![]() Having abandoned excessive Life Tapping, your excellent board clear cards become the stars of your deck. Keep only if you have at least one Twilight Drake or Mountain Giant already.Ĭontrol Warlock decks aim to play large, hard to answer minions on turn 4 by repeatedly using Life Tap, and to keep control of the board until the late game, when it can play Bloodreaver Gul'dan to close the game out.Īgainst aggressive decks, Control Warlock throws out its strategy of Life Tapping into big minions and focuses exclusively on survival. Voidwalker or Mistress of Mixtures – If you have The Coin, you can play a 1 cost minion on turn 1 or 3 and still be able to Life Tap every turn before playing one of your big turn 4 minions.Keep only if you already have at least one Twilight Drake or Mountain Giant. Defile – If you can set up the math right, Defile clears boards at all stages of the game, so it’s good to have in your hand as early as possible.Keep against Priest or if you already have higher priority cards. Hellfire – While generally efficient at clearing early boards, Hellfire is especially great at slowing Priest decks down, as most of their early minions have 3 health.This is a very difficult minion for most control decks to answer this early. Mountain Giant – Much like Twilight Drake, if you can Life Tap on the first few turns this gives you a large minion to play on turn 4.This is a very difficult minion for most control decks to answer on turn 4, especially Priest. Twilight Drake – If you can Life Tap on the first few turns, Twilight Drake‘s health is enormous.Your opening hand needs to have cards that establish hard to remove board presence. Keep with The Coin or if you have higher priority cards already. Twilight Drake – Great at trading with early minions, but is too slow to count on if you don’t already have earlier answers.Earthen Ring Farseer – Gives you an early minion to play and helps heal off early damage.Hellfire – Very efficient at clearing early minions. Keep with The Coin or if you have higher priority cards already.Lower Priority (Keep only if certain conditions are met) Mortal Coil – Allows you to simultaneously finish off a minion and dig deeper into your deck also helps set up numbers for defile.Defile – Amazing at clearing early aggressive boards.Voidwalker – Great to trade with early minions and for absorbing weapon charges.Mistress of Mixtures – Great to trade with early minions and makes using Life Tap on your second turn less punishing.Your opening hand needs to have cards that keep you in the game and remove minions from the enemy board. Control Warlock Mulligan Strategy & Guide VS Fast Decks For now only play this deck for fun and if you have the cards because it would be a rough climb. ![]() The dominance of Druid is currently casting a shadow over the class, and it remains to be seen if a nerf to Druid is coming anytime soon. Unfortunately it seems Warlock is still at the bottom of the barrel in terms of class strength. Update – Frozen Throne Control Warlock September 2017, Season 42 This, combined with its other new tools that complement Warlock’s already impressive board clearing ability, has made the deck relevant again. However, with the Knights of the Frozen Throne expansion, Control Warlock gains Bloodreaver Gul'dan, giving the deck consistent healing and late game pressure. ![]() Lacking the necessary healing cards to compensate for Life Tap, Control Warlock has been largely unseen since it lost Reno Jackson to the 2017 standard rotation. ![]() Check out our deck guide that features mulligans, strategy, and card replacement suggestions! Introduction to Control Warlock (Handlock)Ĭontol Warlock decks have been regularly present in the Hearthstone meta since its release: first in the form of Handlock, which abused the Warlock hero power Life Tap to ramp giant minions, and then as Renolock, which was a Highlander-style toolbox deck. Control Warlock, Handlock, or Demonlock is a popular deck list in the early stages of the Knights of the Frozen Throne expansion.
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