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HAHAH Omegalol i just try this and i got kill on first try!!! got lucky with the Plot Twist, 4-Mana Maly and 0-Mana JARAXXUS!

Poor Priest player.. 8D

Glad you're enjoying it! Thanks for giving it a whirl! much love!

I feel like Jepetto Joybuzz would really like to be in this deck.

I actually was thinking this myself, but also I could see how it maybe is too redundant. Give it a whirl and let me know!

So Jepetto can be very clutch but further complicates the deck. Twisted Knowledge makes this deck incredibly complex as you have to carefully gauge whether you use the discovers to stabilize, clear the board, or pull a big minion you may have to shuffle back in with Plot Twist. It can be almost impossible to avoid shuffling back in a crap minion that Jepetto might end up pulling. I pulled Siamat for him as the fewer minions the better. I also dropped a Bane of Doom for a Sense Demons. This lets you reliably pull Jaraxxus and Aranasi while your big 2 Dragons are still in the deck helping stabilize and further increasing the chance of discounting Strazza or Maly. I really like the concept here, but honestly Jarraxus seems to be mostly flavor. I usually get the Strazza Maly combo off with him still chilling in my hand.

Sinister Deal feels potentially replaceable as well. I've run into a few scenarios where I burn cards because of Sinister Deal, Twisted Knowledge,The Dark Portal refilling your hand. Burning a Maly in this deck is essentially GG. I could see Mortal Coil, Rain of Fire or Hellfire working well to help quell the hate of fast agro decks. The big nemesis of this deck and any Maly deck is armor buffed Warrior. I've toyed with Platebreaker in my other Maly Lock deck but there's not enough Warrior in this Meta to justify and it would be a terrible inclusion in this deck due to your super tight minion constraints. 

I definitely can see where you're coming from. I actually like to think of it as Maly w jaraxxus flavor just like you were saying. I personally love sinister deal, as I'm essentially always getting a spell or dragon discovery. I've grabbed maly and dragonqueen off that card many times. I think a key trick is playing twisted knowledge around plot twist. Like you mentioned, it's quite complex and plays are not so obvious. I think the greediest cards are the bane of dooms, as it's far too RNG to be realistic.... but I've gotten priestess and big taunts a fair amount and it can practically win the game if it hits. I sorta view this deck now as "RNG MALY LOCK" hahaha I think keeping portal against control can be an auto-win too. Specifically jaraxxus on 5 against priest, zzeraku on 5 against ANY deck; even straza isnt bad out early- particularly against rogue, hunter, & Dh, where they have little to no healing cards. Super challenging deck, but I'm having a ton of fun hahaha. Thanks for sharing your insight!!! 

Makes a lot of sense now that you mention. I'm just not used to praying to RNGsus in a Warlock deck. Funny because Mage is probably my favorite class to play, you'd think I'd have caught on to this sooner. I really do enjoy your concept here, while it's not as fine tuned and consistent as pure Maly Lock, it's more fun, less predictable, and can throw some wild mid game swings that really confuse your opponent. Plot Twist and The Dark Portal are the core cards here, but learning how to play around these cards with Sinister Deal and Twisted Knowledge are crucial. Going with the safe play is often not the best play and you need to be willing to roll the dice a bit if you really want to see this deck shine.

Suggestion for replacement of zzerraku?

Tnx for decklist!

Maybe try Ysera! I think the extra dragon helps with nether a ton! Zzerraku is so good if you draw with the portal into him on turn 5 or 6!

Oblivion !!! Muahahaha !!!

MISTAKE!!!!!!!!

Hey man super fun and interesting deck! Very excited for a guide on this one! I was wondering if you had kanrethad ebonlocke in this deck which card you’d replace for it? I just have had the card and I kind of wanted to try it out more. I think I’m going to take out a sacrificial pact and see how that goes so we’ll see. Anyway thanks again!

Actually on second thought I don’t really know if kanrethad ebonlocke works since it can clog the minion to be drawn at a discount from your deck. Still going to keep trying it out though since it hasn’t messed anything up yet.

I try to limit the minions in this deck, as I want to force The Dark Portal to hit big value minions, particularly Malygos. I actually just made some big changes over the last couple of hours and I'm going to be updating it right now and then probably writing a guide for it tomorrow! stay tuned! Thanks for checking it out! 

Jaraxxus to be played before or after gala?

Great question. lol. Still figuring this out BIG TIME. I believe Jaraxxus comes before if you can pull of a discounted draw, otherwise he would go after I believe. Going to play it a ton more tomorrow and will let you know my changes and findings. Was originally running only Straza, Maly, and Jaraxxus because was trying to force Jaraxxus to be played SUPER early, but found it difficult to survive. Thanks for checking it out!

Been struggling to make it work, but determined to anyway lol. Any reason why theres no quest?

Same. I think the galakrond package needs to be removed to be honest. No quest because if you get jaraxxus out early it replaces his HP