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Re: Illidan's Totem Forest

1249351 — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:22:03 GMT

1x Lady Katrana
1x Prince Kaelthas
1x Lady Vashj
2x Razak Ironsides
2x Scrapper
2x Purge
1x Earth Shock

Probably... but I havent decided yet, maybe I put into sidedeck 4x Frostshock

Re: Illidan's Totem Forest

1439516 — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:14:47 GMT

In this last version, what do you want to put in the side?

Re: Illidan's Totem Forest

1249351 — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 23:00:19 GMT

Ok, heres updated and better version:

4x Primal Totem
4x Earth Elemental Totem
3x Grounding Totem
2x Manaspring Totem
4x Death Shock
3x Earth Shock
3x Crackling Purge

4x Rysa Earthcaller
4x Weldon Barow

2x Illidan Stormrage

4x Demonblood Eviscerator
3x Aegis of the Vindicator
3x Band of the Inevitable
3x Seer's Signet

4x Information Gathering
3x The Last Barow
3x Battle for Crimson Watch
2x Minions of Shadow Council
1x Someone Else's Hard Work Paid Off
1x Deep Sea Solvage

It got better draw, its more control and offers more hate.

Also, I am playing with idea of (nearly) Solo Kilzin as totem control. It would look like this:

4x Blood Knight Kyria
2x Illidan Stormrage

4x Primal Totem
4x Searing Totem
4x Grounding Totem
3x Earth Elemental Totem
3x Manaspring Totem
4x Death Shock
4x Frost Shock
3x Totemic Recovery
3x Crackling Purge

3x Seers Signet
3x Band of the Inevitable
2x Aegis of the Vindicator

4x Counterattack
3x Swift Discipline
3x Kolkars Aggression
2x Minions of Shadow Council
1x Deep Sea Solvage
1x Someone Elses Hard Work Paid Off

I just have to say... Totemic Recovery+Primal Totem is amazing. It can go to 8 dmg AoE

Re: Illidan's Totem Forest

1249351 — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 13:05:00 GMT

Yeah, I have removed already 2x Ol'Stonewall and added 4. Rysa and 4. Weldon.
Orders are bad quest, because when you are holding illidan at hand, you just cannot complete it.
I am working on better draw, just need to get right idea. Maybe some manasprings thrown in...

Re: Illidan's Totem Forest

1767700 — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 17:16:38 GMT

Alright, I play tested this deck and you definetly need 4x Rysa. As for Illidan, evertime i drew him he just seemed to be a dead draw. Mabey only use 1 or none. Mabey 4 orders from lady vashj too, or mabey some mana spring totems - seemed like my hand was running near low or near empty alot.

Re: Illidan's Totem Forest

1767700 — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 15:09:08 GMT

-1 Minions of shadow council +1 Someone Else's Hard Work Pays Off

I really like this deck, looked like you tried to use all elements evenly (locations, equips, abilities [ongoing,interruption,totems,regular],allies, master hero, heals, ally/equipment/ability destruction). Gj.

This just in: totems even more OP, attachments to totems are now destroyed thru ppp (who knew >.>). Spell Suppresion --> fail

Check my signature and let me play test my deck against yours ;)

Re: Illidan's Totem Forest

2012483 — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 07:08:12 GMT

For a deck that is also aiming to go illidan I wouldn't recommended Corki's Ransom.

Throw in forces of Jaedenar and against the illidari as quests since you got so many abilities.

I generally always favor quests that rely on what my deck has then guessing what my opponents are running so I'd remove minions to make some room for other quests. Also defias is a big gamble when it only works with 3 cards in your deck (weldon barov) sub that out for ability centric quests.

Re: Illidan's Totem Forest

2192038 — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 02:39:53 GMT

1249351:
Theres version 2.0!
Less focused on ally hate, added one junky combo :D (who will find it first)
And also some healing :P

Ixamos The Corrupted

4x Primal Totem
4x Earth Elemental Totem
3x Grounding Totem
2x Stoneclaw Totem
4x Death Shock
3x Earth Shock
3x Crackling Purge

2x Ol' Stonewall
3x Rysa Earthcaller
3x Weldon Barow

2x Wrath Scyte
2x Aegis of the Vindicator
4x Demonblood Eviscerator
2x Terror Pit Girdle
3x Band of the Inevitable

2x Illidan Stormrage

3x The Defias Brotherhood
3x Information Gathering
3x Minions of Shadow Council
2x Orders from Lady Vashj
2x The Darkmoon Faire
1x Deep Sea Solvage

For starters, play 4x Grounding Totem and 4x Rysa Earthcaller. They're really good, and crucial to the lock.

I also suggest 4x Mana Spring Totem and a couple of Corki's Ransom for draw. I found, when using a Totem deck like this, losing hand was a problem unless I had Mana Spring or Corki's. (For another janky combo, Corki's + Coif of the Wicked =] )

IMO add 3/4 Searing Totems too, it's just a great card to have on the field and too easy to protect with the lock. Keeping in mind this lock is a lot easier to set up than other locks. Searing is annoying for allies (especially Tinker) and when they have no allies, builds up some decent damage on their Hero over time, making it that much easier for Illidan to kill.

I'm also wondering where Totemic Recovery is. It's basically your insurance, and means it's virtually impossible for your opponent to keep the lock off the field for more than a turn. It has good synergy with Darkmoon Faire too, and it's just a damn good card - a +3 in the best situation, which isn't unlikely. Totemic Recovery is also especially necessary against The Bringer of Death and the occasional Mass Dispel.

Re: Illidan's Totem Forest

1249351 — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:50:03 GMT

Theres version 2.0!
Less focused on ally hate, added one junky combo :D (who will find it first)
And also some healing :P

Ixamos The Corrupted

4x Primal Totem
4x Earth Elemental Totem
3x Grounding Totem
2x Stoneclaw Totem
4x Death Shock
3x Earth Shock
3x Crackling Purge

2x Ol' Stonewall
3x Rysa Earthcaller
3x Weldon Barow

2x Wrath Scyte
2x Aegis of the Vindicator
4x Demonblood Eviscerator
2x Terror Pit Girdle
3x Band of the Inevitable

2x Illidan Stormrage

3x The Defias Brotherhood
3x Information Gathering
3x Minions of Shadow Council
2x Orders from Lady Vashj
2x The Darkmoon Faire
1x Deep Sea Solvage

Re: Illidan's Totem Forest

1249351 — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 20:07:06 GMT

No more advices to make my masterpiece even better? :)

Re: Illidan's Totem Forest

1249351 — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:04:56 GMT

747828:
I prefer to run at least 1 copy of Deep Sea Salvage in any deck with Illidan, if that's your deck's only win condition... if he gets discarded, you could be without a way to win.

well its not my only condition. Usually (what I unpredicted) I win when I pop primal/stoneclaw+rysa+earth elemental totem(+weldon). Illidan wins me just like about 30% games.
But regardless this fact, youre right, 1 copy of DSS would fit ^^

Re: Illidan's Totem Forest

747828 — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:22:00 GMT

I prefer to run at least 1 copy of Deep Sea Salvage in any deck with Illidan, if that's your deck's only win condition... if he gets discarded, you could be without a way to win.

Re: Illidan's Totem Forest

1249351 — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:48:39 GMT

Thanks a lot for reply :)
Yeah, its kinda expensive :P
And best is that also flip power of hero can destroy totem >> AoE of Primal >> Summoning Chamber quest... and if I have 2 daggers out, for 5 resources, I do 5 dmg+1 on each opposing and draw a card :))

Re: Illidan's Totem Forest

2067168 — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:13:45 GMT

looks like a solid deck to me, if it weren't for the expense involved in gathering the numerous epics and rares, i'd probably build it myself!

i especially like the synergy between primal totem and grounding / earthclaw / elemental + rysa.

one thing has always gotten me about these illidan decks though: what happens if you discard your illidan for some reason and the other one is at the bottom of your deck for whatever reason? It seems like you basically lose. Therefore, the thing i like extra-much about this deck is the inclusion of a large enough weapons suite to count as an alternate win condition.

Illidan's Totem Forest Updated Version

1249351 — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:55:52 GMT

Since Drums has arrived, I was playing with good shaman alliance deck, what is not rush but not n00b Myriam aswell. After lot of testing, I came with deck, which is good against Kil'zin, Vor'na, Jonas or Bo'jo, can work fast but also slow and has big endgame.

Hero: Ixamos The Corrupted
2x Illidan Stormrage

Ability (25):
4x Primal Totem
3x Earth Elemental Totem
3x Grounding Totem
3x Stoneclaw Totem
4x Death Shock
3x Earth Shock
3x Crackling Purge
2x Fel-Acid Breath (its good card in this deck actually)

Ally (8):
2x Ol' Stonewall
3x Rysa Earthcaller
3x Weldon Barow

Equipment (10):
4x Retainer's Blade
2x Black Amnesty
2x Lucky Strike Axe
2x Band of the Inevitable

Quests/Locations(15):
3x The Summoning Chamber
3x Information Gathering
3x Outland Sucks!
2x Defias Brotherhood
2x Orders from Lady Vashj

3x The Darkmoon Faire

Side Deck (10):
1x Prince Kael'thas Sunstrider
1x Lady Katrana Prestor
1x Lady Vashj
1x Crackling Purge
2x Band of the Inevitable
2x Razak Ironsides
2x Hammer of the Naaru

Okey, so as bigger issue I found Fizzlefreeze, whats even 10:90 and Voidlock discard priests, whats around 30:70, but the others, its easy. Well, I havent played against holy paladin yet.
And remember. This is not totem deck, its control one.
Now, I just have to win DMF or something with it :D

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