Mitsuhide’s Tempo Priest at a Glance: Deck Description, Starting Hand Tips, and Strategy
The Tempo Priest is an unusual archetype that has technically existed throughout the Hearthstone lifecycle , but has only recently become popular. “Tempo Priest”, like other tempo decks, plays a huge number of creatures that can turn the game to one degree or another. A good mana curve is also important here – it is the key to a strong deck that is focused on the table.
To understand what Tempo Priest is, you need to understand what tempo is. Pace – This can literally be called the speed of your game. Tempo is profitable trades with your opponent’s creatures, when you have more creatures left on the table and you also keep playing new threats. Tempo is also the number of actions you can take in a turn and cards that you can play in the same turn. An example of a strong tempo move of this deck: “Shining Elemental” + “Power Word: Shield”, which are played for two mana crystals, you get not only a 2/5 creature, but also an additional card.
Actual assembly
In this article, we’ll take a look at Dutch pro player Louis “Mitsuhide” Bremers’ deck. He was able to achieve # 4 rank in Legend by playing this deck, which proves its effectiveness.
The deck, as we already said, uses a large number of creatures that are strong for their cost. The deck also contains enhancing spells, for example, “Power Word: Shield” and “Divine Spirit”, thanks to which, by the way, you can kill an opponent in one move using two spears, as well as “Inner Fire”.
Deck “Tempo Priest”
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Starting hand
Look for the following cards in your starting hand:
- “Cleric of Northshire.” It will help you capture the table from the first turn, and can also serve as a draw card and is an excellent target for Power Word: Shield.
- Power Word: Shield. An enhancing spell that increases the survivability of your creatures, and also draws cards.
- Shining Elemental. A powerful creature that reduces the cost of your spells by one point, giving you a tempo advantage.
- Dark Visions. An additional copy of a spell from the deck is useful in almost any situation.
- Cabal Talon Priest. A very strong creature that has not only powerful characteristics, but also an incredible effect that enhances the creature by three units of health.
- Devil’s Egg. A creature that protects your table from AoE spells and is also a good target for Inner Fire.
- Creeper Golakka. There are a lot of pirates in the current meta: Zooloki, Tempo Rogues, Token Shamans use them as an early game that this card destroys.
How to play
“Tempo Priest” in this assembly is a deck that rests on the table. You need to capture it early in the game as soon as possible. Cards like Northshire Cleric, Golakka Creeper, and Shining Elemental with a couple of cheap spells are excellent at this task.
After you fill your table with creatures, try not to let go of your advantage and only try to build it up. Play around with AoE spells, but don’t overdo it, you always have creatures to pressurize your opponent anyway, but sometimes certain creatures should be held back for future play.
There is a combination in the deck that will allow you to kill your opponent in one move. Use two copies of Divine Spirit and Inner Fire on a creature that has more health to deal colossal damage to an enemy hero.
Game Tips
- Always look for cheap starting hand for powerful early play.
- Don’t miss the opportunity to make a profitable exchange.
- Pace is more important than gain. You can, for example, play the same Cabal Talon Priest on turn three without creatures to indicate your presence on the table.
- Always count all available damage. Especially when there is a combination with “Divine Spirit” and “Inner Fire”.
Conclusion
There are a lot of Priests in rating games at the moment, but they all play with their “Kazakus” archetype and no one expects this from your deck. You will put your opponent in an awkward position, when he does not even know what he stumbled upon and how to act against your deck. Mitsuhide has made it to # 4 Legend rank with this deck, so don’t worry about hitting it, just give it a try.
We hope this guide helped you learn something new about the Priest class and you like the deck. Good luck in conquering the high ranks!