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.
why do you have to put your bAttle tag name of renojackson in every recent deck title.
This deck has no Reno Jackson in it. Feels bad man...
Why no flamewakers?
LuL! This Deck. I guess Janna really is the model from Victoria's Secret. It is really fun to watch ur opponent guessing the secret, busy on maintaining the board.
This deck is amazing, I just went 18-0 with it from rank 15 to 8 :o
Dust calculation is wrong. 2 legendaries make 3200 dust themselves.
There are a lot of cards from classic and MSoG, so no.
I think it doesn't count replaced cards.
Reno Deck without reno? Seems right.
This decklist seems to be pretty good so far. I've gone 11-2 from 19-14 (which i know doesn't really mean much). To me this deck seems really fun to play and i love the decision making when playing secrets. Thanks a bunch for posting
Thx. This deck is insanely good. Quickly from rank 15 to 5.
Cute
Have you considered Primordial Glyph?
Yes, but then there's really nothing you should replace it with. Maybe a Faceless Manipulator, but imho this deck needs minion pressure
Very interesting deck. I have always loved the mage secret based tech. Will try it today on rank 8. Lets see how it works
edit: So i tried this on ladder. I made 6 matches and unfortunately luck wasnt on my side. These are opponents which i faced:
Mech mage - 1win,1loss
Pirate warrior - 1 loss
Face hunter - 1 loss
Garden rogue - 1 win
Quest rogue - 1 loss.
Still grinding. Hope rng will work on my side next tries.
all in all i've got to admit that this is a pretty solid deck. Bouncing back and forth on 7-9 rank.
Still imo there are some ways to improve it, such as adding some direct damage spells (f.e. Firelands Portal x1 or maybe even Pyroblast x1).
Never the less thank you for the list! Vote up!
Amazing. Always love your decks, man. Keep up the good work. :)
Thanks man, appreciate it!
Wow, really simple and powerful deck
How is Loatheb and Dr.Boom instead of Faceless Summoners?
Edit: Nvm, negative synergy with counterspell and duplicate I see