Jade Shudderwock Shaman, but it's a deck on an account I haven't played on since Karazham

Hi everyone! I've finally decided to return to Hearthstone since over a year and a half. My main motivation was to see if a new player could still do some stuff, but in the end I decided to play on my account that I haven't played Hearthstone on since Karazham. Yes, Karazham, which equals not playing on it for 3 years.

But anyway, I still had quite a lot of cards to work with and over 700 spare dust. I decided to disenchant my golden Ysera (don't ask how it happened xd), craft Shudderwock and eight Jade Golem generating cards. Then I filled the deck with the rest of good stuff that seemed fit. And it went somewhere like 4 wins and 2 losses yesterday.

In the future, I'm considering this deck to be teched around. I thought of soon teching in Mechanical Whelp, Aya Blackpaw and Da Undatakah against classes whose mass removal is still playable even after Loatheb's cost increase, like Druid and Warrior. But for the normal version, I'm thinking of crafting Swampqueen Hagatha.

What do you think of this deck for now?

I second doingtheobvious' choices. Devolve is an absolutely insane card that should be an auto include in nearly every shaman deck, just like Maelstrom Portal.

Aya Blackpaw is the best legendary out of the suggestions that you mentioned (and a natural fit in any jade deck) and Hagatha the Witch is indeed a better option than Swampqueen Hagatha.

Quote From doingtheobvious

You don't need Lava Shock - the deck shouldn't be too heavy on overload cards in general. Devolve is a life-saver, strongly recommend teching at least 1 in. To help in that regard I would also switch from Ancestral Knowledge to Far Sight.

e: I also forgot, Likkim is a solid tech choice for removal and making overload less of a burden.

Aya Blackpaw is a safe craft but Da Undatakah and Swampqueen Hagatha are too slow for a list that is already defined by being slow. You may want to consider Hagatha the Witch instead. For both help with board clearing and potentially useful Shaman spells you did not tech in.

I considered Hagatha the Witch for some time mainly for her AoE, but I initially strafed away from her because I didn't want to damage my own Golems with Shudderwock. But considering the AoE might still be useful as removing minion-based counterplay, and her Hero Power might come in handy sometimes, I'll consider your choice. Also 5 armor is nothing to scuff at

I disenchanted some golden versions of cards I already had two normal copies of, and now I'm at 1075 dust. If I also disenchant golden version of Mind Blast and Vanish, aswell as a useless legendary card (managed to get Illidan), I'll be at 1675 dust, which I'm more likely keen on spending on Hagatha the Witch. I should then find some other ways to include Devolve.

I do have a slight debate between Totem Golem and Menacing Nimbus. I appreciate how much did the Golem help in early game, but the potential value generatin from Nimbus seems to tempt me, especially as some sort of an emergency card in case my opponent destroys my Shudderwock Jade army and as a card generator to gain more spells from Hagatha. Also doesn't overload me.

I'd stick with Totem Golem. The wild meta is super aggressive right now (nearly all the tier 1 decks are aggro/midrange) and Totem Golem helps you fight against that early aggression. Besides, your deck should have plenty of value already with Hagatha the Witch, Shudderwock and the jades. Menacing Nimbus is overkill.

Ok, thanks for a brief conclusion of wild meta. And my deck does have quite a lot of value I guess. So far, Hagatha was able to clutch some matches both with AoE and her Hero Power, and I was close to beating Secret Burn mage thanks to her giving me Haunting Visions. xd

I have a Jade Shaman that utilises Brann Bronzebeard and Rummaging Kobold. On turn 10 you can do Brann into Kobold into Jade Claws into Jade Claws, adding 2 jade triggers to the shudderwock pool and summoning 4 Jade golems.

Rummaging Kobold also makes your shudderwock give you more jade triggers!

Honestly, this deck  feels messy, because it has potential to stall against aggro, but it loses to it - I lost twice to Pirate Warrior where I thought I could manage them. I guess this deck is heavily reliant on card draw, and I feel that not even 2x Ancestral Knowledge serves me much favor. I tried to swap stuff around like removing Loatheb in favor of something like Azure Drake or that in favor of Feral Spirit. I even tried replacing one Ancestral Knowledge with Coldlight Oracle, but didn't manage to get it yet.

I'm concerned about this deck's identity. I need to think of a good taunt minion to stand against Aggro decks, because I think this should be the direction for my deck as anti-aggro. Maybe Stonehill Defender?

Forgot about him xd.

I believe shaman's best anti aggro package is with two Corpsetaker, Zilliax and two Walking Fountain. It gives you good early game taunts with healing. And some late game healing and removal as well. Suggestion is to cut some of the removal like Lava Shock.

Otherwise, Sludge Belcher, Hot Spring Guardian and Rotten Applebaum are also good standalone taunts.

Currently back on trying to tinker around the deck. Decided to cut Ancestral Knowledge entirely and replace it x2 Mana Tide Totem. And so far, it seems to work. Of course, haven't played against real decks just yet as of this season, but it seems to work.

Also got so freaking excited to get Swampqueen Hagatha from a pack. Because this deck is not as heavy in Overload, I might consider replacing one Lava Shock in favor of her. Maybe cut both and also include Walking Fountain as of the recent suggestion.

Well, I actuallymanaged to get to rank 15 two days ago and just reached rank 14. I suppose it was some sort of luck, because to be honest, I mostly met weird decks on my path. While I did lose three times to Mill Rogue and then to Bomb Warrior along the way (and some Murloc Shamans after reaching rank 15), I still got to experience playing versus pretty poor decks.

I do want to get Plague of Murlocs though, because it seems to serve a similar puprpose to Devolve, but being better against boards full of Giants, high Cost minions etc. Maybe that new 2-Mana Elemental for Shaman in place of Maelstrom Portal - more Overload D:, but consistent body, a minion to fuel Hagatha the Witch even more and another good Battlecry for Shudderwock.

Back at tinkering my deck a bit. Decided to drop Maelstrom Portal and one Earth Shock for Sandstorm Elemental and Earthquake. Puts a bit further emphasis on this deck being good against decently fast decks.

I made a Jade shaman that works great :-).