Firebat's RENO DRAGON Warrior
- Last updated Jan 31, 2016 (Explorers)
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Wild
- 20 Minions
- 7 Spells
- 3 Weapons
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Unknown
- Crafting Cost: 9460
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 1/22/2016 (Explorers)
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One of my followers on twitter gave me this Reno Dragon Warrior list. According to him, credit goes to Firebat for building the deck. I played it yesterday and... it's surprisingly good, and so fun! It's by far my favorite deck right now.
Be careful when playing it : it's a singleton deck, except 2 Fiery War Axe and 2 Twilight Guardian. Don't play Reno Jackson if you're not totally sure you've got at least one copy of those cards in your hands :-)
Here is 2 games I made yesterday at legend rank :
Mulligan tips :
ALWAYS keep fiery war axe and Twilight Guardian, as they are your only double cards. Others cards to keep are : Alexstrasza's Champion, Armorsmith, Cruel Taskmaster, Bash, Acolyte of Pain and Death's Bite.
Versus aggro, don't hesitate to keep Reno Jackson, and versus patron warrior, keep Brawl too.
Replacements :
After a general consensus, Dragonkin Sorcerer doesn't give any value to the deck, and can be replaced by a Twilight Drake (to keep the dragons synergy) or a Deathwing. Gorehowl and Justicar Trueheart can be added to the deck, too, but I prefer without. Keep in mind that it's not a control warrior nor a fatigue warrior. It's a true midrange deck, and those cards are a little bit slow for this archetype.
Revenge is highly recommended, as the deck can have difficulties to manage aggro decks at the beginning of the game if you don't your weapons, Execute or Shield Slam.
Sparring Partner is nice is this type of midrange deck, but can be replaced by Revenge.
If you don't have some legendaries, try to replace them with cards with nearly the same mana cost and of the same type. Don't forget to keep enough dragons in the deck.
What about Onyxia in this deck?
I honestly thinking Twilight Guardian should be replaced with a Sen'jin Shieldmasta. The stat drop off isn't that dramatic and you don't even need a dragon for it to operate. In that way you Reno is less cumbersome to activate and you don't have to hold onto the 4 drop just because of Reno.
in that case maybe also remove the last duplicate and use a different weapon? :) gorehowl , arcanite?
I tried, nothing but loses.
Why no Elise?
What is the best replacement for the second Twilight Guardian and Chillmaw ???
I have Justicar Trueheart and Gorehowl
6-0 currently with this deck. Replaced -Crush +Gorehowl (more flexible and can act as finisher) -sorcerer +twilight drake -ChillMaw(don't have it) +Faerie Dragon (Early game) would probably replace this with Deathwing later on.
Just tried out the deck, but I only found 1 downside.. Card Draw. I just had sooo many situations where if I had been holding a Dragon, I could have made a much smarter play, or could have had lethal.
Only having 1 Acolyte of Pain and the 1 Slam makes sense, but the lack of draw is the only downside (from my small sample size). I think a Battle Rage could be a great addition to this deck.
If you get a sick opening hand, and always can keep a dragon in hand, this is the most fun I have had with a Reno deck recently by far!
How about Solemn Vigil?
This deck seems amazing and very funny!... But I don't have Chillmaw =(
-shieldmaiden = +justicar seems like a no brainer but maybe i am missing the point of somthing here.
and wtf is dragonkin sorcerer doing in this deck.
apart from them things its a pretty good deck :)
Reno Warrior is surely strong but why in gods name would i replace my good cards like justicar, senjin, geddon with shitty dragons???
Better go with the normal list.
you run sen jin in a control warrior? what kind of normal list are you talking about? the last time ive seen a sen jin in a control warrior was pre-naxxramas
the Twilight Guardian does have 1 more health and costs the same as the senjin so it is an auto include
Geddon is certainly a good boardwipe but he wont stay for more than one round on the board in most cases and is BGHable Chillmaw costs exactly the same amount of mana that geddon costs has taunt and if he dies wipes the enemy board as well because of his deathrattle also he cant be killed by bgh and has one more live which makes him harder to remove
but the deck certainly lacks justicar i would replace the dragonkin sorcerer with her in my opinion it is the only dragon that makes absolutely zero sense in this deck
This is an overall weird deck but i did enjoy crushing a mage
I really like the idea of this deck, i had to make quite some changes due to beeing a new player and not having many of the legendary and rare cards needed. Im quite satisfied with my result and i can say Reno Dragon Warrior is alot of fun to play!
Cards i didnt have: Alexstrasza's Champion, Armorsmith, Shieldmaiden, Brawl, Big Game Hunter,Twilight Guardian, Chillmaw, Dr. Boom, Ysera, Grommash Hellscream, also i removed 1x Fiery War Axe
Here is a full list of the deck I am currently trying.
I realise this no meta-crushing 90%-win deck, but once you make it through the first couple of turns, where Finley, War Axe, Acolyte and Blackwing Technican do a good job youre in for a treat! It can be quitte satisfying using Rend Blackhand on theyr Dr. Boom or Alex.. but even if you dont get every possible Dragon-Combo there are so many fun combos and power-plays in this deck which makes for (admittedly long) diverse games and thats what i like about a Reno deck, having only 1 card each makes for very different games and tactical variations! I like not having my one or two win-conditions or else be screwed (aggro/face). Curve and Tempo are not that important, its about control and knowing when to pull out your threats.
Btw: Finley saved my ass a couple of times, having Reno and not playing any of the Armor-buff or -damage cards its really cool to have the extra card-draw / Ping or Steady Shot he can provide!
Defnitly a +1 from me cuz it gave me the core of my deck which im really happy with!
I Hate to break the news to you, but it's probably a good idea to wait a while before using control Warrior if you don't have all those cards you just named... Cards like Armorsmith, Big Game Hunter and Brawl are pretty essential.
There are many decks that can get you to the top of the ladder while using mainly cheap cards. (e.g. face Shaman or tempo Mage)
Thanks for the input, i realise that there is alot stronger decks out there and I am certainly not going to hit the top with this. I made it cuz i was tired of Aggro-decks and wanted something a bit "out of the box" but still playable, which this definitly is. Cant wait to get those missing cards and improve the deck!
Plus im only playing for a couple of weeks now, theres planty of time to try and climb higher in ranked ;)
I hate to break it to you but hearthstone can be a fun game if you look past the endless race to "legend" and just use the cards you have to make decks with a strategic plan in mind.
Dude, seriously... Control Warrior is a deck with one single purpose: Climbing the ladder. And it does that excellently, but there's hardly any fun in stalling, removing minions and building up armor till turn 15 in every single game.
So if you want to have fun and just mess around, you just play anything except control Warrior (Like Mill decks or high RNG decks?)
And if you want to reach legend you play control Warrior, but only if you have all the cards needed.
For real? Dragonkin Sorcerer...? There are 4 cards in this deck that can target your own minions. 1 will just kill it, 1 most likely will, 1 deals 3 damage to it and even Slam has better uses than giving your Dragonkin Sorcerer 1 extra attack...
Oh and a Reno Warrior deck without [card]Justicar Trueheart[/card]? This shit even serious? And even 1 double card in a Reno deck is often too much in my experience, and 2 doubles definitely are. Getting punched by a Hunter and you need your Reno on turn 6? Tough shit, better keep looking for that second Twillight Guardian.
And this was the season 1 World Champion? #Esports