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Priest has always been the combo class. This is not a new development.

Sometimes it gets the tools for control, but that's not the default state. With no evergreen board clears, you can't claim control is its identity.

 Pffff, because only evergreens dictate identity? That is ridiculous. It's identity is whatever Blizzard decides it is at the time.

Pretty much, Blizzard has stated multiple times that they don't like DS/IF combo still Priest gets away with some kind of DS/IF deck every expansion because those cards are in evergreen set, not because Blizzard likes that combo. 

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Let me help you make your point.  Filter HSreplay by legend and ranks 1-5.  Priest is the only tier 1 deck when you look at it that way. 

Thanks for sharing those HSReplay premium stats.  It's really insightful.  Do you know what is the sample size on those Rank 5-L priest games, by any chance?  Normally it wouldn't be a concern but combo priest has historically been played in tiny numbers even when it's good

 Its called "Combo Priest" but its not like previous versions of combo priests. Its just zoo priest with DS/IF. Its no OTK or anything like that, you just fight for board control and surprise your opponents with Hearthstone's oldest trick. Pretty lame but with the new cards its effective. At least for now, while its new and it can get off-guard the opponents. IMO its just a "deck of the week" because its so predictable once you know what are you playing against.

 It is comparable to Mech Bomb Hunter from last expansion. I don't it is going to disappear from the ladder just because it is cheap and effective for climbing, but yeah it is not gonna see any tournament play.