What “less refined” decks does this beat right now? I can tell you that most of the meta is “onto” the shenanigans and beat it fairly easily. The guy that posted above you said last season he climbed with it. One season often makes a huge difference between deck success. Right now, Mind Blast priest is extremely dependent on perfect muligans and starting cards. If your hand is filled with useless spells and late game minions you are dead. Also, Armor decks still beat it most of the time. So does Odd Rogue. Just saying. Thats the reality of it.

Druids and their never-ending armor is a brutal matchup. Period. You are seeing this yourself. Same issue occurs with Quest Warrior and the incessant armor stacking. You can stick these matchups out and pray it goes your way but the win rate against those decks is abysmal. The games take a while too so losses are even more irritating. Shudderwock is more draw dependent but thats another one that makes you cringe.

You also mentioned that you climbed last season with this deck and I believe it was MUCH better a season ago than it is right now. People are more ready for it, IMO. And, there are more bad matchups on ladder like Druid, Warrior, some hunters, Frost Lich Mage, and even some Warlocks now are doing better against this deck. Its still dominates Paladins and does pretty good against Rogues too. But outside of those two matchups it always seems to be an uphill battle. I find mysef constantly swaapping out 2-3 cards because some of the tech choices just dont work. Very frustrating.

The “data” is the deck loses to too many meta decks right now to be viable. Sorry to say. Thats fine, it happens. Evryone that plays it will figure that soon enough when they run into Druids, some warlocks, hunters and Mages. Then they’ll have their “data”. I think the deck needs a massive rework. Its not me. If you dont draw the cards you need, which is very possible in a game thats mostly based on card draw luck then you lose games. Its really that simple. The deck needs more condidtent card draw and cant rely on just 1-2 cards to win.

Intersting deck. I actually removed the tracker spells and replaced them with Secret Keepers for more early game. I also removed on Cube and one Grizzly so I could add two spellbreakers. Seems like there are so many targets that could use a silence. Im just trying it out now so we’ll see. Im sure your version is better but I like to experiment!

What are your throughts on Secret Keepers and my spellbreakers?

Ugh. Im not playing at rank 5 which is completely different from where Im at. My last few games were against Shuddercrap, 2 quest Warriors, one hunter, one paladin(win), One Face mage and one Druid. I conceded instantly to the Shaman because I refuse to play against the most broken card in the history of HS. The taunt warriors are always a loss. Trust me. You would have lost too. The Hunter was a loss but of COURSE I didnt draw Duskbreaker to deal with the Wolves. Face Mage wasa a win but I got lucky with heals and duskbreaker and heals. Druid is an automatic loss.

Basically its like this: If you are playing against any kind of deck with tokens or aggro and dont get duskbreaker in time you lose the game. If you que up against Quest Warrior you can waste your time hoping for a miracle but you’re probably dead. Shudderwock is a gauranteed loss. I know you’re trying here but your Rank 5 “data” is meaningless since at that level its all memes and people goofing around since they hit the rank floor.

I dont know why you cant understand that the 7 games you played arent the same 7 games me and others have played? This deck is brutally draw dependent and has some truly horrible matchups that take an act of God to have a chance against. There is the data. id love to watch the replays but what good do they do? Watching games against meme hunter decks isnt helping.

Does anyone have any proof that this deck is still viable right now? I dont mean arbitrary stats from whatever website either. I mean like videos or replays against current meta decks. I ask because this deck isnt performing that well right now at all. It loses straight up to a good number of meta decks. Paladins are no problem and its OK against Rogue & warlocks. But, control prie st, DK Jaina, Druids and Warriors are terrible. Whats the scoop? Any tangible info?

Trolling because I’m questioning the validity of a deck that has some horrible matchups and I want some video proof of its effectiveness against said decks? And you can’t provide any because a bunch of numbers is supposed to support it all? My rank currently is 12 but that fluctuates. You claim to want to help but can’t give data in my rank range and also don’t seem to think a video is of any use. Why so? Let me SEE people beating taunt warriors, taunt druids, control mages and other horrible matchups that you claim should still be wins. That would be actual proof and might even “help” since I’d se these amazing “skill” plays that I’m apparently missing. But…guess not.

That’s the problem with this game and it’s community. No one actually helps, they just throw out meaningless stats from some arbitrary websites and then tell you to “Git Gud”. My bad, my fault. I guess.

Id like to see a video of “tearing up the ladder” with this exact deck. I call nonsense. WAY too many bad matchups.

Yeah…I dunno. Try it out as is and I think you’ll find the deck is NOT that great right now. It gets destroyed by anything with healing or armor. It loses to control priest. It struggles against a lot of meme decks too. Its just too draw dependent and the matchups are very polarizing. You’ll beat up on Warlocks and most paladins so thats good. But you’ll lose to everything else.

Yeah, maybe so. This deck is NOT that great right now. Im sorry but its wildly inconststent. Great one matchup but then gets destroyed next game when your starting hand has no dragons and therefore no board clears. Oh well. Its tier 3 at best which is fne but you aint climbing with it. Fun to play but way too dependent on draw perfection to climb. Too may gmes where you just dont have what you need and auto-lose.

Yeah, not really sure about that card here. I also question skulking Geist. A six mana 4/6 that doesn’t always do very much. With the nerfs, are people running dark pact anymore? What other important spells is this card killing? It’s a terrible tempo play.

Can we just say it now: frost Lich Jana is an automatic, 100% guaranteed loss? I’m so sick of trying to squeeze out a win against that stupid deck but it’s impossible. Zero chance. DK Jaina is the most broken card in the game against any kind of control deck. It’s so stupid…..they can heal back to 30 health like every damned turn. How could this card have even been produced? My goodness. It’s like a 2 mana Reno Jackson every turn. Nice job, design team.

So, yeah, this mind blast priest has some absolutely horrific matchups and if you meet them you will lose the game. Period. Next time I see a mage play any elementals I’m doing the alt+f4 trick. Not wasting my time or just getting irritated.

Yeah, I’m not running the exact version that is listed but I too and stuck between 13-15 with it. It’s just inconsistent against too many decks right now. Paladins and warlocks are the best matchups by far and my win rate against those is very good. But, there are too many decks that just destroy this deck like quest rogue, DK hunter, taunt Druid, control mage and some others. The deck is OK against quest warrior but draws decide that matchup.

I’m trying different tech choices that seem to help here and there but then cost me elsewhere. It’s simply inconsistent….no other way to put it. Hence, the deck has like about a 50% win rate overall. You just can’t climb like that. Maybe post nerf it will be better? I don’t know though, the post nerf meta will change and might make this deck worse.

This is a pretty fun deck in wild. Im 3-2 with it so thats not much data but its cool to play. I like it. Currently Rank 9 in Wild and going to use this for the rest of the Wild season. Still learing how to play it though. Not always sure of mulligans and stuff so please experiment and post your thoughts here.

You mention Control priest several times…. Im talking strictly Mind Blast which IMO are different decks. Hope were talking about the same thing here. As for Druid – I meant that I had a good win rate against aggro or token druids that tend to open with Fireflies and such. Not Taunt/Hadronix druid which is a waste of time, sorry to say. As for Taunt Warrior… thats great if you have some luck it but there is no way to bust through that armor. Alex doesnt help. Your hero power is nice but with few minions of your own to play the 8 damage often hits your face late game. Hard to sustain much of that with only Divine Hymn to heal with.

Face Mage is just awful. That 54% stat is only a snapshot and not really taking into account everything. None of those stats do – thats why I hate relying on them as the only argument for a decks quality. There is a LOT more to it than some arbitrary website data snapshot. Its a terrible matchup unless you draw perfectly and they draw terribly which does happen. But, its hard to “skill” your way out of Wyrm, into Arcan, into secrets, into Kirin Tor, etc, etc. Good Luck.

And…. yer talking From Rank 5 and down. At that stage, your chances of facing meme decks or goofy decks goes way up. For everyone else thats between R5 and R15, we are seeing a much dfferent meta thats loaded with try-hards and tier -1 net decks. Again, this is where those stats simply dont paint the whole picture at all. Once I get to R5 or lower I start goofing around and the matchups change drastically. Not apples to apples, IMO. I swear I have been matched up like 6-7 times in a row with exact counters to Mind Blast priest…. its silly at that point.

I dunno…. I question anyone taking this deck from R15 down to R5 without a lot of good matchup luck and all that. No way anyone is just breezing through like nothing. Sure, if you get nothing but Paladins and Warlocks then suddenly the deck feels awesome. Its very relative to what your playing against. The deck is very polarizing.

Or, maybe I’m getting matched up against decks that it instantly loses to. Have you ever considered that? Obviously you haven’t since this deck is an automatic loss to many decks people are playing right now. DK Mage or Face mage? Dead. Quest warrior with all those taunts and armor? Dead. Shudderwock? Usually dead due to the obscene amount of healing they have. Druids? Maybe 50/50 but taunts Druid destroys this deck.

Sure, I kill paladins and sometimes warlocks. That’s IT. Every other deck is a horrible matchup…..like horrible. Those are the real world facts.

Sorry but this deck right now is garbage in this meta. Warlocks are changing their decks to deal better with this deck. The only decks it does OK against is paladins. It’s an automatic loss to any DK Mage deck, taunt warrior, most druids, control priests, and Shudderwock. I don’t know what the hell everyone sees in this deck and whoever is playing it at high legend is getting extremely lucky and facing nothing but Palladins.

I’m playing it just fine…..the deck simply lacks a LOT of tools to deal with the cancerous meta we have right now. Those are the facts. Thanks for your guidance.

Yah, I’ve about had enough of it too. It simply doesn’t win. Way too dependent on far too many things. The only deck it beats is Paladin. It is NOT favored against warlock. That’s a huge lie. It loses to control priest, warlocks, Druid, mage and some hunters. Total joke.

Wow. This deck sucks. No way anyone made legend with this deck. Its impossible. It loses to basically everything. I keep swapping out tech cards to deal with the extreme BS on ladder and it never works out right. There is NO removal. There isnt enough healing. The damage you deliver gets blocked by tants and other stuff out there. Aggri decks kill you by turn 5. Duskbreaker only saves you for about 1-2 turns. Spitefulsucks now because everyone runs that stupid Voodoo card that even kills Tyranus without any trouble. Even so, most decks dont care about your spiteful BS since they just remove it or ignore and smash your face. This deck is like Tier-58. Total Joke.

I actually left the spitefulls in the deck. The issue is that this deck does struggle against Aggro but that’s just how it’s going to be. You need good early draws and a strong board to deal with them. It’s possible, just isn’t a great matchup for the deck. It’s fun to play which is key for me.

I don’t run countess ashmore and got rid of the pumpkin guy and instead run two spellbreakers sinc this meta really requires silencing cards! Otherwise, I’m still running it as is. I’ll keepntweaking though. I want to make this deck work!