Hearthpwn

Hi everyone!

I have a pretty big collection for Priest, and wondering now which of these cards to craft, i think going for Y'Shaarj, but decided i want to hear some thoughts.

There are currently some high voted decks for Priest with Bloodmage Thalnos though.

Y'shaarj is used with priest decks more than other classes, but priest is one of the most spell using classes of the game. If you are using spells and if they are damage dealing spells or you need to draw cards, then you know what to do. If you play with big and not battlecry minions or deathrattle minions, then you should craft Y'shaarj

Maybe you should think card synergies with other classes :)

I play only priest, since i craft everything for him and not worried about rotation yet.

I agree that Thalnos is more universal, can be played by many classes and in many decks, also it's classic, but does it have that of a big impact on Priest? I can see him being used with Spirit Lash, DragonFire Potion and Holy Nova. But basically replaceable with same cost spell damage minion.

But Y'Shaarj gives a whole different deck to play and if it works the way you want, can win you the game right?

Is there any Priest players here that used one or both of these cards, to give some constructive opinion on this matter?

• Y'Shaarj, Rage Unbound for the memes (Big Priest, Ramp Druid)
  
  
• Bloodmage Thalnos for one of the most efficient neutral legendaries (now Spirit Lash justifies playing it in Priest too):

For instance:

I would pick yshaarj as it's a late game win condition.  Thalnos is a good craft but not so much in priest as you already have a strong board clear in dragonfire.  Seven mana holy nova is kinda weak for that that much mana for 3 damage. For 4 mana, you get lifesteal and a card draw, which is still kinda weak unless you're up against a lot of aggro.  There are also substitutes for Thalnos, such as loot hoarder for a card draw or any +spell damage minion if you need that instead.  

So in essence, Thalnos is a very versatile card but there are substitutes depending on your needs.  y'shaarj has replacements as a late game minion, but none with similar effects.

Usually Thalnos would allways be the right answer but since you only care about Priest and rotation doesn't bother you, you really have to take Y'Shaarj

I've watched some streams, seems like everyone is using Thalnos, only saw Y'Shaarj in one stream. So i have no idea now.

If someone would be so nice to view my collection and advice me what to craft, i would be very grateful.

But at least from looking at a bunch of top rated decks, i found that i'm missing mostly Y'Shaarj, Thalnos, Doomsayers, 1x Obsidian Statue, these cards.

As a priest player I would say that both cards are equally important 

At the moment! I would still craft Thalnos because you can use him in a wider variety of priest decks and he is in the classic set

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I've watched some streams, seems like everyone is using Thalnos, only saw Y'Shaarj in one stream. So i have no idea now.

If someone would be so nice to view my collection and advice me what to craft, i would be very grateful.

But at least from looking at a bunch of top rated decks, i found that i'm missing mostly Y'Shaarj, Thalnos, Doomsayers, 1x Obsidian Statue, these cards.

Bloodmage, no question. 4k+ Priest wins, there are very few Priest decks I've run that didn't have the bloodmage in it. Early game card and PW:S target if needed. Neutral. Classic. Card draw. Deathrattle. Spell power (not so important currently but has been in the past). It's been a staple card of traditional Control Priest decks since the beginning, Highlander decks, deathrattle/quest decks, burst decks, even many dragon decks with or without azures.

Big Ez and Silence are really the only 2 popular decks that don't run it and it just so happens that they're current. Y'Shaarj has only really found valid deck in Priest recently through Big EZ. It's always been too slow in Priest. And the main reason you would have even run it before was because you were running a deathrattle deck with Barnes. Or just trying a super greedy deck for fun not wins.

Y'Shaarj has only gotten a new life in Priest because of cards like Shadow Essence, Eternal Servitude, and a good comeback card in Obsidian Statue in combo with Barnes with the hope to "cheat" Y'Shaarj out early, or to give you enough time to play a 10 cost minion. Before that, Druid was really the only class that would run it as they could ramp or cheat it out early.

If you want to play Big EZ then Y'Shaarj. But Bloodmage is a card that can and/or has been included in pretty much every other decent Priest deck ever.

Alright, thanks everyone! I'll go with Thalnos.