New Warlock Spell - Deck of Chaos

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A new Legendary Warlock Spell, Deck of Chaos, has been revealed!

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  • Arthas's Avatar
    Robot Black Lotus 1265 5754 Posts Joined 03/10/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    A new Legendary Warlock Spell, Deck of Chaos, has been revealed!

    Deck of Chaos Card Image

    Discuss this card below or head on over to the card page to give it a rating!


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  • UVE's Avatar
    1180 832 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    Ou yeah, 3 mana Lord Jaraxxus incoming.

    It fits with tons of minions.

    Void DrinkerEnhanced Dreadlord, Batterhead, Zzeraku the Warped , Ysera...

    And any egg will be OP, 0 mana 5/3 Chromatic Egg...

    If warlock can survive playing a card that "do nothing" at turn 6, that card will be OP.

    By The Holy Light!

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  • dapperdog's Avatar
    Dragon Scholar 1890 5610 Posts Joined 07/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    Its basically Luna's Pocket Galaxy in warlock and back in standard. Unlike that card though, this one don't just straight up win you the game, and you've have to have a really mean way to getting back tempo, since warlock can't stall with freezes and the cards are cheap, but not broken cheap.

    Definitely a built around card for any midrange warlock and above, but with warlock still having trouble getting cheap taunts out on the cheap in standard, I wouldn't hold my breath that this one becomes tier 1 anytime soon, especially since we're definitely sure dhunters would likely be on top.

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  • duppie's Avatar
    HearthStationeer 320 240 Posts Joined 04/02/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    big ol meme card.

     

    it's like Lady in White but worse with no body.  just a first impression, i'll think about it more but it seems like a meme.

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  • FrostyFeet's Avatar
    Senior Writer Derpcorn 2170 1449 Posts Joined 10/20/2018
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    Very hard to evaluate. Most likely will end up being a combo tool if anything, building an entire deck around a card that you might not draw seems quite risky otherwise.

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  • GoldStandard's Avatar
    145 3 Posts Joined 11/22/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    During the reveal, I thought it was an easy 400 dust... But there are a lot of card that can be nuts with it... If you can get lucky enough to draw it reasonably fast, and have the luxury of playing without dying, then it could be good

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  • Caro's Avatar
    Draconic Rager 2225 2544 Posts Joined 03/12/2020
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    This card would probably see play with Malygos or some control deck. It's definitely a unique and interesting effect, but it's the type of card that's either meta defining or never sees play. 

    Edit: This card has a positive effect on all the old gods, with the exception of Y'Shaarj, the Defiler. And the more high cost, low attack minions that get released, this card needs to be re-evaluated. I have a feeling it'll see plenty of play in the first month of each new expansion, unless it becomes a stable in an OTK deck.

    Edit 2: We'd get our 4 mana 7/7 again with Kael'thas Sunstrider! :O definitely going into an OTK deck.

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  • Pezman's Avatar
    Staff Writer 2235 2285 Posts Joined 06/03/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    What? ... Wait, what? Um, this is broken! Or, this is completely dumb! I agree with Frosty, this is hard to evaluate!

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  • DoubleSummon's Avatar
    Ancestral Recall 1585 2271 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    Luna's Pocket Galaxy 2: Electric Boogaloo. 

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  • PopeNeia's Avatar
    Darkmaster 640 841 Posts Joined 07/06/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    I mean, Warlock definitely has a lot of tools to find this card in their deck via Plot Twist and Hero Power, but there needs to be a strong enough pay-off to doing so. In standard, I doubt there are enough big cards to justify how inconsistent this would be. And in wild, there are already so many mana cheating effects that dwarf this card. Seems like a "crushes control but dies to aggro. Horribly." kind of card.

    This ain't no place for a hero

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  • economicaooc's Avatar
    460 464 Posts Joined 03/04/2020
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    I think that in most cases this is a significantly worse Luna's Pocket Galaxy, but maybe warlock's better access to draw makes the effect more useful there? I've never really felt that cubelock/renolock needed their minions discounted, they tend to have voidcaller to get their demons into play and even Skull of the Man'ari is only run in some decks.

    This post is discussing the wild format.

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  • Trimutius's Avatar
    1580 2533 Posts Joined 03/16/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    Interesting buildaround... need to find which high cost low attack minions are there in warlock. The only problem I see is that if you bottomdeck this, then your deck might fall apart...

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  • FortyDust's Avatar
    Pumpkin 1205 1912 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    I can see this MAYBE working in a deck that's heavy on spells and draw, but realistically I'm not sure that kind of Warlock deck can survive long enough to see the payoff.

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  • GoliathTheDwarf's Avatar
    980 667 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    Ah, another legendary spell mixed in with the minions. I love that we're at this point where one or two classes can get something cool like this without it having to be applied to ALL classes every time. 

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  • DescentOfDragonsOp's Avatar
    530 353 Posts Joined 12/02/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    The card seems really good however idk how much it will be played i guess it just depends on the top tier warlock decks once this expansion drops

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  • KANSAS's Avatar
    Old God Fanatic 1745 2912 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    I really don't know what to think of this card. It seems really slow, but at the same time Mages were able to play Luna's Pocket Galaxy which was 5 mana do nothing, so I don't see why control warlocks won't be able to get away with a 6 mana do nothing. As UVE mentioned above, there are plenty of minions that would get a solid mana discount with this spell. In your average wild cubelock deck, just about every single creature would get a buff from this spell, I think this card will at least see play there if nowhere else.

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  • Demonxz95's Avatar
    Senior Writer 2255 2708 Posts Joined 03/19/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    This is a very weird card. There are lots of kooky things you can do with this card like 4 mana Malygos (although Warlock doesn't have that many ways of actually utilizing Malygos's discounted cost in that case), 1 mana 8/1 [Hearthstone Card (Hir'eek the Bat) Not Found], Ysera, or Zzeraku the Warped. In general, it does compare unfavorably to Luna's Pocket Galaxy even if it does cost 1 less.

    It will definitely be played somewhere, but I feel like it most likely won't be too competitive. At the very least, it makes for god meme combos.

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  • DarkFrostX's Avatar
    Old God Fanatic 830 1229 Posts Joined 07/26/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    WHAT, I love it but it is so weird. I like that for some reason there is a lot of currently good cards even in standard for this.
    Keli'dan the Breaker, Archwitch Willow, Enhanced Dreadlord, Valdris Felgorge, Fel Lord Betrug, Lord Jaraxxus, Zzeraku the Warped, Aranasi Broodmother, Abyssal Summoner and others...

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  • DoubleSummon's Avatar
    Ancestral Recall 1585 2271 Posts Joined 03/25/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago
    Quote From Demonxz95

    This is a very weird card. There are lots of kooky things you can do with this card like 4 mana Malygos (although Warlock doesn't have that many ways of actually utilizing Malygos's discounted cost in that case), 1 mana 8/1 [Hearthstone Card (Hir'eek the Bat) Not Found], Ysera, or Zzeraku the Warped. In general, it does compare unfavorably to Luna's Pocket Galaxy even if it does cost 1 less.

    It will definitely be played somewhere, but I feel like it most likely won't be too competitive. At the very least, it makes for god meme combos.

    Are you sure warlock can't use malygos?

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  • Demonxz95's Avatar
    Senior Writer 2255 2708 Posts Joined 03/19/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago
    Quote From DoubleSummon
    Quote From Demonxz95

    This is a very weird card. There are lots of kooky things you can do with this card like 4 mana Malygos (although Warlock doesn't have that many ways of actually utilizing Malygos's discounted cost in that case), 1 mana 8/1 [Hearthstone Card (Hir'eek the Bat) Not Found], Ysera, or Zzeraku the Warped. In general, it does compare unfavorably to Luna's Pocket Galaxy even if it does cost 1 less.

    It will definitely be played somewhere, but I feel like it most likely won't be too competitive. At the very least, it makes for god meme combos.

    Are you sure warlock can't use malygos?

    https://hsreplay.net/decks/E2NZqhIesQ81bl9WtkfYzc/#gameType=RANKED_STANDARD

    I'm going to be honest, I was not aware of this. My point was mostly that when you think Warlock, you typically don't think "face damage" unless it's your own face. XD

    But apparently it's a thing. Deck of Chaos might serve this role better since you've more likely to hit Malygos in this case.

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  • Hydrafrog's Avatar
    Gul'dan 1840 3268 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    Initially, I was hesitant to like this card.  The more that I think about the abusive things that this can do I am looking forward to seeing how it can be totally utilized.  Even things like Mountain Giant become infinitely more scary at the idea of a 20/8 minion coming out as soon as you have a larger hand

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  • ElSabidon's Avatar
    Salty Dog 1030 685 Posts Joined 06/07/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    As far as Malygos goes (or Maly-goes, if you're into terrible puns), Quest Warlock simply does it better. Not only does it make Malygos cost 0 instead of 4, it can also put Malygos back into the deck in the offchance that you draw it. 

    Now, as far as Lord Jaraxxus, Deck of Chaos does not represent a 6 mana discount, but rather it represents paying 6 mana up front. Which is good for tempo-ing out Lord Jaraxxus, but it comes at a huge loss of tempo beforehand. 

    So, here's what I think Deck of Chaos might have a home: a value-oriented Plot Twist hand-lock without the quest. That allows for the loss of tempo for playing Deck of Chaos to eventually be compensated by playing a lot of big boys in a row. Not only that, Plot Twist serves the very important role of redrawing your cards in case you draw your clunky minions and not Deck of Chaos. Unfortunately, the current fast pace of the meta makes me doubt the viablility of the deck.

    I'll give this card 4 stars because I really like the design and the deck building challenge this card can provide.

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  • BloodMefist's Avatar
    Old God Fanatic 850 804 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    This supports the stupid shenanigans that I still play Hearthstone for, so I'm all about this card.  A shame it doesn't work super well with my main archetype, Arch-Villain Rafaam and Supreme Archaeology, but there is plenty of fun to be hand and this will make a suitable replacement once they rotate next year.

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  • SilverWolf's Avatar
    Tauren Chieftain Addict 990 1085 Posts Joined 04/01/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    Maybe it can exist into a meme deck with a lot 0 attack minions that can be played for free later?

    I don't know it, maybe Mark Mckz will make some strange combo with this card

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  • Sparkinarius's Avatar
    Crossroads Historian 715 471 Posts Joined 07/18/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    This gives me nightmares from when Luna's Pocket Galaxy was in standard with how major the discounts can be. I think that Pocket Galaxy has taught us that if you run a big discount card like this, that all the minions you include need to be good standalone to the point where you feel okay playing them from hand if they don't get the discount and buff. This means I don't think Deck of Chaos will work well in a combo strategy, I'd argue that Supreme Archaeology lends itself better to that strategy. Still, if Hearthstone has taught me anything, it's that discounting cards is something that mostly ends up being powerful and can't be overlooked. We'll just have to see how this deck can be built once all of the cards get revealed.

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  • Brandon's Avatar
    Old God Fanatic 1350 2486 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    This is a VERY interesting card. Seems really strong for big warlock decks, and even in wild!

    Standard: their is a lot of synergy in standard, just a few i can name are: Lord Jaraxxus, Zzeraku the Warped and Archwitch Willow. Actually i'm pretty sure the [Hearthstone Card (Archwith Willow) Not Found] "stat nerf" was actually a buff, so that she works better with Deck of Chaos

    Standard: I'm pretty sure Deck of Chaos will be in some kind of BIG Warlock deck, which will be some kind of control deck that probably includes Supreme Archaeology. Let's hope Lord Jaraxxus is finally going to be viable again.

    Wild: I'm guessing this is yet again, going to be in some kind of big warlock deck. And probably in Cubelock, because of Voidlords. Let's face it, who doesn't "like" 3 mana 9/9 Voidlords. And their easy to draw those with Sense Demons. I forsee Deck of Chaos see a lot of play.

    RNG is only fun as long as there is a 50/50 chance of getting something really good or trash level of bad. If RNG always results in something good, then it's not fun.

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  • slychd's Avatar
    Sparklepony 1175 484 Posts Joined 05/30/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    I don't often play warlock, but this card is amazing. There are so many cards for warlock that this would improve.

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  • JackJimson's Avatar
    670 673 Posts Joined 11/19/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    NGL, I first read the card as "swap minion's attack and health". Man, that looks weak.

    After watching, Thijs' vid, I realized my mistake. This card is an amazing ramp card! 

    After playing this, you make all those clunky low attack expensive minions to power houses. Will take some building around the card, but I see great potential in this card.

    Can OTK-lock be a thing with a 4 mana Malygos?

    Only drawback I see in this card is may limit design space while in standard.

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    Detective Pikachu 2575 3348 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    Struggle with Heroic Galakrond's Awakening? I got your back : 

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  • FieselFitz's Avatar
    Prince Charming 1105 1355 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago
    Quote From GoldStandard

    During the reveal, I thought it was an easy 400 dust... But there are a lot of card that can be nuts with it... If you can get lucky enough to draw it reasonably fast, and have the luxury of playing without dying, then it could be good

    That's what i thought too but the more i think about it, the stronger this one looks.

    Lots of potential!

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  • MenacingBagel's Avatar
    Zombie Chow 815 723 Posts Joined 09/24/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    Usefully useless! It can be absolutely crazy or you could get a dead card in your hand wishing it wasn't at the bottom of your deck

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  • anchorm4n's Avatar
    Harbinger of Winter 1915 2511 Posts Joined 03/13/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    I've pulled this from a pack and tried to make a deck with it. Would be very grateful for any feedback. Maybe we can make this work!

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  • clawz161's Avatar
    The Undying 825 827 Posts Joined 07/16/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    High variance high reward, it kind of reminds me of the casino hunter, where you played all spells except for barnes and y'saarj back in the day. You win if you draw it, but there's no way to tutor it in warlock or cheat it out like mage can. I think it'll see a lot of experimentation in this and future sets, but won't be very high in win rate.

    Living like that.

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  • KillaFIsh's Avatar
    375 250 Posts Joined 07/10/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    I don't care if it never sees play I'm gonna run it anyways.  Its just wack design that I love.

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  • Psymon's Avatar
    Red Riding Hood 1505 371 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    Could be too slow to play it on turn 6 but in decks with high drawing cards ability can be insane.

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  • NebuchadnezzarHS's Avatar
    Supporter 2035 1411 Posts Joined 06/14/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    Meme card, nuff said.

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  • Megasharpie's Avatar
    Mankrik's Wife 360 144 Posts Joined 08/06/2020
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    If you build your deck right, this can have a seriously positive effect. I see some sort of control warlock with this card in it in the future. 

    At this point I have spent too much money on these games to quit. 

    Now pass me another pack, and lets see what I pull. 

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  • Alfi's Avatar
    Devoted Academic 1790 1375 Posts Joined 05/29/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    Rabbit achievment enabler. 

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  • Lundy's Avatar
    Little Devil Teemo 1555 707 Posts Joined 06/21/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    If this has a deck, it will be a 5 star card. Definitely has to be built around though

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  • Input's Avatar
    470 259 Posts Joined 06/01/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    Not as good as LPG, but still very strong. Looking at reno lock there is very little I'm not giddy about seeing this applied to.

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  • Fisguinho's Avatar
    The Raven 1190 411 Posts Joined 05/28/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    Is it good? potentially. Does it look fun? All the way

    All hail the banshee queen.

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  • Geno9999's Avatar
    Metrognome 1620 1217 Posts Joined 11/10/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    An alternative to Supreme Archaeology for discounting Maly for combos.

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  • randomfan's Avatar
    Elemental 1255 744 Posts Joined 03/17/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    I would have to see a list of the high mana low attack minions to evaluate if this is worth it. I know there are a few 4/12 dragons that might fit the bill. In wild there are voidlords that would be scary with this. It could be good if enough minions are available for it.

    Unfortunately, common sense isn't as common as it should be.

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  • sule's Avatar
    Dinosaur 830 995 Posts Joined 08/21/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    Yeah, someone is working on a Malygos deck with this but what happens if you draw Malygos first? Then you're running this as part of a busted win condition (and it takes a full six mana to play without any immediate benefit). Even in a slow meta this has way too many question marks attached.

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  • ShadowsOfSense's Avatar
    1500 1111 Posts Joined 10/23/2018
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    I love this card, but I do hope it stays a meme. Luna's Pocket Galaxy was miserable when it was good, so hopefully this manages to straddle the line of fun, but not insane. Others have already mentioned a bunch of great combos - can't wait to try some.

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  • Draketh's Avatar
    Darkmaster 1570 1395 Posts Joined 04/02/2019
    Posted 4 years, 1 month ago

    The name says it all. This card will bring CHAOS!

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