Tommy J’s Cheap Heroic Sun Raider Phaerix Priest

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So, this boss is actually very difficult with a purely basic deck, so I added 2 sets of 2 common cards, which were the Silence (imo better than the Ironbeak Owl at this fight), and Inner Fire. If you were looking to go purely free to play you could sub in the new Jeweled Scarab card to try and draw these, however that’s just adding another level of RNG entirely and really would be a waste of time. Anyway, this fight is actually more fun than I expected, provided you can deal with the Rod. I sort of feel like being able to silence the Rod out of the fight is unfair to the boss, but hey, whatever it takes!

So there were a few ways I think you could go about this fight, which come down to either stealing and buffing the rod (since there really aren’t any minions you can get in a free to play deck that you can buff that early), or silencing the rod, killing it and playing the fight normally. I ended up doing a combination of the two, but I think having both options in mind is the way to play this one. Silencing the Rod and playing normally can actually be a bit difficult with a basic deck, but the more better cards you can add, the easier it will be to play it that way. Also, I found that if you Silence the Rod, the boss won’t really care too much about bringing it back to his side, so it can sit on your side for a while as he beats on your face. Remember that Silences can also be very useful for removing his Tol'vir Hoplite (Heroic) ability to deal 5 damage to your hero if you’re getting too low.

Mulligan

So ideally, you want Silence, Shadow Word: Pain, or any buffs in your starting hand. A combination of these would be absolutely perfect, as it lets you instantly deal with the Rod.

Card Additions

More buffs would always be good, particularly Velen's Chosen. Unless you are going for the buffing strat, adding pretty much any minions that give good value (such as Piloted Shredder for example) are great. In general, try to get minions that can deal with the 5/5 Hoplites, or the 6hp Fireguard Destroyers and still live for ultimate value. If you are going for the buffing strategy, Deathlord is one of the best minions in the game to buff.

Cards to Remove

The Murloc cards really aren’t too useful in this fight, and can be subbed out for anything better. Frostwolf Grunt is also very average and is really only in the deck as a line of defense for the Rod, so if you have anything better, be sure to remove that too.