Control deck


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A control deck, also known as a late game deck, is a deck A deck is a collection of exactly 30 cards. All cards drawn by the player during a game come from their deck. Each deck is tied to a specific class. Decks can be created and hearthstone that attempts to attain victory in the late game, through a combination of early game removal and Taunts The shield-like Taunt visual effect Taunt is a minion ability which forces the opposing player to direct any melee attacks toward enemy targets with this ability. Minions with Taunt (commonly referred to as Taunts) serve hearthstone , and powerful cards in the later rounds of the game. These decks focus on controlling the early game in order to survive through to the later rounds, where they can use a string of powerful spells, or a steady flow of larger minions to overwhelm the opponent.

The control deck is the opposite archetype to the aggro deck An aggro deck or aggressive deck, also known as a rush deck, is a deck that takes an aggressive approach of dealing damage to the opponent as quickly as possible, generally through the summoning of .

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These decks spend the early game controlling the state of the board through the use of removal to destroy and neutralise enemy minions. Taunts The shield-like Taunt visual effect Taunt is a minion ability which forces the opposing player to direct any melee attacks toward enemy targets with this ability. Minions with Taunt (commonly referred to as Taunts) serve hearthstone are often employed to force the opponent to trade A trade is the loss of one or more cards in exchange for the elimination of one or more enemy cards. Most often, trading refers to minions dying in combat, but the term may be their spells or minions for the taunts, delaying hero damage and slowing the opponent`s progression. During the early game their behaviour is therefore mostly defensive, dealing little or no hero damage but hoping in turn to prevent the opponent from dealing too much damage to them. Hero powers such as Armor Up! Armor Up! Type: Hero Power Class: Warrior Cost: 2 Abilities: Gain Armor Hero Power Gain 2 Armor.See this card on Hearthpwn data page] Armor Up! is the warrior s basic Hero Power. Contents 1 Notes 2 hearthstone may also be used to bolster defences. This allows the player to survive into the later game, where their deck comes into its own.

Because of the focus on removal and neutralisation during the early game, a control deck can afford to focus upon powerful minions for use in the late game. If the deck can successfully keep the tables fairly level until they have enough mana to begin summoning larger minions, they have a good chance of winning the game, since these minions are often very powerful and relatively hard to counter or remove. Other control decks focus more upon combos or direct damage such as Pyroblast Pyroblast Set: Classic Type: Spell Class: Mage Rarity: Epic Cost: 10 Abilities: Deal damage Deal 10 damage.Take the time for an evil laugh after you draw this card.See this card on Hearthpwn data page] Pyroblast hearthstone to win the match.

The focus upon the late game means that control decks can afford to expend a lot of removal during the early game, relying on their late game to turn the tide once the later rounds are reached. An apparent card advantage against a control deck may prove of little value when each of their cards is found to be worth at least two of the opponent`s.

Because control decks require the late game to come into their own, it is vital that they stop the opponent from dealing too much damage to them during the earlier rounds. If an aggro deck An aggro deck or aggressive deck, also known as a rush deck, is a deck that takes an aggressive approach of dealing damage to the opponent as quickly as possible, generally through the summoning of is able to take their Health low enough in the early rounds, it is likely that the opponent will be able to neutralise their defences and deal the remaining damage necessary to finish the match, before the control deck is able to produce an effective counter.

The division between stalling and the more aggressive stage assault of the opponent is not always so clear. Mage control decks can use Freeze A Frozen minion A Frozen hero Freeze is an ability that marks a minion or hero as Frozen. Frozen characters miss their next possible attack. After this, the Frozen status is removed. Frozen status only hearthstone effects like Frost Nova Frost Nova Set: Basic Type: Spell Class: Mage Cost: 3 Abilities: Freeze Tags: Area of effect Freeze all enemy minions.Hey man, that s cold. Literally and metaphorically.See this card on Hearthpwn data page] Frost Nova is hearthstone , Blizzard Blizzard Set: Classic Type: Spell Class: Mage Rarity: Rare Cost: 6 Abilities: Deal damage, Freeze Tags: Area of effect Deal 2 damage to all enemy minions and Freeze them.This spell can be very Entertaining.See this hearthstone and Ice Lance Ice Lance Set: Hall of Fame Type: Spell Class: Mage Rarity: Common Cost: 1 Abilities: Deal damage, Freeze Tags: Frozen-related Freeze a character. If it was already Frozen, deal 4 damage instead.The trick is not hearthstone to repeatedly freeze their attackers in their tracks, buying time to draw a Flamestrike Flamestrike Set: Basic Type: Spell Class: Mage Cost: 7 Abilities: Deal damage Tags: Area of effect Deal 4 damage to all enemy minions.When the ground is on fire, you should not stop, drop, and roll.See hearthstone and clear the board, or to draw the Pyroblast Pyroblast Set: Classic Type: Spell Class: Mage Rarity: Epic Cost: 10 Abilities: Deal damage Deal 10 damage.Take the time for an evil laugh after you draw this card.See this card on Hearthpwn data page] Pyroblast hearthstone necessary to finish the opponent that turn. Ice Block Ice Block Set: Classic Type: Spell Class: Mage Rarity: Epic Cost: 3 Abilities: Immune, Secret Tags: Damage-related, Triggered effect Secret: When your hero takes fatal damage, prevent it and become Immune this turn.Ice is nice, hearthstone is an infamous card for this, often buying the mage just enough time to defeat their opponent.

A common choice for certain control decks is Alexstrasza Alexstrasza Set: Classic Type: Minion Subtype: Dragon Rarity: Legendary Cost: 9 Attack: 8 Health: 8 Abilities: Battlecry Battlecry: Set a hero s remaining Health to 15.Alexstrasza the Life-Binder brings life and hope to everyone. Except Deathwing. hearthstone . After spending the early game stalling, the player can use the dragon`s Battlecry to set the opponent`s Health to 15, effortlessly compensating for minimal damage-dealing in earlier rounds, then use burst damage to quickly defeat the weakened opponent.

Another choice is C`Thun C Thun Set: Whispers of the Old Gods Type: Minion Rarity: Legendary Cost: 10 Attack: 6 Health: 6 Abilities: Battlecry, Deal damage Tags: Attack-related, Random Battlecry: Deal damage equal to this minion s Attack randomly split among hearthstone . The cultists that precede him can buff him up slowly while being defensive, then the player can send him out to cleanse the board of minions using the Battlecry, and possibly destroy the enemy hero.

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In theory control decks beat aggro due to their nature to stall the game with small removals, taunts and heals/armor. Meanwhile midrange is able to build a strong board in early game, their midrange minions eating 2-3 small removals or the opponent wasting a hard removal in them. This and the already-established board often carry the midrange deck to victory in mid-lategame.

Removal, Taunts and healing are very important in withstanding aggro decks, which is the main purpose of control decks, with resets like Reno Jackson Reno Jackson Set: The League of Explorers Type: Minion Rarity: Legendary Cost: 6 Attack: 4 Health: 6 Abilities: Battlecry, Restore Health Tags: Deck-related, Health-related Battlecry: If your deck has no duplicates, fully heal your hero.Reno hearthstone and Tree of Life Tree of Life Set: Goblins vs Gnomes Type: Spell Class: Druid Rarity: Epic Cost: 9 Abilities: Restore Health Tags: Area of effect, Health-related Restore all characters to full Health.Healing: It grows on trees!See this card hearthstone working especially well.

Tempo decks can be won when they run out of steam, but are dangerous when they`re more mid or late game oriented.