I would have to disagree with your "good replacements". Assuming you replaced both the Commanding Shout and Frothing Berserker with 2 copies of Gurubashi Berserker, you have severely misjudged the utility of these cards.
First of all, without Commanding Shout, this deck is not a deck. It loses all its potential when you cut it out as one of the primary focuses of this deck, judging from all the card draw, is specifically to draw into "the combo". You can compare this to a Druid Force of Nature combo. The deck can win without Savage Roar, but it just...lacks finisher.
Frothing Berserker can be useful in control matchups for favourable trades, but it truly shines in the aggro matchup. As it doesn't need to get damaged itself, a few good trades using other minions can win the game. On the other hand, given the lack of taunt-givers, the Gurubashi Berserker has to trade into cards to actually become effective. One or two turns of trading just loses so much tempo in the aggro matchup and Gurubashi will most likely end up not doing enough.
As for Dread Corsair, it serves as tempo above anything. You almost never want to play this without a weapon unless you're desperate for a taunt. When you do have a weapon out, it basically becomes a free card on the board and can just as well be combo'ed with cards such as Warsong Commander. That said, this card is versatile and incredibly cheap, as Turbobeef has stated. In comparison, [card]Kor'kron Elite[card] is a card that serves to trade with the enemies' minions (given this is not an aggro deck).
That's simply not enough in the aggro matchup as it'll end up trading 1-for-1 or maybe 2-for-1 without really stalling the aggro. And as you may have noticed from the Commanding Shout combo, this deck does not care TOO much about board control in the control matchup as it simply tries to cheese a victory by spamming Grim Patrons.
Hope this clarified some things
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So i unpacked my First (non-adventure) Legendary; King Mukla.
I want to get some use out of it, so what sort of deck should i run it in? The obvoius (i guess) is Mill rouge but i havn't the cards (nor the will) to do that.
Midrange Hunter? Beast Druid? Zoolock?
Any other uses i sould consider?
Thanks Guys.
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Trying your hand at different decks will also help, you may find you're better playing a particular style.
Alot of high rank players tend to 'face hunter' there way upto rank 7-8ish then switch to more control=ish decks. Obviously playing these deck takes practice, just stick at it.
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Thats Rubbish, Its very interactive and takes alot of skill and practice to get it right. It may LOOK easy but its NOT.
This has been a big influence i think. If Warsong Commanander was still bugged, this wouldn't be viable atall.
Side note, i've started playing The Grim combo as (sort of) a 'dummy' combo, getting the oppoent to deal with the patrons, then 'slam' them with a Raging worgen or Frothing beserker (or both) combo.
This deck has allow brought Dread Corsair back from the brink, or should do anyway.
A few people have tweaked the popular deck add Armoursmith, Grom and Shield Slam to make it more of a Control Warrior build. I think this will be the build that stand the test of time, with the inclusion of Grim.
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Rubbish,
I play that deck too, and yes it runs into the rope maybe once every two games, but thats the risk you take with any combo deck.
To play the deck properly you need to plan ahead.
We can't just change the game rules due to what'complex' deck is being played currently.
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Aggro is a legitimate strategy, like it or not. Control isn't the ONLY way to play. There are so many options; Midrange, tempo, combo, fatigue (mill) ect.. Aggro is the easiest of these to play, so no wonder its popular.
It not just face hunter either,I have came across aggro rougues and aggro warriors too.
Myself i love combo decks, so i cant reallt complainabout face hunters, as im aboit 50/50 with them.
You just have to accept aggro is here to stay.
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The same reason why veterinarians can happily eat eggs.
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A sort of shadow madness tech card, with a pretty weak body the effect seems justified, as its only mech related. Should solve the mechwarper into turn 3 problem.
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Here's my entry:
Flavor Text: I'm not the chosen one because i'm better than you, I'm better than you BECAUSE i'm the chosen one.
Full explanation in the the Discussion thread.
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I had recently been thinking the same as the OP (why doesn't taunt block 'all' damage) but then i realised it would be REALLY unbalanced if it did.
Taunt is useful enough as it is.