TinSonSay’s Spiteful Grizzly Druid (January 2019)

“Spiteful Grizzly” Druid  — guide by TinSonSay

Mulligan:

– The cards to really look for are Bright-eyed Scout, Greedy Sprite, and Prince Keleseth. Without Wild Growth or Nourish, this deck lacks the ability to ramp the way most druid decks can, so the Scout and Sprite are crucial for cheating larger threats out early. Also, if you have Greedy Sprite or Keleseth in hand, consider keeping Floop.

Gameplay:

– Bright eyed scout: this deck has plenty of positive targets for the scout’s mana reduction to hit. Of these targets, drawing Oakheart and reducing Oakheart’s cost to 5 is usually the best route to a huge board.

– Flobbidinous Floop: Floop’s role varies with each match and matchup. Finding the best use for him that fits the current match is crucial. Sometimes holding out on one Floop for a better Floop is the right call.

– Master Oakheart: the ideal targets for Oakheart are Silver Vanguard and Grizzled Guardian, the “Grizzly” of the deck. Ideally, hitting either leads to a chain of small taunt minions.

Pitfalls:

As always in my deck deck guides, I like to point out some of the pitfalls of the deck. By pitfalls I mean the ways for the deck to really fail at what it’s intended to do. These are things to watch out for…

– Prince Keleseth affects what minions are summoned by Master Oakheart’s battlecry.

– Drawing both Ultimate Infestation before playing Spiteful renders Spiteful’s battlecry useless.

– Wait for Spiteful to finish summoning before passing/proceeding with your turn, as summoning Mulchmuncher (an 8/8 with rush) is common.

– For deck that’s game plan is to build a board and snowball it’s way to victory, this deck is actually rather slow. This will lead to some games feeling somewhat unfair, like you don’t have a chance.