Hearthpwn

I love the art for the Spitebone Guardian 

The difference between a great player and an average player lies in their knowledge of their deck, their knowledge of their opponent (what they could play or have), and their ability to calculate the chances of getting the cards they need when they need them. There's plenty of strategy to the game; knowing when to save spells for better targets, calculating when you have lethal, bluffing your opponent into filling their board so you can wipe it, baiting out their removal, etc. If it were simply a game of luck and net-decking then we'd see anyone capable of putting together a nice net-deck hit legend but we don't. If you browse through the high rated decks on hearthpwn that people have hit legend with you'll see plenty of complaints about how people who have net-decked it can't get past a certain rank or how they keep losing. A small portion of this may be bad luck and poor draws, but the majority of it is the players inexperience with the deck and their lack of experience in calculating their odds and knowing what their best play really is. Like any game there's a lot more to it than what we initially experience. The key to Hearthstone is a consistent win rate. Unfortunately learning how exactly to achieve this requires a lot more time, study, and work than many of us want to or can afford to put into the game. If you want a great example of someone who openly discusses Hearthstone strategy go check out Firebat's stream on Twitch. He's put an insane amount of time into learning the game and it's clearly paid off for him. So to say this game is all about net-decks and luck would be to say that all that hard work he put in, all the hard work so many other players put into Hearthstone is meaningless. To be honest man it's just a game, but to say all that hard work doesn't mean a thing is just insulting. If you want an easy game then go find one that suites the amount of work you're willing to put in to be good at it, but don't go attempting to discredit an entire community of both skilled and learning players just to rationalize your own inability to work hard for something.

Actually just beat a priest with this deck. He was running two shadow word deaths and ended up using one on sneeds old shredder and the other on the Sylvanas it summoned. Dropped a 14/7 Bolvar next turn and shut him down. My best advice is to try bait out the shadow word death with another minion before you play Bolvar, especially since a lot of priest only run one SWD.

I've played this deck a bit and a few different variants. I've run troggzor and Boom and I have to agree with Sjow, Troggzor is only strong on an empty board. While Boom's vulnerable to BGH, he brings more to the table than Troggzor does. Troggzor may force someone to hesitate to use a spell but boom is great for clearing the board, especially when combo'd with whirlwind or DeathBite's deathrattle. With the popularity of aggro hunter, warlock, and now mage and pally it's much more beneficial overall to have Boom.