[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
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Battle Tag:
Dakaran#1947
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Region:
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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.
2 games lost because of Obliterate, 3 games restarted because mulligan didn't give me Young Dragonhawk. Beat him on the 5th attempt! Thanks!! (Opening hand was Young Dragonhawk, Divine Strength, Adaptation and drew BoW on T1). Buffed and prayed he wouldn't RNG another Obliterate! Killed him on T6!
Still working, I made this video:
First try! 2020! lol
Still works. One try!
Legit deck. Adding 2x Crystology allows you to be more flexible with buffs in your oppening hand since it draws both your Young Dragonhawk. It will also decrease amount of restarts you need to achive the perfect hand.
Took 24987249872 tries but when it worked it was SOOOO satisfying. I added a faceless manipulator which ended up swinging my winning game.
finally a deck that works, tried murloc paladin until i couldnt bare it anymore, this deck worked like a charm!
worked! ty!
first try, thanks!
Still working. Awesome and fun to play. Thanks
This and only this. Only deck I had fun restarting over and over, way less cancerous than other matchups, not so rng reliant, theoretically only 1 card needed in mulligan, at other matchups you needed 2 or perfect hand!
Just beat it! Thanks a lot for the deck OP!
Works after about a dozen restarts and one time he obliterated Young Dragonhawk
Definitely takes a TON TON of luck but thanks for the solution
Still working like a charm. Thank you, Dakaran.
Still works, second try! Thanks :)
win in turn 5 , tks
I can't believe I won on first try.
Me too :D
Took me 2 tries but i highrolled everything i needed . I can see why people might consider this deck bad if the rng is not on your side :/
This was great. Got it on first try!! Thanks. Also very flexible if you don't have everything in this. :)
Got it first try with this deck. I'm sure I just got insanely lucky as I've played with a deck essentially the same about 100 times with no luck.
Pulled Dragonhawk, Blessing of Might and Blessing of Wisdom from the start. Got Hand of Protection from first draw (there is turn 1 and 2), turn 3 was Dark Conviction followed by the blessing of might. Adapted for Health + blessing of kings turn 5 was another blessing of might and blessed champion. So basically the perfect pull, but I'm not going to complain.