Inkmaster Reno Mage - Easy rank 5
- Last updated Dec 23, 2016 (Gadgetzan)
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Wild
- 15 Minions
- 15 Spells
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Reno Mage
- Crafting Cost: 12000
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 12/16/2016 (Gadgetzan)
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Battle Tag:
petomartinez #1221
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Total Deck Rating
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Hello everybody! I'm Peto Martinez, Hearthstone and MTG player from Argentina.
Inkmaster Solia is one of my favorite cards of the new set that's why I built this deck in order to get the most value of her.+10 likes - Mulligan guide+30 likes - Combos+50 likes - Screenshots+80 likes - Card Replacements+100 likes - Tutorial video+150 likes - Inkmaster Reno Mage v2.0
Thanks for the first 20 likes! We achieve our first goal, let's keep it up and try to reach the tutorial video.
This is scalating quickly! Thanks for the 30 likes, I will give you now all the combos that the deck have.
Thanks for the +50 replies! You're awesome!
80 likes and going! Let's look for some replacements!
100 likes! We've reached our objective! Thank you all!
Mulligan Guide
Against Pirate Warrior, Aggro/Jade Shaman, Pirate Rogue:
Keep Arcane Blast, Frostbolt, Volcanic Potion, Acidic Swamp Ooze, Doomsayer. If you already have one of these you can keep Ice Block or Ice Barrier.
Against Reno Warlock, Reno Mage or any Reno deck:
Keep Arcane Intellect, Babbling Book, Kabal Courier, Kazakus and Brann Bronzebeard.
Against Dragon Priest:
Keep Frostbolt, Forgotten Torch, Polymorph, Fireball and Arcane Intellect.
Combos
Arcane Blast + Azure Drake/Bloodmage Thalnos: Try to play Thalnos only when you are going to kill an important guy or clean the board. 4 damage for 1 mana with Arcane Blast is all you need to keep your board in a good position.
Brann Bronzebeard: This card is amazing in the deck, it has a lot of sinergy with most of the minions in the deck. Babbling Book, Kabal Courier, Kazakus, Mind Control Tech & Azure Drake are always good targets. Obviously what do you want to do is play Kazakus with this card. Never play Manic Soulcaster with it, I have lose a game because of this.
Inkmaster Solia + Kazakus: Revive 3 Minions and Draw 3 cards having a 5/5 extra minion for 7 mana sounds good, isn't it? Almost every combination of 10 mana spells works perfect with her.
Ice Block + Reno Jackson/Alexstrasza: This secret let you play in a more comfortable way if you have Reno in your hand. Try to worry about getting the more card advantage as possible and Ice Block without getting triggered. If your opponent tries to kill you he will have to commit a lot of board and if he doesn't he will give you all the time you need to stabilize the game.
Screenshots
Here are some screenshot when I reach rank 3 without losing a game.
Against Aggro Shaman:
Against Dragon Priest
Against Pirate Rogue
Against Pirate Warrior
Replacements
Epic Cards
Arcane Blast: Any cheap spell that make damage like Forbidden Flame or Arcan
Ice Block: Irreplaceable
Cabalist's Tome: Ethereal Conjurer
Doomsayer: I can't find a good replacement for this. Maybe you should play another 2 drop.
Legendary Cards:
Inkmaster Solia: Archmage Antonidas
Bloodmage Thalnos: Kobold Geomancer/Loot Hoarder
Brann Bronzebeard: Irreplaceable
Kazakus: Irreplaceable
Reno Jackson: Irreplaceable
Alexstraza: Ragnaros the Firelord
Just try to have an harmony beyond all your cards, e.g: If you're playing Archamage Antonidas play cheap spell.
Tutorial Video
I want to give special thanks to kiwiinbacon for this incredible tutorial video. He's a great player and the video is so fun.
Here you have a second video of a Latin American player like me. You have a lot of matchups and you can see how the deck works from another perspective. Follow Cythe O2 in his channel.
A third video from a nice guy called FraggedByDay, follow him on his channel!
Inkmaster Reno Mage v2.0
I have made a few changes to improve the deck against aggro decks, here they are:
-1 Emperor Thaurissan
-1 Manic Soulcaster
-1 Forbidden Flame
+1 Mirror Image
+1 Mistress of Mixtures
+1 Refreshment Vendor
It's still having some issues against Jade Shaman but it gets a lot better vs any Warrior and Rogue deck.
mulligan for druid?
Very nice and fun deck, I don't have inkmaster so I change it with antonidas like you suggest
This is my gameplay versus Shaman but idk is it jade or aggro one (hard matchup)
My game pretty lucky here, what I got from Brann+Kazakus, unlimited Cabalist Tome and etc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asMe7xAF-2c&feature=youtu.be
Who can replace Alexstrasza?
I tried out Medivh, the Guardian in place of Alexstrasza, for some good old Inkmaster Solia synergy
Fun fact: Using inkmaster to discount the spell will make you summon a 0 cost minion
So - 3/6 ... Guess i am just doing something terrible wrong.
Thalnos is one of the most important cards in the game. you can use it in many decks
You don't need thalnos to make a deck effective and/or playable, but thalnos is one of the best legendaries in the game, as 2 mana spell damage is very good, along with the card draw is at worst a good cycle card to draw your endgame, and is probably playable in almost any deck. Plus it will never go out of rotation
He is very important but you wont play this deck without inkmaster
I would highly advise against Inkmaster craft, many pros think she is meh. Bloodmage is a neutral seen in many decks, ok to craft him for sure. Inkmaster is a classcard seen in one kinda deck (reno) and rarely seen even in that one deck.
trash deck ever. depend rng god to win the games,
discover op card or loses.
Looks fine, but I'd definetely swap Alexstrasza for Dirty Rat.
oh way no how would you kill enemy
Is this a troll post?
Viable even at mid legend ranks nice deck!
Ranked up from 9 to 5 rank almost without losing a single game. The majority of games were against shamans by the way.
I have 100% win ratio vs shaman but i played only one game vs that class
So I decided to test this....Very inconsistent vs aggro as most reno decks are....And breaks even against most other decks....Only way this climbs is getting perfect openings and draws......Dragon pirate warrior and jade anything can just destroy this deck so easily. Fun concept deck great for testing skill, but not ladder viable on NA. And i know the maker of the deck will down vote my thoughts which is fine but that wont change the reality of this deck.
I upvoted you <3