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| 1s | hello everyone and welcome back to |
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| 2s | mullet over in this episode we take a |
| 4s | look at curse warlock a deck that |
| 6s | commonly features the new card prince |
| 8s | renathal curse warlock was brought by |
| 10s | roughly 30 of the field at the masters |
| 12s | tour last week achieving a 51 win rate |
| 15s | quite respectable given the popularity |
| 17s | of one of its weaker matchups in fel |
| 19s | demon hunter |
| 23s | the abyssal curse package is core but |
| 25s | with a 40 card list there's tons of room |
| 27s | for different tech options jajo's list |
| 30s | from the top 8 features the warlock |
| 32s | quest line the demon seed to gain an |
| 34s | edge in the mirror curses given by the |
| 36s | opposing warlock would contribute to |
| 38s | your own quest completion and after |
| 40s | playing the reward blightboard tamzin |
| 42s | those curses would damage the opponent |
| 44s | instead |
| 45s | gabby's list also includes dread and |
| 47s | mount to counter boar priest playing |
| 49s | mount on one of their minions and |
| 50s | repeatedly killing off the tokens |
| 52s | dilutes their pool of deathrattle |
| 54s | minions from amulet of the undying he's |
| 56s | cut ruined menthol rod a card which |
| 58s | helps with other slow matchups but tends |
| 60s | to suffer against aggro the best card to |
| 63s | keep almost regardless of matchup is |
| 64s | your hero card dreadlitch tamsen because |
| 67s | it's very much multi-purpose it cycles a |
| 69s | lot in a 40 card deck that sometimes |
| 71s | struggles finding the right removal it |
| 73s | preserves your health when tapping and |
| 75s | it can provide board presence via fel |
| 76s | rifts |
| 78s | however you don't always have to play it |
| 80s | on curve often you plan several turns in |
| 82s | advance to make sure you have the hand |
| 84s | space for it on turn six against fel |
| 86s | demon hunter alex jp plays three minions |
| 89s | expecting a zilag that would then be |
| 91s | cleanly answered by his tamzin the next |
| 93s | turn he sweeps up kwanwu's board with |
| 95s | tamzin plus snuggling for full-blown |
| 97s | evil and even stays healthy enough to |
| 99s | survive a huge lady steno turn it's then |
| 102s | a simple matter to heal back up because |
| 104s | he has so many cards |
| 105s | it's a world of a difference when you |
| 107s | don't hit the tamzin even when you're |
| 109s | off to a decent start like mr lavalava |
| 111s | against hayam jozo on shaman |
| 113s | going second on turn three with no cards |
| 115s | played so far lifetap gets the null he |
| 118s | kept down to one mana for a perfect turn |
| 120s | on turn five he gets a clean coin into |
| 122s | abyssal wave and he's done pretty much |
| 124s | everything you want to do as warlock |
| 126s | play nola's in the early game clear the |
| 128s | board and start stacking curses |
| 130s | but he was eventually out valued even |
| 133s | with multiple life taps because he |
| 134s | couldn't find dreadluce tamsen with low |
| 136s | hand economy cards like entitled |
| 138s | customer and spiced bread baker get a |
| 140s | lot weaker too so i really can't stress |
| 143s | enough how crucial the hero card is to |
| 145s | the deck |
| 146s | in rhodes game versus fury hunter's wig |
| 148s | priest he prioritizes tamzin even if |
| 150s | entitled customer here would have been a |
| 152s | clear that's because he can clear almost |
| 155s | any board from fury next turn with both |
| 157s | entitled customer and smothering |
| 158s | starfish in hand |
| 160s | thanks to the extra card draw rode gets |
| 162s | a clean dine damage customer for full |
| 164s | removal if fury had gone for a huge |
| 166s | radiant plus wig turn to make a minion |
| 168s | over that nine health break point rhode |
| 170s | could have played his starfish instead |
| 172s | the following turn rhode has plenty of |
| 174s | resources to fuel his minion tams in |
| 176s | rome and manages to hold on to the |
| 178s | precious silence effect for another turn |
| 181s | on the turn fury forces him to finally |
| 183s | use the starfish |
| 184s | road immediately copies it with zola to |
| 187s | answer the next wig board |
| 189s | as it happens fury still takes the |
| 190s | victory building one board too many for |
| 192s | road to deal with but i still think his |
| 194s | usage of starfish and removal timing was |
| 196s | noteworthy now gabi takes a different |
| 199s | approach versus fury on the same deck |
| 201s | less removal based and more proactive on |
| 204s | board |
| 205s | it's turn four for gabby and fury has |
| 207s | just played his first minion even though |
| 209s | the rule of thumb against wig priest is |
| 211s | to always remove their board gabby goes |
| 213s | for schoolteacher over demonic assault |
| 215s | because his hand is almost all minions |
| 217s | and he doesn't have a guaranteed clear |
| 219s | for the next threat from schoolteacher |
| 221s | he picks up unstable shadow blast which |
| 223s | is one of the best outcomes against a |
| 225s | big priest on turn 5 he has the mana to |
| 228s | develop the second school teacher which |
| 230s | even at 4 attacks still has significant |
| 232s | trading potential while also clearing |
| 234s | both of fury's minions |
| 236s | turn 6 looks like decent timing for |
| 238s | judlich tamsin if he uses his minions to |
| 241s | trade both of furies down to 3 health or |
| 243s | less but it would put gabby to 10 cards |
| 245s | and potentially overdraw one of those |
| 247s | precious fel rifts so he opts to |
| 249s | overdraw fury hunter instead by adding |
| 251s | two curses to his hand and still |
| 253s | clearing while maintaining the board |
| 254s | advantage |
| 256s | instead tamzin on 7 is very clean and |
| 259s | gives gabby three extra draws towards |
| 261s | his starfish twisting nether or gigafin |
| 264s | all of which are very powerful in the |
| 265s | matchup |
| 267s | the one time gabby left minions on the |
| 269s | other side of the board fury did manage |
| 271s | an impressive amount of damage but he |
| 273s | didn't have enough naga in hand to chain |
| 275s | wigs and push lethal gabi could easily |
| 277s | play twisting nether to clear here but |
| 279s | he taps first and finds gigafin an even |
| 282s | better option to speed up the |
| 283s | counter-lethal |
| 285s | the last game we'll take a look at is |
| 286s | jajo vs kaboom's mine rogue a volatile |
| 289s | matchup where the extra health from |
| 291s | renathal really does make a difference |
| 293s | it allows for the warlock to potentially |
| 295s | out heal the mine rogue which is a game |
| 297s | plan that jojo isn't necessarily |
| 299s | thinking about right from the mulligan |
| 300s | but later identifies |
| 303s | on turn 4 jojo hasn't drawn any curse |
| 305s | cards so he knows he's not likely able |
| 307s | to race the mine rogue he just goes for |
| 310s | a demonic assault face which is decent |
| 312s | to stop potential weapon swings from the |
| 314s | other side |
| 315s | on turn 5 he finds time for rune mithril |
| 318s | rod since he's under no pressure |
| 321s | by turn 8 he's already seen one naval |
| 323s | mine and one snowfall graveyard from |
| 325s | gaboom and he also knows counterfeit |
| 327s | blade could copy acolyte instead of mine |
| 329s | so with the draw of bread baker he risks |
| 332s | holding off on his healing cards to |
| 334s | maintain board presence |
| 336s | by turn 9 gaboom is forced to use some |
| 338s | of his reach to remove board and so jojo |
| 341s | locks out the game with a zola double |
| 343s | bread baker turn for massive healing |
| 345s | it's rare that the warlock can get so |
| 347s | many discounts from rod in the match up |
| 349s | but in this case it's game-winning |
| 351s | and that's all for this episode thanks |
| 353s | for tuning in and see you soon at |
| 355s | grandmaster's last call |