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Hi guys, I have watched a lackey warlock guide on youtube and constructed a deck based on it (sadly I couldn't find the video now). It helped me went up to rank 3 and I would like to share it here, please give me any comments or suggestions if there is anywhere I can improve on my deck or my cards' explanation.

Cheap Lackey Zoolock rank 15 to rank 3! Lackey Warlock Deck by komgcn91 - Nov 14, 2019 View Deck String Export to BBCode Export to Cockatrice Export to MarkDown Export to Html Clone this deck
Minion (23) 1x Leeroy Jenkins 1x Crystallizer 2x Diseased Vulture 1x Magic Carpet 2x Sea Giant 2x Knife Juggler 2x Beaming Sidekick 2x Dire Wolf Alpha 2x EVIL Genius 2x EVIL Recruiter 2x Flame Imp 2x Imp Gang Boss 2x Voidwalker	Ability (7) 2x Grim Rally 2x Sinister Deal 1x Spirit Bomb 2x Soulfire
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This is my first time to reach rank 3 (a guy who wanders normally in the 10~ish rank), screenshots below:

Card by card explanation

Mulligan cards:

Flame Imp :  Mulligan for this, a 3/4 Flame Imp in turn 1 or 2 with Beaming Sidekick is really strong

Beaming Sidekick : Mulligan this if you already have Flame Imp in hand, as mentioned above 3/4 Flame Imp is strong, encourage to place it on turn 1 if you dont have Flame Imp in opening hand, +2 health is also really useful against aoe clearing as such Druid turn 5 quested Starfall (2 dmg aoe), can also be eaten by EVIL Genius

Voidwalker : a second Mulligan option besides Flame Imp, works well against Fish decks

Other cards:

Grim Rally : with Imp Gang Boss being back to the game, this card can make good use of the 1/1 Imp spawned, also recommed to use on lackey, sometimes this is the killpoint card

Sinister Deal : just 1 mana to discover a lackey, strongest lackey card IMO, lackey picking order(with no specific situation needs to handle) : Kobold Lackey > Faceless Lackey > Goblin Lackey > Titanic Lackey > Witchy Lackey > Ethereal Lackey

Soul Fire : this is a rush deck, a 1 mana 4 target-based damage is the best card you need, so many times this card helped me finished my enemy on turn6/7

Spirit Bomb : Synergise well with Diseased Vulture, put down Diseased Vulture, kill a 4hp mob and spawn a 3-cost minion on turn 5 is quite good, can also be used alone depending on situation

Crystallizer : Synergise well with Diseased Vulture, encourage to place it on turn 1 if you dont have Flame Imp in opening hand, a 1/3 onboard with Dire Wolf Alpha or Goblin Lackey is strong against Fish Shaman and Paladin

EVIL Genius : generate 2 lackeys, really good, can be used on any 1-cost used minions such as Beaming Sidekick or lackey to generate more lackeys

Dire Wolf Alpha : a must for zoolock, some people mulligan for it, I normally dont play it naked and saved it for later games, cant really get the hold of how to play this card well, hope someone can give my more advise

Knife Juggler : same as Dire Wolf Alpha, a must for zoolock which I cant play it very well

EVIL Recruiter : main damage source in the deck, on turn 4, play a lackey to kill an opponent's minion and spawn a 3/3 + 5/5 is really strong, not recommended to play naked as a 3/3 unless situation is really bad

Imp Gang Boss : the one card that synergises the most in the deck, itself can be enhanced by lackey or Beaming Sidekick, it's 1/1 Imp can be used by Grim Rally, EVIL Genius, Knife Juggler and Dire Wolf Alpha

Magic Carpet : not so strong in this expansion anymore, but still works well to have aggressive 4/2 Flame Imp, 2/3 Voidwalker or 2/1 Lackeys, and enemy will spend efforts to eliminate this card

Diseased Vulture : Synergise well with warlock's skill, Spirit Bomb and Crystallizer. Basically its a sure win if you have this stable on board(with other minions protecting it), use Beaming Sidekick or  Titanic Lackey further securing it's health will make it to be a real pain in the ass for your opponent

Leeroy  Jenkins : who doesnt like a jenkins?

Sea Giant : you dont call yourself a zoolock if you dont have these, but I personally prefer to play EVIL Recruiter 3/3+5/5 combo or Diseased Vulture + hero take dmg combo over just playing a Sea Giant

Possible replacement:

In my opinion, Leeroy Jenkins(if you dont have it), Magic Carpet and 1 Grim Rally could be replaced by the following cards:

Dark Pharaoh Tekahn : Most of the guides use this card, the description just look not so "rush" to me and I'm just too lazy to craft it

The Soularium : this is a low cost rush deck, so this card should be good to use on turn 6 and afterwards

 or 1 more Spirit Bomb or Crystallizer if you dont have the dust for legendaries.

 

Finally, thank you for your time and hope you enjoy hearthstoning!