Hello!
I just got lucky and pulled my second Alexstraza from a classic pack (I got everything i want from GvG - read Dr. Boom and Piloted Shredder - so i buy classic from my gold)
I'm building my first high Budget Deck (Druid) Should i go for Double Combo or should i craft my second AoW?
Or should i use my dust for anything else?
Posted Mar 17, 2015, 4:48 PM UTC
Should definitely consider cutting chow for Piloted Shredders. With a deck running at least 2x Savage Roar you don't really want the Ancient of War, you want to kill your opponent before they get to lategame since your best lategame is boom + ancient of lore.
Well i teched 1 Roar out (But still got KT, Alex and other big Minions and i still craft more!), because most of the time i only need 1 roar and my first game won with FoN was right now
(Would have won either way, got Aol and AoW in hand, AoW Loatheb, Keeper and Chow on the field against a 21 HP mage without Flamestrikes and the 3/2 2 drop, the 3/3 who gets 2/2 for a secret on the end of your turn and the 2/5 taunt mech and no cards in hand) so i actually don't value FoN that high myself but i see why 2 copies are actually good and because i understand why 2 copies are so good i wanted opinions of others! :>
Well with that kinda card availability, consider playing full ramp with Cenarius + KT. It's still a pretty strong deck, only bad if the meta is full of druids (and therefore Black Knights)
Thank you!
This means Cenarius next :)
Cenarius!
Just got 400 Dust ;_; Don't milk me!
Better said, i had 400 Dust
Haha I figured since you have a good amount of legendaries that Cenarius would be in your budget. In combo druid, he's useful by bringing 3 bodies onto the board. If you already have a minion or two and combo in hand, it's almost a guaranteed win the following turn if your opponent can't clear. I don't have Boom, Sylvanas, Harrison, etc. but combo druid is still my strongest deck. I had an Ancient of War at one point, but cut it as it's a huge loss of tempo when it gets silenced, sapped, or mind controlled. When it DID manage to trade, obviously a 5/10 ate up my opponents' boards, but I'd say that happened around 25-30% of the time I played it. Having two in your deck would help your chances against silence and all that once the second one is played, but that would most likely only be relevant against control decks or if you happen to ramp into one early. I'd suggest a tech card like MCT, Kezan Mystic, or Harrison, but they really depend on what decks you're seeing at your current rank. Kezan has won me several games against face hunter and freeze mage recently.
Thank you for your input!
And the thing with silence is: i once gave a secret mage keeper through the 3 mana copy secret (spelling is hard) and he played annother secret and didnt want to drop AoW or Sylvannas, huge mistake after i killed the keeper it was duplicate and i had FoN, 2 AoW and Sylvannas in hand ;-;
Edit: after i crafted the second one
Oh man, just realized you're not running Piloted Shredders! Not only are they arguably the best neutral 4-drop in the game right now (I've seen at least one in 90% of my opponents' decks this season), but they have great synergy with your other combo cards because a lot of the time your opponent won't be able to kill off the minion that comes from the deathrattle. Even on turn 4-7 when combo is still out of the question without Innervate, it's pretty common to 2-for-1 your opponent and I really suggest you at least try them out. I'd cut one Zombie Chow and an Azure Drake for them if I was you.
Thank you i'll do it when i'm home
It depends on if you want to make this a ramp deck or a combo deck, or if you want it to be hybrid. Once you have determined that, we should be able to give you a better idea.
Either way, you need to make room for two more 4 drops: Shredders for combo or Sen'jin's ramp/hybrid.
Thank you.
What would a hybrid look like? (I don't inform myself on websites so i gladly ask you :>)
Hybrid is pretty much a ramp druid that cuts it's minimal tech cards for a copy of the combo.
Thank you! Then i gonna think about it, you helped me very much