LOTI 35 – Legend of the Innkeeper – “Constructing your first Druid deck”

Intro:

Welcome to the Legend of the Innkeeper. I’m Vastidious, I’m Ariannwyn and I’m Espo. We’re glad you could join us for our 35th episode.

This week we are talking about… how to construct your first Druid deck

Updates:

What did you do this week?

Top 3 of the week

Vastidious – If a Mill Druid [Naturalize] if not [Wrath], [Keeper of the Grove] , [Ancient of Lore]

Ariannwyn – [Wrath], [Keeper of the Grove], [Ancient of War]

Espo – [Wrath] , [Grove Tender] , [Force of Nature]

Patreon – [Druid of the Claw] , [Keeper of the Grove] , [Ancient of Lore]

News

1. http://hearthstone.blizzpro.com/2015/02/26/next-adventure-mode-is-black-rock-mountain/

2. http://us.battle.net/hearthstone/en/blog/18053400/hearthstone-patch-notes-2207835-2-24-2015

3. Some possible card leaks? Most likely these are cards that will be played by the bosses in Molten Core.

Blackwing Technician – 4 mana, 2/4, Minions that cost 5 or more cannot be played. http://imgur.com/G3EygFg

Chimaeron – 8 mana, 8/7, When you draw this change the Health of ALL minions to 1. http://imgur.com/LXfzCyJ

Mind Quickening – 5 mana, Epic Mage spell, You can use your Hero power once during your opponent’s next turn. http://imgur.com/etVRj5c

Hourglass Sand – Rare Mage spell, Your opponent only has 5 seconds to take his or her next turn. http://imgur.com/etVRj5c

(fake?) Left arm of Kil’jaeden – 5 mana, 4/2 Demon, Legendary, Battlecry: If you control the other four body parts of Kil’jaeden, destroy your opponent. http://i.imgur.com/iJn0A0G.jpg

(fake?) Atramdes – 8 mana, Legendary 10/10 Dragon, Always attacks a random enemy character – http://s4.postimg.org/gqv9u18kt/IMG_0042.jpg

4. Ragnaros card back

This week we tackle the Druid class. And much to my chagrin, I’ve taken on the task of

trying to create a decent and fun deck using the basic deck with a few tweaks. Our listeners have suggested that I use [Druid of the Claw] [Keeper of the Grove] and [Ancient of Lore] to help boost my deck. Just looking at the basic deck, we can see that it has some synergy with [Innervate] and [Wild Growth] allowing us to put some big bodied minions out early. We can use this knowledge to help us with subtracting and adding cards, as I’ll show here…

1x [River Crocolisk] —-> 1x [Swipe]

1x [Shattered Sun Cleric] —-> 1x [Swipe]

2x [Razorfen Hunter] —–> 2x [Keeper of the Grove]

2x [Frostwolf Warlord] —-> 2x [Druid of the Claw]

1x [Stormwind Champion] —–> 1x [Ancient of Lore]

1x [Sen’jin Shieldmaster] —-> 1x [Ironbark Protector]

The Mulligan (what cards to keep in your opening hand)

If you’re going first, you want to try to have an [Intervate] or [Wild Growth] and a [Claw] or and of your 2 mana cost Minions. Also keep in mind that the Druid’s Hero power is a 2 mana cost ability that gives you 1 armor and 1 attack. The shield stays on your hero until it absorbs enough damage to destroy it, but the attack goes away at the end of your turn. This power can be used much like the Rogue and allow you to use health as a resource for removing opposing minions. (yes,