We enter the battle arena once again! This time, Adam brings his sturdy Shaman deck that took him all the way to Rank 6 in constructed play. Can Dan’s two-time champion Hunter deck withstand the onslaught?
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Hello!
- Adam is on the show this week
- Topic: The Muhammad Ali Shaman deck
- Reasons to be happy this week
What is a Deck Challenge?
Once a month, we do a Deck Battle. Basically, guest hosts bring on their favorite deck onto the show, and break it down for you, telling you what cards they put in it, how it works, and why they like playing it.
Then, they put their decks to the test and do battle against me in a best-of-3-series, live on the show. Each time, I’m going to be using the current Reigning Champion Deck of the show — the last deck a guest host brought onto this show and won with.
Right now, Dan’s Hunter Beastmaster deck is the reigning deck. So I’ll be using it!
And, of course, Adam has put together a full deck list for his deck, along with some great commentary for the deck that he’s going to be playing today — so you can recreate that too.
Past Deck Battles
Hunter Beastmaster vs Warlock Swarm
Hunter Beastmaster vs Secret Mage
The Deck
- The Mohammad Ali Shaman: Keep the board clear early and mid-game and punch hard later.
- How it wins: Uses early low casting cost spells to remove early threats while setting up totems and creatures for late game. It’s a slow painful death.
Five Key Cards
- Wild Pyromancer: Great mid-game removal
- Rockbiter Weapon: Remove those threats early game.
- Stormforged Axe: Great value for the cost.
- Lightning Storm: Even better with totems and Pyromancer boosting the damage.
- Fire Elemental: Close out the game with removal and beefy minions lumped together.
Full Deck List
You can get more insight into the deck by reading Adam’s guide, which goes through every single card with full explanation and advice, but here’s the simple deck list with no commentary (ordered by mana cost), if you’d rather just try it out yourself.
Creatures
- 2x Flametongue Totem (2 Mana)
- 2x Novice Engineer (2 Mana)
- 2x Wild Pyromancer (2 Mana)
- 1x Defender of Argus (4 Mana)
- 2x Azure Drake (5 Mana)
- 1x Earth Elemental (5 Mana)
- 2x Argent Commander (6 Mana)
- 2x Fire Elemental (6 Mana)
Spells
- 2x Earth Shock (1 Mana)
- 2x Forked Lightning (1 Mana)
- 2x Lightning Bolt (1 Mana)
- 2x Rockbiter Weapon (1 Mana)
- 2x Stormforged Axe (2 Mana)
- 2x Feral Spirit (3 Mana)
- 2x Hex (3 Mana)
- 2x Lightning Storm (3 Mana)
Sideboard
In case you don’t have some of the ideal cards, here are some quality back ups and alterations you can make that keep with the same theme and strengths of the deck.
- 1x Argent Commander (6 Mana)
- 2x Loot Hoarder (2 Mana)
- 2x Mana Tide Totem (2 Mana)
- 1x Lava Burst (3 Mana)
- 1x Faceless Manipulator (5 Mana)
- 2x Bloodlust (5 Mana)
The Defending Champion Deck
Dan’s Hunter Beastmaster Deck, which relies on lots of Beast minions and solid removal spells to rush the opponent down.
The Beastmaster Deck has reigned supreme for 3 months, and has beaten 2 other decks before this episode.
The Duel!
Josh’s perspective
(Part 1 – No audio)
(Part 2 – With audio!)
Adam’s perspective
Post-Duel Commentary
- Who won
- Obligatory bragging session
- Challenger Deck: How well did it perform?
- Defending Deck: How well did it perform?
- Best moments in the matches
- The Happy Hearthstone Champion Ceremony(tm)
Community
- Question: The best 2-mana cost minions by Craig Bowser
- iTunes Review: Lightbox22, Scott Lantz
Card of the Week
Song by Jonas
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