Silence Priest

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Gameplay

The idea of the deck is to play cards that cannot attack (such as Ancient Watcher Ancient Watcher Set: Classic Type: Minion Rarity: Rare Cost: 2 Attack: 4 Health: 5 Can t attack.Why do its eyes seem to follow you as you walk by?See this card on Hearthpwn data page] Ancient Watcher ), which then are silenced with Silence For the card of the same name, see Silence (card). Silence is an ability which removes all current card text, enchantments, and abilities from the targeted minion. It does not remove damage or minion type. , Purify Purify Set: One Night in Karazhan Type: Spell Class: Priest Rarity: Common Cost: 2 Abilities: Draw cards, Silence Silence a friendly minion. Draw a card.Even better than a hot shower with vigorous scrubbing!See this card or other silence effects, and/or receive taunt through cards such as Sunfury Protector Sunfury Protector Set: Classic Type: Minion Rarity: Rare Cost: 2 Attack: 2 Health: 3 Abilities: Battlecry Tags: Positional effect, Taunt-granting Battlecry: Give adjacent minions Taunt.She carries a shield, but only so she can give it . Another card used often is Inner Fire Inner Fire Set: Classic Type: Spell Class: Priest Rarity: Common Cost: 1 Change a minion s Attack to be equal to its Health.Good idea: Buffing your minions. Bad idea: Starting a conversation in the Barrens.See this , which when played on Humongous Razorleaf Humongous Razorleaf Set: Journey to Un Goro Type: Minion Class: Neutral Rarity: Rare Cost: 3 Attack: 4 Health: 8 Can t attack.Loves goblins. In a light cream sauce.See this card on Hearthpwn data page] Humongous Razorleaf is creates a very strong minion. As an extreme case, The Coin The Coin Set: Basic Type: Spell Cost: 0 Tags: Mana-related Gain 1 Mana Crystal this turn only.See this card on Hearthpwn data page] The Coin is a special uncollectible spell card granted at the start and Humongous Razorleaf could be played on turn 2, followed by Silence, Divine Spirit Divine Spirit Set: Basic Type: Spell Class: Priest Cost: 2 Double a minion s Health.Double the trouble. Double the fun!See this card on Hearthpwn data page] Divine Spirit is a priest spell card, from the Basic , and Inner Fire, producing a 16/16 minion attacking on turn 3 - though of course that is more a theoretical possibility than a real case, it does show the potential strength of this deck.

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Cards

The following cards are based on the decks used about 1 week into Un`Goro. The deck list is expected to see more refinement as the meta develops.

Core cards

The following cards are universally or almost universally played:

Semi-core cards

The following cards are usually, but not universally played:

Optional cards

The following cards are sometimes played, sometimes not:

Wild cards

Wild cards that fit well into this deck type:

	Game terms
General	Area of effect Area of effect (AoE) is the term for an effect which affects all characters of the specified type. Common targets for AoEs include all enemy minions, all minions, and all characters. AoE is defined in Attack This page describes the act of attacking. For the Attack attribute, see Attribute. Attacking or combat is what occurs when a player commands one character to attack another, causing them to simultaneously deal damage to Board control Board control is an unofficial term usually referring to a player s ability to keep the opponent from building up minions on the battlefield, or "board". Control decks are named after this strategy, aiming to control Buff An enchantment, or buff or debuff, is a special effect gained by a minion. Enchantments may be generated by spells, minion texts or abilities such as Battlecries, or other sources, may be temporary or permanent, Build-around Burst Burst damage or burst potential refers to a player s ability to deal a large amount of damage in one or two turns, allowing a player to finish off a previously damaged opponent, or deal an Card advantage Sometimes, you’ll find yourself in a position where you can easily play your whole hand while your opponent is still holding on to close to the maximum of 10 cards. Unless you can win the Constructed Constructed is a term used to refer to decks which have been created using cards from the player s collection. Constructed play is play in either Play mode, Practice mode or Friendly Challenge. Some Tavern Brawls Direct damage Direct damage is a term used to refer to effects which deal damage directly to enemy characters. Direct damage mainly comes from spells (Pyroblast), Hero Powers (Steady Shot) and some triggered effects, Battlecries and Deathrattles Drop "Drop" is a colloquial term used to describe a minion of a specific mana cost. For instance, a "3-drop" is a minion which costs 3 mana, such as a Silverback Patriarch. The term may be Face See more: Hero The face is a slang term for a player s hero as the target for damaging attacks and effects, as opposed to minions. "Going face" or "attacking the face" refer to focusing one s Lethal Lethal is a term used in Hearthstone to refer to damage sufficient to defeat the enemy hero, and win the game. "Having lethal" is used as a measure of imminent and unavoidable success, similar to Mana curve Example of a deck s mana curve display from the Arena screen The term mana curve refers to two related concepts: The amount of mana available to players over the course of a game, starting at Meta "The metagame is the mix of different decks that players bring onto the ladder, that you can expect to see. If you know what decks players are bringing, your deck can be especially good against Mill The Fel Reaver has a strong negative milling effect Milling is a term used in Hearthstone to refer to a range of phenomena related to card draw. The term may refer to the rapid drawing Mirror match A mirror match or mirror is a match between two players using roughly the same deck or deck type. Strategically, mirror matches often present quite a different experience than other matchups, with the player forced Mulligan The mulligan stage The mulligan or card selection stage occurs at the very start of each match. Each player is shown their randomly selected starting hand, and given the option to redraw as many of Nerf A nerf is a card change that causes a card to become less effective or less powerful. The opposite of a nerf is a buff (not to be confused with the identical term for an Overdraw For the game conclusion where neither player wins, see Draw Card draw is a term used to refer the process or mechanic of drawing additional cards from the top of the deck, and adding them Overpowered Overpowered, or OP, is a term used in gaming to refer to something which is considered to have an unfair and unbalanced advantage over alternatives. In Hearthstone, it may be used seriously to question the Reach Reach refers to a player s ability to deliver direct damage to the enemy hero, regardless of the state of the board. This generally refers to damage from spells and Hero Powers, but could include activated Removal Removal is the term used to refer to the elimination of minions from the battlefield. Hard removal describes cards and effects that can neutralize minions regardless of most defenses, such as high Health or Divine Soft taunt The shield-like Taunt visual effect Taunt is a minion ability which forces the opposing player to direct any melee attacks toward enemy targets with this ability. Minions with Taunt (commonly referred to as Taunts) serve Sticky Sticky is a term used to refer to minions which are hard to remove from the battlefield, in general due to Deathrattles which summon other minions. Strategy edit | edit source] Sticky minions can be Target A target is a specific character that a player action is "aimed at". Targeted effects are those that require a target to play, while others are untargeted. A spell, Hero Power, or Battlecry may be Tech card A tech card is a card added to a deck specifically in order to counter the current meta. Tech cards may be simply alternate inclusions in the deck, or sub-par substitutions the use of which Tempo Tempo is an unofficial term that describes which way the "momentum" of a match is going, as well as a label for decks which aim to keep tempo on their side. It is one of Top deck Top deck is a card-game slang term that typically refers to the card that has just been drawn from the top of the deck. The term can also be used as a verb; a player Trading A trade is the loss of one or more cards in exchange for the elimination of one or more enemy cards. Most often, trading refers to minions dying in combat, but the term may be Turn Hearthstone takes place in turns. Each turn gives a player the opportunity to act. At the end of each turn, play is passed back to the other player. A round describes one turn for each Win condition A win condition is a specific means or strategy by which a deck can achieve victory. Decks may have one or more win conditions, and a win condition may be a specific aim of the Win rate
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