[Guide] The Secret Paladin Mirror

hi op, nice guide, I also used to secret pala to reach legend this month and agree with pretty much everything you said except your points about consecration and secret keeper.

I started by using hoej list who run 1 consecration, but i found it very disappointing , the best case scenario is probably to coin out consecration on turn 3 to kill juggler and mustar for battle ,but even then, you spend your whole turn doing that, he still have a weapon equipped and you just gave the initiative back. And most of the time, he probably already have sticky minions that wont die to your consecration, minibot, creepers, buffed secret keeper maybe even already a shredder in play if you have to consecration on turn 4. I basically came to the conclusion that if i have to use consecration, im most likely too far behind already that its wont save me, and the card is not that useful if you are dominating already, since you can make good trades with the minions you already have on board.

I also think the you underestimate secret keeper, personally its my favorite card in the deck, its a card that can change a terrible hand full of secret into a scary hand. Secret keeper is pretty scary because its can snowball out of control pretty fast and your opponent know it, so he know he must remove it pretty fast. its not that rare that your opponent will expend too much resources killing a 1 mana 1/2 (example frostbolt it, of if he silence it not only do its not kill it, but its allow you to play blessing of kings without having to worry about a silence ,or tirion , belcher, coghammer, etc...)

Some others advantages are that you can keep it to give a cheap minion for mirror entity, you can prevent other paladin from playing secrets in the mirrors (there is a lot of paladins on the ladder right now) and the secret pala have no others 1 drop (except secrets, but you usually do not keep them in your opening hand).

http://imgur.com/biDGlfO , obviously rare situation , but its show how crazy secret keepers can be (just a fun screenshot, not really to prove anything) ,and the lock also had a zombie and an imo gang boss, which are great minions vs paladin , so its not like his opening hand sucked

and proof that i reached legend with secret pala http://imgur.com/YgfMKcl

sorry for my english, its not my first language , and as is said i love your guide ,your post even made me realized that i was making a mistake by always keeping challenger in my starting hand, i do not mean this post to be confrontational, its really just to discuss, i am not 100% convinced of my position ( especially for consecration)

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