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Forge Control Warlock (D5 > Legend > Still clim...

  • Last updated Oct 2, 2023 (Fall of Ulduar)
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  • 19 Minions
  • 17 Spells
  • 2 Weapons
  • Deck Type: Ranked Deck
  • Deck Archetype: Control Warlock
  • Crafting Cost: 23800
  • Dust Needed: Loading Collection
  • Created: 9/30/2023 (Fall of Ulduar)
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Hi 

As a control only player I've never felt so strong in the ladder as now. I reached legend on the 7th with this deck and it's the first time I do that so quickly. The recent nerfs and buffs have not really modified the strength of the deck.

In legend I didn’t play much, made experiments and fell at 10000th rank then 3 days ago I used my deck again and climbed to 3500.

The unusual card in the deck is of course Storm Giant. It's there because it combines very well with Loken, Ignis and Forge of wills. Also a turn 4 Molten giant will not win you the game but  your opponent will generally waste very useful resources to kill it.

Wing Welding is also key against aggros and big board decks. You should not hesitate to discard a major card when you're losing control of the board, even Sargeras in some cases.

For me only card that can probably be replaced by something better is Queen Azshara. I wouldn’t change anything else.

In ETC : Coroner (for Aggros), Theotar (for Combos) and Lord Jaraxxus (for Controls).

I don't really feel I need any disrupt card to win at the moment.

Win conditions:

1) Quick win with forge of wills. Most games I mulligan for forge of wills, anubisath and storm giant (with coin) to try it. If you have 2 forge of wills and anubisath you can win early.

But the most powerful opening is with coin + forge of wills + storm giant. Turn 1 : coin, forge. Turn 2 : forge. Turn 3 : forge of wills. Turn 4 : you have two 8/8 minions that can attack.

2) Opponent resources exhaustion. Only control priest can beat you at this game and only if they copy symphony. I won most times even if they play sargeras.

The nemesis of this deck is mage. You have 4 ways to beat mage but none is easy so will will lose most of the time : quick win, discard Shiv with Symphony, steal Shiv with Theotar, build huge armor with Ignis + armor weapon.


Mulligan : depending of the opponent there are many cards you may want to keep. Armor vendor against hunter, defile against paladin, forge + anubisath + molten giant against everyone.