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Mulligans
General Mulligans
Righteous Protector is great to protect any minions you have on the board and goes great with the secrets.
Unidentified Maul generally provides a good early game push and can help win the board.
Secretkeeper synergises well with early secrets and can force the opponent into making inefficient trades.
Hydrologist is nice against aggro providing a body on the board and a choice of a secret to match the state of the early game.
Bellringer Sentry is good to pull secrets to reduce the chances of topdecking secrets in the lategame and is generally great turn 4 value.
I made this deck as I wanted to create a secret paladin deck, but didn’t want to be crafting the expensive cards that would be rotating out soon. Starting from rank 12 I was surprised to go 8 wins in a row as I don’t regularly play ladder and am an Arena player mainly. I found this deck to be fun and actually stands a chance against every other meta deck I played.
Changes from other secret decks I have seen include:
Crystal Lion: Awesome with Vinecleaver for a sudden threat on the board and goes great with redemption.
Consecration: I haven’t seen this in any other secret deck really but it has saved me so much. Secret/spell hunter dumps a load of wolves against your silver hand recruits and this pulls them down to 1 health. The reason I chose this over equality is the extra face damage and the fact that consecration can really screw over budget face hunters.
The great thing about this deck (for me anyway) is how the style of play changes in each matchup. For aggro games, landing that redemption on your righteous protector, absorbing that potential face damage whilst often staying alive to receive a sweet buff from Fungalmancer or BOK, is just great. For control, filling up the board constantly to absorb the board clears to allow for a great draw from Divine Favor and a big push at the end of the game with Vinecleavers and Crystal Lions. Fighting for board control against mid-range decks, where utilizing divine shields to the max makes a massive difference.
Making the most out of the secrets can mean the difference between an easy win and a loss. Landing the Autodefence Matrix on a buffed Crystal Lion when Oondasta attacks is so much more satisfying than on a silverhand recruit.
