[Rank 5] F2P Extreme Budget Zoo Warlock
- Last updated Nov 7, 2017 (Marin's Treasure)
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Wild
- 28 Minions
- 2 Spells
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Zoolock
- Crafting Cost: 1640
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 10/6/2017 (Evergreen Nerfs)
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Please post any questions and suggestions in the comments. Don't forget to upvote if you like it! Enjoy the deck : )
I posted this deck because Zoo is growing in popularity and are seeing play at even higher levels of play.
Many of the cards in this deck are replaceable, don't worry if you are new to the game and do not have all the cards.
Possible improvements to the deck(if you happen to have these,PLEASE make sure you include them, they SIGNIFICANTLY improve the deck): Patches the Pirate, Prince Keleseth, Bloodreaver Gul'dan, 2x Southsea Captain
30+ upvotes for short guide
50+ upvotes for extensive guide
Update: 25/10/2017:
Thank you guys for the huge support!!! We have made it to the hearthpwn warlock frontpage!
Changes made to the deck:
- 2x Bloodsail Corsair ( if you have patches and the Southsea Captain, do NOT remove them, this deck is for F2P players!),
+2x Golakka Crawler, +2x Defender of Argus
Reasons for these changes: the bloodsail corsairs have been taken out because if you do not have the entire pirate package, i.e. patches, Southsea Captains etc. , it does not have much synergies with the deck, weapon decks are not very popular right now so they are quite useless. Golakka Crawler can counter the pirates (especially Southsea Captain in rogue deck), even if you are not playing against a pirate deck, it is still a solid 2 mana 2/3 that could be played straight away.
Saronite Chain Gang has been taken out as it doesnt synergise much with the deck, Defender of Argus could potentially give you value trades and offer you life saving taunts that could help you against other aggro decks.
Update: 16/10/2017:
Hi guys, first of all, I would like to thank everyone for the upvotes and support to this deck, I hugely appreciate it. THANK YOU VERY MUCH!
As promised, here's the short guide that I promised at 30 upvotes.
Matchup tips and tricks:
Druid: Even matchup - Currently in the meta, there are two main types of druids: jade and aggro-token druid. For jade druid you want to dominate the board early and constantly pressure your opponent, you can mulligan for 1 drops and dump your hand straight away. For token druid you want to value trade into their minions and keep yours alive, make sure they do not buff a lot of minions, to end the game you can overwhelm them with your minion or trade your small minions into their Bittertide Hydra(which I enjoy a lot).
Hunter: Favoured- Keep on the early board pressure, make sure you kill their beasts so that they cant buff them! You will have enough control to gain an advantage and end the game.
Mage: Favoured- There's not a lot of mages in this meta, but most of them, e.g. secret mage can be beaten easily as they do not have much AOE spells. If you are playing against a control mage, make sure you play around Flamestrike(i.e., don't keep too many minions with 4 or less health by turn 6)
Paladin: Favoured- Again, there's not a lot of paladins in this meta, this should be easy as long as you watch out for Consecration which could potentially clear your board. The rest should be easy as they do not have a lot of board-clearing capabilities. Also, watch out for their Spikeridged Steed as this could make you trade in all your minions, make sure you keep your Spellbreaker to counter this.
Priest : Less favoured- The majority of the priests in the meta are those Razakus priests, they can be quite annoying to deal with as they vary in many different ways, to win these matches, you need to make sure you seize early game control and minimising their card draw from theirNorthshire Cleric, this may starve them out of resources. Also, play around Dragonfire Potion and Holy Nova if you can, they can be devastating to your board. Occasionally there will be a few annoying Big priests around, they will be extremely difficult to beat, but you can always pressure them early on and end the game before they pile on the big drops.
Rogue- Less favoured- Tempo rogues (Prince Keleseth rogues) can be a big problem with this deck. To win against them, you must fight for early game control. ALWAYS clear their board to prevent them buffing their minions with Bonemare and Cold Blood etc. If they double Prince Keleseth on turn 1 or 2, it's pretty much an impossible matchup for you. Despite this, other types of rogues such as miracle rogues are very easy to beat.
Shaman: Favoured- Token shaman is the biggest shaman archetype right now, beating them can be quite easy as most of them only run Maelstrom Portal as their only AOE spell, this means you can safely build a big board and pressure them from early on.
Warrior: Favoured- this deck can outpace even pirate warrior since the nerf of Firey War Axe, this makes them an easy matchup. For control warriors, you can try to deal a lot of damage before turn 5 (when they use Brawl) and then depend on topdecks such as Doomguard and Soulfire to finish the game.
I'm slightly curious as to if seeing as the Glacial Shards have no real impact in the deck the and if seeing as how I'm catching up to things and I'm looking forward to the kobolds and catacombs stuff but what could i replace with it as well at the Golakka crawlers could be swapped with if they dont need to be there for the first few ranks seeing as most people dont run pirates from what i have noticed being stuck in the rank range of 19-16.
hello, new players here. is there a replacement for malchezar imp? i dont have the gold (or money) to unlock the 4th wing of kara. thank you kind sir
You could try cheap cards such as Argent Squire, Direwolf Alpha and Knife Juggler as they synergise well with this deck, some zoolock decks even use Blood Imp
Hi, i was testing this deck and i see a that including prince keleseth would be pretty good, do you recommend removing the golakka and including it? Although the deck is more expensive, thanks. (sorry for my english)
Yes, of course, you should include keleseth if you have him, if you have any other legendaries listed in the suggested replacements above, please include them as they will boost the winrate.
Thanks a lot for the feedback
Oh sorry, I did not read that part of the publication, yesterday the season started and I'm already in rank 17 with this deck, thank you very much.
Where do i put Bloodreaver Guldan ?
You can replace a glacial shard as it is not very important for this deck
Can u add video for playstile? I know u already write but if u add video its better i think and good job man good deck for new players. Downvoteds are probly idiot.
Thanks a lot my friend, making a video will require some time since I have never done it before, but I will try my best :)
No need video for me bro i use deck its fucking awesome :D 25 to 14 rank thanks :) And i have medivh but i have dk paladın and warrior dust them for dk guldan?
Budget means trash, don't waste your time. Winning in HS is about the money
I'm sorry to break it to you man but you are not the only player in hearthstone, there are so many free to play players that have achieved a lot in the game, DisguisedToast proved this by reaching legend with a F2P hunter deck, many pay to win players however lack the necessary skills to play the game. Free to play decks can enable free to play players to not suck at the game, maybe not everyone would like to spend their money on the game, so why not share the idea to them. By the way, isn't there a better way to spend your time than posting negative comments on decks that are actually trying to benefit the community?
Lol mate you cannot rate a deck based on the ranked achieved by the player who is playing it. You can not base anything on it because it simply depends on the amount of time people have in a season to grind and other factors.
@Racimir
Do you care to explain why since you are clearly so good at the game?
Why bloodsail corsair without patches, it makes 0 sense, you do not care bout weapons in this meta, unless you find yourself getting fucked by that 1 potential dmg that the rogue sometimes uses, which you do not. Why chain gang without keleseth, defender of argus is just simple better. Why glacial shard, it is just an odd card to see, there is some upside to it, but just not enough.
Thanks a lot for the feedback, first of all, this is an F2P deck (meaning FREE TO PLAY) aimed at new players, the lack of cards such as patches and keleseth you mentioned are expensive cards that many new players may not have, but I have included them in the possible replacements section of the guide if you actually read it.
Although I do like your idea of removing the corsairs as they do not play a big role in the current meta. As for glacial shard, it could be really good for swinging the early board as it could block a value trade from your opponent and buy you time.
I got that it was a deck aimed for new players, but that does mean that most of the players do not use keleseth or patches in this list making some of the cards that synergise with it significantly worse.
This is a great deck. Though i'm having problems with people who are faster with board control or not drawing the right cards.
Thanks a lot man, it is quite hard sometimes against rogues that could dominate the board early, but you should always try and mulligan for one mana cards and try to make value trades to keep your minions alive.