Hearthpwn

So the only card draw cars in you're deck cost 6 & 7... how does this deck work without some cheap card draw?

Long message. Sorry about. It isn't only meant for you, but also for other people that might ask similar questions in the future so don't feel obliged to respond to it ;)

Having maybe 1 more card-draw could benefit this deck as i sometimes find myself in a situation that i don't draw those 2 cards. But those itself are already very good. Regarding the early game you're probably not even able to play 1 card a turn so there isn't the issue. The problem arises in the late game where the chance of having drawn those two is still pretty high but not 100%.

I tried Slam, as this deck would definitely not benefit from Shield Block, Battle Rage, or Commanding Shout over other cards. Slam is okay, but not great. You often combine that card with another card without being able to actually increase your hand size. So for that reason i rather switched it for a card that could make an efficient trade without the necessity of combining it with another one. I also tried Azure Drake. But without being able to make use of his spell damage the stats aren't that good and the deck is already pretty high on 5 drops. I feel he also wouldn't be a key card but more a deck filler. Loot Hoarder would probably perform decent. Any way my reasons for not choosing those cards aren't entirely because of their quality, but also because of the limited card slots as i also needed a lot of slots to support the whole dragon/taunt/n'zoth theme. I went over a lot of cards and just found that different cards would give more value.

Further Netherspite Historian and Stonehill Defender do a great job to search for specific answers that often can trade for 2 and which compensates for card draw. Also Nefarian can fill the hand, even though he's not that good in itself he serves his spot very well in this deck because of his body, synergy and the hand fill mechanic.

In general i don't agree that a control deck needs cheap card draw to maintain a stable hand size. You just need ways to compensate for it if you don't have it.

Thank you for the detailed explanation :)
currently working on a somewhat similar list, so your notes will come in handy! ~

This deck is incredible, unfortunately I don't have so much dust.

Yes.. it's indeed expensive.. I almost feel like a dirty pay2win player :P anyway when you have at least some of the key cards i could help you create a similar deck.

Really glad you went through all this time and effort to make this unique exciting deck! I look forward to making the list and trying it out. :D

Thank you :) That's really nice of you to say. I hope you have fun with it!

After several matches, here is my current feedback.

Having Reno in the deck has certainly helped me out against Aggro as expected (while also allowing for more mileage to be squeezed from Fool's Bane and Gorehowl against slower matchups), but currently, my four worst (and semi-common) matchups are...

Quest Rogue (really wish I could find room for a second Brawl, but that would ruin the Highlander nature of the deck),

Mill Rogue (couldn't empty my hand fast enough to mitigate the incoming Coldlight Oracles),

Token Druid (they're rather annoyingly resilient once they manage to land a Soul of the Forest onto their early minions),

and Deathrattle Priest (can't hope to survive against any Nzoth-centered deck with only one Brawl, even if we happen to running a Nzoth of our own).

Is my feedback consistent with your own experiences so far?

Yes your experience is almost similar to mine, but not quite. I'll try my best to advise you but keep in mind that the deck isn't really meant for ranking up but just for having a good time :)

• Actually i haven't really met that many quest rogues while playing this deck. But i think this deck loses by nature because it's just very slow. I heard that other taunt warriors can do it but that's because they focus on making the quest their only win-condition while this deck doesn't. They also use Dirty Rat as a counter to get their Brewmaster and Gadgetzan Ferryman so they can't finish their quest, but to be honest in other match-ups i'm a bit scared to use him. I did try him for a few matches but just never was in a situation where i could play him and simultaneously remove the potential threat.
• Mill Rogue.. Actually i don't see this as a valid match-up :) Mill rogue loses to everything with tempo and wins against anything slow. So it's more a gimmick deck for most people than that it is a competitive one. I maybe encounter 1 out of 60 matches when playing ranked. I don't know if you play ranked but if you do, maybe my view is bit distorted compared to yours because i play the deck at rank 5 where the meta is different compared to rank 10 and above (sorry if i assumed your rank :P). I also didn't use the deck to get to that rank so i'm not completely aware of the hardships that arise up there. I use this one if you're interested.
• Token druid is indeed annoying but it often reallly comes down to your mulligan. I think you already know that the first few turns are everything in this match-up. I've managed to beat them but you really need all the aggro tools in the deck to do it and that requires a bit of luck, sad to say :/
• Deathrattle priest is the only one i can consistently win from, i actually win from almost all priest decks as long as they don't use Entomb on Sylvanas. I get that N'Zoth is a hard and sticky problem but most of the time i'm already ahead on the board so my side can pretty much deal with their side without brawl.Chillmaw, Primordial Drake, King Mosh and Sleep with the Fishes can usually deal with the aftermath and completely clear the board. Maybe try to hold on combos like Whirlwind+King Mosh/Sleep with the Fishes or Primordial Drake+Sleep with the Fishes.

And about the Highlander nature of this deck, well it's also more of an excuse the be able to use a lot of cool cards together :P My initial idea of this deck was of course without Reno. Can we have moment of silence when for the time before Reno when control didn't need such a tool? Haha. Anyway i noticed that over dedicating on taunts and pairs didn't really work so i was already only running 1 of some of them. I also noticed Twilight Guardian didn't count towards the quest while i also initially was running 2 of them. Still without that card the dragon theme is a lot weaker but running 2 is just a missed opportunity to finish the quest. I assume you can guess what i'm trying to say. My point is, if you think the highlander build is only negative, try to build one that doesn't use Reno and let me know what your experience is with that one :)