Instructor Razuvious Guide for the Curse of Naxxramas

Table of Contents

• 1. Health, Hero Power, Cards, Etc.
• 2. Video
• +3. Strategy and Deck Building
  • 3.1. Easy Paladin Deck
  • 3.2. Easy Priest Deck
  • 3.3. Easy Warrior Deck

Instructor Razuvious is the first boss of the Military Quarter, the third wing of the Curse of Naxxramas. Most of the information in this guide is aimed at Heroic mode, because the Normal mode of the boss can be defeated using basic decks (such as the ones we have here on Icy Veins).

	Normal	Heroic
Health	40	55
Hero Power	Unbalancing Strike costs 2 mana and deals 3 damage.	Unbalancing Strike costs 1 mana and deals 4 damage.
Deck	2x Abusive Sergeant 2x Deathcharger 2x Cleave 2x Master Swordsmith 2x Acolyte of Pain 2x Dancing Swords 2x Deathlord 4x Massive Runeblade* 2x Necroknight 2x Wailing Soul 2x Brawl 2x Spectral Knight 2x Spiteful Smith 1x Avenging Wrath 1x The Black Knight	2x Abusive Sergeant 2x Deathcharger 2x Cleave 2x Master Swordsmith 2x Acolyte of Pain 2x Dancing Swords 2x Deathlord 4x Massive Runeblade* 2x Necroknight 2x Wailing Soul 2x Brawl 2x Spectral Knight 2x Spiteful Smith 1x Avenging Wrath 1x The Black Knight
Extra	When the fight begins, there are 2 extra Understudy already on the board and you can mind control them with the Mind Control Crystal that you are provided with.

We put up a video on Youtube to show you how to defeat Razuvious.

The difficulty of the Heroic mode comes from the immense pressure caused by Razuvious' Hero Power and his Massive Runeblade (which is much improved in Heroic mode). They make the encounter all about establishing and maintaining board control. Since Razuvious can kill you in a single blow, having a Taunter on the board at all times is essential. In Normal mode, Massive Runeblade is much easier to deal with and should pose very few problems.

When building a deck to beat Instructor Razuvious, your main focus will be dealing with his Massive Runeblade and Unbalancing Strike without creating too much card disadvantage. Once you establish board control and have at least one taunter on board, you can use Alexstrasza for a fast kill or beat him up the old fashioned way. Minions such as Acidic Swamp Ooze, Bloodsail Corsair and Harrison Jones help against Massive Runeblade.

To help you beat Razuvious, we created the three decks presented below. You can also get some inspiration from them to create decks for other classes.

Paladin Cards	Neutral Cards
2x Humility 2x Noble Sacrifice 2x Argent Protector 2x Aldor Peacekeeper 2x Blessing of Kings 2x Truesilver Champion 1x Tirion Fordring	2x Sunfury Protector 2x Deathlord 2x Defender of Argus 2x Sen'jin Shieldmasta 1x Harrison Jones 2x Sludge Belcher 2x Stampeding Kodo 2x Sunwalker 1x Sylvanas Windrunner 1x Ragnaros the Firelord

Priest Cards	Neutral Cards
2x Circle of Healing 2x Inner Fire 2x Northshire Cleric 2x Power Word: Shield 1x Divine Spirit 2x Shadow Word: Pain 2x Shadow Word: Death 2x Auchenai Soulpriest 2x Lightspawn 2x Holy Fire	2x Acidic Swamp Ooze 2x Sunfury Protector 2x Injured Blademaster 2x Sludge Belcher 2x Sunwalker

Warrior Cards	Neutral Cards
2x Shield Slam 2x Whirlwind 2x Armorsmith 2x Cruel Taskmaster 2x Execute 2x Fiery War Axe 2x Shield Block 2x Arcanite Reaper 1x Gorehowl	2x Acidic Swamp Ooze 2x Acolyte of Pain 2x Deathlord 2x Sen'jin Shieldmasta 1x Harrison Jones 2x Sludge Belcher 1x Sylvanas Windrunner 1x Ragnaros the Firelord