[S22 Legend] Sigma's "No-Anto" Tempo Mage! (Vid...
- Last updated Feb 23, 2016 (Explorers)
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Wild
- 15 Minions
- 15 Spells
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Unknown
- Crafting Cost: 4320
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 2/5/2016 (Explorers)
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- Deck Architect
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Battle Tag:
sigma#2284
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Region:
EU
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Total Deck Rating
5631
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Hey guys Sigma here, 8-time Legend player, Deck Architect, Guide Writer and Hearthpwn Analyst coming to you with a fresh version of the Tempo Mage, one of the more successful versions I used to climb the ladder in S22 to legend, where I managed to reach it pretty early. The list is a little bit different from the one that you can find in my decks, and probably a lot deadlier.
First and foremost, the tempo mage is of course, based on building and keeping tempo, as the name states, and that means to be able to have turns with positive value, which can go as far as putting new minions out + removing opponent's board with cheap/ free spells + going face with the minions already present on the board. Now, this deck differs by not using Azure Drakes, but using Ethereal Conjurers as wild cards, which alongside the Sludge Belcher can trigger the Effigy and spawn another 5 mana cost minion, which can be pretty crazy sometimes. And of course, one of the main things, from which we have the name of the deck, is the absence of Archmage Antonidas, the late mentor of Jaina. The reasoning behind that is that it's just damn too slow for the current meta. It requires you to either have spells to go with him which means that he will be thrown out on turn 8 or 9, but in any case he just doesn't bring enough impact on the board after being played. That's why he was replaced by Ragnaros the Firelord, who has much more impact and has saved me A LOT of games in the last season.
Here is the actual screenshot of me reaching legend in S22 with this deck (+ some viewers which were present at the time :) ):
If the deck reaches 50 upvotes, I will write out one of the SigGuides for it, which will be detailed as ever! The only reason that I am setting up this goal is to motivate you guys motivate me motivate you (motivating x ∞) and to know that you guys like the deck enough for me to write out details for the gameplay! Until the goal has been reached, I will leave you guys with this new mulligan and I will be adding a card replacement section in the next day or two.
You guys crushed this goal to smithereens! Hottest deck of the week! Thank you SO much for your continuous trust! More decks soon to come!
MULLIGAN
Mulligan for this deck doesn't really vary that much, as the priority cards are almost the same for every class. The priority cards vary just a tiny bit based on what is expected form the before mentioned class in the early game. The difference between having the coin or not here is only that if you have the Coin against a slower class like Warlock(if Reno), priest or a druid that isn't getting a perfect curve, you can keep Flamewaker and not take it out straight away but wait for turn 4 and take it out with Frostbolt, or use the Coin on turn 3 with Flamewaker and Arcane Missiles/Arcane Blast.
A little sidenote - Minions are almost ALWAYS better than spells. If you have no minions in hand but all early spells, you might want to even ditch all of them just to try to get some of the minions. Another thing; NEVER keep a Frostbolt AND a Flamecannon early on. Choose one. Also , the cards that have a white outline are the cards with the highest priority for that specific class
CARD REPLACEMENTS
Please note: Even though I always encourage people to try out different variations of my deck which suits their tastings more, try not to steer too much from my list or else it will be a completely different variation of the tempo mage! Regarding the Mirror Image, I don't encourage it that much as there aren't that many warriors around but it might enforce Jerry to remove more stuff, so try it out!
There is the card replacement picture! And a surprise guest! What is that guy doing in there??? It seems Jaraxxus just wants to be faced. :(
The video is done and up! Now after I am done with the video, I can devote myself to the SigGuide! Expect it soon!
FAQ:
How does one Arcane Blast make any sense when you don't run any Azure Drakes?
In most of my games it was just used as an early free removal with the help of Sorcerer's Apprentice, even without any Spell Damage buffs. It will remain in the deck until I find a better alternative.
As you guys loved the mulligan pictures from the Demon Reno, here they are again!
You had to get close to the screen to see the first one, didn't you? :D
Cheers for checking out yet another Sigma's deck and as always, the constructive criticism and any suggestions to improve the deck are warmly accepted! See you on the stream!
Cheers,
Sig
ok thanks!
Water elementals for shredders, the rest you pretty much need for this deck.
Try another deck
Replace with an entirely different deck..
In that he's a beater perhaps, but he's waaaaay too slow.
Better in what way? Rag cost 1 less, Hits the turn you play him. Can be played alongside HP, or frost bolt, and can win you the game the turn you play him.
Arch-Thief has been good for me in some decks, but he is no Rag.
Very fun deck to play and with high win rate, at least for me it's like 13-3.
Thanks!
Loving this deck, went 5-0 from 14-12rank, but then lost to 3 priests. I was hoping you could give some advice or even better write I matchup guide. :D
Looking to play in Standard. Any replacement for Dr. , Scientist and Portal....
Scientist will be a huge loss. Don't think we can replace it without losing the spirit of the tempo deck
Dont play this deck without scientist and portal. Its kinda part of the whole point. getting things out for cheap/discount/free pings.
Rag working so well against filthy priests and their deathlords lol.
I'm sorry if this was asked already--do you ever worry about early scientist with effigy? If activated early you waste effigy value obviously
i was thinking just this as well. happens frequently
Really good deck. Went 10 winstreak at rank 7 with it. Of course there are days that you draw bad and RNG hits you hard.
It will be appreciated if you would put my video in your guide. Thanks bro. =)
man that guys deck you played was horrible Great high quality video thou!!
solid deck however I have baron geddon and harrison jones for ragnos and arcane blast
Great deck! I'm rank 9 now with 78% winrate(18-5). 100%(5-0) againt secret pally.
Thx a lot for the deck!
Good deck, Played this to rank 12 where I hit all the fast decks. This deck just can't keep up with them consistently. It wrecks the secret pallys real good though.