Hearthstone: Trump Deck Teachings - 11 - Handlock (Warlock)

Handlock is a heavy control deck that abuses its Hero Power to draw many cards very early on to empower minions like Mountain Giant and Twilight Drake while being very defensive at the same time with Molten Giants and a lot of taunt givers.
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[@HgScId]

These videos are pure gold, Trump. Thank you, really.

[@VirtualMarmalade]

"Grumble Grumble scumbags grumble grumble"

[@VirtualMarmalade]

***** Actually, I'm Marmalade WITH Gengar. Like a delicious haunted fruit spread.

[@joshuabecton4746]

I just started playing Hearthstone yesterday, and Warlock is my favorite. It's awesome to see some professional insight into card choices/strategies

[@Stlwartheart14]

classic handlock will always be my favorite hearthstone deck of all time, it is filled with resource management. This will be the first deck i'll play when classic mode gets installed.

[@Necr0morf]

Are you enjoying your handlock gameplay?

[@THE_T.o.P]

@@Necr0morf implock gameplay

[@remziv9467]

As Trump would say "Hit me in the face yo, its no good. I go Molten, Molten, Sunfury in the hood."

[@dynojones]

Tap tap boy I ain't no snitch, got mountains and drakes up in this bitch

[@REALwoombath]

dynojones /watch?v=ldNi-OmiKDk

[@hanjiplayer]

+King Jojo coin watcher turn one you know that's not the one, strifecro stopped doing that months ago he knows that's not the play, keep the coin to accelerate a later play, turn 10 jaraxxus coin inferno all day.

[@hanjiplayer]

+King Jojo coin watcher turn one you know that's not the one, strifecro stopped doing that months ago he knows that's not the play, keep the coin to accelerate a later play, turn 10 jaraxxus coin inferno all day.

[@marcovieira1071]

Hunter goes face and let a handlock at 10. Ready. Handlock plays molten, molten, sunfury, healbot. Ready Hunter concede to you.

[@rasmusaulik12]

Appreciate the 1.28 editing Jens. That's pretty sweet.

[@utterattack4464]

Not to be confused with Hand Warlock (Paladin)

[@RamonPlaysGamesYT]

The deck description you put in the back is really cool! Keep up the videos

[@CosminConstantin]

been waiting for these decks like no tomorrow

[@Trinax11]

No hunter matchup? Guys? Who wants to see hunter matchup? Anyway amazing guide! You covered everything :)

[@antonamby7298]

Man, i miss these kind of decks so much....

[@ragnas8709]

FINALLY! I have waited so long for this o.o i noticed that you upload Trum's teachings 1 every 5 videos and when you didn't uplod this for like 15-20 o.o i was about to kill someone. Handlock

[@midget7867]

Yes and im waiting for control warrior

[@MrCamocat09]

Ragnas I know right, I have a shitty version of handlock since I am kinda new I don't have many legendaries, and this answers some of my question of the proper play.

[@SuzakuX]

Βασίλης Χατζησάββας I'm looking forward to Malygos. It's currently my favorite deck to play on ladder.

[@EsquireR]

Too short, please do more matchups for part 2

[@DannyBurns____]

No

[@smurfdaddy420]

Yes

[@kevinderrainbowboy2346]

Maybe

[@AlexMitchellz]

Yes, no AND maybe!

[@LazyBastard69]

Alex Mitchell Yes, no, maybe. I don't know. Can you repeat the question? You're not the boss of me now. You're not the boss of me now and you're not so big.

[@cjcomrie]

Finally got around to making handlock, lack Jaraxxus so Ysera plays an awkward alternative. But evaded two Harrisons so far. Thanks for helping teach me how to handle handlocks

[@Mindoth]

10:19 I don't have enough cards to hold in my hand. - Trump 2015

[@hitboy753]

I always loved this deck, can swing back in game in one turn and super hard to play. Require such a good player. Gj Trump :o)

[@edwardzhuang2001]

Man i love that deck description.

[@fallout350]

"Be brave, and dont let the fact that you lose sometimes haunt you."

[@benchin3506]

miss the days of good old handlock vs control warrior matches... pure gold.. nowadays its patches vs jade

[@samstone011995]

Thanks for the vid, now I can actually think, that I understand, how handlock works. Trump is true master!

[@UnnamedN2]

So nostalgic man

[@SuperDynaZty]

bring handlock back. make hearthstone great again

[@aarotoivari8940]

Please

[@Lycosa]

Damn, that druid. yup man. druid roar combo is absolutely savage. like it says, savage roar. Should have healed/taunted

[@panda13378]

rip old handlock, it was always my favorite deck :(

[@Vanetrik]

17:55 Missed Lethal! Hellfire first, then play Defender of Argus, kill the slime with Dr. Boom and then go face with the Mountain Giant

[@Sunthaz]

Vanetrik He did say that himself, Admiral Superobvious.

[@Vanetrik]

And what are you going to do about it? STFU

[@Vanetrik]

I did not hear it but do not flame mefor just saying it

[@mikimosky4109]

oh man i remember playing against this deck... it was so scary when the opponent used to play those 8/8 golems and the one which give taunt..

[@asafchen2088]

17:47 "I don't believe I have lethal" IF ONLY YOU WOULDVE BELIEVED HAR ENOUGH... IF ONLY.

[@crazywhitecuban123]

13:03 after the druid summons the DotC. What's up with that subliminal black hole?

[@spiffo5349]

I would argue that the odds of the druid having lethal outweighed the decreased chances of winning from using one of the sunfuries somewhat suboptimally

[@alexrossdaniels4227]

Jarraxxus Coin Inferno All Day.

[@simongroot5246]

R.I.P. handlock. The best non aggro deck. You will be missed.

[@certifiedgyrltheinnocentgo5115]

maybe less now :)

[@blob_cancel_aftercast]

17:56 Hellfire into Argus is lethal. Trump plz.

[@collinguo2175]

17:48 - Probably wouldn't mention it if Trump didn't bring it up himself, but he had lethal (hellfire -> hit with boom -> Argus -> hit face with giant)

[@joiahelsper]

Hey trump, could you make a new version with loe card? ty ^^

[@tossover6490]

Handlock isn't doing very well in the current meta

[@Monnector]

+Tossover6 Handlock is no longer played because of reno

[@joiahelsper]

Razerboy dakii true

[@Monnector]

joia helsper Play paladin= win matches

[@pewdspersonalmoderator6094]

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[@CandeIero]

I'd love to see trump make the facehunter teachings video like 3 and a half seconds long where he just says "well, you know where to hit, right?" and that's all

[@solin21210]

That missplay against Druid. Healbot + would be a much better play 'cause you'd survive!

[@ktktktktktktkt]

Milkeon The Cute You can't call that a missplay just because he would survive. Rather than just looking for a way to win, it's much more correct to look for your win condition. Trump thought his win condition lay in getting big taunts up for combo turn. After topdecking mountain giant, I think healbot is an appropriate play since next turn giant shadowflame works (after healbot, molten shadowflame probably won't be possible which is why I think the play was only correct post tap). However, I'm quite certain that because he took too much time talking through his plays, he didn't actually think through his plays enough.

[@PaschaChilla]

U play this game to win a Match. Not to deny a loose. If u play to 'Not loose' u simply delay ur death, because the pressure will overwhelm u. Like trump said: He will need the Taunt of the Sunfury protector for the molten giants.

[@5polzpatrik]

17:58 missed lethal, argus + hellfire

[@TheSpiritofAnger]

Yeah he mentioned it right afterwards you're not spotting anything dude

[@Dellapina479]

Pohan drek exactly, I saw that xD

[@5polzpatrik]

TheSpiritofAnger i fucking know lol

[@AColdPotato]

Pohan drek so you just like repeating exactly what Trump says then?

[@5polzpatrik]

Yep

[@dannydobbs8920]

would ancient watcher/ironbeak owl be an ok early turn or would it be better to hold on to the owl?

[@RFToxicTofu]

17:54 missed lethal Hellfire -> Warrior at 9 HP Argus -> Boom into slime, 9dmg giant to face

[@JuanLopez-dk8mx]

trump i need help, so iv been building this deck and i want to know if i can replace anything with harrison and if i can replace a sunfury with another argus, plz reply

[@queznohamvil1423]

Priest is my favourite matchup as Handlock.

[@redmangoose182]

Ya'll recommend the demon handlock ver. or the regular ver.?

[@schalli666]

with what can i replace sylvanas? Just a second owl or a second dark bomb?

[@wtfr3nch]

So much learning is occuring

[@Zuggyman]

could someone tell me what the gold count on the left side is all about? how do you buy specific cards with gold?

[@paytonpredmore5510]

Dumb question, but what does the (4.5) in your handlock 4.5 deck mean? Deck avg?

[@ToxicallyMasculinelol]

13:25 tfw you're playing against combo druid, have the option to play mountain giant + sunfury protector to survive, and choose to play twilight drake + zombie chow :s

[@skulio]

Hi, I noticed that there is a whole deck shown on the left, is it some kind of option or a mod to the game or it's just an overlay for the youtube purposes?

[@trytododgemyfart8567]

Hey i realy love to play Handlock, sadly i don´t have any legendarys but now i have enough dust to make one. Which should i do?

[@moocow5556]

WHO ELSE IS COMIN BACK IN 2021 FOR TIPS LIKE THIS LETS GOOOOO HANDLOCK ARMY TRUMPSC FOR LIFE

[@SeekNeo]

Handlock is my favorite deck

[@chinchopper8429]

Is this deck still any good? I only need to craft 1 molten giant, 2 mountain giants and 1 siphon soul. Is it worth it now since tgt just came out?

[@timexyzxyz]

Opinion on Jaraxxus in Handlock? Is it really necessary?

[@InvexChannel]

Ok i say it first Classic mode is a brilliant move made by blizzard to make these video famous again

[@MnrScruff]

I don't have Jaraxxus yet, what card can I use instead of him?

[@JankyDice96]

What's the minning of gold cost, where can i by this deck with gold?

[@Dertlecup]

I've collected enough dust to craft a legendary, And the only 2 cards left I need to complete this deck are : Dr.boom,Sylvanas.. Which one of those 2 should I craft first? I know everybody says Dr.boom is the best and stuff but I think sylvanas has more synergy with handlock because of the shadowflame and taunting?

[@romanpilnik2804]

I would say dr.boom for sure since it fits into do many decks. Sylvanus ia good asweel so craft it next

[@wojtekkrasnowski5181]

Gabriel Gatt dr. boom is good in almost any type of deck, so i would say go for dr

[@Dertlecup]

Aight thanks lads.

[@rarpott]

Boom is better in Handlock because it is kind of immune to BGH. Even against decks who run 2 BGH, you are running too many big creatures for them to remove them all with ease. Dr Boom not only is better in general, but it also gives you a way to deal 1 damage as a Warlock if you don't have Coil in hand with the Boombots. Sylvannas is just balanced and silence is really good against it, whilr Boom really pushes the board in your favor. Just craft Boom, it is the right choice.

[@MetalXMind]

Gabriel Gatt The other point is that Dr. Boom is the strongest card right now in the game judging by how many decks include him so he is the most likely card to get nerfed (if blizzard ever does nerfs again) and when that happens you can just disenchant him for full dust for 2 weeks or so.

[@drager980]

Is there a real point to ancient watcher other than the 1 ironbeak owl combo and the secret triggering?

[@Wontervandoorn]

Drager Cyriak Sunfury protectors, defenders of argus and shadowflame ;)

[@drager980]

Wouter van Doorn ty

[@jumbodude1987]

Every time I realise that Trump misses lethal, twitch chat is there to back me up.

[@sbxftr]

Is handlock still viable even with all these Renos?

[@Clonekiller66]

Yes, just requires a lot of skill

[@CanK7]

Faplock PogChamp

[@DarthScosha]

What i don't like about this deck is that if you don't have specific cards by turn 4, its shit. You will have lost so much health and it becomes dangerous with classes that have combos and can ignore taunts. Also against a hunter, by turn 4 you will have taken 16+ damage from your own ability plus the hunter ability (8 each) then in addition any damage from minions on the board which you would be ignoring because all you are doing is tapping or playing ancient watchers which just sit on the board. So a turn 1, 2 damage minion (say lepper gnome) will have dealt 6 damage by turn 4, plus 2 damage on death, in addition to the 16 damage that is 24 damage, then you have to consider if the hunter plays another 1 mana minion on turn 3, thats an extra 2 damage on turn 4, now thats 26 damage. You can potentially be left with 4 health by turn 4, there are lots of cards which can kill you instantly at 4 health. You could coin antique kill bot and bring yourself up to 12 health, but in most situations, on turn 5 at 12 health you are screwed.

[@WALEED88KSA]

Cloud Strife thats a deck that has a 70 percent win rate am happy with those odds

[@SeekNeo]

Cloud Strife well thats why you keep stuff like watchers, owls, sunfury, hellfire against hunters. Another key factor are the taunted moltens you can place really early against a face hunter, if they dont have hunter's mark its so good

[@AColdPotato]

Cloud Strife you act like hunters hero power every turn. They don't... minions>hero power when you are playing hunter in the early turns.

[@RunderKeks28]

Cloud Strife When did they change the steady shot to 0 mana?

[@kurocchi963]

Cloud Strife i play handlock and my winrate against face hunters are about 80%, all you need to know is what to mulligan and what to keep

[@Dedudes4723]

I'm a noob. How do you calculate the gold price of the a deck. Sorry I had to ask...

[@gaby71190]

we need so much more here, information on the always annoying hunter match up wich is so common, how to handlock vs handlock, we need more match up bro

[@CODandponies]

i love that Trump could dress casual, t-shirt and jeans but no, polo every day and to me that is classy and i respect him more for it. Than again for all we know he's not wearing pants

[@gvinttt3309]

Can't wait for control warrior

[@sanderpedersen59]

If someone out there know a lot about Hearthstone plz respond to this. I got really lucky at opening packs 3 golden legends. And I played it for about a month so could I play handlock if I played about 100 games with the deck or would it be to hard?

[@PercyRem]

It's not that hard of a deck to play, I would suggest it as it's very fun to play

[@13LinkinPark666]

handlock is love and handlock is life :3

[@talioson1945]

missed lethal 17:50. Boom to belcher, hellfire, argun on giant: 9+3=12

[@mikemassari]

18:08 Missed lethal. Hellfire, Argus - Dr Boom into sludge, Giant 9 dmg face

[@targusnazg3963]

In the game against Anhell you missed lethal. Instead of tap, sylvannas, you could have hellfired to kill the 3/2 belcher, argus the mountain giant, use dr boom to kill the slime, hit face for 9 to win the game.

[@demonicdood]

TargusNazg I have to assume that you posted this before watching the rest of the video.

[@targusnazg3963]

demonicdood You assume right.

[@ploppman7524]

Something I realized recently is that your idea of how much burst the opponent can do may not always be accurate. Not long ago I played against a warrior that seemed to play a lot of patron cards, with some wierd things splashed in. I fell down to 8 hp with a good chance to win next turn, I decided not to tap even though I could not see a real way the warrior could burst 6 damage. Next turn he played war axe and then kor'kron elite. Tapping would've lost me that game. Moral of the story: look out for wierd cards in your opponent's deck, sometimes your assumption of their burst can be way off.

[@PattyManatty]

18:00 missed lethal. Boom attack. Hellfire, opponent goes to 9. Defender of argus on the giant, and hit face.

[@PattyManatty]

PattyManatty oh, he mentions it

[@Upup2211]

I laughed way too hard at that ending.

[@THBackReD]

I don't have sylvanas what card should i replace ?

[@fannydelgadillo2974]

Hi, is trump going to make a vid of magic duel ?

[@trytododgemyfart8567]

Do you think that Handlock wont be a good or still "playabill" deck after the new cards has released?

[@LoboCrepuscularZelda]

TryTo Dodge Handlock never dies, is a deck which survived the pass of the time

[@T0134125H]

+Villalobos Champion i see what u did there

[@jrnouwens]

4:15 So what you are essentially saying is that the Coin is worse than a card (In this case Mortal Coil). With that in mind, what would you say about turn 1 Coin-Tap, to trade the Coin for a random card? Or is this just because Mortal Coil was very important to use that specific turn? I think that in this case it doesn't matter if it's Counterspell or not, because the play stays the same, but if you had a 3-drop you wanted to play instead of Watcher, would trying to Coil, into a next turn Hellfire if it is Counterspell, not be better? --Edit: 5:10 You said that the Coin is really good in Handlock, which I agree with, but why would you then consider giving it up to a Counterspell if it was in play?

[@ambershao2421]

The coin is important, so giving it up to tap turn 1 is a waste. However, a coin is better sacrifice than a Mortal Coil because *Counterspell* cancels the effect of the spell, not affecting the cost. Using this logic, you can determine that it's better to use no mana and cancel a 0 mana effect than to use 1 mana and cancel a 1 mana effect.

[@ambershao2421]

Besides, the coin is important for two reasons: against Aggro, you can coin out a Drake on turn 3 (he didn't get a drake by turn 3 in this case) and against Control you can play turn 10 Jarraxus-coin-hero power. In other words, the match in question was one where the coin was a useless card.

[@jrnouwens]

I just always liked to use the Coin on 1 to Tap, because I don't have some strong of the big cards (mainly Jaraxxus), and was wondering if it is actually a good idea to do that. It just sounds like a good tradeoff, giving up a "half-card"(since it's half the effect of a real card (innervate)) for a full card, instead of wasting turn 1. It would maybe improve my play understanding why this idea isn't correct as well.

[@draconys4720]

jrnouwens jaraxxus can be replaced by rag if you have him some people even prefer rag over lord J

[@jrnouwens]

Let's say it like this: I have Boom, Sylvanas and Emperor Tarzan. That's it. No replacements anywhere. It also doesn't answer my question.

[@EvryDamnDay]

I just got back into HS and used to play Zoo but now want to play hand but lack the legandaries atm. Any subs I could play until i pick them up?

[@MrEllingtonTaylor]

Will Frost Giant replace Molten or Mountain??

"here's an ancinet watcher" .. "knock yourself out"

[@ralphfischer9267]

missed lethal at 18:00. hellfire + argus was exact lethal

[@LhynkalTheFool]

What's better for handlock; 2 zombie chows or 2 farseers?

[@antekballaun]

I think chows

[@supermonekh31]

I wonder why harrison isn't played in this deck and 2 oozes are? Wouldn't harrison be useful because he'll break their weapon and he'll draw cards from it? Just my thoughts, he seems like a perfect fit for handlock

[@purplemuffet6730]

The problem is you might overdraw

[@inYourBackline]

Youll most likely will need the mana and you can play ooze earlier to like remove a patrons deaths bite on turn 4 if you started first , but mainly its because ooze is cheaper

[@inYourBackline]

You*

[@supermonekh31]

Only thing in this deck thats really played turn 5 though is sludge, you never really play healbot on that turn. But yeah I definitely understand using ooze to clear the annoying early game weapons. Could be good to run harrison and only 1 healbot though imo. Personal preference.

[@erind1000]

Chris Elian You dont need more card draw with this deck since you will possibly have a full hand anyway.

[@Plague_Doc22]

Experienced player, about 200 wins with warlock (all being pretty much just handlock) and I still dont feel like I'm playing perfectly against aggro hunters and even mid game hunters. A more advanced guide would be nice.

[@mm-eh8fi]

Which deck tracker does trump use?

[@MrZombiPineapple]

Murloc Face Priest totally wrecks this deck.

[@6437ab]

Trump how can you have your deck on the left and show whats left in it?

[@Nasinho24]

Okay so i have around 860gold and i have only 1 wing of naxramus should i buy other wings or i buy packs or should i play arenas?

[@salviaterra8734]

Naxx wings first.

[@Fiiischinator]

Arenas only if you are somewhat good at them. You even get cheaper packs at just 5 wins and it gets you practise to become even better in arena.

[@Nasinho24]

Thanks guys...i been playing HS for like 2 years but idk what happend my acc that I had b4 just got deleted idk why but i had full control warrior deck and i was on my way of making handlock...and now i have to suffer playing it all again! one more time thanks for advices

[@Downin0]

how to you purchase singular cards with gold cost?

[@heitorcavalcanti9355]

what is better, hand lock or demon handlock?

[@Jen-sy2wq]

Missed lethal at 17:58 hellfire to kill sludge then argus kill slime with boom and go face with giant.

[@Jen-sy2wq]

+hammer6y7 Nevermind he realized after

[@CarlynnLu]

I'm a F2P player and I have this deck, it's my favorite

[@dynojones]

F2P?

[@Onmur]

Tap guy, tap guy, tap that guy?

[@viniciuscastilhos1966]

Best deck from the game

[@ChessPuzzles2]

i dont get why no zombie chow on turn one?

[@asianuy1]

8:07 Why can't you play zombie chow on turn 1 vs a druid and going first?

[@Cowtymsmiesznego]

Because you need the card for turn 4 mountain giant

[@birgamerindunyasi7096]

what is gold cost? can we make dust from gold ?

[@SRNF]

Trump played the lock a bit greedy against the Druid. If you are playing on ladder under rank 10 assume late game it is very likely they have at lest one combo.

[@FTW3DS]

what does gold cost mean? i thought you couldnt make decks out of gold