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Hi there! I am slizzle466. I have been playing Hearthstone since Naxxramas and I have hit legend 6 times in Standard (highest rank #190) and 4 times in Wild (highest rank #28). In this guide I would like to share my Wild KoFT Jade Druid that took me from Rank 5 to #62 legend. I completed the run in 18 hours of playing with a 63% win rate.

Update: Top 50 Legend http://imgur.com/a/dKw2N

Update 2: Top 15 Legend http://imgur.com/a/Jr7Jk

Decklist: http://imgur.com/a/Hndwk

Statistics: (63% win rate over 73 games) http://imgur.com/a/igPLD

Note: These statistics do not count games I played on my phone or tablet.

Proof: http://imgur.com/a/5CCb2

Clip of the final boss: https://clips.twitch.tv/AgreeableCarefulPepperThisIsSparta

Twitch VOD from Rank 1, 0 stars to legend: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/167943825

Introduction

With the introduction of Spreading Plague, Malfurion the Pestilent, and Ultimate Infestation Jade Druid has risen to the top the meta. The deck plays the same as Jade Druid pre KoFT, however now the deck can survive the early game with Spreading Plague, and last out the late game with Ultimate Infestation. Malfurion the Pestilent works in any situation due to the choice of having 2 taunt minions or 2 poisonous minions when played. I’m also running 2 Mire Keepers in this list to aggressively ramp as much as possible.

Strengths

With the addition of Ultimate Infestation you can now ramp much more aggressively to 10 mana so that you can cast Ultimate Infestation to refill your hand, gain some armour, and gain a bit of board. Although Druid doesn’t have any decent board clears, your opponent will now get punished for overextending their board because of Spreading Plague.

The deck is relatively simply to play if you manage your mana efficiently and plan 1 or 2 turns ahead.

Good Matchups: Aggro Druid, Pirate Warrior, Reno Priest, Aggro/Midrange Shaman

Weaknesses

This deck struggles against decks that run a lot of big board clears.

Bad Matchups: Midrange Paladin, Reno Warlock

Unknown Matchups: Hunter/Rogue/Mage (there aren’t many on Wild ladder at the moment)

General Advice

Your goal is to ramp to 10 mana as quick as possible. Sometimes it’s better to ramp than to gain board. Coining Wild Growth Turn 1 is good if you have a Jade Blossom in hand. If you are going to ramp, always make sure you have to sometime to play the next turn. Early game use Nourish for Ramp and NOT card draw.

Matchup Mulligans

For ALL matchups: Innervate, Jade Idol/[card], [card]Wild Growth

In addition for aggro matchups: Wrath

In addition for control matchups: Jade Blossom, Mire Keeper (only if you already have some ramp)

Statistics

People still think Pirate Warrior is good in wild and as you can see I farmed them 18-8. My next best rate was against druid with 10-4. Most of these matches were mirror matches and the reason I believe I had an advantage was because I run Mire Keeper and most other players do not.

Conclusion

The deck is super fun to play and I believe it to be very competitive. Ultimate Infestation makes you feel like a god. Ask any questions you want below.