Given that I was away at PAX East this past weekend, I didn’t have a lot of time to prepare for my match in this week’s Kinguin Pro League. As a result, I didn’t do too much to change my lineup, and played the same MechMage and Face Hunter lists that I used last week. I hadn’t been happy with my Paladin deck, however, and was looking to find a replacement. I wanted to play Priest, since it’s the class with which I am by far the most experienced, but I was playing against Savjz this week, and saw that last week he had played a lineup that didn’t include any really great matchups for priest, and one really bad one – Rogue, Druid, and Mage. As a result, I decided to audible to a solid Druid list, with the one notable adjustment a single copy of Kezan Mystic. That Mystic turned up huge, pretty much singlehandedly winning me the game against his Mage.

I think the format of the league is pretty interesting, since knowing your opponents beforehand and being able to scout what they have played in previous weeks can have a real influence on what you choose to play week to week. I think it will be particularly interesting to see the metagame evolve as each wing of Blackrock Mountain comes out next month. Mostly, I’m looking forward to playing against Lifecoach and playing Nozdormu in all of my decks.

My games themselves this week were pretty straightforward. I got strong draws in all of them, and they matched up very well against what Savjz brought to the table. My opening with my Druid against his Mage was nearly unstoppable, and Kezan Mystic for his Mirror Entity sealed the deal. I could have won that game a turn earlier if I had thought to play around Counterspell and used Wrath before Swipe, but ultimately I was far enough ahead that it didn’t matter. The Hunter/Rogue game was the closest of the three, in part because I played somewhat conservatively with my Knife Juggler and didn’t play it on turn two for fear of Coin-SI Agent when he didn’t have a great answer, but ultimately the matchup was sufficiently lopsided enough that I was able to take down the game and the match 3-0.

Here are my lists from Kinguin Pro League Week Two: