Hearthpwn

One further thought - to say it with the words of Ronald H. Swanson: "Never half ass two things, whole ass one thing."

What I want to say: go either in the Rat king board swarm direction (then Rat king, Shan'Do, Rats OES, Tarantula etc are core) or go the Quest + Spell + Lock and Load etc route and omit the other, respectively. 

For example, if you want to go Rat, I am not sure if Prof. Slate does enough for you to be worth including. Instead, maybe Tavish, Leatherworking Kit and Snake trap and the likes could be better.

If you are going quest, however, you of course need all the spells and dont have room for rats

Have you considered including Kodobane? He is a good combination with Mankrik and with control-y hunter in general.
Further, as you said you dont want to face race, I dont really see the point of mankrik + also imprisoned felmaw.

Also, I would cut either Kazakus or Rinlings Rifle as they block each others 4-cost slot. 

Lastly, I think Pandaren Importer is just simply a bad card, the poisoneous scorpid would probably fill this role better (epsecially with broomstick)

that of course depends on the opponent. usually corridor creeper, guild recruiter, tar creeper and jade claws are good. vs wlock you want hex. vs aggro you want maelstrom portal and maybe even heal

glad you enjoy the deck. I sure DK improves it. But try to fit in some decent 3 attack minions. like senjin shieldmasta

as redshed already said: instead of just al'akir for 8 mana you get alakir and 3 other minions (5-5, ideally 3-5taunt and 2-7 taunt) for 9 mana. That means 27 stats worth for only 1 additional mana. Thats value :P

I dont think farsight is crucial in this deck, its more of a deckfiller. the problem is that we dont want to include mana tide or acolyte as it reduces the chance of us to recruit our free 7-7.  one acolyte might be okay as it can also be drawn by oakmaster. however, I dont find myself lacking in carddraw

Have you tried it out though?

Against aggro you have maelstrom portal, volcano, lot of taunts and sustain with healing rain.

Cube warlock is actually a pretty good matchup due to Hex.

true. corridor creeper is also good. and guild recruiter might be not too bad either if you have some other early game

the main reason we play al'akir is the fact that we can recruit him with master oakheart. 

just take the best, most expensive 3attack minion. Senjin shieldmasta might be a good option.

but if you dont have alakir, it makes oakheart a lot less good. 

probably fire elemental, as I feel its one of the weaker cards right now

sure mate, glad you liked it :)

you have enough value, you propably dont need cairne.

also, since you run a lot of 1-of cards, you might aswell cut some more dublicates to fit in reno.

also drakkari defender is trash. wax elemental and explosive sheep seem odd aswell. 

plus, consider the OP bonemare + corridor creeper + azure drake

surprisingly often, about one fith of the games (maybe 5-6 in 25-30 games). 

Hey guys, sorry, I was at work, therefore no decklist :P

Also, I wanted to point out the crucial differences and my thought process instead of just slamming a decklist :P

But here it is:

Let me know what you think.

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did you just looked up the most popular shaman list and posted your deck in text as a comment telling us yours is "the same but better" lol

I have played a similar deck for the last days and it is very fun indeed. However, my decklist is a bit different:

1. most importantly, I include Master Oakheart! I think it fits the deck really well and compliments the whole recruit idea. Therefore I also have included Al'akir, Tar Creeper and the 5 mana 2/7 freeze taunt (instead of drakkari defender). This results in a 3/5, 2/7, 3/5 charge-windfury-divineshield taunt wall worth 16 mana plus the free 5/5. Just hope you dont draw guild recruiter for the 2attack slot.

2. I include evolve and unstable evolution as we have multiple good evolve targets (oakheart, alakir, guild recruiter, bonemare, corridor creeper, thing from below). the DK might be good as well but I dont have him

3. cheesy OTK: On lower ranks, I included the 1 mana 1/2 that gets 2 attack when something is healed. I know this sounds crazy but hear me out: you pull it with oakheart, it is protected behind a big taunt wall. next turn you play healing rain, which actually buffs this little guy 12 times and you hit your opponent for 25 dmg. it works surprisingly often, is super fun and you dont have to change a whole lot of the deck (just 1 card).

4. I dont include drakkari defender as it is just too bad if drawn

5. I dont include earth elemental and therefore no spellstone

6. I dont include the full jade package, only claws, but it might be a good inclusion, I admit that

7. I dont include ancestral spirit as there are too many silences around

8. Instead I use bonemare (because OP), volcano (nice boardwipe), 2nd healing rain (sustain and used to heal my big guys if damaged)

If some of you guys are interested let me know and I can get myself to write a detailed guide, just let me know.