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Winrate on EU Ladder ranks 15-5 february: About 60%

This deck is not copied to any current meta decks so I'm sure it can be tweaked a lot. For now, I'm impressed by the success it has in this very stagnative meta of aggro shaman / jade shaman / pirate warrior / jade druid and dragon priest. Overall this demon warlock counts as another aggressive to midrange deck with focus on board control (not only going face).

Against all above decks this demon warlock performs quite well. Racing against Pirate warrior works great especially because of additions like Fel Guard and Acidic Swamp Ooze. Same works for Aggro Shaman / Jade Shaman thought those matchups are a bit harder because he has more Non-Weapon (means no damage to him) removal for both your buffed and token minions. For tactics you simply keep his minions dead and wait for big finishers.

Against Jade druid you should be able to burst before he gets any dangerously big in minions. Do not kill low minions with buffed attackers since you need to race here. In addition try buffing different minions to average stats and not only one big one since he usually runs Mulch and his swipe is weaker when only killing one.

Dragon priest is pretty much going all in and hope that he won't turn the tides with some big AoE. You still have chances to win the midgame but it's a lot harder than killing him before turn 6.

All control decks including Reno work same as against dragon priest. You have to commit everything to get your enemy in lethal range and then - if he clears the board - hope for Doomguard / Soulfire finishes. You do not need to fear Reno if you still have some big minions out since most of the time my enemy used him I could do 15+ damage the turn afterwards and he was in a similar position than before. This deck can bring some surprise damage (Doomguard / Fist of Jaraxxus / Soulfire) but there is no miracle way to "suddenly" kill your enemy when only topdecking.

Some ideas for card changes:

If facing only Shamans:

- Fel Guard

+ Demon's Wrath (AoE 2 damage to all non-demons) or even Hellfire (more Reach and good against Jade Spirit / Frost Wolves)

Have Fun Playing