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  • Last updated Jul 12, 2014 (Live Patch 5506)
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  • 18 Minions
  • 12 Spells
  • Deck Type: Ranked Deck
  • Deck Archetype: Unknown
  • Crafting Cost: 6940
  • Dust Needed: Loading Collection
  • Created: 4/6/2014 (Live Patch 4973)
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    edennnnnn#1203

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Yay Secrets Mage.

UPDATED JULY 12, 2014

So the dream is Turn 3 Kirin Tor Mage + Secret into Turn 4 Ethereal Arcanist. The tempo swing is pretty significant since you're getting an Injured Blademaster and a secret into a better Chillwind Yeti

Of course, you don't always get the dream so...

Other notable plays to look for:


Turn 10+: Archmage Antonidas + (Kirin Tor Mage) + Counterspell. You get to draw a Fireball and block their first reply to it. Increases the odds of Antonidas surviving a turn by quite a bit. Even better if you can get it on Turn 9 with the Coin.

Turn 5: Acolyte of Pain + Hero Power. This reads like an overpriced pre-nerf Novice Engineer, but the Acolyte blocks a lot that you don't end up seeing (e.g. Swipe, Whirlwind, Fan of Knives, Paladin's Hero Power, etc.) 

Early game, you're looking for Mana Wyrm, Loot Hoarder, and Frostbolt

Midgame is where the deck shines with Kirin Tor Mage, Ethereal Arcanist, and Azure Drake

Your late game threats are Archmage Antonidas and Pyroblast. If you like winning, you could consider Ragnaros the Firelord instead of Antonidas, but if you like winning, you probably shouldn't play mage at all.

As far as which secrets to play when... 
Ice Block is used to stay alive, but also sees play on turn 3 if you're holding an Ethereal Arcanist that absolutely needs to be charged. Ideally, Ice Block is played off of Kirin Tor Mage, since you have to pay upfront and receive no benefit until much later.
Spellbender should probably be reserved to protect Archmage Antonidas or a runaway Ethereal Arcanist

This deck does well against the big control decks (Handlock, Ramp Druid, Control Warrior) and does slightly worse against aggro (Zoolock, Aggro Paladin, Token Druid)

I suppose it is worth mentioning that this deck is absolutely awful against Bow Hunter because of Flare and because your secrets charge up their Eaglehorn Bow. It really is just a horrific matchup. That being said, the matchup is so bad you have nothing to lose. So.

All in all, super fun. 

EDIT: So, as great as catching the odd legendary with Mirror Entity was, I've found it to be a little inconsistent. I've changed the deck to reflect this.

-2 Mirror Entity
+2 Water Elemental

-2 Acolyte of Pain
+2 Arcane Intellect

It's a little less secret heavy, but more reliable and quicker. It keeps the same ratio of spells to minions, which I like.

EDIT: i waffled again and went back to the acolytes of pain. (and made legend)
EDIT: i found i was running out of gas a bit often for my taste, so i traded the Amani Berserker for Loot Hoarder but I'm not sure if this is strictly correct. I also played around with Nat Pagle (post nerf) and Coldlight Oracle but I think the final call is between Loot Hoarder and the Amani Berserkers.

I think the deck was a lot more fun when I was running just 4 random secrets, but the 4 I have now are a little bit more reliable. Feel free to mix and match, but I would stay with 4 secrets..