Hi, kiwifocus. Thank you so much for the suggestions and trying the deck. I am also considering to add Sea Giant into the deck but I think 2x is a little bit much. I will try -1 Zoobot or -1 Menagerie Magician, +1 Sea Giant and inform you how it will go. However, I don't agree on cutting Faerie Dragons. There are 6 cards related with taunt and I haven't felt like I need more. We shouldn't lose the deck's purpose, it is not a normal zoo deck.
I also agree on your thoughts about the old zoolock. Current meta has a lot of board clears and old zoolock decks loses its steam easily after a board clear. I am still building the winrate but I can easily say this deck has a higher winrate than old zoolock.
Hi RavenSunHP, I also noticed 2xAzure Drake was too slow. That's why, I replaced one with Gormok the Impaler. As for Menagerie Magician, the effect of it is so strong. You need 2 of them so that you can draw him easily.
Hi Recon, thank you for your interest with the deck. As I said the play style is really similar with the old zoolock. However, the difference is that the focus of the deck is not burst damage, it is to overflood the board with your minions all the time. That's why, there is no spells other than Forbidden Ritual. If you need burst, the effect of Zoobotand Menagerie Magician works like a mini Power Overwhelming and most of the time it is enough. Dark Peddler was also kind enough to give me what I need. Still, I am considering to add Gormok the Impaler by cutting one Azure Drake. The effect of Defender of Argus is strong but why did I put only one? Because, you have 4 other cards that gives the same effect with more efficiency. It is in the deck to protect your dragons, murlocs or beasts before buffing them by taunting your other minions.
I am still testing the winrate and will update it when I got enough data. I am also considering to record some of the matchups. If you or anyone else tries the deck and shares their experiences, I would be happy.
Hi Ecxema, thank you so much for spending your time to make this deck better. This is an interesting suggestion as I never tried or thought about adding these cards into the deck. I don't know how well it went for you with the replacements but for me it didn't go well. The reasons are: there were only few battlecry cards for Crowd Favorite and Avenging Wrath usually didn't clean the board because of bad RNG and it is just too costy.
Yeah, overall the deck has been really good against shamans for me too which is really nice since I saw a lot of shamans in the ladder. They basically conceded after the first or second board clear.
From what I can tell, I am also doing really well against paladins too but terrible against hunters. Rest of the classes I would give around 50% chance of winning.
Try healing the turn after clearing the board or you can use the first Anyfin Can Happen to get rid of your opponent's 2 minions which in most cases that's enough. I tried cards like Psych-o-Tron as taunts but they didn't make much difference since everything you play is for either delaying the game or building your combo. I found taunts weak to control class. Healing seems to me a more strong answer to any class, that's why I didn't use any taunts.
I managed to climb rank 5 with the deck from rank 15 but it takes some time. I would say the win rate is generally around 50-60% assuming that you played correctly. Also, I was lucky enough to see only few pirate warriors, freeze mages and midrange hunters.
Sure, there are better decks with higher win rates. But if your goal is rank 5 and you are a patient person, I would say go for this deck. I play this deck mostly for the fun and being original.
With the arrangements, I easily won against zoolock, tempo mage, druid, shaman and warrior. Priest, freeze mage and any malygos deck are still a great problem though.
Also, I made a Anyfin Can Happen combo version of the deck and I am crushing priests with it. If you are interested, I uploaded the deck. Any support will be appreciated greatly!
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Hi, kiwifocus. Thank you so much for the suggestions and trying the deck. I am also considering to add Sea Giant into the deck but I think 2x is a little bit much. I will try -1 Zoobot or -1 Menagerie Magician, +1 Sea Giant and inform you how it will go. However, I don't agree on cutting Faerie Dragons. There are 6 cards related with taunt and I haven't felt like I need more. We shouldn't lose the deck's purpose, it is not a normal zoo deck.
I also agree on your thoughts about the old zoolock. Current meta has a lot of board clears and old zoolock decks loses its steam easily after a board clear. I am still building the winrate but I can easily say this deck has a higher winrate than old zoolock.
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Hi RavenSunHP, I also noticed 2xAzure Drake was too slow. That's why, I replaced one with Gormok the Impaler. As for Menagerie Magician, the effect of it is so strong. You need 2 of them so that you can draw him easily.
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I am making some recording right now. I think it will be ready today.
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Hi Recon, thank you for your interest with the deck. As I said the play style is really similar with the old zoolock. However, the difference is that the focus of the deck is not burst damage, it is to overflood the board with your minions all the time. That's why, there is no spells other than Forbidden Ritual. If you need burst, the effect of Zoobotand Menagerie Magician works like a mini Power Overwhelming and most of the time it is enough. Dark Peddler was also kind enough to give me what I need. Still, I am considering to add Gormok the Impaler by cutting one Azure Drake. The effect of Defender of Argus is strong but why did I put only one? Because, you have 4 other cards that gives the same effect with more efficiency. It is in the deck to protect your dragons, murlocs or beasts before buffing them by taunting your other minions.
I am still testing the winrate and will update it when I got enough data. I am also considering to record some of the matchups. If you or anyone else tries the deck and shares their experiences, I would be happy.
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Hi Ecxema, thank you so much for spending your time to make this deck better. This is an interesting suggestion as I never tried or thought about adding these cards into the deck. I don't know how well it went for you with the replacements but for me it didn't go well. The reasons are: there were only few battlecry cards for Crowd Favorite and Avenging Wrath usually didn't clean the board because of bad RNG and it is just too costy.
Still, I followed your suggestion (about low damage) and replaced both Acolyte of Pains with Azure Drake. 4/4 body, card draw and synergy with Consecration is just great. If you are not interested in more card draw than more damage, you can also try replacing Acolyte of Pains with legendaries like Tirion Fordring, Soggoth the Slitherer, Ragnaros the Firelord or maybe Baron Geddon.
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If you really want to put him in your deck, I would suggest you to replace Acolyte of Pain with Ragnaros the Firelord. However, I don't see how he fits this deck. I would go for Tirion Fordring instead.
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Yeah, overall the deck has been really good against shamans for me too which is really nice since I saw a lot of shamans in the ladder. They basically conceded after the first or second board clear.
From what I can tell, I am also doing really well against paladins too but terrible against hunters. Rest of the classes I would give around 50% chance of winning.
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Try healing the turn after clearing the board or you can use the first Anyfin Can Happen to get rid of your opponent's 2 minions which in most cases that's enough. I tried cards like Psych-o-Tron as taunts but they didn't make much difference since everything you play is for either delaying the game or building your combo. I found taunts weak to control class. Healing seems to me a more strong answer to any class, that's why I didn't use any taunts.
I managed to climb rank 5 with the deck from rank 15 but it takes some time. I would say the win rate is generally around 50-60% assuming that you played correctly. Also, I was lucky enough to see only few pirate warriors, freeze mages and midrange hunters.
Sure, there are better decks with higher win rates. But if your goal is rank 5 and you are a patient person, I would say go for this deck. I play this deck mostly for the fun and being original.
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Glad to see it's working! I will add a guide against shamans soon.
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Great deck! But I did some arrangements and climbing the ladder with it.
-2 [cardKeeper of Uldaman[/card], -1 Sen'jin Shieldmasta, -1 Psyc-o-Tron
+1 Humility, +1 Stampeding Kodo, +1 Enter the Coliseum to have more board clear.
+1 Elise Starseeker as it is nearly impossible to win against priests with Entombs without it.
You can also play Eadric the Pure if you don't have Enter the Coliseum.
With the arrangements, I easily won against zoolock, tempo mage, druid, shaman and warrior. Priest, freeze mage and any malygos deck are still a great problem though.
Also, I made a Anyfin Can Happen combo version of the deck and I am crushing priests with it. If you are interested, I uploaded the deck. Any support will be appreciated greatly!
Here is the deck: http://www.hearthpwn.com/decks/556684-anyfin-can-happen-paladin-is-back