Top 10) Reno control mage
- Last updated May 28, 2016 (Old Gods)
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Wild
- 18 Minions
- 12 Spells
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Reno Mage
- Crafting Cost: 6820
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 1/29/2016 (Explorers)
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Hey guys I'm proasfuk#3627, a Korean player and I will share this deck I used to get top 10 asia this season (S22). I can't really write down every single matchup indepth so I'll try to answer all other questions in the comments.
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First of all this deck wasn't made by me and all credits go to 언기 for making this deck. I only changed 1 card from the original deck. Mana wyrm -> acidic swamp ooze.
Tempo Mage: Mulligan for frostbolt, forgotten torch, zombie chow, doomsayer, mad scientist, reno. Just try to survive the early game and it's easy from there.
Freeze mage: Really easy matchup. Mulligan for reno, mad scientist, zombie chow
I personally have met a freeze mage only 1 time this season.
Aggro Shaman: Mulligan for zombie chow, doomsayer, mad scientist, reno, deathlord. Try to survive the early game and it's really important not to be too greedy with reno. Just get reno and you probably win. If you don't, you probably lose.
Combo Druid: Mulligan for frostbolt, acidic swamp ooze, doomsayer, mad scientist, zombie chow. If they're holding cards for a while and / or emperor thaurissan discounted a few cards, you have to think up to 22 damage. I suggest you use deck tracker to see what combo pieces they used and how many innervates they used.
Secret Paladin: Mulligan for frostbolt, doomsayer, mc tech, deathlord, zombie chow, mad scientist, bgh, reno. Don't be greedy with your hard removal. It's fine to polymorph a 6/5 shredder (buffed from avenge).
Renolock: Mulligan for doomsayer, mc tech, deathlord, zombie chow, mad scientist, bgh, reno. Try to bait out siphon soul before you play ysera. Also try to save your burn cards so you can surprise burst them. If he gets Jaraxxus hero power off for a few turns, you're fucked.
Zoo: Mulligan for doomsayer, mc tech, deathlord, zombie chow, mad scientist, reno, explosive sheep, frostbolt. This is the hardest matchup. I would maybe consider keeping bgh if you're facing sea giant zoo alot. Try to survive early game and you lose if you get pressured to much and you have to use reno to heal for like 15.
Hunter: I haven't met many midrange hunters, so I will write the guide against face hunters. Mulligan for deathlord, zombie chow, mad scientist, reno, frostbolt, doomsayer and maybe forgotten torch if you don't have other early game. Just get reno and you probably win. If you don't you probably lose.
Control warrior: Mulligan for zombie chow, acidic swamp ooze, big game hunter. This matchup will almost always go to fatigue. Make them use removal on things like doomsayer / thaurissan. You want to get alot of value from echo to win. You want to echo or duplicate reno / ysera / sylvanas and win from fatigue. Just think about grom burst and fatigue damage. Also try to not use arcane intellect unless they're like 5 cards ahead of you in fatigue. Don't overextend into brawl and keep pressuring him (taking off his armor) little by little every turn. You don't have to play any cards until you have a full hand in some cases. Really easy matchup.
Patron warrior: Mulligan for acidic swam ooze, big game hunter, flamestrike, reno, doomsayer, frostbolt, forgotten torch. Flamestrike patrons, use a combination of sylv, mc tech, belcher, freeze + doomsayer, forgotten torch, frostbolt for second patron wave. Big game hunter is for big frothing berserker when you can't remove it efficiently or for grom late game. Watch out for grom burst. I would think up to 16 damage depending on how many inner rage and taskmaster he used. Save ooze for death's bite. Don't use it on fiery war axe. Kind of hard if they have patron + inner rage + death's bite effect on turn 5.
Priest: Mulligan for frostbolt, forgotten torch, zombie chow, mad scientist, doomsayer (if your hand is looking too late game). Same with control warrior. Don't overextend into lightbomb, and try to bait out his entombs so you can win with ysera. Try to get value from your duplicates and echo of medivhs. This is also a fatigue matchup. Don't get impatient. Also one tip is, you don't want to kill northshire cleric at all. You want them to draw alot. There isn't much priest can do to pressure you.
Rogue: Mulligan for frostbolt, forgotten torch, zombie chow, doomsayer, reno, mad scientist. I would consider keeping loatheb depending on the rest of my hand. I don't like this matchup. I think it's rogue favored especially if you don't draw reno in time.
Cards that work well / can fit in this deck :
Brann bronzebeard
Azure drake
Bloodmage thalnos
Molten giant
Loot hoarder
Acolyte of pain
Jeweled scarab
You can replace them with... acidic swamp ooze, and unstable portal.
-I will keep updating the list-
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You can replace Ysera with someone like Harrison Jones. It works very well in this méta, but Ysera does give you a lot of late game swings.
Deathwing / some form of draw card. Rafaam works too I guess.
I don't even know what is going on here am I suppose to be playing control like freeze mage or am I suppose to be playing a tempo based game. Is this deck sometype of value deck where I out value at some point. What am I doing against rush decks?!
You play a control game, try to survive and beat them in fatigue or through board control. You just try to get reno / deathlord / early drops against aggro and survive their burst, clear board, then come back with reno.
no. toni doesn't have a way to generate more than one fireball on the turn he's played without a thaurisan being played first. aka no synergy. i would only add in toni is if i also have toshley or rhonin. alexstraza could be a replacement or brann bronzebeard
Tony sucks in this deck. Try Brann, deathwing or some form of draw card.
Good list, I play a similar one with a little more card draw (+Loot Hoarder +Acolyte of Pain +Azure Drake).
It helps getting to Reno faster against those pesky face decks and it's also a good way to maintain card advantage in the midrange or control matchups. Value is the key to success
If I had to pick 3 cards, they would probably be Unstable Portal (doesn't fit the control theme imo), Zombie Chow (low value past turn 1) and Forgotten Torch (good on paper, but actually awkward to use)
Looking forward to playing this decklist after I get the last few wings of Naxx. Really great write-up too, by the way.
Thanks :D That means alot.
depends on your future plans and current meta. if a lot of aggro i would suggest doomsayer. little more controlling then i suggest echo as that will provide way more value. also if you plan on playing murloc paladin or freeze mage, then doomsayer might be more use. also i've seen doomsayer included in some reno-warrior decks. and echo is really only also used in giants mage. but for this deck overall, echo is way more important
Brann, deathwing, draw cards are a better replacement than what you mentioned. I suggest brann though.
Deathwing??!? You will need almost every last card available to you (especially since they are one-offs), so I don't see discarding your hand as an option at all.
Deathwing??!? You will need every card available to you (especially since they are one-offs), so I don't see discarding your hand as an option at all.
If you don't have Ysera you can try Arch Thief Rafaam.
Ysera is one of your biggest win condition. I wouldn't play it till the end against warrior and priest. Kind of similar to deathwing. Also deathwing / draw card was a suggestion from the original maker of the deck.
I don't see him as an alternative to Ysera at all, either compared to her specific role or as a contribution to this deck. He is useful under very special circumstances, and this one is - as far as I see it - definitely not one. But Ysera is not the only win condition, and not irreplaceable either.
The original deck creator, 언기 suggested deathwing / draw card as a replacement for ysera. I'm not a big fan of both as a replacement, or replacing ysera to begin with, but since people are asking for replacements, I'm just passing the word on. I don't play much hearthstone nowadays, so I can't really test cards out with this deck. Maybe the original deck creator tried deathwing out and suggested it as a ysera replacement for a reason.
You should check the past comments. Someone uploaded a video of themself playing the deck. I personally don't have a stream or a youtube channel though.