Hearthpwn

Hi all :)
To understand what I mean with this you should read the Johnny part of this article, actually I recommend you read the whole thing as it's pretty entertaining, but the Johnny parts are the most relevant for this thread at least.
http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/making-magic/timmy-johnny-and-spike-2013-12-03

I thought it might be fun to have like a tradition of giving out "The Johnny Award" for the person that makes THE most innovative, Johnny-ish deck from when all cards were revealed until we have them released into the game and we actually get to play with them, so rewarding theorycrafting skills I guess :)

In this thread I thought we could enter our submissions or if you have seen another extremely innovative deck and you wish to nominate him/her for the price, then this would be the perfect place for that as well!

Maybe I will join in, but firstly I would like to nominate Poghy for his hilariously innovative Druid deck revolving around using Fandral Staghelm in combination with Druid of the Saber, buff cards and Faceless Manipulator for a huge late game burst-charge combo!!^^
Soooo much more fun than the old Druid combo and would usually give your opponent a very long time to deal with it before the Faceless Manipulator shows up.
So probably not the most competitive of decks, but that's not what the award is about either!

Okay enough chatter, I would love to give my nomination to Poghy for this awesome creation! :D

Please feel free to comment, nominate or give your own submissions in this thread, but only once and update that post if you wish to edit the deck so we don't see the same decks posted over and over again ;)

I would be honored to win this myself and I'm sure many others would as well....if it catches on ofc :P

If this does catch on I'll get a poll up when the expansion is upon us and we'll vote there on who deserves the award the most...atm my money is on Poghy, will we see a contender? I sure hope so! :D

Submissions:
(For those that have more than 1 deck I've chosen the one I like the best, if you want to use another let me know)

I wanna join. Here's my take on the infinite value combo grind Rogue. Click it for a guide on how it works.

Whoa! Nice list. Do you mind explaining how you'd like it to work? Shadowcaster has a lot of amazing potential. Why Sprint over Gadgetzan Auctioneer (as an example)? 

Good execution of this combodeck Arazen, glad to see you're in for the run, the new Rogue cards definitely need to be shown some appreciation! :D

Great point by Fyrjefe there, Gadgetzan would be a strong inclusion in this deck for sure! Gang up too probably ;)

Btw if anyone good at making images and stuff wanna make a trophy for this award that would be awesome! :P

Felt I should clarify that it doesnt have to be a Standard deck, but it must include at least 1 of the new cards, preferably a card/interaction that seems really bad/pointless (like getting a bunch of 1/1 Shadowcasters or finding a good use for stealth+charge).

I will probably post a submission as well, but havent come up with something worthy yet :p

here is mine, is a midrange paladin revolving around divine shield shenanigans

This deck isn't super interesting, but I think I found a use for good use for Darkspeaker (my deck only has 1, but I would put 2 since the deck somewhat focuses on them)

The main combo is with Power Overwhelming, Imp Gang Boss, or Darkshire Councilman (also can be used with low stat Taunt minions from Sunfury Protector or Voidwalker)

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This deck isn't super interesting, but I think I found a use for good use for Darkspeaker (my deck only has 1, but I would put 2 since the deck somewhat focuses on them)

Zoo Darkspeaker Theorycraft Unknown Deck by Meby - Apr 23, 2016 View Deck String Export to BBCode Export to Cockatrice Export to MarkDown Export to Html Clone this deck
Minion (26) 1x Gormok the Impaler 1x Darkspeaker 2x Sea Giant 2x Knife Juggler 2x Sunfury Protector 2x Abusive Sergeant 2x Bilefin Tidehunter 2x Dark Peddler 2x Darkshire Councilman 2x Flame Imp 2x Imp Gang Boss 2x Possessed Villager 2x Voidwalker 2x Zealous Initiate	Ability (4) 2x Forbidden Ritual 2x Power Overwhelming
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The main combo is with Power Overwhelming, Imp Gang Boss, or Darkshire Councilman (also can be used with low stat Taunt minions from Sunfury Protector or Voidwalker)

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Well, here is my list. I am running a combination of Injured Blademaster+ Ancestral Healing to create a huge wall to snowball your board behind.

Here is the list :

Tempo Shaman Unknown Deck by user-21341162 - Mar 24, 2016 View Deck String Export to BBCode Export to Cockatrice Export to MarkDown Export to Html Clone this deck
Minion (21) 1x Nexus-Champion Saraad 1x Onyxia 1x Earth Elemental 2x Eternal Sentinel 1x Faceless Shambler 2x Injured Blademaster 1x Mana Tide Totem 2x Sunfury Protector 1x Thing from Below 1x Thunder Bluff Valiant 2x Flamewreathed Faceless 1x Jeweled Scarab 2x Mukla's Champion 2x Totem Golem 1x Tunnel Trogg	Ability (9) 1x Lightning Storm 1x Earth Shock 1x Ancestral Knowledge 1x Bloodlust 1x Hex 2x Rockbiter Weapon 2x Ancestral Healing
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The first one that I'll try with the expansion.

Well, it's not nearly as innovative as some of the others but I thought I'd post it anyway.  It's a Grim Patron deck that uses Spreading Madness to multiply the Patrons.  The idea is to apply consistent board pressure from turn one on.  Early you have a Zoolock shell that is very good at gaining and holding the board, in the late midgame you move into a flood of Patrons that is hopefully hard to deal with, then if that's not enough you finish up with an endless stream of 6/6 minions from Jaraxxus.  Just a never ending flood of minions for your opponent to deal with that hopefully overwhelms their ability to answer.

Nothing to thank for Poghy, I would like to thank you for coming up with such an innovative deck that you inspired me into making this competition!^^

You are of course welcome to post as many innovative decks as you can come up with, but you must choose 1 to add to the poll when expansion is released...only 1 deck will be added to the poll for each contender...the evolve deck looks really good, but Evolve does by no means look like a sub-par card so I would definitely go with the Druid one if I was you! hehe

I always have such hard time deciding on just 1 theme so my submission will probably look really stupid, but I believe it will be a lot of fun to try out and I hope you like it! :D

Yogg-Saron, Hope's End is not a card I would say is looking sub-par, but I went more for the combination of tons of unusual stuff that work well together in a Control Hunter deck that by itself is kinda innovative^^

Added some explanation of card choices in the deck description ;)

So I found use for my reserved post! :D
I'll gather all the submissions there and since it's just 1 deck pr. contender I've chosen the one I like the best from them, if you wanna change just let me know ;)

I do not think there is a more Johnny deck than Casino Mage. It certainly can win; and it wins with style.

The question is: What is the best style of it?

With the exception of Arcane Intellect which can only draw random cards or itsefl; and Brann Bronzebeard which can only duplicate random battlecries; every card in the deck has some element of RNG within it, be is discovr, jousting, or just... flat out RNG. Enough random damage flies around that it can actually reliably stop aggro. Then it gets to late and the Yogg Dream.

Side note: I am upset at the lack of spells you can put in pur casino mage now. Losding Portal and Flamecannon is painful.

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I do not think there is a more Johnny deck than Casino Mage. It certainly can win; and it wins with style.

 

The question is: What is the best style of it?

 

Casino Mage WotOG Unknown Deck by Raikaria - Apr 23, 2016 View Deck String Export to BBCode Export to Cockatrice Export to MarkDown Export to Html Clone this deck
Minion (22) 1x Brann Bronzebeard 1x Rhonin 1x Shifter Zerus 1x Yogg-Saron, Hope's End 2x Flamewaker 2x Ethereal Conjurer 2x Faceless Summoner 2x Flame Juggler 2x Gadgetzan Jouster 2x Huge Toad 2x Mad Bomber 2x Spellslinger 2x Tomb Spider	Ability (8) 2x Cabalist's Tome 2x Effigy 2x Arcane Intellect 2x Arcane Missiles
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With the exception of Arcane Intellect which can only draw random cards or itsefl; and Brann Bronzebeard which can only duplicate random battlecries; every card in the deck has some element of RNG within it, be is discovr, jousting, or just... flat out RNG. Enough random damage flies around that it can actually reliably stop aggro. Then it gets to late and the Yogg Dream.

 

Side note: I am upset at the lack of spells you can put in pur casino mage now. Losding Portal and Flamecannon is painful.

 :) 

By no means competitive (probably (certainly)), this deck uses Summoning Stone and cheap burn to create a board toEvolve.  Then Bloodlust or (what I have currently) Everyfin is Awesome to burst next turn.  If that fails then I'm going to pin my hopes (ba dum ching) on Yogg-Saron.

Stupid, but it might be fun?

A C'thun Control Priest

Ok so I had an idea for a priest combo deck using one of the worst cards to be released in the expansion: Am'gam Rager.

Ok so this is a little odd so hear me out. The Am'gam Rager is a card so bad why would anyone want to play it, right? Thats the idea behind this deck.

The strategy behind this deck is to play the control game until turn 9 when you toss out Am'Gam along with some other cards.

Then people ignore it because why on earth would you waste removal on a 1/5 minion.

Then on turn 10 you buff it with double Power Word: Shield and Power Word: Tentacles and then Divine Spirit and Inner Fire it for 30 damage exactly to the face. It costs 10 mana and 5 cards. I included lots of card draw to help draw the combo.

Could work, and you would be a super troll.

Hope you like it. I think its kinda cool and unique. Let me know what you think over on the deck page.