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Hello guys,
I want to present this refreshing variant of a Combo Priest deck to you! It is not just fun to play, but also very good against currently popular Odd and Even Paladin! For more information, check the the deck page out. I would appreciate your opinions and comments!
What I would say so far regarding matchups:
Favourable:
Even Paladin (harder matchup than Odd Paladin)
Odd Paladin
Baku Hunter
Spiteful Priest
Aggro Druid
Slightly favourable:
Spiteful Druid
Even:
Cubelock
Elemental Mage
Crow Mage
Slightly unfavoured:
Shudderwock Shaman
Unfavoured:
Kingsbane Rogue
Very unfavoured:
Baku Taunt Warrior
Taunt Druid
Need more matches with the deck to include more decks and make more accurate statements. Still, I farmed 5 ranks with this deck now (albeit on low ranks).
In order to win against all my bad matchups a bit more, I am currently experimenting with the inclusion of Prophet Velen and Gilded Gargoyle in order to have the potential to do a 40 damage one-turn combo with Velen + 2x Radiant Elemental + 4x Mind Blast (2x from Shadow Visions), which works when you have an additional coin, which is obtained by the Gargoyle. I was not exactly sure what I wanted to take out though, but decided to go with -1 Sandbinder and -1 Tar Creeper, although I think about including the Tar Creeper back again, because it is just so good - again the question though: For what?
I went with 2x Pipers over one Sandbinder and one Piper, because you do not want to draw your Radiant Elementals or Lyra too early. Getting Tar Creeper is neat in early-mid game, but I opted for the more consistent draw which Piper offers. Every classic Priest player knows the struggle when you have one combo piece but not the other - in this case for example a Circle of Healing, but you are lacking Northshire Cleric or Wild Pyromancer to combine it with. Piper especially gives you Cleric, which helps you cycle through your deck way quicker.
As for the results and things to keep in mind:
- Shudderwock and Kingsbane Rogue can be beaten way better now, Taunt Warrior is also winnable now (but still not a favourable matchup), Taunt Druid still is not really beatable unless your Lyra seriously gets going...
- Velen offers you another threat, which is obviously no bad thing
- The biggest problem is that you will eventually overdraw, especially if you overcommit with 2x Acolytes and 2x Clerics against Priests (don't ever do that), because you might burn important cards
- you, obviously, are not always able to copy Mind Blasts
- Gilded Gargoyle is a card I would really like to take out, but it is sadly needed for a niche use - I mean, it is super slow, has terrible stats, the coin is mostly useless, unless you are in need to use it with Pyromancer/Lyra or really late with Velen...also, it fills your hand even more, which can be bad...AND moreover, you can't really "search" it out when you need it
- the draw got a tad little worse, because of less tutor cards, but that has not been too big of an issue
- I haven't faced Baku Hunters since the change, but I suppose they should be harder to beat now without the 2nd Tar Creeper
- Speaking of Tar Creeper: Statistically, it is a really good card and this also matches my gut feeling. The card ensures win rates over 70% according to HSreplay, if you have it in your mulligan. I also have the feeling I win every game, where he can protect me at the start
I love drawing my entire deck with priest! Especially if you can go ham with Lyra the Sunshard. Might try it and see what, if anything, needs to be changed. For example, if Velen double Mind Blast doesn't work, you may want Elise the Trailblazer to both distance yourself from fatigue and to refill your hand enough to finish them off with your hero power
Praise RNGsus!
You don't have to rely on Velen into 2-4 Mind Blast here. Lyra + 2 Radiant Elementals (this fills your hand) or even just up to 4 Mind Blasts (combined with machine gun Anduin) can be enough. Sometimes you want a power heal with Spirit Lash and Velen for example.
Didn't even notice until recently Alextrasza wasn't in the deck. She's definitely a staple of Mind Blast decks, but I can see that the focus of this deck was on Lyra the Sunshard. Spells are fun, SO fun!
"Sorry if we made this card too strong,"
-Ben Brode
Praise RNGsus!
Have you tried copying velen with vivid nightmare?
Went 8-3 in the Brawl with this deck after starting off 0-2.
Only change was: +1 Tar Creeper, -1 Gilded Gargoyle