Even though I mostly play wild, I decided to jump into Standard and I came up with this idea. I know that some cards are suboptimal, i just wanted to create a dragon themed deck using paladin! Of course there is a lot of room for improvement, so any suggestion/criticism is welcome, especially if you main or play a lot of paladin! Here's the list:
To my taste, you have almost no early game. Also why do you play blessing of wisdom? Problem of this deck is definitely not carddraw. You will be dead by turn 5-6 in most of your matches I assume, but hey, keep me posted :)
Tried it 10 games around gold rank, 2-8.....not enough survival kit against mega agro like DH...not enough value for end game. Too many dead card in hand (Nordzomu lol) squished together.
Some card maybe just win more card which I have not even has chance to played it at all. Dont be mistake, i really love the interaction, but like Taritha, the package just not work aside being meme/winmore: Nozdormu,Dragon Breeder,Dragon Speaker
Hey all, thanks for your replies, a lot of good insights there! A mandatory premise: I am playing the deck at gold rank, and I am having moderate success (went up to rank 5 with just two losses), but of course I cannot say anything about diamond rank, where the grind is hard and the decks are well refined. I think that this deck is not easy to pilot, as I find myself often undecided whether to lose tempo to regain it 1-2 turns later, or to play on curve to reach late game. And of course the list is far from being optimal.
A few big plays I had, that allowed me to win some games, were:
Not sure which card I would take out, but I think a copy of Tasty Flyfish fits quite well in this deck. Possibly Wing Commander too
I think I will try the murloc for sure, also to add more early game stuff..probably Nozdormu is what I would take out (it's there just for the meme and maybe to mess with DH drawing combo.
To my taste, you have almost no early game. Also why do you play blessing of wisdom? Problem of this deck is definitely not carddraw. You will be dead by turn 5-6 in most of your matches I assume, but hey, keep me posted :)
I was worried about the same thing when I made this deck, but I really did not struggle at all against DH (again, this is at golden ranks though so their lists were not optimal probably). I often managed to reach endgame, but of course against super-fast aggro your only hopes are an early finley, Zephiris or Wild Piro with Lifesteal. I added BoW for mainly two reasons: one is to proc Wild Piro, and the other is that when I topdecked Nozdormu the timeless on t4 I found myself with too few cards in hand (mostly because I managed my resources poorly), and I used it to refill a bit. Anywyay I'll keep you updated on how this is performing, thanks for the feedbacks!
Tried it 10 games around gold rank, 2-8.....not enough survival kit against mega agro like DH...not enough value for end game. Too many dead card in hand (Nordzomu lol) squished together.
Some card maybe just win more card which I have not even has chance to played it at all. Dont be mistake, i really love the interaction, but like Taritha, the package just not work aside being meme/winmore: Nozdormu,Dragon Breeder,Dragon Speaker
Good deck overall, it justt that meta is full of hyper agro...thanks for the sharing bro
Thanks to you for playing this deck! I mostly agree with you (expecially with the Nozdormu [/card] part, but I found it in a pack and had to try it in the deck). As I said before, I was really surprised by [card]Dragonrider Talritha and - also - by Dragon Speaker. Buffed Dragons are no joke, and if you managed to play your minions on curve (i.e. Dragon Breeder on 2 for tempo) or to stabilize the board with Zephiris, they are very swingy (I can drop a 10/10 'can't be targeted' taunt on 7 quite often). When I will start to face more fast and aggressive deck I will surely include some of your options: probably I was thinking about adding also Bone Wraith.
Hey ! I am currently playing a kinda similar version . I am currently at a score of 16-5 at gold.
People truely underestimate the power of handbuffing dragons ; even if this is a deck supposed to be tempo based , your version , that I have been playing and changing over time also out values priest , which are even more powerful with the nerfs.. I included a Libram package in , a barista lynchen too since the combo with nozdormu the timeless allows you to have two 8 8 on turn five.. yeah.. I've put a pyromancer and a lightforged blessing like you , a faceless corruptor because of aggros and barista. Brightwing and dragon breeder are really flexible ; and because of him AND Lynchen (who can curve beautifully after a frizz btw) , idk if 14 dragons are not a bit overkill since you will have in hand more often ; with bronze herald too for instance. Nozdormu is indeed fun but here useless , twin tyrant and evasive drakonid are I think breaking the talritha's game plan since it delays the buffs..
I play a version with Murgr to reload the board easily too against controls but this is clearly optional. Tyrion is in my list and replaces your normal Alexstraza ; and I tried sandbreath many times , and this was useful with Liadrin etc but now , even if it grants you better trades and survivability in the early, i still dont know if i have to keep it ; same for ancestral guardian.. You don't need to draw too much in this deck , you prefer to create value I think.
This is why I switched the big ol for a cobalt spellkin ; which often gives you the blessing of wisdom or desperate measures you initially included in the deck ! But your deck truly shines in this meta and helped me a lot!
I am still changing my list here and there but will post it soon with a guide
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Hi everybody!
Even though I mostly play wild, I decided to jump into Standard and I came up with this idea.
I know that some cards are suboptimal, i just wanted to create a dragon themed deck using paladin! Of course there is a lot of room for improvement, so any suggestion/criticism is welcome, especially if you main or play a lot of paladin!
Here's the list:
Cheers!
Not sure which card I would take out, but I think a copy of Tasty Flyfish fits quite well in this deck. Possibly Wing Commander too
To my taste, you have almost no early game. Also why do you play blessing of wisdom? Problem of this deck is definitely not carddraw. You will be dead by turn 5-6 in most of your matches I assume, but hey, keep me posted :)
Tried it 10 games around gold rank, 2-8.....not enough survival kit against mega agro like DH...not enough value for end game. Too many dead card in hand (Nordzomu lol) squished together.
Dragon package is good, but some card in paladin just not working in current meta: Dragonrider Talritha, Nozdormu the Timeless.
Some card maybe just win more card which I have not even has chance to played it at all. Dont be mistake, i really love the interaction, but like Taritha, the package just not work aside being meme/winmore: Nozdormu,Dragon Breeder,Dragon Speaker
Recommendation: more defensive tools, so that u can actually play your card to make it to turn 10.Some will heal you, some for board controlling and Equality-Pyro-Lightforged Blessing is good as hell. Equality, Defender of Argus,Wild Pyromancer,Faceless Corruptor,Hammer of Wrath,Khartut Defender.
Good deck overall, it justt that meta is full of hyper agro...thanks for the sharing bro
Hey all, thanks for your replies, a lot of good insights there!
A mandatory premise: I am playing the deck at gold rank, and I am having moderate success (went up to rank 5 with just two losses), but of course I cannot say anything about diamond rank, where the grind is hard and the decks are well refined.
I think that this deck is not easy to pilot, as I find myself often undecided whether to lose tempo to regain it 1-2 turns later, or to play on curve to reach late game.
And of course the list is far from being optimal.
A few big plays I had, that allowed me to win some games, were:
Turn 4 Nozdormu, the Timeless into t5 Dragonqueen Alexstrasza or any other of the big Dragons.
Dragonrider Thalritha performed surpsingly well when I played it in the early game and managed to let its deathrattle going on.
Frizz Kindleroost gave me a lot of tempo when played on curve.
Any kind of 'Can't be target by spells or Hero Powers' buffed dragon dropped before turn 9 carried me through the game.
I think I will try the murloc for sure, also to add more early game stuff..probably Nozdormu is what I would take out (it's there just for the meme and maybe to mess with DH drawing combo.
I was worried about the same thing when I made this deck, but I really did not struggle at all against DH (again, this is at golden ranks though so their lists were not optimal probably). I often managed to reach endgame, but of course against super-fast aggro your only hopes are an early finley, Zephiris or Wild Piro with Lifesteal. I added BoW for mainly two reasons: one is to proc Wild Piro, and the other is that when I topdecked Nozdormu the timeless on t4 I found myself with too few cards in hand (mostly because I managed my resources poorly), and I used it to refill a bit. Anywyay I'll keep you updated on how this is performing, thanks for the feedbacks!
Thanks to you for playing this deck! I mostly agree with you (expecially with the Nozdormu [/card] part, but I found it in a pack and had to try it in the deck). As I said before, I was really surprised by [card]Dragonrider Talritha and - also - by Dragon Speaker. Buffed Dragons are no joke, and if you managed to play your minions on curve (i.e. Dragon Breeder on 2 for tempo) or to stabilize the board with Zephiris, they are very swingy (I can drop a 10/10 'can't be targeted' taunt on 7 quite often).
When I will start to face more fast and aggressive deck I will surely include some of your options: probably I was thinking about adding also Bone Wraith.
Hey ! I am currently playing a kinda similar version . I am currently at a score of 16-5 at gold.
People truely underestimate the power of handbuffing dragons ; even if this is a deck supposed to be tempo based , your version , that I have been playing and changing over time also out values priest , which are even more powerful with the nerfs.. I included a Libram package in , a barista lynchen too since the combo with nozdormu the timeless allows you to have two 8 8 on turn five.. yeah.. I've put a pyromancer and a lightforged blessing like you , a faceless corruptor because of aggros and barista. Brightwing and dragon breeder are really flexible ; and because of him AND Lynchen (who can curve beautifully after a frizz btw) , idk if 14 dragons are not a bit overkill since you will have in hand more often ; with bronze herald too for instance. Nozdormu is indeed fun but here useless , twin tyrant and evasive drakonid are I think breaking the talritha's game plan since it delays the buffs..
I play a version with Murgr to reload the board easily too against controls but this is clearly optional. Tyrion is in my list and replaces your normal Alexstraza ; and I tried sandbreath many times , and this was useful with Liadrin etc but now , even if it grants you better trades and survivability in the early, i still dont know if i have to keep it ; same for ancestral guardian.. You don't need to draw too much in this deck , you prefer to create value I think.
This is why I switched the big ol for a cobalt spellkin ; which often gives you the blessing of wisdom or desperate measures you initially included in the deck ! But your deck truly shines in this meta and helped me a lot!
I am still changing my list here and there but will post it soon with a guide