[BUDGET] Young Dragonhawk Buff (Paladin vs Lich...
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Wild
- 4 Minions
- 24 Spells
- 2 Weapons
- Deck Type: PvE Adventure
- Deck Archetype: Unknown
- Boss: Lich King
- Crafting Cost: 880
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 11/28/2017 (Marin's Treasure)
- Dakaran
- Registered User
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Battle Tag:
Dakaran#1947
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Region:
US
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Total Deck Rating
160
The sole win condition requires you to buff a Young Dragonhawk and kill Arthas before he reaches turn 7. There’s definitely a little luck involved, primarily around if/when he draws an Obliterate. Muligan for the Dragonhawk. If you don’t have it on turn 1, restart the match.
DECKBUILDING: Though not intentionally so, this deck is definitely a budget solution, as it consists of basic and common cards and only 2 rares (which I didn't even use in the game that I won). The only card that’s required is Young Dragonhawk. Fill the rest of your deck with buffs, peppered with other cards that can help keep your Dragonhawk alive. I can’t recommend enough including 2 Blessing of Wisdoms. This can draw you an extra 2 cards per turn, which is a huge boon when most of the cards in the deck are 1-2 mana. I would recommend including as few minions as possible, and definitely not any taunt minions. Taunt minions sound like they'd be great at protecting your Dragonhawk, but once they die, they'll just get in the way on Arthas' side of the board.
- Additional suggestions:
- I've had some other folks mention that they've used Potion of Heroism, Rallying Blade, and Desperate Stand.
- If you keep having trouble dealing with Val'kyr Shadowguards or Sludge Belchers, you could also try adding in an Ironbeak Owl or two.
- I've also had Mossy Horror recommended, as it would allow you to clear the wall of taunts that are summoned on turn 7, which historically was a game ender for this deck.
MULIGAN: Muligan for the Dragonhawk. If you don’t have it on turn 1, restart the match. A strong starting hand includes cards that keep the Dragonhawk alive, by either buffing health or providing a Divine Shield.
GAMEPLAY:
- Turn 1: Play Young Dragonhawk
- Turn 2: If Arthas coined out a minion, any card that keeps the Dragonhawk alive is the priority. Best method is to buff health or use Light’s Justice if it’ll kill the minion. In lieu of that, anything that gives Divine Shield or a secret that either protects or revives the Dragonhawk will work. If Arthas didn’t coin out a minion, buff its attack and swing. In either case, if you can also buff with Blessing of Wisdom, then do so. The more cards you draw, the better chance you have to succeed.
- Turn 3-6: Continue to buff and protect your Dragonhawk. If your Dragonhawk is killed, it is possible to rebuild with another one or a revived one if you had Redemption in play. The deck is filled with buffs after all. Use your judgement based on the current situation whether you want to press on or just restart.
- Turn 7: If you can’t kill Arthas on this turn, restart.
- Other Tips:
- Keep getting Obliterated? Sometimes Arthas just has the RNG in his favor and seems to always have Obliterate ready to, well, you know. This is super frustrating. My best recommendation would be to keep trying, but mulligan a little differently. Try keeping cards like Redemption or Adaptation, or try adding Desperate Stand to your deck. Redemption and Desperate Stand will resurrect the Young Dragonhawk and can give you an opportunity to build back up with buffs in hand. Adaptation is less reliable, but if you get the choice of Liquid Membrane, your dragonhawk wouldn't be targetable by Obliterate.
Best of luck! For reference, with this deck list, I took home the win on attempt 4.
This worked great, dispatched in four turns!!
About 15 minutes of mulliganing for the right hand, then it went smoothly. Thank you! ( young dragonhawk, divine shield and a buff)
Yikes, that's some dedication. Glad you got it done though.
Worked well, but had to restart like 10 times to get a proper hand :)
Yeah, you definitely need the right opener to make it work. :)
1st try. was very easy thank you!!!!
Took several restarts but had my win within 20 minutes... This was after wasting several hours with other decks. Bonus that this is so cheap, although I did replace a few cards to add Potion of Heroism and a Consecration (didn't end up needing it in the end, though.)
Thanks for the deck!
Any suggestions for avenge and seal of champions replacements?
The first thing I'd consider for replacements is to just look for spells that will increase a minion's attack. This could be a normal buff spell or even a secret, like Competitive Spirit. If you've exhausted your collection of buffs, consider adding weapons, like Truesilver Champion. That'll allow you to either do damage alongside your Dragonhawk or remove threats to your Dragonhawk. Finally, if you don't have any more buffs or weapons that you'd like to add, look for spells that'll help protect your Dragonhawk and/or draw you cards, like Potion of Heroism (which also pairs well with Rallying Blade).
Thank you a lot!
Just made some subs to successfully pass tounts or defend from Val'kyr Shadowguard because still lost a lot times even after good muligans
I added 2 Ironbeak Owl instead of 1 [card]Hammer of Wrath[/card] and [card]Avenge[/card], but I think you can keep [card]Avenge[/card] and remove 2nd [card]Hammer of Wrath[/card], this card did not seem useful and necessary to me due to high cost and inability to cope with Sludge Belcher as well as to do anything to baffed +2/+2 units by Anti-Magic Shell
Also can say that muligan for [card]Blessing of Wisdom[/card] is just as important, along with the [card]Young Dragonhawk[/card]. It greatly increases your chances of winning if the Lich King has no Obliterate in his hand, of course
i love you
Took 2 hours but I finally beat him, Thank you:D
First try!
this actually worked on the first try, must have had supreme luck. mulligan'ed the dragonhawk, blessing of wisdom turn 2 and so on. Thanks!
Bummer, sorry to hear the RNG is not in your favor. Was there anything that was consistently problematic?
This deck worked great! I didn't have the wild cards, so I subbed them low cost secrets and spells. In the end, I got lucky with no obliterates and a big windfury.
He always seems to have obliterate on turn 3 or 4 and then fills his board, so I'm not able to outrace him.
Sorry to hear you keep running up against the Obliterate wall. My best recommendation is to keep trying and during the mulligan stage, keep things like Redemption or Adaptation. Redemption will resurrect the Young Dragonhawk and allow you to build back up with buffs in hand. Adaptation is less reliable, but if you get the choice of Liquid Membrane, your dragonhawk wouldn't be targetable by Obliterate.
Good luck!
After another go with a ton of restarts, I managed to not only dodge obliterate, but he also decided to go with anti magic shield and go face, letting me get to turn 5 and get off Blessed Champion. I did have to waste two attacks on the valkyr that kills a minion and on a Chain Gang, but in the end the cards did end up favoring me.
Thank you for the deck, but I'm definitely looking forward to never playing it again :P
1st try (18 restarts) - couldnt pass taunts.
2nd try (9 restarts) - obliterated.
3rd try (0 restarts) - success on turn 5 with a 20/1 dragonhawk. Thanks!