Deck:Hog Log/Spell Bait Deck

Strategy

 * General Gameplan
 * Simply put, this is a spell bait deck, meaning that you bait out your opponent’s spells and punish them for doing so with a Goblin barrel, Goblin Gang, or Skeleton Army with a tank. Your tank is usually the Hog Rider, but Electro Wizard is sometimes a good tank on a counterpush with goblin barrel.
 * Opening Hand
 * The best opening move is Hog Rider so you can see your opponent’s response to your Hog Rider. Once you defend their push, you will most likely have cycled to your Hog Rider again.
 * If you do not have the Hog Rider, a Goblin Barrel is your next best move. Otherwise, wait for your opponent to make the first move and react accordingly.
 * 1* Elixir
 * Unlike a beatdown deck, you can play this deck in single elixir.
 * If your opponent uses their spells only on defense, you will wait until double elixir to be aggressive. If they use their spell on your Skeleton Army on defense, use your Goblin Gang to continue defending, then punish them with a Hog Rider Goblin Barrel.
 * You should be able to take down a tower easily or at least chip it down fairly heavily.
 * 2* Elixir
 * At double elixir, you have to assess the situation.
 * If you have the tower already, defend the crap out of your tower. However, you should know when your tower will probably go down so that you can apply bonus damage to the opposite lane.
 * If you have the tower down to critical hp, a few Fireballs and a Goblin Barrel here and there should do it.
 * If you still do not have much damage on the tower, you have to play mindgames with your opponent. Try to make it seem like you will make one play, and then quickly switch it up, hopefully for some good damage.
 * If the game is 1 tower to 1, this is where you go for the ultimate push. Wait for your opponent to have wasted at least one of his spells and immediately do a Goblin Barrel Hog Rider Goblin Gang Skeleton Army rush(Will go more into detail). When doing so, make sure your opponent does not have some major splash like a Valkyrie or Bomb Tower.