Carnassa Hunter

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This Friday we are going to be playing Carnassa Hunter. Why? No particular reason. The Marsh Queen is an old quest that happened to get a great new 1 drop beast that doesn't really see play anywhere else: Pelican Diver. This 1 cost beast helps with quest completion and early game survival and can be played before a Tundra Rhino turn to then have Charge.

Now, let's get into a guide on playing the deck. It's going to go through major overarching strategies to keep in mind, how to mulligan, gameplay tips on key synergies, and card choices.

Deck Ratings

Strategies

Carnassa Hunter can win with the Carnassa's Brood swarm from Queen Carnassa using buffs to make the raptors more of a threat, or win with a Tundra Rhino turn where you can give multiple buffed raptors Charge.

Quest Completion - In the early game, you are going to be drawing and playing 1 cost beasts.

Raptors - You can have multiple raptors and a high amount of draw to keep refilling your board each turn. Along with buffs and handbuffs, this may be enough to win.

Rhino - Handbuff your raptors and other beasts using Shan'do Wildclaw, Dire Frenzy, and Don't Feed the Animals. Then use Tundra Rhino and these minions to set up a otk turn. Pelican Diver can be played before this turn to add more damage to it without using up any mana on the rhino turn itself.

This deck has a somewhat weak early game due to having to play 1 drops, but if you can get a Scavenging Hyena to snowball that can help the early game become quite strong as well.

Highlights

Mulligans

• Keep The Marsh Queen.
• Keep 1 cost minions and one of either Starving Buzzard or Leatherworking Kit. If you have minions that summon more than 1 beast, you can prioritize the buzzard otherwise keep the kit. Keep a Devouring Swarm if you're keeping buzzard.

Gameplay

The key to playing this deck well is saving your buffs for the right minions.

Below are gameplay tips regarding many of the synergies in this deck and how to use them effectively.

Use Devouring Swarm to get key minions back to hand.

You can play Pelican Diver before your Tundra Rhino turn to then give it Charge.

You can use Dire Frenzy to get more Wolpertingers, Carnassa's Broods, Tundra Rhinos, or Queen Carnassas into your deck.

Master's Call will either let you get Shan'do Wildclaw or draw 3 cards.

It's better to play Shan'do after you have played Carnassa to buff the raptors.

Don't Feed the Animals is best used mid to late game to prepare for a Tundra Rhino lethal. You can use some of the buffed minions for tempo but make sure you save enough for Tundra Rhino, especially against decks with lots of board clears.

Card Choices

This section is going to go through the main packages of cards in the deck. Each package has cards that help the deck with a specific goal. When playing the deck, it's useful to know what purposes each card serves and what other cards in the deck have synergy with it or help achieve the same purpose. This section might also be useful if you're interested in the reasoning for why each card was included in the deck.

Quest Completion

1 drop beasts are necessary to complete the quest.

Handbuffs

These cards let you handbuff minions.

Other Good Beasts

Scavenging Hyena is a good followup to your 1 drop beasts. Tundra Rhino is key to have a possible Charge otk win condition.

Card Draw and Generation

 Card draw and generation is needed to keep your hand full to finish the quest more consistently and keep up the pressure, as well as to draw your Tundra Rhino more consistently, and get buffed minions from Dire Frenzy faster.

Carnassa Hunter uses the Un'goro Hunter quest to win with a swarm of buffed raptors. If you have a question or comment, or are wondering about a card substitution, post below.

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