outvalue control in order to win.
Jades
Jade Druid is the archetype that I've been having the most problems with. However, with the help of some board control and taunts I could recover easily. Also I haven't tried, but Skulking Geist could help in this matchup.
Thank you for all the patience and upvotes! Hope you enjoy the deck!
Deck showcase by kiwiinbacon:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ouKyb8aX50
Deck showcase by TheSynch:
Update: http://www.hearthpwn.com/decks/931869-updated-budget-elemental-midrange-paladin
i got lich king too, so i could do like swap tirion with curator and kodo with lich king. is it good, or too much expensive cards in the deck?
> 5k dust deck = budget
> f2p game
haHAA
3.2k comes from 2 legendaries.. which 1 was from an adventure almost a year ago.. and the other are (sort of free) .. random DK hero.
Curator got replacement list, so this deck is mostly aimed at peoples who randomed the DK hero from the prologue.
Replaced one Bonemare with Tirion Fordring, will try out later. What about Equality and Wild Pyromancer Combo?
Technically you can reach rank 5- with any deck that has 51%+ win rate given enough time.
So much jades in this meta... this is pretty much "auto-lose" match up and i also think Skulking Geist can help.
My question here is which card to remove?
How about playing Tirion instead of Uther ( if u don't have him )
The deck is so fun and cheap!
Hi! if i have [card]Tirion Fordring[/card] and [card]The Lich King[/card] what should i replace?
thank you!
Stampeding Kodo, Blessings of Kings, and Bonemare are all solid contenders. Bonemare is really only their for the budget aspect, while kodo and kings are a bit clunky. although replacing kodo also means The Curator also loses value. So you could manage to loose that card as well since late game kodo is really only good versus aggro but by that point if you're still alive, your in a good position already. Kings imo should not be in the deck, Spikeridge Steed is a better buff that doubles as 2 taunts. And as both Tirion and Lich King are both taunts... catch my drift. Honestly though, if you really want to run both cards without taking too much away from the deck, you're better off playing control paladin. Which this is not btw
What should I replace if I wanted to add The Lich King
I must say this deck is very good for budget
so far 4-0, the discovers always get nice card like ragnaros lightlord, lich king, etc
here my game vs beast hunter and warlock (which you see a lot in rank) enjoy :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wXtKsryVNU&feature=youtu.be
This deck looks good on paper but I de-ranked from 16 to 20 just a moment ago using this deck alone -- too many jade druids (I think I encountered 6 jade in a row) on the ladder.
I did replace one Bonemare with Tirion Fordring and it works fantastic. But I have to say you need a bit of luck with your mulligan, this deck does feel like the mana curve is a bit high.
If I have Sunkeeper Tarim, is there a place for him in this deck? Same thing with The Lich King.
Thanks!
Well both Sunkeeper Tarim and Bonemare serve the same function ... buff and taunt. But Sunkeeper gives you more flexibility (as a potential debuff) and costs 1 less mana, so that seems like the obvious replacement.
Great point.
Thanks!
i wanted to add lich king so i did -1 kodo -1 igneus elemental +1 lich king +1 arfus (for beast curator synergy)
What would the NON budget version of this deck look like? Any different? If mana were no object, would it look the same or would you make some substitutions?