Saranjivac's Reno Mix Warlock (with videos!)
- Last updated Mar 28, 2016 (Explorers)
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Wild
- 23 Minions
- 7 Spells
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Unknown
- Crafting Cost: 6440
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 12/22/2015 (Explorers)
- Saranjivac
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Battle Tag:
Saranjivac#1262
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Region:
EU
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Total Deck Rating
1857
EDIT: While this deck is still viable, it is slightly outdated as never versions run some sort of combo. I recently made a v2.0 of Reno Mix Warlock and you can find the list >>>HERE<<<
Ok so here is the deck I used to climb this season 22.12. 2015. from rank 3 to Legend.
I had lots of success early season using Rases Renolock , all props to him for making it, i had about 60-65% in 82 matches using his deck with a few 9-1 and similar winstreaks. There was also another version of reno with feugen/stalag but the cards that went with it did not fit my playstyle so I had a poor winrate with it.
So finally I decided to make a few changes on the base I liked more (Rases's version) but add the classic feugen/stalag/loatheb package (those are the only 3 cards I changed), instead of the voidcaller/malganis/mountain giant, as I found them quite unreliable and clunky especially the single copy of mountain giant that was often stuck in my hand almost the entire match. While Loatheb can lock some matches like vs freeze mage, mirracle rogue etc.
The voidcaller into malganis combo was indeed awesome but happened very rarely, and I really really wanted to experiment with feugen/stalag and had some very very fun games with it that I recorded! :)
Here is the meta I encountered (I played on EU in the evening so lots of secret paladins).
EDIT: I recorded a voice-over comment on few of my matches to cover the general matchups. This are my first ever youtube videos guys, so keep that in mind! Any tips or constructive criticism are welcome!!!
FOR FULL PLAYLIST CLICK HERE!!!
Hope you guys enjoy it!
You can also check out my latest Cursed blade Pirate Warrior project HERE
So 7 cards, I would first go for standard cards that appear in reno warlocks all the time such as Power Overwhelming, Mind Control Tech, Acidic Swamp Ooze, than go for Sen'jin Shieldmasta, Arch-Thief Rafaam and a Ragnaros the Firelord if you have him should be a good fit.
For the last card I would go either a Kezan Mystic or the Youthful Brewmaster that you like.
Thanks man, I will try Kezan and Sen'jin for sure. I will post here later the results.
Try Arch-Thief Rafaam
I am glad you made it, kezan is a good tech card.
While it does sound interesting, I am not sure going for a Zooish deck style with Reno would be a good fit, yes you might get early board control, but when you do you reno becomes almost useless except to provide you with more tapping power. And if you do lose board control you still need some AoEs in the deck to be able to come back.
Tho I might be wrong you should definitely try out your hunch and share the results.
I agree that the win % can be unrealistic with so few matches, but I just posted what happened since I started playing THIS version on rank 3, I played a bunch more games with the original deck by Rase and had around 60-65% winrate with the exception of couple 9-1 winstreaks. Tho you also have to understand I can't force people to play the deck I want on ladder so my deck has at least 10 games vs each class.
I do love the Categories idea but what would stop anyone from faking info, who is going to prove that the info is indeed true?
So, its basically StanCifka's Renolock with maybe Brann? it is nice that you got to legend by NOT using a cancer deck ! :D
+1 keep doing that, we need more people cleaning ladder :p
That asia deck without ooze mc and power over whelming which imo makes this deck worse.. His lack of pallies and druids got him to legend not tech deck.
Not sure to what deck you are referring, I just checked Hearthpwn for his decks and the only I found had Soulfire, Twisting Nether, Spellbreaker and Mind Control Tech so they are similar yes, as most reno warlocks are since about 20-25 cards are almost an auto include.
@Theorysc
Rank 1500 legend now and climbing still, I agree that ooze is good and you can add him instead of abusive or something like that, but so far I didn't see the overwhelming need for it.
But you should always play what you are most comfortable with, so if you are having problems against weapon classes than by all means add ooze, and harrison too if you want.
Thanks so much for posting the videos! You showed me me how the deck is supposed to be played. I feel that it is very strong in the meta right now by out valuing your opponent and dwindling down their resources. Plays a lot of control warrior or priest. I have played other versions of RenoLock and found this to be the best working version for me so far. However, I just had one minor change. I found that Abusive Sergeant was a dead card for me and useless most of the time. I swapped it out for Twisting Nether which has helped me so much with the late game and win VS secret Pally. No one sees it coming and won me many games.
Other observations based on forum comments. With all the AOE in this deck Mind Control Tech is a dead card most of the time and people play around it. I have gotten more value out of Earthen Ring Farseer. Spellbreaker is another reactive card and if you play Ironbeak Owl correctly completely unnecessary. Piloted Shredder completely out values it and great for trading.
The biggest thing that people seem to miss is how valuable Brann Bronzebeard is with Antique Healbot. It's basically a second Reno.
Last card I want to talk about it is how bad Soulfire is in this deck. It's not worth it to use to remove a minion to get rid of one of your cards when the all are valuable in this deck and you only get one copy and can't afford to waste it. If you are losing and need it for removal then most likely you have misplayed this deck and lost. It is unneeded for a win condition.
Yeah I agree with most of the things you wrote here, Brann Bronzebeard is super valuable to me as I talked about in the game vs SMOrc shaman.
As for Soulfire I would certainly not include it in the decklist but I do end up taking it from Dark Peddler vs aggro, since it can help deal with one of their big threats for the cost of 1 card and 1 mana, just try not to play it while you have Reno Jackson in hand :D
I agree it's situation and as a free card from Dark Peddler. I feel the same way about [cardPower Overwhelming [/card] is a great card but hard to find a lot for it.
No jarraxus already fills the role that she would play. Acidic swamp ooze is a must though.
no PO are you kidding me? burst, reasonably cheap clear vs a huge minion, and the combo with shadowflame come on
Drop demonwrath you have hardly any demons anyway
and i would drop the farseer for a molten
Ok, not sure how to put pics up on here, but whatever. I guess I'm just a horrible player... 0-3. Lost to Control Priest, Freeze Mage and Paladin. Any tips on how to draw better and not be so horrible? :'(
Wow that score vs paladins is very impressive! Not sure how you are negative vs priests tho, were they mostly dragon priests? Since I found control to be easy, just don't over extend to much into Lightbombs and try put an early Lord Jaraxxus for insane pressure.
I am glad you liked it man, its my favorite deck this season too :)
How does this deck play against Zoo?
Try to get some early board and some aoe's and you should be good, late Reno can also completely turn around the game, but they still have a chance even after reno, so I would say its around 50-50
I guess so, some Zoos put 2 Sea Giants into their decks, it's pretty annoying if the only BGH is not in your hand. Plus Vs Secret Paladin, its around 40-60 in practice. This is a very awesome deck though.