Fourth 12 win run, first with Mage. I didn't think the deck was that strong, but duplicate in almost every game on either Senjin, Water Elemental, or Sludge Belcher gave me the extra minions I needed to win 12. 3 Flamestrikes/1 Blizzard definitely didn't hurt either.
i went 12-1 with a Paladin, lost the first game against a rogue and then 12 straight wins, i had a very fast decks and almost all the wins were before round 10, i played very agressive, played coin Pint-Sized Summoner several times in turn 1 and it worked well
Second 12 win run in a row... Mage again. 4 fireballs/3 flamestrikes/2 frostbolts is ridiculous, even better once Archmage Antonidas hits the table and gives me unlimited fireballs (which won me 3 of the 12 games).
Rewards were 325 gold, gold rare (Perdition's Blade), pack.
MVP was Ysera, hands down. It won me about 5 games all by itself and almost always from behind. Honorable mention goes to the single lightning storm that let me get to end game against a couple aggro decks to pull the Ysera for the win.
So this is my third 12 win run in a row, this time with Paladin. Amazing. Awards weren't great again though: 250 or so gold, pack, epic, golden rare (previous two times I got 2 gold rares, pack, some gold).
Not shown: Ragnaros, Avenging Wrath, Frost Elemental.
My first 12 win (sorry for missing the pic, but it is legit). Won 11 in a row, then lost to a Mage before finishing off a Shaman to seal the win. All star cards were Faerie Dragon and Unleash the Hounds. Loot was 220g, 25g, a Golden Twisting Nether and 2 decks (also got a Golden Holy Fire out of one of the decks, so BONUS).
Strategy was a rushy midrange. I always seemed to have an answer for my opponents move (Explosive Shot and Snipe were particularly useful in this regard) I was also impressed with Gnomish Inventor and feel he may be under appreciated in ladder.
I just managed to get my first 12 win arena (12-2). I started by losing the first match (I almost always lose the first game), but then I went on a 9 win killing spree before losing to an insane shaman.
The best thing is the rewards.. 2 decks, 255 gold and 1 epic card. In the 2 decks I got 3 rares, 1 epic & Alexstraza :) NOT BAD!
Besides the cards shows I also had archmage, flamestrike & Mountain Giant
I won my first six, lost a game and won the next six. This is only my second 12 win arena. Both were with Paladin and both drafts had a Sea Giant in them. Pint-sized Summoner was a great two-drop in a few games; I got to drop a Sen'jin on T3 to keep it alive and stay ahead of the curve. Keeping my board filled was relatively easy with Imp Master, Razorfen Hunter, Silver Hand Knight and my hero power and it all synergized well with Raid Leader, 2x Stormwind Champion as well as Sea Giant.
First 12 win deck. My average is 4.1 wins and previous high was 8, so this really had me feeling good. MVPs were shadow word pain and cabal shadow priest.
not your typical mage, no fireballs, polymorph, water elemental, just one flamestrike, used the pyro only once. very rushy deck, the undertaker got insane in some games.
12-2 warrior. Those 12 wins were all achieved by 4 drops, to whom I pay tribute here. Lost to turn 2 wild growth druid with ancients and Ironbarks and shaman, who had all the right removals while I had no weapons.
Coincidentally, 12th win in this arena was also my 1000th win, so I got a crapton of gold from it. And a pack with a missing shield slam for control warrior. Nice.
The first major strength of this deck was all the early game removal mixed with the low curve which let me gain and keep board control with relative ease. The Lightning Bolts and Axes combo'd sickly with the Unbound Elementals in a few games leading to easy wins.
The second major strength here was the sheer quality of the cards. Cairne and Onyxia were nice, but beyond that Demolisher is I feel the only subpar card here, and I managed not to draw it fairly often and got acceptable value out of it when I did. I'm usually not thrilled to draft Ironbeak Owl but having a silence option turned out to be essential this run.
One of my losses came to one of those really annoying mages with all the answers and an Ethereal Arcanist that got out of control after spellbender ate my hex. My other loss came to a warrior who won a 20% chance brawl and managed to keep control after that.
Arena rewards included Cenarius, golden Feral Spirit and the pack had The Beast in it for good measure.
MVPs were Leeroy and the Ironbark/AoW brigade. One game some guy found a way to deal with the AoW and the first 2 Ironbarks but just conceded after I dropped the 3rd. The Caine surprisingly didn't help much. Got 425 Gold and 2 packs (one of which contained Captain Greenskin - completing my pirate set)
MVPs were the Argent Protectors, Tirion and Ysera. Good drops and trading early game to stall until late game Tirion/Ysera. Got 410 Gold, 1 Golden Vaporize and a pack which contained an Al'Akir and BGH.
First 12 wins, 12-1 with Druid. This is a really funny deck with very high consistency and card draw. No Force of Nature but Druid of the Claw (charge) + Bluegill Warrior + Savage Roar did the trick. Small minions run into Druid of the Claw (taunt) or get bombed out by Mad Bomber, big minions get ignored by Frost Elemental, and just keep drawing with Nourish and Ancient of Lore. Really nice synergy that I didn't even fully conceive when I was drafting.
Got 12-2 with 4x Voidcaller warlock deck. I couldn't imagine it but card is just crazy good in arena if coupled with any big demon or even another Voidcaller
Fourth 12 win run, first with Mage. I didn't think the deck was that strong, but duplicate in almost every game on either Senjin, Water Elemental, or Sludge Belcher gave me the extra minions I needed to win 12. 3 Flamestrikes/1 Blizzard definitely didn't hurt either.
Prizes: Gold Lava Burst, Gold Feral Spirit, 250 Gold, Pack.
I have yet to get a legendary as a reward for Arena, and I have almost 700 Arena wins....
i went 12-1 with a Paladin, lost the first game against a rogue and then 12 straight wins, i had a very fast decks and almost all the wins were before round 10, i played very agressive, played coin Pint-Sized Summoner several times in turn 1 and it worked well
the missing cards are 2xBoulderfist Ogre , Lord of the Arena, Argent Commander, Alexstrasza and Core Hound
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Ice Block MVP, won me three games with extra turn and letting me play very aggressive. Four AoEs also helped...
Not shown 3x Flamestrike, Stormwind Champion, 2x Argent Commander.
Second 12 win run in a row... Mage again. 4 fireballs/3 flamestrikes/2 frostbolts is ridiculous, even better once Archmage Antonidas hits the table and gives me unlimited fireballs (which won me 3 of the 12 games).
Rewards were 325 gold, gold rare (Perdition's Blade), pack.
12-2 run with Shaman.
MVP was Ysera, hands down. It won me about 5 games all by itself and almost always from behind. Honorable mention goes to the single lightning storm that let me get to end game against a couple aggro decks to pull the Ysera for the win.
Rewards: 335 gold, golden Slam
my 1st 12 Arena deck
And another
So this is my third 12 win run in a row, this time with Paladin. Amazing. Awards weren't great again though: 250 or so gold, pack, epic, golden rare (previous two times I got 2 gold rares, pack, some gold).
Not shown: Ragnaros, Avenging Wrath, Frost Elemental.
6th 12 win run overall - 2 Druid, 2 Mage, 2 Paladin.
My first 12 win (sorry for missing the pic, but it is legit). Won 11 in a row, then lost to a Mage before finishing off a Shaman to seal the win. All star cards were Faerie Dragon and Unleash the Hounds. Loot was 220g, 25g, a Golden Twisting Nether and 2 decks (also got a Golden Holy Fire out of one of the decks, so BONUS).
Strategy was a rushy midrange. I always seemed to have an answer for my opponents move (Explosive Shot and Snipe were particularly useful in this regard) I was also impressed with Gnomish Inventor and feel he may be under appreciated in ladder.
I just managed to get my first 12 win arena (12-2). I started by losing the first match (I almost always lose the first game), but then I went on a 9 win killing spree before losing to an insane shaman.
The best thing is the rewards.. 2 decks, 255 gold and 1 epic card. In the 2 decks I got 3 rares, 1 epic & Alexstraza :) NOT BAD!
Besides the cards shows I also had archmage, flamestrike & Mountain Giant
I won my first six, lost a game and won the next six. This is only my second 12 win arena. Both were with Paladin and both drafts had a Sea Giant in them. Pint-sized Summoner was a great two-drop in a few games; I got to drop a Sen'jin on T3 to keep it alive and stay ahead of the curve. Keeping my board filled was relatively easy with Imp Master, Razorfen Hunter, Silver Hand Knight and my hero power and it all synergized well with Raid Leader, 2x Stormwind Champion as well as Sea Giant.
First 12 win deck. My average is 4.1 wins and previous high was 8, so this really had me feeling good. MVPs were shadow word pain and cabal shadow priest.
not your typical mage, no fireballs, polymorph, water elemental, just one flamestrike, used the pyro only once. very rushy deck, the undertaker got insane in some games.
12-2 warrior. Those 12 wins were all achieved by 4 drops, to whom I pay tribute here. Lost to turn 2 wild growth druid with ancients and Ironbarks and shaman, who had all the right removals while I had no weapons.
Coincidentally, 12th win in this arena was also my 1000th win, so I got a crapton of gold from it. And a pack with a missing shield slam for control warrior. Nice.
Fifth twelve win run, second (I think) with Shaman.
The first major strength of this deck was all the early game removal mixed with the low curve which let me gain and keep board control with relative ease. The Lightning Bolts and Axes combo'd sickly with the Unbound Elementals in a few games leading to easy wins.
The second major strength here was the sheer quality of the cards. Cairne and Onyxia were nice, but beyond that Demolisher is I feel the only subpar card here, and I managed not to draw it fairly often and got acceptable value out of it when I did. I'm usually not thrilled to draft Ironbeak Owl but having a silence option turned out to be essential this run.
One of my losses came to one of those really annoying mages with all the answers and an Ethereal Arcanist that got out of control after spellbender ate my hex. My other loss came to a warrior who won a 20% chance brawl and managed to keep control after that.
Arena rewards included Cenarius, golden Feral Spirit and the pack had The Beast in it for good measure.
12-1 Mage deck list
First ever 12 wins
My latest 12 wins arenas since using Arena Mastery:
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MVPs were Leeroy and the Ironbark/AoW brigade. One game some guy found a way to deal with the AoW and the first 2 Ironbarks but just conceded after I dropped the 3rd. The Caine surprisingly didn't help much. Got 425 Gold and 2 packs (one of which contained Captain Greenskin - completing my pirate set)
http://arenamastery.com/pck2
MVPs were the Argent Protectors, Tirion and Ysera. Good drops and trading early game to stall until late game Tirion/Ysera. Got 410 Gold, 1 Golden Vaporize and a pack which contained an Al'Akir and BGH.
First 12 wins, 12-1 with Druid. This is a really funny deck with very high consistency and card draw. No Force of Nature but Druid of the Claw (charge) + Bluegill Warrior + Savage Roar did the trick. Small minions run into Druid of the Claw (taunt) or get bombed out by Mad Bomber, big minions get ignored by Frost Elemental, and just keep drawing with Nourish and Ancient of Lore. Really nice synergy that I didn't even fully conceive when I was drafting.
Surely The Black Knight is more powerful than Gandalf...
Got 12-2 with 4x Voidcaller warlock deck. I couldn't imagine it but card is just crazy good in arena if coupled with any big demon or even another Voidcaller
a druid in my main server europe, pretty nice curve and some big cool big boys at the end. lore is just insane in arena.