Hearthpwn

Post-KotFT Release Update: Having tried this deck in practice mode, it is too slow to pull off in its current form and not good for serious ranked play. That being said though, with the right tweaks, it could be a decent to strong deck. Here are my thoughts on certain aspects:

Thought #1: I think Gnomeferatu is going to be a strong card in the right deck. Since you do get to see the card being burned, it gives you an idea what kind of effect it can have on your opponent's strategy. In just one match against the Innkeeper, I was able to play it six times: the two in my deck, bouncing it back to my hand three times (two Youthful Brewmaster, one Ancient Brewmaster), and then I pulled one off of Kabal Courier. After about the third time, all the AI could do was drop one minion and armor up. It just couldn't do anything else. It ultimately lost a charge minion, an execute (which it would have used with the charge minion if it needed to), a fiery waraxe, a taunt minion, a boulderfist ogre, and I don't remember the last card. Definite potential there. Also, Gods help you if a Rogue is able to use its duplication or bounce cards on one that they've managed to snag.

Thought #2: Acolyte of Pain + Tentacle of N'Zoth + Treachery + Corpse Raiser + Defile while extremely slow, is satisfying to watch and on its own results in a minimum of 4 draws. When I was able to do it, it forced 5 draws because one of my minions was at just the right health to trigger the Defile again for a 4th time.

Thought #3: Unwilling Sacrifice is a strong card. Being able to trade an Elven Archer or Kabal Courier for any large minion (in this case Lord of the Arena, Boulderfist Ogre)? I'll take that trade. Even better was being to able to take out two minions by using a slighty larger minion to attack, then Unwilling Sacrifice to kill the other.

Thought #4: If someone is able to figure out a way to consistently give Despicable Dreadlord poisonous, the salt will be thick.

Thought #5: The Lich King is hit or miss and overall not good for Warlocks in general, I think, particularly if all you end up getting is Doom Pact or Army of the Dead.

Final Thoughts: I was actually able to finish off the Innkeeper on normal by milling him into fatigue, but then, that's the Innkeeper on normal. I'm going to play around with the mix and see what I can come up with that works better while still keeping a mill strategy, and update as appropriate.

The core of this deck centers around the new cards Gnomeferatu, Defile and Treachery from the upcoming Frozen Throne expansion to create a deck milling strategy.

You remove cards from your opponents deck with Gnomeferatu.

Kabal Courier is used for the potential to get another Gnomeferatu, Defile or Treachery.

The rest of the deck revolves around using Treachery to give your opponent an Acolyte of Pain, Runic Egg or Polluted Hoarder and then continually triggering them to mill your opponent.

For example, against a gifted Acolyte of Pain, using Defile with a Tentacle of N'Zoth will trigger 3 draws.
First draw: Defile damages Acolyte and Tentacle
Second draw: Tentacle dies and triggers, dealing another damage to Acolyte
Third draw: Because Tentacle died, Defile recasts, causing another damage to Acolyte

As an extra bonus, assuming the Acolyte does not have a health buff (which if it does, even better for the mill), it will die and Defile will then recast again which could clear your opponent's remaining board.

For Runic Egg/Polluted Hoarder, Tentacle + Defile to kill it with damage, or use Moat Lurker to kill it, then kill the Moat Lurker to bring it back and kill it again.

Use Corpse Raiser on either the Acolytes or Eggs/Hoarder before giving them over using Treachery if possible to make it easier for them to come back and get hit again.

Youthful Brewmaster/Ancient Brewmaster can be used to bounce Gnomeferatu, Kabal Courier, Elven Archer, Corpse Raiser, etc. Gnomeferatu is the preferred target though.

Elven Archer for pinging gifted Acolytes and as a Defile target.

Drain Soul is for healing and killing Eggs/Hoarder mainly, but is a generally useful card overall. Especially since lifesteal is buffed by spell damage.

Siphon Soul as a hard removal card and life gain. It's particularly useful on a gifted Egg/Hoarder or a Moat Lurker that's already been used on a gifted Egg/Hoarder.

Unwilling Sacrifice can be for making excellent trades, particularly if you target something like an Elven Archer and all your opponent has is one big minion (maybe even one that is otherwise spell/hero power proof). Runic Egg would be another good target since it has no attack value otherwise and if you're desperate for a draw, perhaps because Life Tap isn't a good idea due to low health or you've already used it for the turn. Lots of potential for this card I think.

Lastly, I've included the The Lich King because he looks to be so versatile, he's a late game drop with beefy stats, blocking and card generation. He is not an absolute essential, and it could turn out that he doesn't really fit into this deck. Or he could be the finishing card because you've milled all or most of your opponents removal and they've used the rest. I am definitely going to try him out though.

Overall, the ideal target for Treachery is the Acolyte then casting Defile with Tentacles on board, but as I've explained, there are other options. Just make sure they have room on their board though, as the potential exists that the game will let you cast the spell, and if their is no room, will simply kill your Acolyte. If I get a chance to pull this off combo off, I will verify and update.

I welcome suggestions, but please keep in mind that this is a mill strategy.

Good luck everyone, and have fun.