[MSoG] Secret Aggro Mage (Updated) - Subrezon's...
- Last updated Dec 4, 2016 (Gadgetzan)
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Wild
- 14 Minions
- 16 Spells
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Secret Mage
- Crafting Cost: 1280
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 11/29/2016 (Yogg Nerf)
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Battle Tag:
#2858
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Total Deck Rating
633
Greetings, travellers, I'm Subrezon, a german legend player. I love creativity in deckbuilding, and I always try something new, and try to make it work. Before the release of Mean Streets of Gadgetzan I will try to fry up a deck for each class that I think has potential AND might be competitive. Feels like the secret synergy reached critical mass in Mage, so I made a Secrert Aggro Mage this time around.
What is this deck?
Explosive starts! Roll over your opponent with Mana Wyrm, Flamewaker and Kabal Crystal Runner, that are protected by Effigy, Mirror Image and Counterspell, that cost (0) because of Kabal Lackey and Kirin Tor Mage and all synegize with one another! Burn your opponent down at the end, as he was blocked by your powerful secrets the whole game.
Why this deck?
I want to see just how broken Kabal Lackey is. :D
Is it going to be "a deck" upon release?
I'm not sure. Mage now has 3 OP 1-drops, but is the secret core strong enough to justify running it instead of the Cabalist's Tome/Azure Drake/Emperor Thaurissan package? The testing will tell.
UPDATE #1: I'm relieved to say that this deck works, and it is amazingly fun to play. It has a positive matchup with Aggro Warrior :D
So, what I experienced from testing:
- Kabal Lackey =/= Kirin Tor Mage. The former is insanely strong, while the latter is very weak.
- This deck can sweep through a hand in 3 turns, so I added a lot more draw in Azure Drake and Acolyte of Pain, and some more value-centric cards a-la Firelands Portal.
- The deck is extremely hand sensitive. No 1-drop on Turn 1 means half the chance to win. No Kabal Lackey or Kabal Crystal Runner, and you are too weak and don't accomplish enough SМOrc pressure.
- Kabal Crystal Runner is bonkers.
- Kabal Lackey + Medivh's Valet = win
- Setting off both Mirror Entity and Potion of Polymorph on a reasonable minion = win (order of play does't matter, you get the original minion and the opponent's minion becomes a Sheep)
So, I hope you enjoyed this one, so stay tuned for more! Don't forget to drop a +1 and to check out all of Subrezon's Theorycraft Series!
interesting deck!
Do not own Medivh's Valet, anything i can substitute it for in the mean time while i unlock karazhan?
Tried this deck and was able to fatigue a shaman to 0. He kept playing Mana tide and I played around it. Enjoying this deck a lot.
Decent deck ... went 5-1 around Rank 15 to finish my daily challenge to play Mage Cards.
One game of note, I missed all of my early game cards vs. a Dragon Priest but I noticed I did have the cards in hand to bluff that I was a Freeze Mage. That bluff bought me the time I needed to draw into a Tempo Swing on turn 7 and finish it out a few turns later. So although having the aggressive start is usually the way to go, this deck can come from behind if you can plan for a Tempo Swing. Here's the HSReplay of that game if you're interested.
https://hsreplay.net/replay/btQULLq6xg5iDrXacBivNd
Thanks Subrezon, but really it was just because I got screwed over in the mulligan stage and didn't really didn't have a better choice.
Your deck works well, and I look forward to playing it some more when I get a chance. I'll probably check out some of your other decks too :)
I love this deck!!!!
I played a few games so far and i lost with every warrior and paladin but i finished with more victories than loses so no bad so far, but the important thing is that it's a really fun deck to play.
Thanks.
purely for fun, and not playable
Pretty strong against everything but the rampant cancer of pirate aggro warrior.
I played it. sometimes you blast your opponent away, sometimes you run out of cards and it goes nowhere. It's fun though. The lackey seems pointless, I always got him at times where I had plenty mana anway, just lacking cards. Maybe I'll try a loothoarder.
The Kabal Lackey is really what allows you to get those big starts with this deck. I try to mulligan for it every game. Playing it with Mirror Entity pretty much ensures a win.
Crap deck. Too luck dependent and runs out of steam really fast.
why not Secretkeeper?
Really cool deck, secrets are aways fun to play with.
Question:
Would this be too slow against tiny minions? If you don't have Flamewaker or a board clear (in which this deck there are none) in your first 4 or 5 turns then it would be pretty difficult it seems to flip the board back against an aggressive deck.
Wouldn't it be at least a consideration to put a Volcanic Potion in?
Seems fun, was thinking about playing a mage (because I never do), this might be worth a try.
I like the deck, but I did notice the flamewaker in it. Isn't that being removed from Standard with the release of the new expansion?
No. There will no card rotated out with MSoG.
The next rotation will hit in the first months of 2017. Maybe April.
Oh, I was unaware of that. Thank you for the clarification.