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Shudderwock Combo Shaman Deck List Guide - Boomsday - August 2018
3.33% chance that Shudderwock is the last card in your deck, actually.
I know that you’re exaggerating, but it’s just not true. Same could be said about any combo deck – if one of the combo pieces is the last card in your deck, too bad, you probably lose. E.g. if Shadowreaper Anduin was the last card in your Highlander Priest deck, yeah, you most likely didn’t win that game. But it doesn’t happen often.
Shudderwock Combo Shaman Deck List Guide - Boomsday - August 2018
I think you’ve misunderstood something. I have said that you don’t need to play combo pieces ON THE SAME TURN as Shudderwock, not that you don’t need to play them before him at all…
I’ve explained how the combo works two times – in the Introduction and the Strategy part. Both times I’ve said what you need to play before you can drop Shudderwock.
If there was a point at which I’ve said that you don’t have to worry about playing cards like Saronite Chain Gang or Lifedrinker before Shudderwock, quote that part and I’ll change that…
P.S. I disagree with playing Battlecry cards as fast as possible. All you need to do is to play all of them before Shudderwock. There is no point in dropping that Lifedrinker on Turn 4 if you have a better play for that turn. Dropping them as fast as you can will often just lose you the game, because you were making poor plays. You need to plan ahead. E.g. if your opponent is starting to build the board, you might want to play a Doomsayer even if you have a Battlecry combo piece in your hand. The only “clunky” Battlecry card that I’d say you want to drop as fast as possible (unless you play against a slow deck) is Grumble – at 6 mana and without life gain / Taunt, it’s pretty slow. Both Saronite Chain Gang and Lifedrinker can really wait, you can even drop both of them a turn before Shudderwock if you didn’t have a good opportunity before and it will still be fine.
Standout Witchwood Meta Decks From the First Day
I think that those are two different builds and both have their merits.
If you play Hagatha, you go for a Control Shaman with a combo finisher in a form of Shudderwock. You don’t entirely rely on the combo to win, you can also outvalue your opponent.
And this specific build goes all-in on the combo, basically it’s the deck’s only win condition. This one doesn’t need Hagatha – it closes out most of the games around Turn 10 anyway (if it doesn’t die before, of course).
Big Spell Mage Deck List Guide - Boomsday - August 2018
Late game value generator. The 0/1’s it summons are also great after you turn into Frost Lich Jaina – pinging them means that not only you get a random Legendary, but also a 3/6 Water Ele on the board ๐
Big Spell Mage Deck List Guide - Boomsday - August 2018
It sure does – but it won’t be able to after the rotation ๐ Ice Block rotates out to Hall of Fame.
Arugal Elemental Minion Mage Deck List Guide - The Witchwood - April 2018
Baron Geddon is a great card in Frost Lich Jaina deck, but not necessarily in this one.
This is a Midrange deck that wants to stay ahead on the board all the time. Ideally you want to be the one having a board advantage all the time.
Mirrored AoE damage will often be a dead card – if you have minions on your side of the board, you won’t want to damage them.
You can try building a bit slower and more reactive deck, then Baron Geddon would definitely fit into it.
Big Spell Mage Deck List Guide - Boomsday - August 2018
Adding a Rush minion and Ashmore might actually be a good idea! I’ll definitely test it out.
Odd Face Hunter Deck List Guide - Witchwood - May 2018
It would be better if it was always a 5/2, but you never want to play it as a 2/5 in this deck ๐ You want to maximize the face damage. The slight advantage of Panther is also being a Kill Command activator.
Arugal Elemental Minion Mage Deck List Guide - The Witchwood - April 2018
Apprentice is there, because Mage has no good 2-drops, and this is a 3/2 with a slight upside. I prefer it over Shimmering Tempest because of the stats – 2/1 is just too weak in a deck that wants to stay on the curve with strong plays every turn.
Same reason for Amalgam – Igneous is good for activating the synergies, but I don’t think that a deck full of Elementals will have any problems activating those anyway. And 3/4 stats are just so much better on curve than 2/3. E.g. against 2/3 2-drops, Amalgam can just clear it, with Igneous you still have to ping. Even worse – if your opponent drops a 3/3 3-drop (which aren’t that uncommon, actually) – Amalgam gets ahead out of that trade, Igneous doesn’t.
But like I’ve said, we’ll have to play around with the deck before discovering the best list!
Arugal Elemental Minion Mage Deck List Guide - The Witchwood - April 2018
2 mana 2/1 is not really great, and a random spell you can’t choose (like with Primordial Glyph) is often bad.
The only advantage is that it’s a 2 mana Elemental, but there is no 3 mana Elemental synergy to activate anyway, so you can skip that mana slot in terms of Elementals.
Arugal Elemental Minion Mage Deck List Guide - The Witchwood - April 2018
You’re right and I’m wrong – going to change that part. Thanks for noticing ๐
Cubelock Deck List Guide - Boomsday - August 2018
The deck list at the top hasn’t been updated to The Witchwood yet – we just don’t know how it will look.
We posted the cards that are rotating out and a list of potential replacements in the Introduction, and we’ll update the deck & guide once the expansion hits and play test the new version ๐
Monster Hunt Guide - Monsters, Bosses List, Treasure List, and Tips & Tricks
They had a single player adventure tied to the Knights of the Frozen Throne release! It wasn’t as long as the previous ones, but it was F2P and The Lich King fight with all 9 classes was actually quite fun to pull off and rewarding too (Young Arthas skin for Paladin).
Tess Miracle Rogue Deck List Guide - The Witchwood - April 2018
The card is a better fit into a Control deck, not a more Tempo/Combo oriented one. For example, I theorycrafted using her in the Lady in White Priest, you can check it out here: http://www.hearthstonetopdecks.com/decks/lady-in-white-control-priest-deck-list-guide/
Elise the Trailblazer is a solid Legendary, I believe that she should find her place in some of the decks throughout the upcoming Standard year!
Big Spell Mage Deck List Guide - Boomsday - August 2018
Not sure if it’s a meme suggestion or a serious suggestion.
Big Spell Mage Deck List Guide - Boomsday - August 2018
I think that Alex is still very useful – you will be able to clear the Aggro boards time and time again, but you might need Alex to stabilize at a reasonable health total after you get there.
Yes, “getting there” will be harder without Ice Block, but it doesn’t change the fact that Alex should still save you many times.
As for the card draw, I’m not entirely sure. On the one hand, you’re right, getting Jaina as quickly as possible would be valuable. On the other, this deck has a very high mana curve, meaning that more card draw might make your hand even more clunky. I’m also not sure what kind of card draw would you want. Loot Hoarder? Acolyte of Pain? You probably don’t want to put Arcane Intellect in, because another low cost spell would reduce the effectiveness of your Dragon’s Fury.
Best Witchwood Decks โ Top Deck Lists for the Year of the Raven Meta
The main problem with this strategy is getting Glenda to survive a turn ๐ There are lots of very powerful strategies involving that, but it will rarely happen – she’s a very high priority removal target!
Yes, it seems like this Druid is a great counter to this deck. You need to play fast (try to play minions over Hero Powering, you don’t aim at a long game, because in the long game you lose), and hope that they don’t draw the right cards. You can’t really do much more.