Discounted stuff works as does Discovering stuff that is cheaper.
So you can get stuff like Raven Idol and play a low cost minion.
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So you can get stuff like Raven Idol and play a low cost minion.
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Wellp, guess that's what i'll try when I get out of work. Raven idol ramp druid it is.
irfaanator
Banned
forgot druid is great in every format/rule set. guess I'll try that later
Super Nothing
Member
Control Warrior seems like it would be strong in this. Just Armor Up until you're ready to drop Alex and then Grom with the second swing of Death's Bite. There are no weapon kill cards in this Brawl except for Sabotage, so Gorehowl can get crazy value. That could keep Freeze Mage at bay.
LyleLanley
Banned
Reached dumpster ranks again.
deck
I was watching Dog explaining his decks from Insomnia, he said he went with this deck and it really helped him get that far as it's really good against zoo and paladin actually and I agree. The most likely way standard list loses is that it draw unplayable hands and spells, with this you can use your mana so much better. I was running one war before and it was doing work, so let's run two and cut one combo. The deck is really good in mirror too, normal list doesn't have war and druid can't deal with war. It's bad against keeper of uldaman but that's not all that common in secret paly, mostly just one and they waste it because they don't expect this.
Dog list had Aspirant instead of starfall, I was losing some games not drawing swipe, I though f it, I'm going to be that one guy that plays starfall on ladder, actually worked very well. I didn't see much value from aspirant.
I decided to give this a shot because my soul could only take so much of secret paladin and I've found it to be quite effective so far.
Servbot #42
Unconfirmed Member
cancer shaman is so disgusting, i went from rank 15 to 9 without a single loss.
irfaanator
Banned
oh yea nice, I'll try that as well
BigJonsson
Member
Opponent conceded on turn 7 after I played boom.....I was waiting to finally use Aviana effectively 
A newbie can play a form of Ramp Druid by using Wild Growths, Raven Idols, Living Roots and Nourish then ramping into Ironbarks, Krakens, Force Tank Max etc. Still be at a disadvantage but this early on people are using garbage trying to see what's good.
I think you can also make a steal Priest deck. You can steal a win with Mind Games since everyone has huge minions... doesn't matter what else you have in the deck.
You can also make a Mirror Entity, Duplicate, Effigy deck with Mage. Basically just put down all of these secrets and hope your opponent plays a huge minion into it. Then you keep Duplicating the big minions while freezing their board with spells.
poppedcollar69
Member
mirror entity value brawl
Really? I think it'll get tons of play in a new eboladin deck.
Raven idols are LoE, Roots are TGT, new players won't have any of it.
Super Nothing
Member
Toss in Unstable Portal. It should be extra broken if it gets you a decent card.
Now that I'm thinking about it, I think Face Warrior would be great in this. Fiery War Axe, Mortal Strike, Arcanite Reaper, Upgrade, Heroic Strike, Bash, Death's Bite, and Grom should keep you dealing damage every turn. There's no Healbots or Sludge Belchers, so there's not a whole lot to get in your way and only 1 weapon kill card.
We have an example of a new player in this thread in Madridista, as a new player definitely won't have the cards to do this brawl. The whole point is that they should be fun and accessible and this is neither.
Tough then. Most of these build your own deck Brawls are tough for new players. Always have been.
They should have double Brawls each week, one that is pre made decks and another is build your own decks.
As someone who likes the deck building process... the build your own deck Brawls always excite me more (until someone busts out Flamewaker and breaks the Brawl).
hypersheep
Member
This was a weird brawl, not sure I like it that much. I tried ramp druid and then decided to go for mage with mirror entity, ice block, freeze, and burn. Had no idea how it worked cause I ended up playing a shadowform priest that conceded after I started tossing a lot of burn at his face.
I don't think EVERY brawl should be accessible to every player. It'd be nice if it was 50/50. It's one of the reasons people like the brawls where you don't have to make a deck. The ones where you do almost always favor those with more cards, but I wouldn't want that to go away. You get some amazing youtube videos from them, which are a load of fun to watch.
FormallyFamicom
Member
You need a level 20 hero to even participate in Tavern Brawl so he couldn't anyway.
Nah I would say the one with 1 mana 1/1 minions was worse than this as was the 10 mana start Brawl.
The 1 mana 1/1 minion Brawl was basically "you don't have Alex/Maly/Faceless? Screw you get out of this Brawl!"
I dont have any of those 3 and that brawl was fine
Every Brawl is fine at the start but towards the end of it when people fine tune their stuff it gets really hard to win with rinky dinky stuff.
The start is the best time to squeeze out a win in the Brawl. Who knows... you might queue in as a Druid and someone auto concedes. Or sometimes you queue into someone experimenting with the Brawl.
And the Brawl is supposed to use the Casual MM system meaning new players are supposed to be playing new players.
BananasWithGuns
Member
Well this brawl is fucking lame. Just play Paladin and spam the board with tokens for the first 7 turns. What fun.
Karsticles
Member
I love how the best way to play this brawl is to not play it.
LyleLanley
Banned
I don't think I've ever been less excited for a brawl.
Gotta get my pack tho ;_;
So don't play Paladin?
Playing Druid was a lot of fun. As someone else mentioned, Face Warrior could be good. Freeze Mage. Maybe Malygos Shaman would work?
Acerac
Banned
I took a self silencing druid to rank 5 this month and it was fucking hilarious.
I've got Legend, I don't need that shit again. As long as a deck is fun and can take me to rank 5 with ease it's more than good enough for me.
markofhavoc
Member
Sometimes you get a good starting hand....
Karsticles
Member
...aaaand terrible pack.
I mean in that you are supposed to only use spells + 7+ cost minions, but the way to win is to get around the minion restriction. I just won on turn 5 by playing Entangled Roots, Innervate, the 3/2 panther on turn 1. Then on turn 2 I put MotW on one of the roots. Then on turn 3 I put MotW on another root.
I mean in that you are supposed to only use spells + 7+ cost minions, but the way to win is to get around the minion restriction. I just won on turn 5 by playing Entangled Roots, Innervate, the 3/2 panther on turn 1. Then on turn 2 I put MotW on one of the roots. Then on turn 3 I put MotW on another root.
...aaaand terrible pack.
I mean in that you are supposed to only use spells + 7+ cost minions, but the way to win is to get around the minion restriction. I just won on turn 5 by playing Entangled Roots, Innervate, the 3/2 panther on turn 1. Then on turn 2 I put MotW on one of the roots. Then on turn 3 I put MotW on another root.
Yeah, just another dumb brawl where one or two classes have a distinct advantage. This time it's just more annoying than other ones
BananasWithGuns
Member
There's no reason to play anything other than Druid or Paladin in this brawl.
So essentially, just like ladder.
So essentially, just like ladder.
Karsticles
Member
Hmmm. I think each class has a few things going for it:
Priest: stealing big stuff is good; mind control can be realistically put in the deck twice.
Druid: innervate and wild growth, spell minions.
Hunter: best spell minions?
Paladin: tokens and buffs.
Mage: secrets guaranteed to be useful.
Rogue: Sap and Vanish are strong.
Warrior: Execute is really good.
Shaman: spells + weapons might end the match before turn 7.
Warlock: life tap without fear for 6 turns; imp-plosion is strong.
Mobius and pet octopus
Member
I could see the steward of darkshire being played because of it's synergy with hero power. It also makes some early game cards work a bit better in the late game. That kind of synergy helps control decks imo. I'm not certain if it's good enough over other cards though.
LyleLanley
Banned
Got my pack and I'm done with Tavern Brawl for a week.