I really enjoy control pala with exodia potential so here’s my humble input - I’d replace the ooze for a second Stonehill def. The defender gives absolutely amazing value - it eats a weapon charge, it’s good against opponent w/o weapon and could provide game winning minion like applebaum for heal, Lich king for value, abomination for just another board clear vs odd pala/zoo lock or just a Righteous Protector to create more solid Tarim board, a 2nd Tarim, Tirion etc etc.
Ever since paladin DK was introduced I’m really enthusiastic about exodia paladin in both standard and wild. In standard I tried the following change to the exodia package - replaced 1 Ancient Brewmaster for 1 Blackwald Pixie. This really changes the style of playing once you get your DK online b/c you aim to get a single horseman into your hand and stick another to the board while having pixie in your hand. The 2nd Stonehill really helps in this task. Most of the opponents don’t expect to OTK them with a single horseman on the board and they could leave it by mistake. And there are a lot of support sticking the horseman - you can steed it, potion of heroism, buff with Tarim or hide it behind Lynessa or any other taunt or just play it right after equality clear. I find it easier to summon all four with pixie rather bouncing 3 back to your hand and the reasons are: 1) you’re way too obvious once you start bouncing 2) You need all 3 combo minion - Zola and pandarens, while with pixie you need 1 minion less and it could be any of the 2 remaining (pandaren or Zola) 3) It’s quicker because 4) sometimes you can get really unlucky getting a 3rd unique horseman and if you fail several turns your opponent will eventually overwhelm you, while with pixie it’s 25% of getting the same in your hand.
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