OurHeartstone Galakrond Rogue Deck List Guideis an early look at this archetype for the Descent of Dragons! Rogue is another of the lucky classes that gets to build around the enormous Dragon that is Galakrond. Their version of the card has a strong Battlecry in that it draws one or more cards that will be reduced in cost to zero. Not only that, when you play Galakrond you will get a Hero Power that allows you to add a Lackey to your hand! Both of these effects work in Rogue’s favor, it just now needs to be determined if there’s enough cards to build around it.
Rogue has mostly been using a tempo based deck recently to earn victories on the ladder. In Descent of Dragons, some potential new strategies might be employed. One of those is centering a deck around the powerful Galakrond. There are many possibilities on how you can build this type of deck. You could center it around Dragons, Tempo, Malygos, or just go with a more traditional Miracle Rogue shell. It remains to be seen which of these bases will end up being the strongest.
Galakrond Rogue Deck List
Here’s a first look at thetop performingGalakrond Rogue deck in Descent of Dragons:
How Galakrond Works
Galakrond is a Hero Card that will replace your current Hero and Hero Power when played. Galakrond can be powered up by cards with the Invoke keyword. Each time you Invoke Galakrond, it gives you a trigger of Galakrond’s Hero Power whether it is in play or not. You can upgrade your Galakrond twice, each upgrade requires you play a card with Invoke twice (4 times in total for a full upgrade). Each upgrade powers up its Battlecry by double. If you can max our your Galakrond, you will equip a 5/2 weapon when you play it.
Play Strategy & Card Combinations
This deck will play out pretty similarly to a standard Tempo Rogue deck, it’s just more focused around whatGalakrond, the Nightmareis bringing to the table. We still have some combo potential with stuff like Edwin VanCleef and Necrium Apothecary. We can also just overrun our opponent with cheap minions and generating Lackeys.
The big question on most people’s mind is probably… what’s with theWisp? Well, it makes for a great enabler forFaceless Corruptorwhich is a pretty bonkers card and guarantees that we get value out of it. It also acts as a combo enabler, if we want to land ourNecrium Apothecaryon the board and get value out of it then we need to be able to trigger it.
Necrium Bladeand Necrium Apothecary are the big combo pieces of this deck that can gain you a really strong board very quickly. If you can play the blade early and get it down to 1 durability, you can drop the Apothecary and get theMechanical WhelpDeathrattle onto it. Now you attack with the blade, and we get a 7/7 Mechanical Dragon. You trade the Apothecary next turn or soon after and you get another big Dragon. You’ve also now drawn the Whelp which you can play in a following turn.
Kronx Dragonhoofcan draw you your Galakrond which could possibly allow you to play it on curve. If you have already transformed into Galakrond, you’ll be able to unleash a devastation! Here’s a look at what those options look like:
Galakrond can get you some late game power with the multiple draws and conversion of those cards to 0-mana. Being able to pump out a Lackey turn after turn is also very strong due to their power level.
