RenoJackson's Legend Secret Mage
- Last updated Sep 19, 2017 (Evergreen Nerfs)
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Wild
- 17 Minions
- 13 Spells
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Secret Mage
- Crafting Cost: 2420
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 4/9/2017 (Un'Goro Launch)
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Battle Tag:
RenoJackson#11673
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Region:
US
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Total Deck Rating
1856
20 upvotes and I'll write a guide. Cheers!
19/09/2017: deck updated for the post-nerf Koft meta.
The deck still does well against the overall field. Unfortunately not much you can do about a turn 5 Giant board though.
Keep mana wyrm, arcanologist and mad scientist as a general guide. Keep lackey with a secret but don't really play the lackey unless you need the tempo, otherwise hold for maximum tempo. Keep medivh's valet vs warrior, you'll need it to survive pirates.
Budget replacement: Boom; + Faceless Summoner
Duplicate guide: Kabal Crystal Runner if you have the board, Azure Drake for the strong body, if you need tempo go for the 2/3 Valet. Ethereal Arcanist and Dr. Boom are good as well, other cards are just trash duplicates.
Secret guide: Don't play Counterspell when they have the coin. Kabal Lackey + Secret is ONLY a powerful play when you have a turn 2 to follow up, otherwise hold it. Kabal Lackey + Duplicate (Effigy) is not a good play, but since tempo is king in this deck, don't hesitate to play the combo against fast decks. Play Counterspell after they finish their quest. They'll likely not fall for it but they might have to delay their powerful turn, or if they don't have another spell bad luck. Against Secret Paladin, play Mirror Entity before his turn 6 or you'll lose the tempo battle. Against Pirate Warrior, try to Duplicate the Medivh's Valet. Against Egg Druid, play Counterspell as soon as possible, because board buffs are his strongest plays. Against control, play Duplicate on powerful minions and Counterspell to protect that minion or a big board. But if you don't have any other plays other than secret, don't hesitate to play them.
Secret techs: Potion of Polymorph can be swapped out for Mirror Entity and vice versa
Effigy swap with Duplicate
Effigy swap with Ice Block
Actual footage of me playing the deck for reference: https://hsreplay.net/replay/8Nuas3Mz4kjUPEarSvy6zL
https://hsreplay.net/replay/WSkY3hTmuN2BcTuwJdandN (I made a critical misplay in this match playing a second Arcanist into Sylvanas because I was playing so fast. Luckily I still won. Don't do it guys)
I added 2 Effigy in the newest version, it's working great for pushing tempo. I have excluded Dr. Boom and added in Firelands Portal because of Boom bots anti-synergy. Some lists play Loatheb, some play Mana Wyrms, some play Unstable Portal. Lots of room for you to tinker around.
They're all good additions. I just want the deck to be accessible to most people. Loatheb is good because when playing around Counterspell they can't use a cheap spell to test for it anymore
Is there a win condition?
Intrigued, but I don't see much burst or face-go-able value or longevity.
What am I missing? How do you get the other guy to zero with this?
We either win by extreme tempo (having a large board or a crazy Arcanist that is blocked from clearing by Counterspell, or copied his big minions) or extra value leading to tempo (for example, duplicate a 0 mana Krystal Runner). Playstyle is similar to Secret Paladin, is that you will try to go face when possible, preferably after getting board control, and let him deal with the secrets).
Is it okay without draws?
We have plenty of draws, Arcanologist, Mad Scientist and Azure Drake
Yea, but the last 2 games i had scientist and arcanologist mulligan, did draw 3 secrets consecutive after it,ended up playing the 2nd scientist without secret in deck.
That used to happen pretty often back when tempo mage, mech mage, and hunters ran 3 secrets and 2 mad scientists. But as long as first mad scientist gets a secret, its usually good enough that its okay to not get a secret with second one and just use it as 2/2 body.
It will happen much less often with this deck tho.
it's a nice deck, went 16-4 with it, was only struggling against priests... :/
I feel like one Duplicate and one Kabal Lackey is enough.
I'm experimenting with one Firelands Portal and Mana Bind secret instead.
Hey, i'm curious what are the results until now? It works better on your ladder?
Sorry, I kinda stopped playing wild and tried the Standard variants.
Mulligans? I assume u wanna duplicate mad scientist when possible?
Keep mana wyrm, arcanologist and mad scientist as a general guide. Keep lackey with a secret but don't really play the lackey unless you need the tempo, otherwise hold for maximum tempo. Keep medivh's valet vs warrior, you'll need it to survive pirates.
Mad Scientists are horrible duplicate targets. Duplicate guide: Kabal Crystal Runner if you have the board, Azure Drake for the strong body, if you need tempo go for the 2/3 Valet. Ethereal Arcanist and Faceless Summoner are good as well, other cards are just trash duplicates.
yeah , right
Why the deck is called "RenoJackson" mage and does not include Reno?
@edit
The deck seems to be a really powerful one. So far, so good.
Because my battletag is RenoJackson lol
Haha, sorry 8 hours of engineering work has blown my brain away.
Anyways, the deck is perfect 7-0 so far.
Y nice deck . But i`m replace Kirin Tor Mage on Echo of medivh
The language looks like Russian, am I right?
yes