Is it dead or still viable? The reason I ask is because I have never played Warlock before but I really like him and the hero power. I really wanted to try out Discardlock when it was around, But I never did.
Another thing is that is Control Warrior able to sustain himself through the current meta? Basically a meta that’s somewhat half Control Warrior and half Murloc Paladin.
Considering how Zephrys the Great can discover Sacrificial Pact when Warlock’s hero is replaced with Jaraxxus, I would not recommend playing Jaraxxus. 
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Given that I don’t have Zephyrs and don’t desire running one copy of each card, Can I match Jaraxxus with anything else?
I meant your opponent can play Zephrys, discover Sacrificial Pact and kill you, assuming you’ve played Jaraxxus. Highlander decks, especially Hunter and Mage, are quite popular currently.
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Oops. I see that now. Didn’t know they could cast it on the hero as well.
Yes. Jaraxxus is considered as a minion, Demon more specifically, since he starts as a minion on board whose Battlecry replaces your hero with him. Cards, like Dr. Boom, Mad Genius, Zul’jin and Hagatha are not minions but their own card type, Hero cards.
I wouldn’t recommend it in Standard. It should be more viable in Wild, as long as you don’t play JARAXXUS against other Warlocks or against highlanders before they played Zephrys. Still, the DK is a better lategame choice than JARAXXUS.
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Used to be one of the best cards in Control matchups and worked as an emergency heal. Now he’s trash due to the fact most classes have some sort of burn damage to bring you down to 0. Dont waste your Dust.
It blows. Hmm… Gotta find something else I guess.
Yeah, he’s pretty much just tech against warrior, where you hard mulligan for him. If you can come up with 29 cards that hold their own against everything but warrior (I don’t think you can but haven’t tried myself and that’s always one of my favourite parts of the game, building a meta challenging snowflake) then he’s the perfect 30th card. In a lot of other matchups, he’s 9 mana deal 3 
As someone who (almost) exclusively plays Warlock, I must say it’s really difficult to pull it off effectively. The interaction between having 10 mana and playing 1x Twisting Nether and 1x Doomsayer makes it possible to somewhat safely play Jaraxxus in most match ups.
As aforementioned, Jaraxxus is awesome against tanky control opponents who lack burst and damage and try to wear down their opponents resources and get to fatigue. Having an infinite supply of 6/6 Infernals (every single round) for 2 mana is just that good.
But in the current standard meta, you face tons of obstacles and it is definately not easy to get Jaraxxus on board safely and it is almost always a high risk high reward situation. In majority of cases, if you can keep the board clean for 1-2 rounds after playing him, you win. If the enemy already has a decent board and you can’t clear it in 1-2 rounds, it is usually lost.
I would be pleasantly surprised if they either buffed Jaraxxus or would come up with cards that make him a more safe play in the next expansion.
Possible buff suggestions:
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Spawn a 6/6 the round you play Jaraxxus
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Give weapon life steal
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Let it be a hero card, possibly not cap at 15HP and instead give 5 armor or similiar
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Make hero immune on the turn it is summoned
I mean it does replace hero, So it’s gotta be a hero card. I think Blizzard just forgot it and they were like: Nah. Whatever!
The best proof to that is Charged Devilsaur. It says: Charge, Can’t attack heroes this turn.
More like now that we have “Rush”, Just change that stupid description. I think they don’t give a sht.
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Not exactly forgot but just didn’t catch up. The dk cards came later, after the release of Jaraxxus (which was one of the first cards). The rush mechanic came later, after the release of the charge dino with the ‘cant attack heroes this turn’ text.
better buff mechs and push that in my opinion awful mecha meta.
Waiting for the third expansion but after the previous two (especially saviours of uldum is heavily to my dislike) I don’t put my hopes too high.
Charged Devilsaur is different from rush, because the “can’t attack heroes this turn” is a battlecry. So if you manage to summon it, you can attack face, whereas with rush, you can’t. Literally some decks built around that entire combo, so your best proof isn’t proof at all.
Y’shaarj not being changed to say recruit is a better example, but they even addressed that by saying something along the lines of “as an iconic card, the change is unnecessary”.
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There’s also the issue that the other hero cards aren’t minions. Jaraxxus is unique in that respect that he technically CAN be put on the battlefield without replacing your hero (Stuff like Hecklebot, Dirty Rat and Blatant Decoy) so it isn’t fair to say that Jaraxxus is a hero card. Cuz he really is not. He might have inspired them but he ain’t one.
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Well, Thanks. Won’t bother with that card nor the class anymore.