(Legend) Wild Secret Mage inspired by Luzkan
- Last updated Dec 18, 2017 (Kobolds Patch)
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Wild
- 15 Minions
- 14 Spells
- 1 Weapon
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Secret Mage
- Crafting Cost: 4320
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 12/14/2017 (Kobolds Patch)
- Biibe
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Battle Tag:
Biibe#2209
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Region:
EU
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Total Deck Rating
34
Original idea for Standard by Luzkan: CLICK HERE
I liked Luzkan's deck so much that I wanted to try make it work in Wild. I started from Rank 20 and climbed to Rank 10 in three hours.
I experimented a little on the way to higher ranks and this is the deck I managed to hit Legend with. Feels very good on every matchup except Call to Arms Paladin. This was m first time hitting Legend rank.
Some stats:
All matches
Rank 5 to Legend
Please check Luzkan's deck for general idea of gameplay. Some Wild only tips:
- Against Demon Warlock, keep every minion and try to do face damage with them as much as possible during first turns. Eventually Warlock gets super taunts in the way - finish with direct damage spells.
- Against Priest, you have to finish with big turn - otherwise Priest heals and heals and heals... Try to be aggressive but don't commit to board too much. They will have multiple board clears and Reno Jackson, but our Legendary Weapon can pressure them enough to finish before we run out of cards.
- I have already seen some mirror matches and now I understand why this deck is difficult to play against: secrets. You have to be very careful and think thoroughly what to play against which secret. In the end, player who draws Aluneth first usually wins.
Great deck,pls keep updated :)
nice deck. +1
Is there any card that i can change? Met a lot of aggro today.
Stomping my way through the ranks right now.. 25 games in and I'm 21-4 with this deck from rank 22 to 13. Well done!
Does it have enough fire power? Is it a good idea to replace the mad scientist or 1 arcane intellect to firelands portal or pyroblast?
Since it's wild, I don't think this is refined enough. It's good deck no doubt, but you should consider more burn. Firelands portal isn't good enough since there are option for ice lance and roaring torch, too.
I made my own tempo mage today for first time playing in wild and 3 hours later was to rank 9 with 28-4 record. I used basically this with changes being :
+1 scientist and -1 arcanologist (I agree with Biibe though that it's probably better to play 2 arcanologists, or at least that was my impression after those 3 hours of playing edit. well, after more thought in my version it might be justified to go 2 scientist since I don't run lackeys :P),
-1 kabal lackey
-1 spellbender
-1 flamewaker
+2 ice lance
+1 pyroblast
In the end it's probably more of a preference than if other approach is better than other since core of this deck is pretty insane when combined with Aluneth. If I have time to play tomorrow I'll try adding roaring torch and/or another flamewaker into build.
FYI just played your deck over the last 2 hours - I'm 14-2 from rank 25-14 in wild (I primarily play Standard where I am rank 10).
Nice deck!
How do you deal with warlock’s voidcaller or lackey pulling a Voidlord at T5? These guys are plaguing the rank 5-3 ladder!
I’m starting to tech spellbreakers just for this. No one here facing this bs?
Thanks for the deck. I started at rank 11 and 2* and six games later I'm at rank 10 and 5* with one loss (my opening game) and five wins. Deck is good, even in games where I've not drawn Aluneth. I even beat a Paladin!
One thing I would like to ask is how much success/benefit you've had from Mirror Entity. I stopped using it when I played Standard Secret Mage through October and November because an opponent would almost always test for it by playing something crappy. How well do you think Spellbender would work instead? The way I see it, I might get something good from Mirror Entity, but if I have Spellbender up instead then at least it'll protect a (hopefully) decent minion of mine or get a good buff. What do you think?
Just FYI - It's highly likely that Ice Block will be joining the ranks of the Hall of Fame at the next Standard rotation, as in it will no longer be available to use in Standard mode. I don't believe it's been confirmed that it's going to happen, but there's been a lot of implication by Blizzard that it will. Just something to keep in mind if considering crafting the card.
i do not own aluneth... any replacement?
or is the deck bad without it
It is not 100% necessary since secret mage has always been at least tier 3 in wild many times tier 1. It is weaker without it but still playable. I would cut spell bender and throw 2 azure drakes in and call it a day.
I will eventually +1 your deck. I just want to enjoy it myself first before it becomes too popular :)
I like it, would run the same deck. Good job on this one.
+1 for the deck :)