My Best Anti-Pirate Deck So Far...

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Admittedly this has been somewhat spurred on by the Mega-Nerf to STB which has made this deck so much more viable.
In any case, I've found this deck to be pretty solid and good for the mid-game win in particular.

It will often lose out to Miracle Jade in the late game if you haven't board controlled it by that point - stupid Jade mechanic overpowered pile of poo! XD

Aaaaanyway - feel free to try it out and leave some feedback, thoughts for improvement etc if you like! :-)

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Oops! Posted the wrong deck! Lol! Updated with the right one!

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Rend Blackhand, Ysera and Entomb to counter pirates?!? I suggest you consider Twilight Guardian, Potion of Madness and Kabal Talonpriest (buff your taunts health...)

Jade Druid is probably my best match-up playing Dragon Priest.

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a) if that deck is so anti-pirate why does it run Rend Blackhand which is arguably one of the most situational removal minions ever? Especially considering that there aren't a lot of decks running big legendaries at the moment (Raagnaros at best and even that guy's rare).

+i don't see how the Buccaneer nerf affected this deck in any way. You're a priest, so you don't ahve access to a 1 damage ping anyways. Would be a different story if this deck ran Wild Pyromancers.

The only thing in this deck that benefits from the nerfs are the museum curators and anything that would usually die turn 2 to spirit claws.

This isn't a bad deck (except for Rend, just put nefarian in there or something) but I fail to see how it's any better at ealing with pirates than other Teched control/midrange decks.

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Quote from oyoyoy1999 >>

Rend Blackhand, Ysera and Entomb to counter pirates?!? I suggest you consider Twilight Guardian, Potion of Madness and Kabal Talonpriest (buff your taunts health...)

Jade Druid is probably my best match-up playing Dragon Priest.

Ah, I should have stipulated - yes, Rend and Entomb are by far the most useless cards against Pirates in this deck. They are there for the other decks I come up against that I need spot removal. :-)

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Ah, I should have stipulated - yes, Rend and Entomb are by far the most useless cards against Pirates in this deck. They are there for the other decks I come up against that I need spot removal. :-)

Litterally anything that isn't Rend Blackhand would be better than Rend Blackhand though.. DOUBLE conditional proc... One of it's kind, and even when wallet warrior was still a thing it wasn't playable as a counter.

Well you know, you say that - but he has single-handedly won me games!
I don't think many people realise just how strong he really is. Sure he has a conditional - but it's easier to fulfil than, say... having a weapon for STB... (Ooh! I went there! Hehe!)

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+i don't see how the Buccaneer nerf affected this deck in any way. You're a priest, so you don't ahve access to a 1 damage ping anyways. Would be a different story if this deck ran Wild Pyromancers.

Potion of Madness actually counter STB & Patches now. It's not in >this< deck tho, so you're right. Pyro's would indeed be a good anti-pirate pick. Need a bunch of cheap spells to go with it tho, so not sure how well it fits the Dragon Priest.

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Ah, I should have stipulated - yes, Rend and Entomb are by far the most useless cards against Pirates in this deck. They are there for other decks I come up against that I need spot removal. :-)

Fair enough! Seemed odd choices considering your thread title :-) What good targets do you tend to hit with Rend?

Forgot to say... in a dragon deck you'd always pick Netherspite Historian before Museum Curator, no?

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i think he mean counter control. Many player starting play greedy deck after stb Nerf. Entomb, black hand hard counter control

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You had me at Rend Blackhand lmao! I think he is one of those cards I insta-dusted. That being said if it works for you then keep on keepin on my man! lol :-P

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Quote from oyoyoy1999 >>

Quote from YourPrivateNightmare >>

+i don't see how the Buccaneer nerf affected this deck in any way. You're a priest, so you don't ahve access to a 1 damage ping anyways. Would be a different story if this deck ran Wild Pyromancers.

Potion of Madness actually counter STB & Patches now. It's not in >this< deck tho, so you're right. Pyro's would indeed be a good anti-pirate pick. Need a bunch of cheap spells to go with it tho, so not sure how well it fits the Dragon Priest.

Actually I was able to play my turn 1 Northshire Cleric with confidence now. And it also meant that if I had a Wyrmrest Agent in hand with no dragon kicker, I could still play him on turn 1 (with coin) or 2 knowing he would deal with STB no problem.
Not to mention the Museum Curator, but that wasn't often a play I would want to consider unless I had no alternative.

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Ah, I should have stipulated - yes, Rend and Entomb are by far the most useless cards against Pirates in this deck. They are there for other decks I come up against that I need spot removal. :-)

Fair enough! Seemed odd choices considering your thread title :-) What good targets do you tend to hit with Rend?

Forgot to say... in a dragon deck you'd always pick Netherspite Historian before Museum Curator, no?

There's good arguments for either. I could find a dragon with the Historian, sure, but there are also lots of useful options to me with the Deathrattles: in particular, the most useful ones being: Sylvanas Windrunner, Abomination (Great anti-Pirate card), Infested Tauren, Sludge Belcher

I tried running the Historian for a while in this deck, but just found that she didn't ever present me with the sort of options I was looking for. But that's just personal experience and I'm sure others have had some better times with her.

Did I mention how Rend Blackhand is amazing, btw? XD XD

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