r/CompetitiveHS • u/Antique_Aside8760 • 8d ago

Legend Vyranoth Rafaam warlock

no stats on phone sorry

just hit legend, marched from D7 to legend with this deck. in lieu of stats i can say i had no star bonuses but mostly had a fast paced climb to legend with two small losing streaks (one three straight losses and one four straight) but my march to legend immediately before final boss was five consecutive wins.

i have a fun nuanced take on rafaam, a deck of my making. originally played it before nerfs but last prenerf meta was slightly too hostile, so put it on ice.

anyways this variant is tempo vyranoth rafaam. lots of two and three drop draw minions for the purpose of getting on board and controlling. i found controlling board from behind to be too dicey. decks that could reliably plant four plus health minion boards before turns six couldnt be dealt with reliably (shaman). this draw heavily low cost minion was an attempt to get around that issue. also the draw heavy works really well with speeding up rafaam and also vyranoth. u can play on turn seven or eight vyranoth and immediately draw into and play big statted like six/sixs or seven/seven one or two drops.

admittedly this deck isnt refined. its designed to mitigate disruptions to rafaam, and to make other control matchups almost an autowin.

unfortunately the meta i climbed to legend with saw very few control, priests or other warlocks.

shaman, burn mage, quest hunter, DH. these are the tough matchups which were most of the matchups, but so long as u can get on board early then rely in board clears past turn six to keep board, they are usually easily winnable.

vyranoth against the meta i faced really isnt needed. but its a fun card. its useful against druid and rogue sometimes, so its not bad.

the herald cards are light but still very useful despite not having a lot of mutual synergy.

the biggest challenge is making it to ur big AOE turns without taking too much damage and using the steal card merely to stickan enemies taunt in the way as a delay of game is a powerful move with this in mind. no need for more herald cards.

alternative packages could include elise an more heal to make hunter and burn mage and DH a smoother matchup. deathwing too.

### Hyper draw rafa vyna

# Class: Warlock

# Format: Standard

# Year of the Scarab

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# 2x (0) Cursed Catacombs

# 1x (1) Rotheart Dryad

# 2x (2) Cursed Chains

# 1x (2) Drain Soul

# 1x (2) Escape Artist

# 1x (2) Living Flame

# 2x (2) Prize Vendor

# 2x (2) Shadowsworn Disciple

# 2x (3) Caged Cranium

# 2x (3) Fae Trickster

# 2x (3) Hellfire

# 2x (3) Imp Gang Stooge

# 1x (4) Godfrey the Betrayer

# 1x (4) Nightmare Lord Xavius

# 2x (5) Spire of Solitude

# 1x (6) Eldritch Tentacles

# 1x (6) Vyranoth

# 2x (8) Annihilation

# 2x (10) The Unseen Atlas

# 1x (10) Timethief Rafaam

# 1x (1) Tiny Rafaam

# 1x (2) Green Rafaam

# 1x (4) Explorer Rafaam

# 1x (5) Warchief Rafaam

# 1x (7) Mindflayer R'faam

# 1x (6) Calamitous Rafaam

# 1x (8) Giant Rafaam

# 1x (3) Murloc Rafaam

# 1x (9) Archmage Rafaam

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u/Cryten0 8d ago

Interesting choice to add a living flame to draw hellfire.

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u/Antique_Aside8760 8d ago

super important to get that hellfire against shamans early game herald spam. also with a 40 card deck, card draw can be inconsistent.  all matchups are winnable if u draw the right cards (except prenerf hunter), but forty card deck makes drawing the right cards harder. these tutor specific critical cards are even more critical to counteract the rafaam deck size bloat.

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u/Antique_Aside8760 8d ago

yup and fae trickster draws unseen atlas and annihilation.

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u/ForeverEqual 8d ago

I see Vyranoth and I upvote!

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u/LordOfTheLeftovers 5d ago

Hey man any updates for the new cards? I took your version to legend appreciate the help!

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u/Antique_Aside8760 4d ago

im working on updating it so it doesnt get slaughtered by the new pirate warrior.  still a work in progress though.

but hey its okay.  not great.  ill post something when i found something that solidly wins.  

heres one direction i went:

Mill vynoth

Class: Warlock

Format: Standard

Year of the Scarab

1x (1) Rotheart Dryad

1x (2) Doomsayer

1x (2) Drain Soul

2x (2) Harsh Sentence

2x (2) Kabal Conspirator

1x (2) Living Flame

1x (2) Shadow Rounds

2x (2) Tachyon Barrage

1x (3) Godfather Kazakus

2x (3) Hellfire

2x (3) Imp Gang Stooge

1x (4) Dark Iron Harbinger

1x (4) Godfrey the Betrayer

1x (5) Frame Job

2x (5) Spire of Solitude

1x (6) Chronogor

1x (6) Vyranoth

1x (7) Endbringer Umbra

2x (8) Annihilation

1x (8) Twisting Nether

1x (10) Deathwing, Worldbreaker

2x (10) The Unseen Atlas

1x (10) Timethief Rafaam

1x (1) Tiny Rafaam

1x (2) Green Rafaam

1x (4) Explorer Rafaam

1x (5) Warchief Rafaam

1x (7) Mindflayer R'faam

1x (6) Calamitous Rafaam

1x (8) Giant Rafaam

1x (3) Murloc Rafaam

1x (9) Archmage Rafaam

 

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u/LordOfTheLeftovers 4d ago

Nice yeah I’ve been experimenting adding shadow rounds but the other issue are Harold warlocks running Kazakus and stealing the rafaams super annoying.

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u/Antique_Aside8760 4d ago

exactly why vyranoth was in the deck.  

but honestly in this new meta vyranoth is useful against the mirror matchup but not really anything else.  its overkill against priest.

dont think going forward vyranoth warlock will be optimal for now

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u/Antique_Aside8760 4d ago

shadow rounds is great vs pirate warrior, and also tachyon spell.

anyways seems like this deck does well against the field. beat a dragon warrior, haven’t played a pirate warrior yet though.

### Millexperiment

# Class: Warlock

# Format: Standard

# Year of the Scarab

#

# 1x (1) Carrier Whelp

# 2x (1) Eternal Toil

# 1x (1) Rotheart Dryad

# 1x (2) Demonic Confinement

# 1x (2) Drain Soul

# 1x (2) Escape Artist

# 2x (2) Harsh Sentence

# 1x (2) Kabal Conspirator

# 1x (2) Living Flame

# 1x (2) Shadow Rounds

# 2x (2) Tachyon Barrage

# 1x (2) Twilight Timehopper

# 1x (3) Godfather Kazakus

# 2x (3) Hellfire

# 1x (4) Godfrey the Betrayer

# 1x (4) Nightmare Lord Xavius

# 1x (5) Frame Job

# 1x (5) Ruinous Velocidrake

# 1x (5) Spire of Solitude

# 1x (6) Chronogor

# 1x (6) Vyranoth

# 1x (7) Endbringer Umbra

# 2x (8) Twisting Nether

# 2x (10) The Unseen Atlas

# 1x (10) Timethief Rafaam

# 1x (1) Tiny Rafaam

# 1x (2) Green Rafaam

# 1x (4) Explorer Rafaam

# 1x (5) Warchief Rafaam

# 1x (7) Mindflayer R'faam

# 1x (6) Calamitous Rafaam

# 1x (8) Giant Rafaam

# 1x (3) Murloc Rafaam

# 1x (9) Archmage Rafaam

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u/LordOfTheLeftovers 4d ago edited 4d ago

Very interesting with shreds I like it, although I'm not a fan of demonic confinement and escape artist would much rather have 2 tricksters don't you think? I think if you're going to go shred commit to it all the way what do you think? ### Vyranoth

# Class: Warlock

# Format: Standard

# Year of the Scarab

#

# 2x (0) Cursed Catacombs

# 1x (1) Carrier Whelp

# 2x (1) Eternal Toil

# 1x (2) Drain Soul

# 2x (2) Harsh Sentence

# 1x (2) Living Flame

# 1x (2) Shadow Rounds

# 2x (2) Tachyon Barrage

# 2x (2) Twilight Timehopper

# 1x (3) Fae Trickster

# 1x (3) Godfather Kazakus

# 2x (3) Hellfire

# 2x (4) Fatebreaker

# 1x (4) Godfrey the Betrayer

# 1x (4) Nightmare Lord Xavius

# 2x (5) Ruinous Velocidrake

# 2x (5) Spire of Solitude

# 1x (6) Vyranoth

# 1x (8) Twisting Nether

# 2x (10) The Unseen Atlas

# 1x (10) Timethief Rafaam

# 1x (1) Tiny Rafaam

# 1x (2) Green Rafaam

# 1x (3) Murloc Rafaam

# 1x (4) Explorer Rafaam

# 1x (5) Warchief Rafaam

# 1x (6) Calamitous Rafaam

# 1x (7) Mindflayer R'faam

# 1x (8) Giant Rafaam

# 1x (9) Archmage Rafaam

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u/Antique_Aside8760 4d ago

i dont like shreds.  only playing a little bit to better deal with pirate warrior.  its good for doing like 15 surprise face damage between chronogor (which draws u eight often) and does six damage to opponent). 

but u can try a fuller package and let me know the results.  i try to test if it wins or not and who it wins against.

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u/Antique_Aside8760 3d ago

well it’s going more in the tempo direction. I was trying to build a tempo control hybrid. tempo could work. it’s a completely different deck though with different matchup strengths and weaknesses. control tempo, means u likely win and stay in the game with tempo, but control allows u to retake board when overrun.

escape artist serves three purposes. it soaks up damage, so ur face doesn’t, it hopefully draws a card to keep ur hand size big(useful for Godfrey mana discount and other stuff), and it trades well with other early game minions like druids one four. I wouldn’t be so quick to write it off.

anyway refined two different versions going in different directions. they both win pretty well. no loss felt unwinnable. and I’m climbing again in legend.

### VyaChronoRafa WORKS

# Class: Warlock

# Format: Standard

# Year of the Scarab

#

# 2x (1) Rotheart Dryad

# 1x (2) Demonic Confinement

# 1x (2) Drain Soul

# 2x (2) Harsh Sentence

# 1x (2) Living Flame

# 2x (2) Prize Vendor

# 1x (2) Shadow Rounds

# 2x (2) Tachyon Barrage

# 2x (2) Twilight Timehopper

# 2x (3) Caged Cranium

# 1x (3) Fae Trickster

# 1x (3) Godfather Kazakus

# 2x (3) Hellfire

# 1x (4) Godfrey the Betrayer

# 1x (5) Frame Job

# 1x (5) Ruinous Velocidrake

# 2x (5) Spire of Solitude

# 1x (6) Chronogor

# 1x (6) Vyranoth

# 1x (8) Annihilation

# 2x (10) The Unseen Atlas

# 1x (10) Timethief Rafaam

# 1x (1) Tiny Rafaam

# 1x (2) Green Rafaam

# 1x (4) Explorer Rafaam

# 1x (5) Warchief Rafaam

# 1x (7) Mindflayer R'faam

# 1x (6) Calamitous Rafaam

# 1x (8) Giant Rafaam

# 1x (3) Murloc Rafaam

# 1x (9) Archmage Rafaam

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### exp3 hand umbra

# Class: Warlock

# Format: Standard

# Year of the Scarab

#

# 1x (0) Cursed Catacombs

# 1x (1) Rotheart Dryad

# 2x (2) Cursed Chains

# 1x (2) Drain Soul

# 1x (2) Escape Artist

# 1x (2) Harsh Sentence

# 1x (2) Living Flame

# 2x (2) Prize Vendor

# 2x (2) Shadow Rounds

# 2x (2) Shadowsworn Disciple

# 2x (3) Caged Cranium

# 1x (3) Godfather Kazakus

# 2x (3) Hellfire

# 2x (3) Imp Gang Stooge

# 1x (4) Godfrey the Betrayer

# 2x (5) Spire of Solitude

# 1x (6) Vyranoth

# 1x (7) Endbringer Umbra

# 2x (8) Annihilation

# 2x (10) The Unseen Atlas

# 1x (10) Timethief Rafaam

# 1x (1) Tiny Rafaam

# 1x (2) Green Rafaam

# 1x (4) Explorer Rafaam

# 1x (5) Warchief Rafaam

# 1x (7) Mindflayer R'faam

# 1x (6) Calamitous Rafaam

# 1x (8) Giant Rafaam

# 1x (3) Murloc Rafaam

# 1x (9) Archmage Rafaam

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u/LordOfTheLeftovers 4d ago

What do you think of this? Location is too good only to have 1 copy, kabal is too slow and probably a cut tbh. Also catacombs is too OP to leave out.

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u/LordOfTheLeftovers 4d ago

Also no cursed chains and stuff for stealing priest reborn minions feels bad. I also just realized theres an umbra... that def feels like a cut.

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u/Antique_Aside8760 3d ago

priest is an easy matchup, cursed chains just makes it easier. its overkill.

umbra is great, refills hand, heals u, resummons void lord deathrattle from Kazakas, draws stuff.

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u/Antique_Aside8760 3d ago

yeah I was experimenting with no location and twisting nether. it does wreck location based builds but yeah location too good to cut probably.

kabal is slow, kinda weak, but works with umbra. if u play a more controlling version, then u have time.

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u/jbryant3 8d ago

Giving this a whirl. I don't have Vyranoth, so added a dirt rat for disruption and combo potential with cursed chains. We'll see how it goes!

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u/Alphagaia-reddit 8d ago

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u/LordOfTheLeftovers 8d ago

Very cool deck thanks for sharing man!