Warlock "Titan" Deck

 

 

 

HOW TO PLAY THE DECK
The way I play this deck is to defend for as long as possible, this enables you to get to the late game and use Jarraxxus as the finisher. This is sometimes a risky strategy, as it means you getting down to very low health. If you are playing against an aggro deck or a deck with sudden burst damage, you will need to be more careful. You will also want to be wary of using your hero ability when playing Hunters or Mages, otherwise you may find yourself with a sudden Fireball or Unleash the Hounds chipping away at the last of your health. This deck can also be chopped and changed around, for example Molten Giant fits quite well into this deck, as would the Mountain Giant. On the other hand, if you are looking for a more budget option then Argent Commander is a must have.

REMOVAL

There is a lot of removal packed into the deck, will Hellfire, Drain Life, Shadow Bolt and Mortal Coil. These are further enhanced with the implementation of the Azure Drakes. Shadow Bolt and Mortal coil are great for taking out the pesky Chillwind Yeti and other creatures with 5 health. Siphon Soul is used for taking out the big creatures and anything which has been buffed to hell, or annoying legendarys such as Ysera. Do not waste Siphon Soul on a smaller creature unless absolutely necessary.

BACKBONE OF THE DECK

The main basis of the deck is the Ancient Watchers, which when combined with Defender of Argus or Sunfury Protector, can be used as powerful defence. And if you silence them with Spellbreaker, they can become a powerful attacking unit. These are also useful late game, as they only cost 2 mana and can greatly slow down your opponent. The downside is, if you don’t draw Defender of Argus/ Sunfury Protector or Spellbreaker, then you have the difficult choice of either dropping an Ancient Watcher to use later, or using the Warlock hero ability.

EARLY GAME

Most of the early game with this deck is using Sunfury Protector, Earthen Ring Farseer and Hellfire, along with the other removal cards. This should allow you to maintain control of the board and using the Hero ability when needed. Earthen Ring Farseer is surprisingly good early game and it’s healing ability can be used on either your hero or your minions. Even if he isn’t needed for healing, it’s still a great 3 drop. A lot of the time in this deck you may have a buffer card that you are forced to play by itself (for example, Spellbreaker with nothing to silence), but this isn’t necessarily a bad thing and having a creature is better than no creature.

LATE GAME

When moving into the late game, the aim is to set yourself up to use Jarraxus. Ideally you want to have some form of taunt or at least a creature. This will prevent things like Leeroy Jenkins ruining your day. You should also be careful when playing against mages, Pyroblast followed by a Fireball can take out Jarraxus in 2 very painful turns. You can try to wait them out, but generally if the mage has only a few cards in hand it’s safe to transform.

WEAKNESSES

Probably the main weakness of this deck is aggro, especially if you are unlucky enough not to draw hellfire. I find that the Dread Infernal works well against aggro, but with this being a 6 mana drop creature, you will probably have lost a lot of health by then already. Your best chance is to draw until you get Hellfire then when you get to about 15 health, think about using Jarraxus. You may also be forced to throw a big creature under the bus to try and slow them down. Don’t be afraid to Shadow Bolt a creature with less than 4 health if they are buffing creatures, for example Warsong Commander has 3 health – but you want to get rid of that as soon as possible.

 

 

STRENGTHS

This deck has an unbelievable amount of defence, and is extremely difficult for someone to break through. The Ancient Watchers combined with Spellbreaker/Defender of Argus are a sudden major problem for your opponent to deal with. The amount of removal also allows you to maintain board control, while buying yourself more time to draw the cards you need.

 

 

 I have had a lot of fun playing this deck, and with the exception of Jarraxus it’s not that difficult to build as most of the rare cards such as Ysera can be replaced with other cards and still be a viable deck.