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Hemet's OTK Shaman

  • Last updated Jun 12, 2017 (Un'Goro Launch)
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  • 4 Minions
  • 26 Spells
  • Deck Type: Theorycraft
  • Deck Archetype: Unknown
  • Crafting Cost: 8740
  • Dust Needed: Loading Collection
  • Created: 3/28/2017 (Aggro Downfall)
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    WhatAChamp

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With the new Hemet announced, I instantly thought to put it in my favourite wild deck of all time, Ancestor's Call Malygos OTK. For those of you who don't know the archetype, you basically amass spells, clear your hand of the few minions you have, and in one turn play Ancestor's Call + as many burn spells as you can to kill your opponent from 30 to 0.

Hemet, Jungle Hunter helps the deck with consistency. There's enough burn spells to guarantee you can kill your opponent, but you're reliant on drawing Ancestor's Call and Malygos. By playing Hemet, you remove all the cards from your deck except Ancestor's Call, The Curator and Emperor Thaurissan. You can now guarantee you'll draw your combo within 4 turns (3 if you remove The Curator from the deck).

Before doing this, make sure you can burn for at least 30 damage. You will need more against warriors and possibly druids or mages. I generally attempt to save at least two one cost spells but you can reduce the cost of your spells with Emperor too. DO NOT PLAY HEMET UNTIL YOU HAVE 30 DAMAGE WORTH OF BURN IN HAND. If you do this, you will lose your win condition.

Some variations will include things like Barnes, a second Ancestor's Call or Hallazeal the Ascended. These are all good cards but have potential to clog up your deck. Test out whatever you find to be the most consistent. I'm not even sure if I'll be keeping The Curator in the deck.

Essentially you want to mulligan for AOE removal and make your other decisions based on what type of a deck you're against. Heal is nice against aggro while Far Sight and Hemet are good keeps against very slow decks. You can win games as early as T7 if you get the right cards but we aim to win around T10 if possible. Stall the board as long as you can and make your opponent commit fully to the board before you wipe it. If you have four or more burn spells, feel free to use them for board control but try to save Crackle and Lightning Bolt for the combo as they are the strongest in terms of mana cost to damage ratio. I will often keep Ancestral Knowledge so that I can cycle as fast as possible.

Anyway. Have fun with this new variation!

Potential Substitutions

As I can't test the deck out right now and have no idea what the meta will look like, here are some potential cards that might make the cut. I'm not sold on The Curator, Feral Spirit, or Frost Shock so that could potentially be dropped for some of these choices.

The issue when adding new cards is you have to weigh consistency, burn and survivability to make the best choice. Adding more minions makes it take longer to draw the combo with Hemet. However, cards like Barnes, The Curator, and a second AC give more chances to pull off the combo earlier and without Hemet. More testing will have to be done to determine the best combination.

Hallazeal the Ascended: Nice healing when combined with our copious amount of AOE. 7/30 chance you draw either this or an AOE with Far Sight so it could come out as early as T4 or 5 if you're lucky. If you don't draw this with Far Sight, it's often pretty slow and get in the way of Maly with AC so I'm unsure about its inclusion.

Barnes: Additional way to pull Malygos for an OTK without having either AC or Maly in your hand. It's also not too bad when it pulls Emperor and it gives you some proactive plays instead of just being reactive. Downside is it lowers your curve for Healing Wave and can be a dead draw once Maly is pulled.

Alexstrasza: Traditionally used in some OTK's. Provides extra burn and allows some flexibility in how many burn spells you need to keep before using Hemet. Downside is that it can't combo with spells and if it's stuck in your hand, it can throw your AC on Maly.

Ancestor's Call: We already run one of these but running a second can give us more opportunities to play Maly. The downside is that it's a dead card aside from Maly or maybe an Emperor play with Hex in case of emergencies. It might be worth testing nonetheless.