Savjz's Rank 1 Legend Kazakus Renolock
- Last updated Dec 6, 2016 (Gadgetzan)
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- 22 Minions
- 8 Spells
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Renolock
- Crafting Cost: 12800
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 12/5/2016 (Gadgetzan)
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This is Savjz' Renolock deck that he played on stream today at Rank 1 Legend.
Not sure if I'll ever have a better stream than today. Queuing up at rank 1 legend all day, long winstreaks, 40k+ viewers. Thanks :D (Source)
Yeah, I switched Lord Jaraxxus for Ragnaros the Firelord, had better results with that. You may win more and still lose some, specially in the long run, but this deck is hella fun, I love it.
Cued up a match, it was rogue who played buccaneer first turn and coined cold blood on patches. I conceded, it was very fun, commend the deck.
You conceded a game that was still completely winnable, therefore the deck must be bad.
Faceless Shambler, Dirty Rat, missing these 2, how can i replace?
Faceless Shambler is anything but a win More card it's a stay alive card. I've been playing lots of DragonLock pre MSG and I can't tell you the amount of time Faceless Shambler has saved or won me the game. I would reccomend to craft it
I have problem against Jade Shamans. Am I just bad or hard match up?
i almost got killed by Brann Bronzebeard, Dirty Rat, Mind Control Tech combo.... it was sick
Ok I am missing the following cards:
Lord Jaraxxus, Dirty Rat, Faceless Shambler, Kazakus and Mountain Giant(yeah idk why i dont have that one)
Those would cost 4400 dust in total - I only have 3005 :/ what would you suggest to swap?
kazakus and mountain are very important, you can replace the rest
Maybe Ragnaros the Firelord instead of Lord Jaraxxus? Or Baron Geddon as a semi-boardclear?
Don't craft Jaraxxus yet.
The deck.
In all seriousness, Renolock is a lot worse without those cards, which all perform pretty unique roles.
Lord Jaraxxus - win condition against opposing control decks if you can't kill them with the 20 damage charge combo, as well as a potential heal in tight situations. Closest replacements are probably Ysera to emulate the continual value generation and Alexstrasza to emulate the heal, but neither can do both, so you'd lose a lot of flexibility.
Dirty Rat - 2/6 taunt against aggressive decks, ruiner of combos, and enabler for sick plays with Mind Control Tech and board clears. You could try another defensive card to replace the taunt part (Mistress of Mixtures, Friendly Bartender), but nothing else can perform the other roles.
Faceless Shambler - I find this card quite flexible. Against aggro, it's an extra taunt that makes you FeelGoodMan when it punishes your opponent for ignoring your big minions and going face. Against control, it's often a second Mountain Giant or Twilight Drake. Closest replacements are probably Defender of Argus against aggro and any big minion against control. Similar to Jaraxxus, you lose a lot of flexibility by replacing this.
Kazakus - See a trend in my descriptions above? A lot of Renolock replacements make the deck much less flexible, so you often tech better against aggro but get worse against control, or vice versa. Kazakus is like the embodiment of that, being the single most flexible card in the game right now. It's a board clear, life gain, burst damage, instant board, etc, and can be tailored to every opponent. I can't think of anything that even comes close to replacing this one. Even if Renolock is dead when Reno Jackson rotates out of standard, I personally believe that people will still play Kazakus because it's that powerful (though maybe only in mage and priest, which have more survivability options than warlock).
Mountain Giant - It's a 4 mana 8/8. You could replace it with some other threat, but there isn't much out there that can match the sheer efficiency of this card.
tl;dr - Renolock is much weaker without those cards, so you'd probably be better off switch to Dragon Priest or something. If you still want to play Renolock, I'd replace Jaraxxus and craft the rest. He costs 9 mana, so the other ones will be seen in a lot more games simply because they're cheaper, and because you don't want to set your maximum life total to 15 in a lot of cases. There are also a lot of other expensive threats (like Ysera) that can kind of accomplish similar value generation, and you already have the combo and Kazakus that can win the same matchups as Jaraxxus would.
Dirty Rat and Faceless Shambler, how can i replace these 2?
Sadly there isn't any good replacement for Imp Gang Boss, it's just a really good 3-drop. You can basically take any other 3-Cost minion, it will just be a lot weaker :/ maybe Kabal Courier?
+1 to Harvest Golem. What Imp Gang Boss excels at is trading down with lots of smaller minions, so Harvest Golem is the closest replacement in a pinch.
Been playing Warrior Pirate, this is so much more fun to play. Actually broke down a golden legendary to make this deck. It is like playing Jace Mindscuplter in Magic back in the day. Having a blast, thanks for the post.
Added Prince Malchezaar
WTF did u do that