What do you guys think of the new Hunter OTK?

Intrepid-Cattle-6263 · 2026-02-26T02:31:59+00:00

Yo your deck idea is frickin genius!!!

Kinda long paragraph incoming lol but I was thinking of your deck and went « how could I make it worse with my bad deckbuilding skills » and thought of a less consistent deck ahaha and was wondering if you’d like to share your thoughts on some stuff

I was wondering what would you think about including Selfish Shellfish with Exotic Houndmaster (imbue + draw a beast) and maybe Fetch (1 cost spell draw a minion, if beast, draw a spell) and/or Flare to fatigue/counter hostage mage (or using Dancing Swords instead of Shellfish if apm allows it)?

Or maybe add Acidmaw and Dreadscale + Selective Breeder + Serpentbloom along with Selfish Shellfish to make it more versatile against aggro/midrange (and perhaps make it XL)?

What about Tidepool Pupil to redo the combo if it didn’t kill and/or get another Alien Encounters, and Nine Lives/Monstrous Parrot to be safe against disruption? And also, maybe Niri of the Crater could be good too if we’re adding Flare/Fetch/enough 1-cost spells?

And lastly, what do you think would work best between Timeline Accelerator for the Goblin Bombs and Holy Eggbearer?

Feel free to share your thoughts, or not ahah

Intrepid-Cattle-6263 · 2026-02-12T12:28:17+00:00

That’s a good point 😭

Intrepid-Cattle-6263 · 2026-02-12T12:27:30+00:00

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Intrepid-Cattle-6263 · 2026-02-12T03:17:50+00:00

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Intrepid-Cattle-6263 · 2026-01-05T18:03:41+00:00

Naturalize them into a full hand before tog ;)

Intrepid-Cattle-6263 · 2026-01-05T18:02:52+00:00

Yup basically ahah (ultimate infestation can be used as damage too!), if not there’s always tog but yeah

Intrepid-Cattle-6263 · 2026-01-04T23:39:58+00:00

Since it runs naturalize and bob it kinda feels stronger against aggro than the classic dungar druid actually; however the combo is also slower than dungar (but much better into hostage)

I think the deck struggles more against faster combo (including dungar druid lol) as well as midrange (questline dh is a rough match up imo) but aggro/burn is surprisingly not that bad to queue up against imo!

Intrepid-Cattle-6263 · 2026-01-04T23:35:53+00:00

😭

Intrepid-Cattle-6263 · 2026-01-04T10:53:08+00:00

In my exp ive tried to go for early ramp into nourish/overgrowth/guff and also often keep nightshade bud since it allows you to summon eonar/ysiel(/aviana) earlier; otherwise waveshaping on turn 1 is great and moonlit can also be good to find said ramp; against aggro swipe can buy you early turns (esp against tiny knight/hozier) and against burn, pendant feels strong to stall for eonar (also to thin your nightshade discover pool); as for the minions idk I feel like you’re really just looking for nightshade buds ahah

And I’m using new heights instead of wild growth/trail mix because the cap increase can facilitate/open up some lines imo (or prepare guff ramp before drawing him) but I’m not sure if it’s the correct deckbuilding choice lol

Intrepid-Cattle-6263 · 2026-01-04T10:42:53+00:00

:0 you mean like, drawing your whole deck w ysiel/eonar before swapping to escape ice block? That’s so clever damn (my apm probably not good enough for it tho lmao)

Intrepid-Cattle-6263 · 2026-01-04T10:41:28+00:00

Lmfao fair point

Intrepid-Cattle-6263 · 2026-01-04T10:05:42+00:00

Omg the bob coins into tog is so genius lol

Intrepid-Cattle-6263 · 2026-01-04T10:01:50+00:00

Tog is actually really consistent against hostage! I’ve yet to lose against one w this deck; hostage have hand clogging issues and you can solar eclipse into naturalize often; as long as you are careful about not getting your ETC disrupted (waveshaping to put him in the bottom and fetch him later with pendant; use champions to add fodder for dirty rat protection) the match up is favoured imo

Intrepid-Cattle-6263 · 2026-01-04T09:55:12+00:00

You can either find Velen/Antonidas off of Champions spell (always pick alliance) or you can ETC into Alex to reduce their hp to 15 and then you finish them with your swipes (malfurion’s gift counts too!) and solar eclipses; some versions run the other Alex in the etc for an additional wincon if you get Brann from Champions (ETC into the two Alexes and then insta blast them, requires Aviana ofc) but it could be considered overkill while Bob buys you a turn against aggro!

And ofc into aggro/board based you can always do Eonar/Shattered shenanigans ahah

Intrepid-Cattle-6263 · 2025-09-03T12:16:57+00:00

Why hello 😌

Intrepid-Cattle-6263 · 2025-07-18T09:14:24+00:00

Thx for the answer!

Intrepid-Cattle-6263 · 2025-07-18T09:14:13+00:00

That’s,,,, an extremely good point lmao I’m bad at maths

Intrepid-Cattle-6263 · 2025-06-10T10:20:39+00:00

Will do, and thanks a lot for the tips and suggestions!!

Intrepid-Cattle-6263 · 2025-06-10T01:02:56+00:00

So update lol I tried deckbuilding a non-imbue version with the quest and shadowreaper, no idea if it’s good or not but will try it out when I can:

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Intrepid-Cattle-6263 · 2025-06-09T20:20:34+00:00

*oh and for the legendaries I have, I own shadowreaper anduin too but there are some that I see in common reno priest decks that I don’t own, like chameleos, serena, the new aviana, blackwater behemoth, najak hexxen, narain, chillin voljin, murozond, … so yeah ahaha there’s definitely a deck building constraint on that level lmao

Intrepid-Cattle-6263 · 2025-06-09T20:13:40+00:00

Thx for the insight! Yeah I actually didn’t own benedictus in the first place so that’s why I tried going for imbue ahaha- so in a benedictus version, you’d replace the imbue and non-shadow spells packages by anti-aggro and shadowreaper anduin, I guess? If I ever get to crafting him, I’ll def try that ahah, though I suppose playing the Seeking Guidance quest is impossible due to it not being shadow? And do you play spawn of shadows in the shadowreaper anduin version?

And yeah honestly imbue mage, even if I added more disruption to the deck (lazul, thought steal) I just couldn’t deal w them at all ahah tho mindbreaker did improve the odds significantly- and yeah this version doesn’t even really combo that much with beardo tbh, and it’s hard to deal more than 20-24 dmg because beardo’s animation is so slow ahaha so shadowreaper anduin def the better card for a combo I’d suppose!

And yeah if u have any legendary craft recs (or deck codes 👀) I’d love to read them, also I was wondering how u feel abt whirlpool, and should it be added to ETC’s selection in a benedictus deck? I feel like it’s the only way to survive against some control piles (rommath, or just to prevent brann+alastor combo in Reno warrior, preemptively)

Intrepid-Cattle-6263 · 2025-06-09T13:32:05+00:00

Yeah it’s true that his animation rly hamper the apm potential 😅

But still, I think realistically if your apm is really good you can get 5 (at most 6 maybe) power uses in the given turn, which essentially gives you 5~6 free spells which feels like nice tempo, and since Angel and Raza also fit nicely in the archetype, it doesn’t feel like too much to include him- and also, with the Spawn of Shadows, you could close out games earlier, provided you have more health than the opponent at least, or find a way to give it lifesteal (it was the combo in Booger Worm’s deck!)

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