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I've been running something similar to this myself. I I learned the hard way that there is no real way to make a really viable murloc deck. That said, there are some things you can do to at least have a shot at victory.

1. Use less murlocs - Counterintuitive I know but it is true. To make murlocs work you need JUST enough murlocs to reliably feed your synergy cards. Anything more and you just end up with a hand full of sub-par critters that become worthless as soon as that big synergy card dies.
2. Coldlight Oracle is Terrible - This is just a bad card even in a murloc deck. 2/2 for three is inefficient to begin with; giving your opponent two cards puts the nail in the coffin. If your deck need card draw that badly there are far better ways to get it.
3. Coldlight Seer is also weak - Not quite as bad as oracle, but this tends to be a 'win more' card most games.  The only time it really pays off is when you already have a strong board full of murlocs. Not totally useless, but I wouldn't run more than one of them.
4. Strong Single Target Removal > Weak Aoe Removal - A Crackle or lightning bolt really doesn't do anything that you can't already do with your minions. The single biggest threat to murlocs is a big taunt that stalls the game and lets your opponent equalize. You NEED hex and earthshock in your deck to make sure that doesn't happen.
5. Bloodlust is Your Win Button - Neptulon is nice but Bloodlust is the real reason to use shaman over warlock. Your deck needs two; you want to maximize your chance of having this card in your hand at some point during the game.

Here would be my suggested changes:

Loose the Coldlight Oracles, Feral Spirits,  and stormforged axe. Get rid of at least one giant, 1 Siltfin, and at least one Coldlight Seer.

Add 2 Bloodlust, 2 Knife Juggler, Flametongue Totem, Black Knight, and Ancestral Healing

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I've been running something similar to this myself. I I learned the hard way that there is no real way to make a really viable murloc deck. That said, there are some things you can do to at least have a shot at victory.

1. Use less murlocs - Counterintuitive I know but it is true. To make murlocs work you need JUST enough murlocs to reliably feed your synergy cards. Anything more and you just end up with a hand full of sub-par critters that become worthless as soon as that big synergy card dies.
2. Coldlight Oracle is Terrible - This is just a bad card even in a murloc deck. 2/2 for three is inefficient to begin with; giving your opponent two cards puts the nail in the coffin. If your deck need card draw that badly there are far better ways to get it.
3. Coldlight Seer is also weak - Not quite as bad as oracle, but this tends to be a 'win more' card most games.  The only time it really pays off is when you already have a strong board full of murlocs. Not totally useless, but I wouldn't run more than one of them.
4. Strong Single Target Removal > Weak Aoe Removal - A Crackle or lightning bolt really doesn't do anything that you can't already do with your minions. The single biggest threat to murlocs is a big taunt that stalls the game and lets your opponent equalize. You NEED hex and earthshock in your deck to make sure that doesn't happen.
5. Bloodlust is Your Win Button - Neptulon is nice but Bloodlust is the real reason to use shaman over warlock. Your deck needs two; you want to maximize your chance of having this card in your hand at some point during the game.

Here would be my suggested changes:

Loose the Coldlight Oracles, Feral Spirits,  and stormforged axe. Get rid of at least one giant, 1 Siltfin, and at least one Coldlight Seer.

Add 2 Bloodlust, 2 Knife Juggler, Flametongue Totem, Black Knight, and Ancestral Healing

Jeeves is actually MVP

i did the same. dropped from rank 10 to 17 while trying to expiremt with them.

they can work INCREDIBLE well, if you take 2x flametongue and zapp o matic, i had games where i finished my opponent by turn 4.

the problem is, as you stated, the cards by themselfes are weak. i also tryed some more midrange oriented variants (i dont have neptulon sadly) and i think those work best. you want zapp o matic in your deck and some haunted creepers for early game aggression. fire elemental also works good in this deck because they will spend all their removals on your "big" threats and even totems.

i also feel like its better to drop your murlocs later in the game so you get a full field with buffed up murlocs with over 4 health, those can really ruin your opponents day and the new shaman murloc is REALLY good in these variants.

sadly you wont be running as much murlocs as you would in an aggro variant. you will probably take 2x of whatever 2mana murloc (puddlestomper and murloc scout worked good) and then just use 2x Murloc Warleader and 2x Coldlight seer 2x Siltfin Oracle and old murkeye.

i only played a few games with midrange variants and im gonna test some more right now, tryed to make aggro work most of the time but its way to inconsistent. card draw wasnt even the problem in the aggro versions, its just that most of your cards are weak as hell and simply sh*t on their own.

there could be a hidden synergie with mechs that i havent found yet, because when i tryed the new shaman weapon with 2x zapp o matic 1x jeeves and 2x annoy o tron and a few murlocs it worked really well but was still too inconsistent. what you definitly need is something that sticks to the field. thats why haunted creepers work so well with shaman.

harvest golem and piloted golems could work, but are rather slow.

id also like to try aggro variants with farsight because most of the time you have really nice hands but simply cant put your minions fast enough to the field on early turns. think im gonna craft 2x far sight and try it out

I'm sorry, I just tried out this deck and many variations of it and it is completely a 'FUN' deck, Murlocs are as they have always been easily killed and easily taunted away. I won 3 out of 12 games with each variation and it was JUST because the opponents were running rush decks also. Granted this IS playing Ranked at Rank 12... I couldn't keep enough creatures on the field to use [card]Enhance-o Mechano[/card] orBloodlust

I found myself needing lightning storm in many occasions and SOL if they had a Sludge Belcher. 

I would run 0-1 x Flametongue Totem (still OKish, I think), 1-2 x Earth Shock, 1-2 x Lightning Storm, 2 x Crackle and (max.) 0-1 Sea Giant, as Sea Giant is mostly a win-more card and having 2 of them is pretty outrageous (also in most situations I would rather have a Bloodlust in hand to finish the job right away; It's rare that Sea Giant costs less than 5 without you already winning the game).

 

I didn't try this though.... I would venture to agree and say it would make this deck WAY more effective.

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i really dont understand why u dont run jeeves, it's like endless amount of cards. With these cards u will run out of drawpower.

 Added Jeeves to my deck.

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You may want to include at least one Enhance-o Mechano for more burst. The longer the game the less chance you have to win with murlocs. Thats why I believe in this mech.

 this is a great buff card and added it to my deck

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To be honest everybody can think of such a deck in a heartbeat. Nothing is original with this one, as the synergy with Murlocs and Shamans is obvious with the new card reveals.

Nevertheless I see this deck as a discussion platform and want to share my thoughts:

Earth Shock > Hex, as it removes a threat or taunt and still leaves you mana to play around

I also think Crackle > Rockbiter Weapon > Lightning Bolt. You use Lightning Bolt, which I can never understand. You will have minions or hero to use Rockbiter Weapon with and no Overload. Spell Damage upside of Lightning Bolt is irrelevant, as we don't have any spell synergy, bar Wrath of Air Totem. Yet Crackle offers the additional reach in the end, when we lack the last bits of damage on the board, after a board wipe. 2 x Crackle deal 9 damage (or more) with a probability of 62.5%. That's pretty damn good for just 2 x 2 Mana.

Feral Spirit has too high Overload and no other synergy with the deck than being a taunt. AoE still kills all Murlocs.

I would run 0-1 x Flametongue Totem (still OKish, I think), 1-2 x Earth Shock, 1-2 x Lightning Storm, 2 x Crackle and (max.) 0-1 Sea Giant, as Sea Giant is mostly a win-more card and having 2 of them is pretty outrageous (also in most situations I would rather have a Bloodlust in hand to finish the job right away; It's rare that Sea Giant costs less than 5 without you already winning the game).

all of your input really helped me in construction for this deck so thank you very much.

Ive played all night yesterday with alot of combinations and I feel murlocs don't last more than 1 turn..

I do believe elite tauren chieftain is a highly underrated card for a list like this.

As u can clearly read at the top, i was waiting for the release of the cards before i could do extensive testing and changes.

You missed a perfect opportunity to call this the "Mur-Man." Shame on you, sir.

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You missed a perfect opportunity to call this the "Mur-Man." Shame on you, sir.

... or "Shurlock"!!    I geuss there is something that needs to be solved.

Schmurlock :^)

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I feel that flame tongue totem has a place in this deck. Not sure what to replace though...

How does that not make sense? Loatheb to stop big removal like flame strike the next turn and Neptulon to get more murlocs which will synergies well with each other for a cheap cost.