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[71%] To Legend - Renolock [Anti Aggro]

  • Last updated May 18, 2019 (Rise of Shadows)
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  • 21 Minions
  • 8 Spells
  • Deck Type: Ranked Deck
  • Deck Archetype: Control Warlock
  • Crafting Cost: 16600
  • Dust Needed: Loading Collection
  • Created: 5/17/2019 (Rise of Shadows)
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The Wild Meta is very aggro oriented at the moment and this is the answer to it. You beat Odd-Paladin and Kingsbane Rogue due to all the Weapon Removal, Reno Jackson as well as all the board clears and reset buttons this deck provides. While it is a strong deck overall, it is quite expensive with 7+ Legendaries and some epics here and there. Renolock has been around for quite some time and with every expansion there are a few addition to this deck that make it a bit better than before which makes it a safe craft

 

How do we win against combo decks which are mainly Quest Mages and Shudderwock Shamans atm? We use Brann Bronzebeard + Either a Gnomeferatu to burn their cards or a Dirty Rat to pull their combo pieces. Even getting 1 Arcane Giant before Open the Waygates is finished usually ends up with you winning the game. If that was not enough we do have Zola the Gorgon to try again, heal again or clear again with Lord Godfrey. If everything fails we do have Unseen Saboteur to pull another combo piece of them. Skulking Geist is here for all the Jade Druids, 1 card to win... SeemsGood

 

But what about Control heavy decks like Big Priest and Odd-Warrior? Well, sad news. It is very unlikely to win against them as they do have a lot of heal and value + a good late game. But dont worry, as of now they are less than 13% of what you encounter and if you really want to beat them include the Mechathun package which is: Mecha'thun, Bloodbloom, Cataclysm and Emperor Thaurissan to not immediately lose


Acidic Swamp Ooze & Gluttonous Ooze

Kingsbane is around. Rallying Blade exists as well as Unidentified Maul. What about Jade Claws or Death's Bite? They gone 🦀

Corrupting Mist

Another One to not lose the early game and being ded on Turn 4. It seems like Never Surrender is pretty good against Defile but this card could not care less about its effect

Demonwrath

Not just Token Druid is around and floods the board early on with 1-2 Health non demon minions, Odd Paladin is the terror of the neighborhood and always wait for the Turn 5 Quartermaster to come down. We can ruin their plans easily and making sure by including this

Mind Control Tech

For those moments when your opponent plays another minion on his board of 3 and you get the best outcome, when you face lots of small Tokens and beat them with their own creature and lastly a Brann Bronzebeard into MC Tech is sometimes game deciding

Aranasi Broodmother

It has Taunt and it heals. It is a Demon to be resurrected by Bloodreaver Gul'dan and can be drawn with Sense Demons (yes the heal works too when drawn by it). Good enough to wait for Lord Godfrey to clear their board the following turn

Unseen Saboteur

Might hit Cataclysm and some board clears are wasted because of him. Sometimes a Fireball hits the opponents face and other times he decides to cast Ultimate Infestation when your opponent is at 9 Cards. A little lottery in itself

More than half the decks consists of epic/legendary cards and that might be a bit too much for your dust (or wallet) so here the cards that can be replaced for any Basic/Common/Rare to let the deck be as close to the full version as possible. The cards that are not mentioned are essential for the deck and I do not recommend playing it without them i.e. Bloodreaver Gul'dan or Reno Jackson. Starting with:

 

Zola the Gorgon

Youthful Brewmaster has almost the same effect and +1 attack right? 1 less mana to bounce Reno Jackson on Turn 8 and usually you care about the effect of the card you get back into your hand and not too much about the stats on the field

Kazakus

You usually end up getting a 5 mana potion that does not include the 4 damage aoe due to your RNG and end up with a mediocre minion and spell. The side effect of a Kazakus on Turn 4 is your opponent playing around the potential spell you might have. I´d say we put in a Kobold Librarian and draw other cards + making our early game a bit better. Not the best substitute but this effect is too unique

Zilliax

He heal and he helps the people. Good that we got a Ninja Turtle with the same stats that also heals Travelling Healer is our friend in this case. A Shroom Brewer also heals, has good stats and would be a solid inclusion as well

Gnomeferatu

A Plated Beetle takes the spot for this. The potential of burning a combo piece might sound good but usually you help your opponent getting better top decks when you burn their 1 mana cards they could draw on turn 7

Unseen Saboteur

This might be the only card that is not just good for some fun moments but also a good inclusion at the same time. The effect is to disrupt a combo, Coldlight Oracle can make your opponent overdraw and with that also "disrupt" it if you get lucky enough. A Sludge Belcher would also make sense as the card overall is pretty good

Twisting Nether

Playing Nether in this Meta LUL (Neviilz reference) might not be the best idea anyways. It usually clears 3-4 minions and for the cost of 8 mana the effect is not too good. I would just go for a Taunt minion like Rotten Applebaum or Safeguard as their purpose is similar: Not taking damage


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