Its been a long time since I posted a new blog, and I'm sure everyone was holding their breath for an update on the infamous Thangal Deck o' Doom. But with a couple of deaths in my family, combined with the usual stupidly busy holiday season in a retail job, gaming had taken a backseat and I hadn't really done much work on decks for WoW in a long, long time.
The new year brings a new dawn, and over the last couple of weeks, Thangal, not even updated for MotL, is taking on all comers and more than holding his own still, despite not having new cards. Today was the first day that I've had to really sit down and look over the new stuff I have (and don't have :(), and Thangal got some tweaks.
First off, if you didn't see the old list (and why would you look at a scrub's Druid decklist for the one that doesn't get played!?!), the link is here:
http://my.tcgplayer.com/blog/view/id_214/title_thangal-doesn-t-completely-suck/Now not a lot has changed with MotL, and the premise remains the same. Armour up and slow early attacks until big fatties can hit the table on turn 5 or so and say "deal with me".
Here's where I'm at so far for the MotL Thangal update:
Hero: Thangal
Allies: (18)
Zy'lah Manslayer
Tempest, Son-Of-Storms
Rexxar (with pimped Misha token)
Moko Hunts-At-Dawn x2
Zygore Bladebreaker x2
Tewa Wildmane
Stone Guard Rashun x2
Sister Rot
Kulan Earthguard x2
Windseer Taurus
Hur Shieldsmasher x2
Grunt Baranka x2
Abilities: (18)
Natural Defenses x3
Predatory Strikes x2
Heart Of The Wild x2
Bash x4
Swipe x4
Feral Instinct x2
Demoralizing Roar
Armour: (8)
Bracers of the Eclipse
Stormrage Legguards
Shadowstalker's Sash
Helm Of Fire
Predatory Gloves x2
Sun-Gilded Shouldercaps x2
Weapon: (2)
Braxxis' Staff Of Slumber x2
Quests: (14)
Torek's Assault x3
Kibler's Exotic Pets x2
Leader of the Bloodscale x2
Brother Against Brother
Chasing A-Me x3
Poison Water x3
***It should be noted that we don't play with sideboards in our casual group, and as you can see by the list, there are quite a few meta allies in the main deck. Were someone interested in trying this, they could certainly pick and choose maindeck allies and go from there. I'm also limited by what I own, which is only two or three boxes per set with a quiet singles market around me.
The part of the deck I will be looking at in more detail is the quests. I'm not sold on some of them, and I'll be looking to make some improvements. But with my local group cringing when I pull out Thangal, I must be doing something right, so I'll stick with the rest for now.
If you have any suggestions on improving this for Hobby League Level competition, I've been out of touch for awhile and welcome new ideas.
