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Mulligans
Aggro Mulligans
These cards are especially necessary in aggro matchups, as they provide minion removal and weapon removal, which is good against the popular Aggro Shaman and Aggro Pirate Warrior.
Control Mulligans
All these cards are great keeps against slower decks. Twilight Drake and Mountain Giant make up for those crucial Handlock turn 4's, where a 4/7+ or 8/8 is played. Emperor is a good keep vs slower decks, as the discount a player gets will always be large, due to the mass hand size. Doomsayer is mainly for the Renolock matchup, when you go second, as you play it on turn 3 into their turn 4, which is crucial for Warlock, which also sets up for your turn 4.
I have always been a big fan of Warlock, especially the control variants ( i.e Reno and Hand). This is my current version of Handlock. The idea stays the same: tap, play big minions, keep board, smack face for tons of damage. The deck is able to do well against control decks, due to the big health minions and Lord Jaraxxus, as well as able to do decently well against aggro/midrange decks if you are able to live past turn 5, due to the board clear the deck possesses, as well as the taunt activators (i.e Sunfury Protecter and Defender of Argus).
This is my first take on the deck. A lot can be changed, as many options are viable in the Warlock class. Other cards that can optionally be added into the deck are; +1 Dark Peddler, +1 Dirty Rat, +1 Defender Of Argus, +1 Faceless Shambler, +1 Sylvana’s Windrunner, +1 Ragnaros, The Firelord. Sylvana’s and Ragnaros are really fantastic late game cards, but due to the fast pace of the current meta, these slow cards aren’t really needed. If you are facing more control decks, these cards, especially Sylvana’s, should be considered.
In testing the deck does well against Jade Druid, Renolock, Control Warrior and Priest.
