The ninth episode of the King of the Hill series matches popular streamer Trump against high-ranked legendary player Realz in a game heavy on control and mid-range decks.
Realz's most successful deck in the series was his Warlock Giants control. The deck relies heavily on Life Tap to draw cards and get low enough on health in order to cast cheap Giants, taunt them up and swing for lethal. The Warlock removal as well as cards like Earthen Ring Farseer, Alexstrasza and Jaraxxus help the Warlock stay alive. Ancient Watcher and Twilight Drake are two more cards included for easier mid-game survival (both of which can be activated with taunt through Sunfury Protector or Defender of Argus to make for a solid wall).
Realz's second deck is a standard Druid but with a tweaks. Acidic Swamp Ooze has been included to counter weapon-wielding classes and Youthful Brewmaster is there to retrigger the battlecry minions, most notably Tinkmaster, Keeper of the Grove, Black Knight and, in the late game, Ancient of Lore.
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As he lost the game 1-4, Trumped showed all his decks. Most of those were standard and popular - mid-range board control Rogues and Warlocks as well as a late-game Druid (which surprisingly uses Deathwing) - but the fourth deck is one that's not often see. Trump's control Warrior uses the collection of Warrior removals to keep the board clean, Gadzetzan Auctioneer to constantly draw cards and the armor mechanic to stay alive. When the deck reaches the late game, it hits with Gorehowl-Alexstrasza-Charge combo for lethal.
Note: The match was played before patch 1/13 when Charge was still 0 mana.
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You can watch the full match here:
