I was on a roll this morning! I won four long games in a row with my Paladin, and got really close with a fifth but barely lost. These are the highlights of two of those battles, plus one extra by my secret hunter deck!
Deck: King's Champion (Magnificent Justice)
I was up against the oddest mage deck ever. My opponent, Kendel, had apparently assembled what appeared to be a sorry excuse for a Handmage deck! She had every card-drawing gnome and loot hoarder, two arcane intellects, two acolytes of pain, and two giants! Besides that, she had two of every ice spell in the game. We both exhausted our cards attacking each other. She would freeze me, then try her best to damage me. Once she froze my minions and sent out a Doomsayer, though I was prepared enough to kill him.
I almost felt bad for the mage. She sent Alextrasza to cut my health to 15, but I merely copied her with my Faceless Manipulator and killed the original, and a Lay on Hands and Holy Light brought me quickly back up to full life again. Eventually we both ran out of cards, and she had only a sad, silenced Acolyte of Pain on her side, whereas Tirion Fordring, a Stormwind Champion, and a Baby Paladin were on my side. In the face of fatigue and with nothing to show for the long battle, the poor mage conceded.
Deck: King's Champion
What a battle! The likes of this are not seen often, which is a shame. The priest I was up against, Ghostrip, had some tricks up his sleeve, but he was a whelp and not old enough to see the foolishness of some of his decisions. He sent out an Achenai Soulpriest, changing the light of his healing powers to shadow, but also sent out a lightwell! The lightwell damaged himself and even killed the soulpriest, while I just sat back and laughed.
But it wasn't that easy the entire time. Eventually, I found myself alone on the battlefield against Ragnaros, a Lightspawn, a Mogu'shawn Warden with taunt, and a (now functioning) Lightwell. Thinking quickly, I sent out Tirion Fordring, ready to Resurrect him if he died. The enemy priest silenced him, making his Ashbringer sword useless to me, but not wanting to have another erroneous target for Ragnaros's wild fireballs, he also buffed his Lightspawn and killed him. Surprise! I resurrected him, restoring not only the Ashbringer, but also his taunt and divine shield. Ragnaros hit me with the blast, luckily, and I took the chance to blast the battlefield with Avenging Wrath. Luckily, I was able to destroy the warden in the process, which allowed Tirion to finish off Ragnaros with his Divine Shield on!
The heat was still on. The priest killed Tirion again, this time allowing me to take up his Ashbringer. And what became of the buffed Lightspawn? My Spellbreaker turned him into a worthless 0/5, and my path to victory was clear. A knight and his squire rode into battle, followed by a Stormwind Champion to raise their morale. The priest was completely out of cards. He could only squirm as powerful slashes from the Ashbringer and my minions brought him quickly down to the dust of defeat!
Deck: Mes Excuses
My hunter was up against a wise and strong druid. My secrets had done little to buffer his attacks against me. Finally, it came to one final matchup. On my side was a Savannah Highmane, a Kobold Geomancer, and a Gadgetzan Auctioneer. I had run almost completely out of cards, so the auctioneer was there only for aggro. I was hoping to get spells in next turn to get more cards, but that didn't even matter. The druid only had 4 life left, and I knew he had wasted his heal earlier on a buffed Chillwind Yeti (one that I had silenced later). His only minion was Cairne Bloodhoof, whose measely 4 attack would not be able to finish me off.
The druid sat for a long time, contemplating his last move. "Only a heal will save you now," I taunted. "Unless somehow you have a..." DEATHWING. At last he played his move, and Deathwing swooped down, incinerating the board! To my horror, not only did all the minions die, but Cairne was replaced by his son Baine! A brilliant move! ...or was it? As my highmane died, two hyenas came in its place as well. I was saved by a deathrattle! One of the hyenas bit the druid before I eliminated him entirely with a steady shot. WELL PLAYED!
