Let's face it, apart from Control Warrior, Control Priests are the next expensive decks out there. From Alexstrasza to Prophet Velen to Ragnaros, legendary cards abound for this class. I think we are aware that Amaz uses an expensive Priest deck, especially with the Firelord and Sylvanas. However, even with all this, priests are still an uncommon sight in ranked play, perhaps because of the huge amount of aggro decks, especially those of Warlocks and Hunters.
Here comes a relatively affordable Priest Deck that still takes advantage of Mind Blast, but does not have as much legendaries. Looking at this deck, you can have Novice Engineer or even Coldlight Oracle if you do not have Bloodmage Thalnos. Anyway, as stated by redditor BCNU, this deck's advantage is its effective board wipes, especially with Wild Pyromancer + cheap spells and/or Auchenai Soulpriest and Circle of Healing (a zero-mana Flamestrike, essentially), not to mention Holy Nova. This will ideally force the opponent to try to end the game fast by making high value trades, which is your objective. A turn nine Alexstrasza play and a turn ten casting of two Mind Blasts and/or Holy Fire (in combination with Prophet Velen and/or Holy Smite) will win the game for you.
Just like the UTH + Starving Buzzard combo, it is best to wait for all the essential combo cards for wiping the board before playing them. This is why (just like Tracking and Flare for Hunter) Loot Hoarders, Novice Engineer, and Bloodmage Thalnos are included as cheap card-drawing minions. Now, against an aggressive deck, a turn one Northshire Cleric play is great, but against control decks, it would be better to wait for a combo with it. Finally, you have Senjin Shieldmasta, Injured Blademaster, and Earthen Ring Farseer for the opponent to deal with so that you can prepare for your late game victory.
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