ElephantBanjoGnome wrote:
CHEAPSPLOSION.
I hope you get beaten by a succession of priests that steal all your best cards
The thing that strikes me most about the deck is how many games can be won without Leeroy (and indeed before I had Leeroy, without the Arcane Golem).
The Auctioneers however are 100% non-negotiable, depending on the match-up it's possible to survive reasonably well for an amount of time without one (the deck's early game can be surprisingly strong just using normal cards in normal sorts of ways with the combos), but from about 10 cards onwards without an Auctioneer it begins to get fairly flaky. (I've survived into the second half of my deck without one but it's pretty much all over by then.)
Once an Auctioneer's in play however the deck becomes really rather silly, and I'm more than happy to use Cold Blood(s) on an Auctioneer if I can either conceal him or I'm confident an opponent can't remove him. (As he can end up doing more damage than a Cold Blooded Leeroy.)
That said, Leeroy with two Cold Bloods and two Shadowsteps is 26 damage for 10 mana (less than that with a Prep or two), but even without that perfect set up the deck has many other ways of dealing damage to the enemy's face, making finishers in the high 20s entirely achievable using a wide selection of cards.
It's a fun deck to play, no doubt it, lots of decisions to make, even just the mulligan depending on the opponent you're facing can be of critical importance.
Oh yes and I've taken Edwin out, as Cold Blooded Auctioneers can reliably provide the same sort of punch more reliably and with more utility, he's been replaced by a second Blade Flurry. (Blade Flurry can be hugely powerful, stick a couple of Deadly Poisons on a Perdition's Blade and Blade Flurry the result, and it's like a Flamestrike on steroids (six damage to EVERYTHING on the other side, including the face.))
The Nerubian Eggs and that spider things that spawn two more on their death can be irritating, but can also be played around.
A very interesting deck to play, I'd recommend giving it a try.
Two Auctioneers are a must, two Preps or at least one (replace with Sinister Strike if you don't have two), and an Arcane Golem instead of a Leeroy will do you fine.