Druid

 

Deck Strategy 

This deck manipulates the new recruit mechanic as a way to maintain board control until a late game push.  Essentially, this deck relies on the recruit mechanic to summon large minions as a way to restrict your opponents tempo.  By maintaining board control, and protecting face, the recruit druid is able to surge late game by utilizing the battlecry’s of both Master Oakheart & N'Zoth, The Corruptor to amass a formidable side of the board.

Game Setup

This deck revolves around building tempo in the early game to prevent face damage and loss of board control whilst boosting mana with Wild Growth and Greedy Sprite .  By increasing your mana you are able to summon larger minions that are frustrating to remove and offer protection, giving you the opportunity to buff your smaller minions. 

During the mid game, try to remove dangerous minions with cards such as Lesser Jasper Spellstone or Wrath to maintain control.  During this period, it is helpful to setup a late game win by activating as many deathrattles as possible, especially those of Astral Tiger and Grizzled Guardian as they will create headaches for your opponent later on.

Once you reach the late game stage you have the ability to swamp the board and deal substantial face damage with help from Master Oakheart.  And no worries if he dies because you’ve always got N'Zoth, The Corruptor to resummon all those deathrattle minions your opponent wasted their removal spells on in the early game.  

BASIC MULLIGANS 

Wild Growth important card in the early game to build mana. 

Wrath good removal spell that may result in an extra card.

Oaken Summons apply board pressure by as early as turn 3.  You can keep other 4 mana minions but it is better to save these to recruit later 

Deck Tips and Synergies

Wild Growth is most effective when played early

Lesser Jasper Spellstone uprgades from Plated Beetle‘s deathrattle 

Mark of Y'Shaarj can be used to buff: Plated Beetle, Grizzled Guardian and the panther from Power of the Wild.  

Astral Tiger can be summoned from Oaken Summons, Grizzled Guardian, Master Oakheart and N'Zoth, The Corruptor and has great synergies in this deck.  Try playing and removing as many Astral Tiger as you can to capitalize on N'Zoth, The Corruptor‘s battlecry.  

Grizzled Guardian is capable of summoning all other minions except: Guild Recruiter,  Master Oakheart and N'Zoth, The Corruptor so you won’t waste crucial battlecries.

N'Zoth, The Corruptor has extremely good synergy with Grizzled Guardian.  Allows you to recruit 2 more minions on top of those recruited by N'Zoth, The Corruptor.