Onyxia's Lair Decks - Having Fun With (Or Against!) Kazakusan
At the end of the first week in Onyxia's Lair, one thing is clear: Everyone seems to be either playing Kazakusan or making decks to counter him. So we went through the decks on HearthPwn to find the best Kazakusan decks and the best decks to counter Kazakusan. Enjoy!
Kazakusan Spell Druid
Spell Druid as a deck has been around since at least Ashes of Outland and has gone in and out of the Meta. And now it's definitely back again. Between the ramp to get enough mana and the tutoring to get Kazakusan in hand, this deck does everything right to get the Dragon out quickly. And it can even just beat you by being a Token deck too!
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Face Hunter
If you are looking for random fun, I can tell you I don't have any. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills; skills I have acquired over a very long career. Skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you concede now, that'll be the end of it. I will not look for you, I will not pursue you. But if you don't, I will look for you, I will find you, and I will kill you....
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Control Dragon Priest
Kazakusan and Raid Boss Onyxia got all the hype coming out of the miniset, but the probably best bang for your buck Dragon of the set might have actually been Lightmaw Netherdrake. Where Druid easily buckles against Face Hunter, this Priest deck counters it pretty successfully.
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Aggro Elemental Shaman
The solution to the question "How do I counter Kazakusan, in whatever form of deck he comes in? I hate that dragon with a passion and want nothing else but to beat decks that feature him. Every single one." is unsurprisingly that you need to play Aggro, but it's not Face Hunter that is the best overal counter, but Aggro Shaman decks.
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Control Dragon Warrior
As much as there are players that love to punish slow decks with Aggro, there's Control players who love to punish Aggro with Control. This Control Warrior deck doesn't really play Kazakusan as an immediate win condition to be played as soon as possible. It uses the card much like it did Archivist Elysiana, as an end of game punisher to prolong their stranglehold on the game.
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Libram Paladin
Of course, with such extremes, there's also going to be people that want to play something that doesn't have any glaring weaknesses, and can win against most decks, even if none of them are slam dunks. The trade off is that the deck is also not hugely unfavored against any decks. If you play well with Libram Paladin, you will rise.
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Aggro Druid
We started with Druid, so let's end it there too. Aggro Druid is very strong right now and will get get great results against just about any deck that is not on the heavier Control side. And even then, there's going to be enough times that they just don't have an answer on time for your onslaught.
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That's a nice deck, gg! These hunter legendaries are so fun!
And there is no Rogue?
And no Mutanus the Devourer in any of these decks?
Weird data you went through IMO...
Mutanus costs 7. You want to know how many times I've played a Kaz druid that didn't play him before I had 7 mana and Mutanus in my hand? 1 out of about 36. So yeah I could see him not being played all that much in decks tailored to beat druids
Savory Deviate Delight way better than ]Mutanus, u can run 2 copies aswell. Unfortunely it's only avaiable to rogue...
Sneaky, sneaky! Oh wait, it's rogue. Anyway, I love these types of cards.
I guess i have a different concept of fun.