Tommy J’s Heroic Julianne – F2P Cheap/Low Cost Shaman

Tommy J generously allowed us to host his decks and guides using (mostly) Basic cards to take down One Night in Karazhan Heroic bosses. Be sure to check out his YouTube Channel.

This fight was a decent start to the wing – relatively simple, but with that bit of flavour.

As far as strat for this fight goes, it’s pretty much the standard get and maintain board control. Fortunately it seems the boss is mostly interested in hitting your face, so you will sometimes get a bit of extra time to stack some minions on the board. Provided you get a bit of early board clear and trade effectively this fight is actually fine. This boss has very little card draw and no direct face damage, so once you wear her down she will only have Romulo (Heroic) plus whatever she happens to draw that turn.

Something to keep in mind – killing Romulo means he will come back next turn asleep and won’t be able to attack, so sometimes it’s worth it to kill him even if you can’t necessarily attack Julianne that turn.

Mulligan

Ideally you want to start with a Maelstrom Portal, as well as any other 1-2 drops so you can get something down asap.

Cards to Add

Abomination or Lightning Storm would allow for some much appreciated control and board clear to this deck. If you find yourself never summoning a Wrath of Air Totem, Kobold Geomancer is a cheap extra you could add too. Saboteur would also be a decent one as it would prevent Julianne from summoning Romulo on her next turn.

Cards to Remove

If I had to take something out it would probably be the Pantry Spider, followed by maybe the Windspeaker. It’s a bit difficult to pick to be honest, as each card in this deck actually has a purpose.