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Hey guys! This is TrAcErHS and I’m back at posting some cool a.s decks!  But today it’s going to be  a deck of my friend that just got legend from rank 3 with an insane winrate of  76%!!!! 

Here is the PROOF OF LEGEND:  https://imgur.com/Z2xbl8y 

Here are the pictures from decktracker that show the winrate: https://imgur.com/VGe4sKf    https://imgur.com/lm3ji8o   https://imgur.com/wKr7LP8

And here is the link for the original post  of this deck and the builder of this beauty!! Make sure to follow him because he makes a lot of cool competitive and FUN decks: http://www.hearthpwn.com/decks/947086-nezos-rank-3-to-legend-big-priest-deck

Strategy and Gameplan
All you need is to survive and clear the board frequently until turn 6 if you don't get Barnes early. 
Against aggro decks you should start to spam as fast as possible. It doesn’t matter how big your minion is! 1/1 or 5/5. All minions are super valuable in the deck. Lich King and Ysera could give you a great AoE spell to shut down early aggression from opponent and Obsidian Statue has own hard removal ability besides 4 or 8 heal! great tool for you to stand against aggro decks. The tricky ones are Y'Shaarj, Rage Unbound and Barnes. Pulling first one out can give you the game and the other one can lose you the game. 
Against control decks take your time, move slowly and do not overcommit the board then get rekt by massive AoE cards like Twisting Nether.!

Mulligan Guide
Barnes is a must keep card against all classes and decks. If you get him at start hand better to keep 1 Eternal Servitude too. If you don't get him at start hand then you can keep 1 Shadow Essence against aggro decks and 1 or 2 of them against control decks, because that card is your second "Barnes". 
I am not gonna spam same cards, just keep Barnes and if he is missing then keep 1 Shadow Essence against all decks. And mulligan list is mostly for aggressive and tempo decks.  Against control decks (if you are sure) always hard mulligan for Barnes.
* Druid: Potion of Madness - Shadow Word: Pain - Shadow Word: Horror
* Hunter: Potion of Madness - Spirit Lash - Shadow Word: Pain
* Mage: Shadow Word: Pain
* Paladin: Potion of Madness - Shadow Word: Pain
* Priest: hard mulligan for Barnes
* Rogue: Silence - Spirit Lash - Shadow Word: Pain
* Shaman: Silence - Shadow Word: Pain - Shadow Word: Horror
* Warlock: Potion of Madness - Shadow Word: Pain
* Warrior:  Potion of Madness - Spirit Lash - Shadow Word: Pain
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Some people say that this deck is doing bad against Rogue. I don't aggree with that. As you see i only lost 1 game to Miracle Rogue and won 4 game against Keleseth Rogue. This deck has tons of early and mid game removal/AoE which helps you clear the aggressive opponent's board. 
Bad Matchups: Weaknesses of the deck are having no super late game win condition. You have to gain board advantage at turn 8-9-10 (if you get 4 drop its game at turn 5 or 6 usually ) then finish opponent with slamming down big threads and smashing his face. So you should win quickly against Jade Druid before going infinite, Kazakus Priest before Prophet Velen slapping your face with 32+ damage  and Quest Mage before collecting all pieces of forbidden one and summoning unstoppable EXODIA.
Another weakness is “Dragon” card. We always throw Dragonfire Potion into mid-big boards, BUT what if there are Dragons flying around? That's why Handlock is a bad matchup for this deck. Beside the 2 Twilight Drake they also run 2 Mountain Giant and enough of removal/AoE cards to beat the hell out of us :)

Thanks for the attention! Enjoy the deck :) May the RNG be with you :)