Zhanna Mist aka bad mom

[Dima]

So this is my almost final 1.292 Zhanna Mist version

INTRO

First, i would like to remember those times when i only started playing SE. I found out that priest class is one of the best and most interesting in the game(Jericho ownage time) but my skill was too low to figure out how to play priests properly so instead of playing them i just hated them and wished someday i would have enough skill to do it.

Imo, priest cards pool is not worse than warriors, there we have so many cards that can be the answer to any game situation and so many cards to build strategy with. I wish there would be a button "perfect draw", than i would run 4 copies of each priest card and own everybody

So before sharing a deck id like to figure out what are the cards that must have imo for this built and cant be changed.




x4 Tainted Oracle
x4 Tidal Wave
x4 Destroy Arms
x2 The Kings Pride
x2 Wizent Staff
x2 Ghostmaker

Total - 18 cards

This is a minimum fundument of a deck.

Now lets check what ive made for a rest of a deck.


01 Zhanna Mist(click for a Gondorian deckbuilder)

Allies:

4cc
x4 Tainted Oracle
x2 Lily Rosecult

5cc
x3 Erika
x3 Armored Sandworm


Abilities:

x4 Destroy Arms
x4 Tidal Wave
x3 Holy Shield
x3 Retreat!

Items:

x4 Curse
x2 Ghostmaker
x4 Wizent Staff
x3 The King Pride

Totall - 40 cards

This is my choice of rest cards. It is very important to find out the fundument of a deck but to make it really work you have to make a right choice of a support cards among all variety and this is the hardest thing. So i want to share the cards that all are good for this deck and i would like run all of them if there would be a "perfect draw button" as i said but we have to choose

Erika(included) - I have never used it before but once i found that it is very effective against Logan and other warriors + excellent synergy with Ghostmaker.

Lily Rosecult(included) - very good card for this deck imo, allow to get KP or weapon when you need and with retreats it is potentially minimum +2 items.

Kristoffer Wild - works nice as a contr to enemy kris or blake + nice synergy with KP and ghostmaker, helps to destroy enemy weapon\armor

Birgitte Skullborn - synergy with ghostmaker, 2 birgitte + jasmine at the start the best early board controll combo.

Armored Sandworm(included) - ohh, great card. In compare with Eather Protector it is not hard to settle, wins Eladwen and good synergy with Ghostmaker. I would like to use it with Campfire Stories but there is now "perfect draw" button and deck cant work good at 100 cards

Healing Touch - anti-fireball, helps against Eladwen and burn decks but not that helpfull against others.

Holy Shield(included) - great card, sometimes switch to it. There are a lot of use of it, one of the best is T5 - TD, T6 Jasmine + Holy Shield, T7 - KP

Curse(included) - like it very much, since Zhann heals it saves tonns of dmg, disables kris snakes etc, great synergy with Sandworm, Raven with 2 atk cant disable Sandworm(!). This thing is something unique for priest and it holds games that is what actually we need.

Campfire Stories - good synergy with Ghostmaker and Sandworm + draw engine.

I think the strategy is quite obvious for this deck. Game Process:

1 - hold
2 - hold\retreat!
3 - curse\retreat!
4 - oracle\staff
5 - Tidal wave\setting board controll\another oracle\staff
6 - Ghostmaker if you can return your oracle and need draw\Sandworm\Erika(against warriors)
7 - KP if there is an ally on a field

UPDATE 1.1

Changed fundument of a deck, got rid of Earthen Protectors, imo something lacks to make them really effective.

-x2 Earthen Protector
-x2 Bad Santa

+x2 Sandworm
+x3 Holy Shield


UPDATE 1.2

Decided to try to play without retreats as advised iClipse and it feels also not bad. Cant say wheather it is better or not but i like it.

-x4 Retreat!

+x1 Curse
+x1 KP
+x1 Wizent Staff
+x1 ghostmaker


UPDATE 2.0

After i tried playing without Retreat! and noticed its not that bad i thought hmmm why i hold jasmine in my deck if i prefer to cast Curse on T3, it is useless against Eladwen, id doesnt survive against Logan and i doesnt even use her ability when she is on a field, than i thought what could be a trouble for Logan and the answer is - Erika! And i returned retreats, 2 cc for hundred of strategy moves is awesome.

-x4 Jasmine
-x1 Ghostmaker
-x1 Sandworm

+x3 Erika
+x3 retreat!


Feels like a final or close to final version...

[chanson311]

Very interesting combos. Well thought out. Your innovation never ceases to amaze me.

[Dima]

Thanks bro!

[ShamanNatZ]

Great deck. waiting for update.

[ShamanNatZ]

How about -1 curse and replacing with Healing touch? Most of OP are mages.

[Dima]

Made first update, got rid of EP and maxed Sandworms because i noticed in 90% i sac them and sandworms are never saced so i play 4 of them now and can say the it is the best 5cc ally for Zhahnna cause with Curse and Kings pride they are beast. Moreover imo Sandworm rules this meta, kills Eladwen, the only ally that can be usefull against Logan and dont fear darkclaw and Gwen + autowin against Banebow and so on and so on... And it is great synergy with Ghostmaker.

And another important change is adding x3 Holy Shield. It is mega card tons of combos, exept Jasmine+shield on t 6 it can be used after making ghost to protect him and heal next turn, you can hold the game and collect more allies for Tidal Wave, postpone Gwen Darkclaw atack and etc.

[Padawan Pete]

Dima, nice deck. I often find myself stealing your ideas and refining them.

[iClipse]

Retreats aren't fundamental imo. A priest deck works very well without them.

[Dima]

Can agree with you at some point. But what is a better card for board controll deck? And it works so nice with Jasmine, Lily and deleting creeping blows etc. 2 cc for possibility to return any ally is imo op so gonna use it untill it gonna be nerfed=)

[Seitn]

Good deck. Hard to play against even if I new there won't be more than two KP which I got rid of immediately. I enjoyed playing vs. you today. Lost the game with my Amber but still I enjoyed it because it was one of the best games for me today. The Sandworm was good addition a real pain in the ass.