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The Case For Corruption

by - 10 years ago

The Hearthstone meta continues to chug along and in response to Druid Midrange, Warlock Control has risen to prominence. Its durability, massive creatures and ability to produce cards make it incredibly difficult to deal with, at least for Druid Midrange. The deck generally utilizes Molten Giants, Mountain Giants, Lord Jaraxxus and a whole lot of minion hate. I’ve run into variations of the deck quite a bit in recent Play Mode adventures, and I’ve realized that no one appears to be making use of the class specific spell, Corruption.

Corruption

Originally, this didn’t surprise me. I’ve never been high on Corruption, at least not until I gave the card some thought. Corruption destroys a minion on the turn following it being played. To quote a popular internet meme, ain’t nobody got time for that. The thing is, Warlock Control does have time for that, and more importantly, an incentive to take whatever damage the respective minion is going to do. Warlock Control is fine taking steady damage early on because it moves the deck closer to an inevitable combo of free Molten Giant(s) into Lord Jaraxxus.

Corruption also costs all of one mana. In the early game, it can mean an additional Life Tap on top of dealing with a potential threat. This bonus Life Tap is integral to the deck strategy of drawing into the cards required to win, and also makes early Mountain Giants cheaper. Assuming you’re not being run over by popular Hunter/Paladin/Warrior aggro options, it’s a great card that can efficiently deal with high HP beater minions such as Chillwind Yeti, or irritating taunts such as Druid of the Claw. 

This Yeti is EVERYWHERE in high ranked play.

This Yeti is EVERYWHERE in high ranked play.

I definitely recommend running the spell, especially if you’re short on some of the more expensive cards and looking for filler options. The key to being successful with it is understanding what I’d call the invisible card text. Corruption costs 1 mana + X amount of health, where X is the amount of damage an opposing minion does. The card obviously shines against minions with lower attack and higher health, or against minions with Divine Shield. Best of all, it’s a basic Warlock card, so you don’t need to spend any dust crafting it.

If you find your deck is missing something when it comes to dealing with the common minions mentioned earlier, toss in Corruption and see what happens. You might be surprised!


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JR Cook

JR has been writing for fan sites since 2000 and has been involved with Blizzard Exclusive fansites since 2003. JR was also a co-host for 6 years on the Hearthstone podcast Well Met! He helped co-found BlizzPro in 2013.


0 responses to “The Case For Corruption”

  1. MissPlay says:

    Don’t forget though that Corruption can be silenced, and that the corrupted minion can still make a favorable trade. I don’t use Corruption, and probably never will, honestly. Everytime it’s been used against me I just make a favorable trade with the minion and shrug it off.

  2. [DKMR]DaLighzic says:

    The problem with corruption are the counters it has such as silence. It also still allows your opponent to get utility out of the minion.

    • ZenStyle says:

      That’s a fair assessment. Although, if your opinion is using a silence to counter it, do you think that’s possible a good thing to force?

      • [DKMR]DaLighzic says:

        Well thats a decent point I guess, but the opponent still gets to use that minion before you IMMEDIATELY remove it, which is what almost every other removal does in game. Even if you draw a silence, that yeti is still going to survive.

  3. vio says:

    i may try out a budget handlock deck with that card, baiting out a silence before playing your twilight drake sounds good, the downside is u may delay your mountain giants and dont cycle enough to get the right cards against aggro decks.

  4. Mark Davis says:

    So is Lord Jaraxxas make or break for Warlock control? Cause I know a lot of people who can’t play it because they are missing Jaraxxas (including myself.)