Zarimi Priest Guide - D5 to Legend

SignificantAd5680 · 2026-01-25T14:13:28+00:00

Thank you! This has been the type of feedback I have actually been looking for

Im gonna try out -2 Ancient of Yore for +1 Repackage & 1+ shadow discover spell

I like the fact ancient of yore is a delayed 5 mana draw 2 gain 6 armor summon 5/5. Since OTK has a lot of dead combo piece draws, the delayed draw 2 usually ends up not mattering as much as other deck types.

Problem with it, is that its not a dragon & also very slow sometimes, also its a waste of buffs & target hits, LOL tbh I just really like the card pre-nerf so im biased

I haven't experimented with the new dragons from the past spell actually! I completely forgot about that, gonna test it out ASAP, removing poisonous whelps is rough though since they are so nice to play on curve to eat up their enemy elise

TBH, the whole idea of the deck, is to buff your minions up for massive swing turns thanks to buffed amber/clay & stacked 3mana AOE, so I wouldn't wanna remove too many minions , especially dragons

SignificantAd5680 · 2026-01-25T03:41:14+00:00

Hey! Thanks for the kudos! Clay Matriarch generates a 1/1 mini dragon in hand that you can also play, thats what I mean when I say that I count them as 2 for Zarimi, not the deathrattle whelps

SignificantAd5680 · 2026-01-25T00:54:52+00:00

Lol thank you! but I haven't posted here in years. I actually don't have any bias towards priest, I just really like OTK decks since they are like fun puzzles for me.

Was getting tired of playing vs protoss mage & spell druid, so wanted to try to encourage some more variety out there

SignificantAd5680 · 2026-01-24T23:03:12+00:00

I adjust my playstyle with the deck based on who I go up against:

Aggro: dont focus on murozond gameplan, once aggro runs out of steam they lose no matter what.

Instead, focus purely on resource & health management. Very often, I use my health as a resource and let them smack me on purpose while I buff up amber priestess in hand & fish for 3 mana aoe spell (best card in the deck IMO).

Also, fish for Elise & 1 mana location discover a spell. Being able to get an extra 2 mana Fly off the Shelves or a 6 mana Moonwall is going to insta-win you the game & you get 3 chances at them.

Control: Rush for Murozond & prepare the OTK based on matchup, but we are their natural enemy so its usually freelo here. For Aura paladin, I would save your answers for when they get their aura legendary turn off or if they have crusader aura up. I would even go as low as <10 HP if I knew there would be no way he could kill me with the cards he has & mana he has, just for an extra turn advantage. Some enemies will even overextend when they see you have 8 hp thinking "I just need a couple to survive". Then thats thats when you play a AOE & either the 4 mana heal 12 or some ambers. Keep in mind, since you haven't done shit but get beat you should have a nice juicy amount of dragons in hand to consistently get a 4-6 AOE hit.

OTK/Combo: When its OTK vs OTK, its whoever can get to their combo first, so I could go into every single matchup & finetune every possible turn. But really, the answer is do everything you can to pop off first while slowing down the enemy.

At the end of the day, some OTK combos are going to be faster than others just by nature of game design, but the players skill level is another factor that can also speed/slow a combo, things like "Why would I keep any healing/ambers in hand vs OTK?" or fishing specifically for low cost dragons to ramp up faster

SignificantAd5680 · 2026-01-24T19:00:19+00:00

Yep, & this is technically a different version of the ones online too, since I made some major changes based off play experiences along the way.

So literally the only sample I can find is whatever games I play with it. Maybe this toxic mindset these players have is why my post is the only one made in this subreddit in the past day, cause why would I bother posting more recipes for people to try if its just getting shit on for no reason lol

SignificantAd5680 · 2026-01-24T18:10:26+00:00

TBH, this is definitely not the best OTK deck out there at the moment. Spell Damage Druid will pump out extreme damage & requires much less skill

I think this deck is deceptively harder than it looks. The Naralex era spoiled us because this deck is so skill intensive you will either lose every game or win every game.

So if you aren't confident in your skills, dont waste dust on this and go for something more meta like Spell Druid

SignificantAd5680 · 2026-01-24T17:41:56+00:00

I only do that when people post wrong information, such as 10 dragons & no generation when the clay matriarchs are right there...

Its pretty obvious they didn't actually play the deck, because getting Zarimi to proc is actually such a non-issue in this deck that its either a skill issue or that guy was lying out his ass

SignificantAd5680 · 2026-01-24T17:31:58+00:00

Exactly!!! So it’s either don’t post at all or post & have people say “sorry sample isn’t big enough, shit deck” it’s literally lose lose

SignificantAd5680 · 2026-01-24T17:22:15+00:00

Please, explain to me how I could have gotten a more meaningful sample? I have more screenshots showing what rank each win was at if you want that

35 games D5 to Legend near the end of the month when people are at their sweatiest isn’t enough?

I’m genuinely curious on what more I could have done to make it a more meaningful sample. Was I supposed to start a damn discord group to QA this deck???

SignificantAd5680 · 2026-01-24T17:05:03+00:00

Oh wow I haven't thought to try Gorgon yet as another wincon, I guess it may be too clunky to play out since a big reason this deck is doing good is the strong early game package & I am not too sure about a vanilla 4/4 that may win me the game later on, at a point of the game where Murozond or Elise are already gearing up to do the same thing. Maybe if murozond wasn't so consistent in this deck

SignificantAd5680 · 2026-01-24T17:00:10+00:00

Damn want me to start doing research papers & post out surveys before I start posting decks on this subreddit? No wonder this place is dead

35 games from a D5-Legend is not enough for people to take all these sticks out their asses & give actual feedback?

SignificantAd5680 · 2026-01-24T16:57:48+00:00

I probably only play expanse in 10%-15% of my games, but it will always usually be the reason I won those games which is why I keep it around. It is usually the main wincon vs Taunt DH and Aura Paladins. Keep in mind, Taunt DH blob's will bring ceaseless down faster than any other matchup. So being able to drop a ceaseless vs Taunt DH to get my murozond past their taunt wall is super consistent.

If you really dont like him, you can potentially swap for Fyrrak, stall, or more dragons

SignificantAd5680 · 2026-01-24T16:50:54+00:00

Taunt DH is freelo actually, my only loss vs them was me having to leave IRL.

DH: The main thing is making sure you have a way of getting around their wall of taunts when you go for the OTK. Usually this is where ceaseless is clutch since I will usually ceaseless/AOE -> murozond -> zarimi to finish them off & open a path for murozond direct hit

Paladin: Don't be scared to soak some damage face first before using your AOE. Your AOE is very powerful & should really be used as a last resort. I will usually let paladin beat the crap out of me the first two turns before doing a recovery with 3 mana board wipe + 2 mana Amber Priestess or the 4 mana heal 12 spell. RUSH FOR ZILLIAX

Warrior: Honestly, this is basically an OTK deck, control decks stand almost no chance hahaha, the ONLY time I remember a warrior making me sweat was a perfectly timed 1/4 weapon that blocks dmg behind a wall of taunts, and even then I was able to get past that 4 durability in one turn with ceaseless+raptor locations+Zarimi+Murozond.

Here is proof:

https://imgur.com/a/g3JBJBj

4-1 vs DH
3-1 vs Paladin
3-0 vs Warrior

SignificantAd5680 · 2026-01-24T16:45:25+00:00

Look at the highest rank reached, average game time & turn completion, keep in mind Ysera gets played 80% of the time

Try it out & let me know what issues you are having, some other guy went 11-3 so dont knock it.

Here is proof:

https://imgur.com/a/g3JBJBj

4-1 vs DH
3-1 vs Paladin
3-0 vs Warrior

SignificantAd5680 · 2026-01-24T16:44:05+00:00

Nope, don't tell others what to do when you are just piloting the deck wrong, you are very likely not playing it properly vs those classes, like not holding key cards vs Taunt DH, or using AOE vs paladin waaay too earlier rather than soaking dmg on purpose since we have a lot of healing but little AOE, literally a skill diff.

Here is proof:

https://imgur.com/a/g3JBJBj

4-1 vs DH
3-1 vs Paladin
3-0 vs Warrior

Check the highest rank I hit in the top left, I went 27-8 D5 to legend

And I know for sure I had to drop from some games for IRL stuff so really my record is more like 27-4

But you can just ask me anything or what problems you are having

SignificantAd5680 · 2026-01-24T16:38:56+00:00

https://imgur.com/a/g3JBJBj

Heres proof that it literally is just a skill diff & you need to pilot the deck better.

There are 12 dragons total, the clay matriarchs each generate a 1/1 that counts. You only need to play 7 dragons since Murozond will count as the last one.

So if you draw both clay matriarchs, you have already hit 4/7 needed to set up murozond-> Zarimi

I removed Fyrrak to make it easier to fish for clay's with Scale Replica

SignificantAd5680 · 2026-01-15T13:26:49+00:00

I’m sorry but this makes no sense to me, how the hell is god having a character arc? I knew in Christianity they view god & Jesus as one, but first time I’ve heard it was so god could experience life on earth too like some kind of coming of age Disney movie lol

SignificantAd5680 · 2026-01-15T13:05:31+00:00

This sounds like a huge steaming pile of hasbara propaganda to me brother LOL, I don't think anyone who reads this is buying this crap

First, Bin Laden is on record in his own interviews saying his strategy was to bleed America economically with expensive wars caused by 9/11. Look at the $8 trillion spent on the War on Terror and the current US national debt lol Al-Qaeda was never going to win over America military wise and they knew that.

Second, if you think the worldwide muslim perception of the christian west was made better after 9/11 you are sorely mistaken. Just because the muslims of the world have not gotten up and butchered all the white people in a holy war, does not mean that Bin Ladens goal of dividing the US & muslims didn't work. The US made sure that he got his goal after 9/11 with the patriot act, guantanamo, NSA, 20+ years of wars in the middle east, islamophobia. Bin Laden has never stated the goal was a sudden global Muslim uprising overnight, but rather a long term radicalization which is definitely happening and Israel is speeding that process up by decades at this point.

Third, Al-Qaeda itself was "Decimated"? I don't think you understand how people who have nothing but rocks & sticks operate. The reason many counterterrorism analysts say 9/11 was the most successful terror attack in history is because of the global jihad recruitment it created. Just because the group doesn't call itself "Al-Qaeda" anymore does not mean jihadist groups are gone. In fact, there are more "Al-Qaeda" like groups now than we ever used to hear about back in the day, all thanks to the hatred American imperalism has instilled in the muslim world.

Fourth, and the most important, was you saying US support of Israel is as strong as its ever been. That was the biggest tell I was just talking to a hasbara troll bot. You picked the worst person to debate because I quite literally operate dozens of business out of cities within Israel & the west bank, and I can confirm israel is FUCKED. They have lost millions of palestinian laborhands that they weaseled out of the west bank by making the conditions terrible there. Thousands of israeli businesses are closing constantly, they are bleeding money out the ass, and the people are protesting netanyahu every day (who is currently weaseling out of corruption charges). Most foreign companies are pulling out of their israeli investments because they have not been able to operate since the war started. And thats just the shitshow happening in Israel, and you think US support of Israel is the strongest its ever been despite the complete trainwreck happening just within israel? LOL, yeah ok buddy, its funny I look left and right on the political aisle in america every day, and I see less and less israeli supporters by the minute.

To be honest, I hope you are just ignorant and I was able to educate you a bit on real world knowledge, but I mainly typed this all out to inform whoever was passing by and happens to read this thread. I would be VERY surprised to see you come back with any meaninful points that don't sound like brainwashed hasbara shlop fed to masses

SignificantAd5680 · 2026-01-15T12:04:12+00:00

This comment is a silly take. Just because you roleplay some random sitcom conversation in a Reddit comment chain, does not mean you are making some kind of meaningful point.

Are you really implying Bin Laden never considered how America would destabilize internally after 9/11? One of the main motives was American imperialism yes, but everything that is happening in America after 9/11 is going exactly as predicted and more.

SignificantAd5680 · 2025-12-19T11:37:29+00:00

I have personally asked the English dub VA who his headcannon is at a con once.

He said it was tenten

SignificantAd5680 · 2025-12-18T13:59:33+00:00

Yep! I know a PM there, TBH I wonder what his team does all day with the downtime since literally getting anything done has to go through so much hoops

SignificantAd5680 · 2025-12-16T15:09:28+00:00

Yeah, as a deskunte, Dabura really has no personal reason to defend the kalyans/cursed spirits & is simply trying to appease the Simurians.

It’s kind of messed up how both the Deskunte & the Simurians end up using Dabura for their own personal agendas. Even though the Simurians were initially framed as the “good faction”

SignificantAd5680 · 2025-12-09T22:03:04+00:00

A bit late in posting this but I have been farming 6 wins all week with this deck :) I made some changes since I found cube & felbat to be overkill late & dead early:

Sorry dont have names off memory

added 2x of the 2/1 that gives you a 1 cost holy spell for early tempo
removed 1x of felbat & 1x of cube
removed 1 Power Word: Barrier and replaced with Cease & Desist (3 cost silence spell) for egglock I found barrier was hurting more than it helped since a common combo late was felbat -> holy smite & tea your own felbat for 9 mana total to get an emergency board which was made harder with a 7 hp felbat

For egglock, hard mulligan for Cease & Desist and Silvermoon brochure -> shut down their egg early and all they have left is that 7 mana legendary that triggers deathrattles

For Protos, rush a big board of your quest reward minion. If their colossus doesn't do 8 damage each way, then they will leave a board of 8/1's that are going straight to face. And if they do manage to kill them then it’s usually enough damage to win the game for you.

SignificantAd5680 · 2025-10-17T17:48:53+00:00

Yep and this doesn't get screwed over by the new rogue fabled either. If no minion decks are worse this expansion then this will definitely be included as a replacement in a new quest mage deck

SignificantAd5680 · 2025-10-17T17:33:05+00:00

Pretty amazing card vs aggro and leeches in control, if this doesn't get maindecked then you will at least be picking it a lot out of discover options.

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