Hearthpwn

A playwright, a noble, 2 murlocs, and a dragon stumble into the catacombs...

At first glance, this deck functions just like your classic Malygos Shaman. Discount a bunch of spells, pull out your big blue lizard, and send your opponent to the shadow realm.

But with only 5 minions, this deck is actually built around Barnes in order to address the key weakness of Malygos Shaman--consistency.

Overview

Ice Fishing: With 2x Coldlight Oracle on top of 2x Ancestral Knowledge, plus Ice Fishing, you'll almost never run out of cards. Ice Fishing also makes your deck murloc-free so that Barnes can work properly.

Barnes: The key to making sure you have Malygos or Emperor when you need it. With Barnes, you can pull out either of them, provided you know that it's the only card in the deck.

Lesser Sapphire Spellstone: A pretty clunky card in any other Shaman deck, this card performs admirably when you have Emperor to discount it. Having 3 extra Malygoses on board will allow you to K.O. your opponent with only 2 spells.

How To

In order to play this deck, you must be able to do simple addition. I can't, so that's why I keep an Excel spreadsheet open when I play this deck. A general rule-of-thumb is if you can chain Malygos together with 4 spells, you have lethal. The trick is discounting enough cards with Emperor to do so. Here are some possible scenarios:

Emperor discounting Malygos, 2x Frost Shock/Lighting Bolt, 2x Crackle/Lava Shock (10 mana)

Barnes into Malygos/Ancestor's Call,  2x Frost Shock/Lighting Bolt, 2x Crackle/Lava Shock (10 mana)

Emperor discounting Barnes/Ancestor's Call, Greater Sapphire Spellstone, 2x Frost Shock/Lighting Bolt (9 mana)

Here are some screenshots of the deck in action. Good luck wrecking face!

Additional notes: if you're going up against too many Secret Mages, or you feel that you're drawing more than you need in control match-ups, you can try cutting one Coldlight Oracle for another board clear. And if you find that you're not facing that many Big Priests or Cubelocks (which are easy matchups anyway) and too many aggro decks, try cutting one Hex as well.