Yes Armorsmith gives armor but sometimes it is better to have a minion with 2 attack for trades. It helps to get rid of the many 2/2 & 3/2 minions out there.

My latest version removed both Shieldmaiden for Justicer & Emp TH however I am more of a fan of using aggro to climb on ladder since the season just restarted.

Maybe as the month goes on I’ll have some more feedback.

I have to agree with your statement about shield slam; I faced a LOT of aggro and it generally was only good for removing a small minion after I used hero power.

Have you tried removing the armorsmiths for other cards? I found that putting in the ever simple Zombie Chow gets more utility out of board control.

Also… -1 Shieldmaiden +1 Justicar Trueheart (if you have her)

-1 Whirling
+1 Jeeves

I’m suprised I don’t see Jeeves more often in this!

Yet I frequently get it via Webspinner… Maybe it’s trying to switch classes 😉

I used something very similar. Honestly I fail to understand why Rogue & Warrior are so popular when MAGE has so much freeze. Using a deck very close to this I was able to win 5 games in a row (all vs Warrior & Rogue) and complete my Mage quest for the day.

I think my only difference was I found a way to fit in Toshley & Dr. Boom… Maybe by removing 1 Flame Cannon & 1 Mirror Entity. But either way, fun Brawl Deck! +1

No more Feugen & Stallag? Looks like a good excuse to fit in cards like Nexus Champ & Kodo Rider into my Renolock and make it more inspire based (like the version posted a few weeks ago)

No Loatheb? It’s a great way to make Curse of Raafam unplayable for your opponent 😉

Or use it late game to finish off a Mage without triggering Ice Block. Learned that in Arena.

I faced this in ladder today. Ended up wrecking it but it took forever for me to figure out what I was playing against!

You NEVER keep a secret… the entire point of this deck (which you do point out) is that Mysterious Challenger pulls the duplicates. Reno is there for a surprise, you are not relying on him every game. So you should ALWAYS keep the MC (regardless of Coin) as he is what makes this deck win.

I tried the Deathlord Swap for Oooze & for Owl. Had some success, lots of failures. Overall I lost rank with it in there. However in a Non-Reno deck it has merit because you have more options to buff it’s health or provide divine shield.

Ended up putting Ooze back in. I feel like a fairly average player and I can easily hold rank 7 with this. I originally used this at the end of last season and the start of this and reached rank 7 easily. I then expirmented a bunch and fell to 10 and in 1 night of play got back to 7. Fun twist on Secret Paladin with the ability to fully heal. I’ve surprised the heck out of a few people who were convinced they were 1 turn from victory.

Hmmm I need to watch a Druid stream… Whenever I try it I end up rank ~10 but with my Paladin or Warlock I can get to 7 without blinking,

Smart prioritizing card draw by using Oracle.

I’ve been running this exact deck all season (but have subbed in various cards for Ooze) and have had great success! I was actually shocked to see a deck I put together get Legend for someone else. I think I need to play some more and get past rank 7 😉

Honestly I don’t understand why Reno isn’t more common in decks. Sometimes a few tweaks (swapping3-4 cards for a similar card) allows for you to have a card that practically resets a game (especially against Face Shaman).