I have played more games with handlock than with the rest of all my decks combined.I fucking love the deck,the regular version and the demon version too.However handlock is bad in the current meta,i mean really bad.The two most popular decks are secret paladin and combo druid and completely destroy hadlock unless they draw awfully or don't respect you and leave you at 10 or lower hp.
But what about the deck that counters those two decks?=Face shaman which counters you as well.Generally handlock is countered hard in this meta,that's why me and the most of die hard handlock fans jumped to the reno bandwagon.Because while it's not handlock, it gives some handlock feels without autolosing 30% of your games.
The last time i reached legend with handlock was November and it was so fucking intense and demanding that i said ''fuck dis!I'M GONA BE RICH''
P.S I think they will nerf the giants to the ground,since they want the meta to move from face and aggroish tempo to midrange and control.And truth be told,handlock destroys most of the midranged and control decks.I really hope that they just twick the giants but from what we've seen so far Blizzard either does nothing or completely kills the card :(
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The Twin Emperors are the Boom replacement. C'thun decks will be everywhere, and every decent C'thun deck must have them.
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This is the ultimate anti-aggro tool, im predicting this will be the new Belcher in popularity, though its epic rarity may keep it away from seeing more play, but will surely be good.
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Alexstrasza should put the health on 20, Ice lance should cost 2 mana and Frost Nova should cost 5 mana, i fucking hate Freeze Mage and i want the deck nerfed to the ground, to dissapear. Its frustrating, uninteractive and unfun, just delete it from the game.
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Not deserved nerf, Handlock has not even been tier 1 for so long, and the archetype completely depends on these giants. They killed it, if you are down to 5 health any shitty spell can kill you, its too risky. Should have been 22 mana at most.
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The nerf is not enough, should have been 6 mana. Paying 5 mana for this, getting a 4/2 body while eliminating a fattie from the opponent, and still you have spare mana to spend, is too much. Cards like C'thun, Yogg-Saron, Deathwing and many more will be still evaluated according to this card, which is imo what had to be avoided, and yet it will still be the same. A card with 7+ attack will keep seeing little to no play because of this BGH.
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Preorder is the best deal, 1 dollar per pack is the cheapest you can get, plus you also get the best cardback in the game, and by a large margin. Imo it is totally worth it.