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.
Out-value and outlast your opponent. Reno Mage's main weekness is that it has no clear win condition. I'm struggling with the deck as I fail to see the big picture. Generally deny everything, contest the board, spam spells to the face etc. Hard to tell :P
Ive been playing this deck for a while and subbed forbidden flame for elise. Working very well and acts kind of like a win condition as it fills your hand will legendaries in the late game. Really good against warlock as they have a finite number of removal.
Your win-con is to have more cards than your opponent. it's a control deck, not a combo one. You need to control the board, take card advantage and attack with your creatures when you can.
Loot Hoarder.
For Reno Mage, card draw is more important than spell power.
Kobold Geomancer would be a good replacement, yes.
Remove Ice Barrier for Dirty Rat? Manic Soulcaster is a good card but a very slow one. I rather have Anto cause you don't have any endgame
I have tryed Dirty Rat and it wasn't what I expected. Manic Soulcaster is great against Reno mirrors because it gives you another card in your deck and the fatigue is really relevant in this match ups.
Honestly, it wins Reno matchups if played along with Brann/Mind Control Tech and/or an opponent Doomsayer on board.
This deck gets outpaced by almost everything. Haven't won a single game since I started using it.
Hey Katastrof, thanks for your comment. I realized that this deck is one of the harder decks to play perfect because you're almost everytime behind in board. The secret here is to try to clean the board first and then try to play a good minion. You can do this with Blizzard/Frost Nova + Doomsayer or Kazakus's 10 mana spell. Is very important that you have removals in the early game so you can have board control from the beggining.
Reno mage is very good. Data shows it in the top 3 decks by win rate at the moment. Give it another go. Don't play it in the casual room - it is designed for ranked play.
I really wanna see this data. Show me. Please. Cause I've heard nothing of such bs.
Tell me: what do i want to reduce with the Emperor Thaurissan? Is there a special finish combo?
Usually you have a lot of cards in your hand with this deck. When you play Thaurissan you make sure you can cast more spells per turn, making all your combos better. For example, the value of casting Blizzard, Doomsayer and Arcane Intellect on a turn makes you get ahead on board and hand.
Done :)
Gonna try this but I don't have Alexstraza so I'm gonna sub in Medivh.
I have tryed Medivh ones but is not as good as it seems. Alexstraza is the card that you need to end the game against Reno decks and is the card that let you live a few more turns after Ice block triggers. Maybe you should try to craft it.