I might be crazy, but could Aggro Priest finally work? Unnerfed 2/1 Leper Gnome, Shadowed Spirit and Rally! potential can make for a lot of face damage. I chose not to rely on that combination alone though, to keep a consistent value out of Rally! One more very good 3-drop is in the mix - Dragonmaw Overseer. Either you can Rally! a lot of face damage, or a decently sized board for just 4 Mana. Then there is the good ol' Knife Juggler who also got his nerf reverted, so as a 3/2, it will find its place into aggro decks once more. Bonus points for Rally! synergy. To tie up the Rally! shenanigans, one Thrive in the Shadows is thrown in to help you fish for the spell, since when you draw this one copy, only 3 unique spells are left in your deck at most.
General theme of the deck is to just stick a minion on a board and keep buffing them. We have Power Word: Feast, Wriggling Horror, Dragonmaw Overseer, and I guess Dire Wolf Alpha does technically count as a buff too.
But there is a decent amount of face damage and cards Oasis Thrasher and Knife Vendor further advance that potential, while Maiev Shadowsong is just a really nice tool to have in general to let you go through a Taunt for a final push or just keep up the tempo by denying an enemy minion for 2 turns. Depending on the situations, Rally! can then server as a means to get back to the board, or restock your Deathrattle minions after you suicide them in. Same goes for Raise Dead.
I can't say how good can this deck be, the obvious lack of card draw might be its main issue, as ever, but there is a decent amount of card generation / resurrection and if you can keep a minion alive, you might snowball hard with early buffs. We shall see how will it perform once the expansion launches. This deck might even make me play Ranked just so I can see if I did good or not, which is an achievement on itself! :)
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