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.
19/09/2017: deck updated for post-nerf KOFT meta.
This deck got me from rank 25 to rank 15 with 100% win rate. Amazing deck.
Anybody know if this deck is still a really useful tool to hit legend with?
Is this still an effective deck in the current meta?
People started to play around secrets more, so I suggest not copying the exact decklist. Try secrets like Spellbender. I got wrecked by a Secret Mage with Spellbender in Heroic Brawl today.
Well if you got wrecked then maybe I shouldn't even try Heroic Brawl. I'm a casual player and I dusted all my wild cards to be able to craft effective decks for standard. I thought "this seems like a cheap deck to go wild", but I guess it's not worth the risk, not being used to playstyles in wild and all. Maybe I'll try wild ladder later though.
Interesting deck. Thx for it
This deck is so much fun! I just got to rank 5 for the first time in wild :) Thanks for the awesome list
Like this NO Reno's deck. Just win 6 games on a row!
got me from 15 to 9 in like no time, very good win rate as well 81% (25-6), thanks for the deck man, i don't have Primordial Glyph so i replace it with Dr. Boom
Update : I'm at rank 5 now with 43-11, this deck is crazy, i think i can get my 'first time' legend with this deck, thank you so much
Copy his huge minion and get a Counterspell up when you have the board. If you let him stabilize it's usually very hard to win
RenoJackson?
Its the name of this guy, well a bit clickbait :P
This deck is amazing and fun. I piloted it to achieve legend for the first time. Thanks for sharing!
The deck seems to excel against shaman, rogue, paladin, freeze mage, and hunter. Everything else is close to a 50/50. From my experience, you're more favored against pirate/aggro warrior than control/taunt warrior. All these stats were recorded post rank 5.
This deck still strong
http://imgur.com/a/gzznc
The deck stopped working for me. Got crushed by Renolock and some non-Secret Paladin decks. Slid back to Rank 8. The deck is not as good as the hype.
yes the meta has changed recently, I'm now using a control priest that works well until the meta shifts again
List?