Changes: Silence Priest

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Silence Priest or Purify Priest is a Priest deck type that is characterized by using Silence effects on one's own minions to change cards with serious drawbacks (such as "Can't attack") into cheap high-stat minions. The deck type has been tried at least since the Karazhan expansion, with people trying to make a deck around Purify, generally considered a very bad card, but it gained enough popularity to become part of the meta after the release of Journey to Un'Goro. ,

Gameplay

The idea of the deck is to play cards that cannot attack (such as Ancient Watcher), which then are silenced with Silence, Purify or other silence effects, and/or receive taunt through cards such as Sunfury Protector. It also often uses the Divine Spirit-Inner Fire combo, which can turn a high defense minion like Humongous Razorleaf into a giant powerhouse.

Cards

The following cards were usually in the deck when played in the Un'Goro meta.

Core cards

The following cards are played in most or all versions of the deck:

Optional cards

The following cards are played more than occasionally, but not always:

Wild cards

Wild cards that fit well into this deck type:

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 '''Silence Priest''' or '''Purify Priest''' is a [[Priest]] [[deck type]] that is characterized by using [[Silence]] effects on one's own minions to change cards with serious drawbacks (such as "Can't attack") into cheap high-stat minions. The deck type has been tried at least since the [[Karazhan]] expansion, with people trying to make a deck around [[Purify]], generally considered a very bad card, but it gained enough popularity to become part of the [[meta]] after the release of ''[[Journey to Un'Goro]]''.
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 == Gameplay ==
-The idea of the deck is to play cards that cannot attack (such as [[Ancient Watcher]]), which then are silenced with [[Silence (card)|Silence]], [[Purify]] or other silence effects, and/or receive taunt through cards such as [[Sunfury Protector]]. Another card used often is [[Inner Fire]], which when played on [[Humongous Razorleaf]] creates a very strong minion. As an extreme case, [[The Coin]] and Humongous Razorleaf could be played on turn 2, followed by Silence, [[Divine Spirit]], and Inner Fire, producing a 16/16 minion attacking on turn 3 - though of course that is more a theoretical possibility than a real case, it does show the potential strength of this deck.
+The idea of the deck is to play cards that cannot attack (such as [[Ancient Watcher]]), which then are silenced with [[Silence (card)|Silence]], [[Purify]] or other silence effects, and/or receive taunt through cards such as [[Sunfury Protector]]. It also often uses the [[Divine Spirit]]-[[Inner Fire]] combo, which can turn a high defense minion like [[Humongous Razorleaf]] into a giant powerhouse.
 == Cards ==