Hobo Zoo
I ran into this the other day and was intrigued by the 2 Hobo Zoo decks listed at the top. A week passed, when I found myself with a Warlock or Priest Dominance quest, alongside an Only the Mighty already at 8/20. Perfect.
So much more than I would have guessed. 5/0 record. First doesn't really count, I can't even remember the class, the concede was before the mulligan finished. Probably a mobile user without time to play?
But 5 straight games ended in concessions. Druid, Paladin, Priest, Rogue. The first card I thought of when I saw the description of Reliquary Seeker was Imp-plosion, which was critical to the first 3 of those 4.
The Druid was holding his own, and twice had Swiped my board after I had played a Knife Juggler and some tokens to pick at his. But then came the turn where I got to play 2 (!!) 7/7 Seekers, filling a board that already contained a fairly healthy Sea Giant.
The Paladin played 4 Legendaries and quit. Thalnos, Eydis, coined Blingtron, Harrison. Only 1 7/7 Seeker this time.
Against the Priest I greedily held a Tinyfin until turn 4, when I got to play Hobgoblin, Argent Squire, Coin, another Squire, Tinyfin. He immediately killed my Hobgoblin with a Blackwing Corruptor battlecry, but I Imp-plosioned the Corruptor, got 3 Imps, played Seeker, and killed the Corruptor without killing my 3/3 Squire.
The Rogue quit early, to 4 Imps and a damaged Haunted Creeper.
What is this totally OP deck I was playing with? I picked the Zalae version, and made the 3 changes for cards I lacked:
2nd Hobgoblin -> Dire Wolf Alpha
Gormok -> Power Overwhelming
2nd Sea Giant -> Dr. Boom
I figured the Dire Wolf was a reasonable trade; while it's buff is nowhere near the hobgoblin's to played, 1-attack minions, it does double the lethality of tokens, can buff any minion next to it even the ones from Imp-plosion or Gang Boss, and costs less mana, so I chose it over Raid Leader. Power Overwhelming is not in any way a direct sub for Gormok, but was, I thought, a strong and available pick from the other deck. And Boom is Boom.
For the last fight, I ended up changing the Dire Wolf Alpha for Brann Bronzebeard. I imagined the +4 buffs from Abusive Sergeants, the 9/9 (or 11/11!) Reliquary Seekers, the double-discovering Peddlers, the super-buffing Defenders, and the 5-minion Boom, but I didn't draw or play it in the one match. The final list I used:
Power Overwhelming
2x Reliquary Seeker
2x Voidwalker
2x Dark Peddler
2x Imp Gang Boss
2x Imp-plosion
2x Murloc Tinyfin
Wisp
2x Abusive Sergeant
2x Argent Squire
2x Echoing Ooze
2x Haunted Creeper
2x Knife Juggler
Brann Bronzebeard
Hobgoblin
2x Defender of Argus
Dr. Boom
Sea Giant
If I had a second Hobgoblin, I might swap it in for a Defender of Argus, though that cuts one of the Battlecry cards, hmm. I am not sure how Boom holds up to a second Sea Giant, either, yet. Cutting 2 of the Battlecry cards might make the inclusion of Brann pointless, needs more testing.
