Just looking for opinions or synergies I might've missed...
This one so far has had an above 50% winrate, which for it's cost and considering it's jank, is pretty good. Deck relies on SMOrc-ing so maybe taunt silencing could work.. also the obvious Deathstalker Rexxar backup plan. Thoughts?
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Just looking for opinions or synergies I might've missed...
This one so far has had an above 50% winrate, which for it's cost and considering it's jank, is pretty good. Deck relies on SMOrc-ing so maybe taunt silencing could work.. also the obvious Deathstalker Rexxar backup plan. Thoughts?
6 Weapons strikes me as too much, especially since you don't want to override your eaglehorn bow in a secret hunter deck. However, 3/5 secrets in a deck that runs spellstone and eaglehorn might not be enough. Subject 9 seems like an obvious addition since you don't actually want to draw your secrets by mid-game; getting them all out of your deck will improve your average draw considerably. Secretkeeper is an obvious inclusion considering the lack of proactive one-drop minions. Bloodsail raider, Youthful brewmaster and Stitched tracker all look a bit iffy to me, especially the latter since you have no high end value cards to fish for.
Consider:
-2 Bloodsail Raider
-2 Headhunter's hatchet
-2 Youthful Brewmaster
-2 Stitched Tracker
-1 Springpaw
+1 Subject 9
+2 Secretkeeper
+2 Sunreaver Spy
+1 Rat trap
+1 Snake trap
+2 Kill Command
At the time I really just wanted to test how good Bloodscalp could get and I gotta say, between additional Spellstones and Revenge of the Wild , it won me a bunch of games.
But yeah that's why I included Stitched Tracker and Youthful Brewmaster ..
it also works as a budget deck since the only card above rare is Zul'jin.
I'll try some of the cards suggested
I think the Scalper really suffers from the weapon condition in standard. None of the hunter lists has more than a couple of flexible slots and both of the available weapons want to be played with secrets or beasts respectively. I like the card but playing it as a vanilla 2/4 is just so bad that it doesn't make the cut.
Maybe in an upcoming set Hunter will get a decent weapon that plays nice with either the bow or the hatchet and Scalper can be made to work.
I've also been a fan of trying to get ye ol' Scalper to work each expansion. I actually had a lot of fun with a weaponized dragon build before the last rotation and that might give you a couple ideas since you're playing Wild. In particular, I found the combo of Ebon Dragonsmith on T4 into a discounted Gladiator's Longbow on T5 followed by Captain Greenskin on T6 or T7 to be really enjoyable.
Here's a link to the old deck/write-up on the site that shall not be named ;P
A fellow experimenter!! Marvelous! Wonderful! Do share the data you've collected! I know for a fact that Dragon Hunter is an actual worthy deck .. didn't test the weapon variant though.. intriguing ..
I think Bloodscalp's good for the same reason Marked Shot is great: Discover!
Hunter had mostly random spell generation which meant you could get stuck with two Hunting Party in a Rhok'delar deck; not good..
Sorry for the delay! I don't have any data yet, but I did sit down and theorycraft a little something for Wild :)
Discover may be my favorite mechanic (love getting more decision points + a way to adapt your strategy on the fly) so this deck features our boy Bloodscalp along with his friends Netherspite Historian and Firetree Witchdoctor :D
The deck is definitely rough in a few areas, but let me know what you think!