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Hey guys, what would be a good replacement for Sneeds and also Sylvannas, keep in mind that i do not have a Kel'Thuzad :(

Fun deck if you have the cards but right now the ladder is *FILLED* with mech mage and you'll be dead by turn 5.  

You'll win greater than 50% against most matchups, but the problem is you will not win against mech mage and there are more mech mage than any other deck right now.

The MechMage matchup isn't the worst, and is only slightly in their favor if they're playing the Mirror Entity version.

The main problem with Handlock right now is that it has very few positive matchups.

I completely agree that Handlock is not currently a tier 1 deck. Sad, but true :/

You make some good points there :)

What about Clockwork Gnome's 1 health (making it vulnerable to hero powers), and the fact that a spare can clog your hand in the control matchups? Quite often against control I've found myself having to play out cards just to avoid overdrawing, and having a spare part in my mind would only worsen this.

You've definitely got me intrigued though, it's stuff like this that moves archetypes forward (and considering where I believe Handlock to be right now, it's dearly needed!).

As I stated in a comment below, I've never played handlock before but you made some good points there.

As QuietPenguin said, the Clockwork Gnome is really vulnerable to hero powers, maybe is good against a mech mage, since you may get from them a turn 2 or 3 heropower and removing that mana can lead in to a huge tempo win. Versus druid this card has almost not value (other than the mindgame and spare part, ofc)

I think that overdrawing is just a problem that you can handle when you get better as a handlock, since you will have a better game plan on your head and how much you can tap and that stuff.

Overall, I think that Clockwork Gnome would be better (on average) than Zombie Chow when you aren't facing any rush decks, since any spare part can have huge value as you said before.

Regards, I would like to keep hearing your thoughts on this, someday I will craft handlock :P

Swap Sneeds for Dr Balanced,seems better

It's a possibility for sure, although Sneed's Old Shredder has been great overall :)

Nice I'm glad you're having success with it! :D

Sure I'll add you :)

Hey man, i was looking foward to make a Handlock deck and I am a bit curious about some things I have seen in your deck and maybe you can told me a good replacement for Lord Jaraxxus since I don't own him.

First, what did take most of my attention was the only 1 argus on the deck, isn't it necessary to have two? And also, maybe a second hellfire for the mech mages? I've never played handlock so I might be probabbly wrong.

Second and the most important, thanks you for sharing the deck, I will try it out the momment I get my hands on the 2 molten gigants I'm missing, and ofc Jaraxxus.

Thanks again mate, would like to hear how ladder is working for you atm, regards.

PS: Sorry for my bad english, no haterino

Lol no haterino, you're English seems excellent to me :)

Sadly I've gone off this deck for the moment, as the meta just does not appear to be right for it. That being said, Lord Jaraxxus is a difficult card to effectively replace in Handlock, as it can single-handedly win you the control matchups (Priest for example has an exceptionally difficult time dealing with a 6/6 for 2 mana every turn).

1 copy of Defender of Argus has become standard since the release around the release of GvG I believe, because with 2 Sunfury Protector, 2 Sludge Belcher and 2 Antique Healbot, you do not need it as much.

A second Hellfire is a definite possibility for the deck, depending on the meta :)

What do you think about –1 Mortal Coil or Zombie Chow and +1 BGH to counter Dr. Balanced?

Taking out Mortal Coil for a Big Game Hunter if you're facing off against a lot of 7-attack minions sounds fine to me, Mortal Coil isn't essential to the deck, just nice to have :)

Hi, i dont have Sneed's Old Shredder someone his replace?

sry for my mistakes, i bad speak english :)

You can try out Kel'Thuzad it's not that bad of a replacement 

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You can try out Kel'Thuzad it's not that bad of a replacement 

ty, bro

I would replace it with Dr. Boom, or another big legendary you own :)

You are correct, this is the standard Handlock Deck + a Sneeds...lol better rename the whole deck and present it as something new. Anyway right now is not too bad a time to be Handlock. Even vs Mech Mage it's really not too bad, you just have to play it a little different than you usually would. In oldschool Handlock you just tank your HP looking for Giants and Drakes and whatnot, not really caring much about your face HP. Vs Mech Mage you pretty much do the opposite. Mull for the Chows, Watchers, Owls, Bombs, Coil, Sunfury and just play those cards each turn to respond to the mages cards. You won't really be tapping or going for quick gaints, or high hp Drakes or anything flashy like that. You are just going to play a little something each turn and make the game go as slow as possible. About 50% of the time they will just run out of steam and then you can begin healing hp back out of the danger zone. The other 50% of the time they will drop Archmage, proc a shitload of spareparts and then burn you to a crisp over the next turns, in that case it's just a luckdraw and there's not much you can do.

Yeah it's a pretty standard list, the card pool in Hearthstone is very small at the moment, making it difficult to create original decks that are tier 1.

I decided to cover Handlock because it's not as bad in the meta right now as everyone seems to think (it's actually fine! :) ), and because it's a difficult deck to play, so I thought people may benefit from a thorough card explanation and matchup videos :)

I'm think of replacing 1 Zombie Chow and put in a Loatheb considering the amount of mech mages you might encounter and maybe combo druids at ranks 20 to 9