61% WR FREEEZE MAGE! FARMS DH & Rogue
- Last updated Apr 30, 2020 (Second DH Nerfs)
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Wild
- 10 Minions
- 19 Spells
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Freeze Mage
- Crafting Cost: 9620
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 4/30/2020 (Second DH Nerfs)
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Proof (at Diamond 3):
Background:
Hey, everyone! My name is Funki Monki and all I do is create off meta, homebrew decks that hopefully break the meta! Recently, I've been playing this Freeze Mage that has been crushing Demon Hunters, Rogues and Warriors. It all started when I noticed how fast the meta was (with the exception of Gal Priest) and most of the classes I saw were DH, Rogue, Warrior and occassionally Hunter. All of these classes, I also noted used their face to attack so I thought the perfect counter to your opponent going face is to freeze them! This deck originally started out as a meme, as I put in every single card with "freeze" text into my deck. I went 5-0. I started to realize it wasn't so much a meme and refined it to where it is today.
I hope you all enjoy this deck! This deck guide took me some time to write up, so if you found this helpful please upvote so others can find out about it as well!
* Khadgar/Conjurer's Calling is not in the deck because the meta is too fast. It may look appealing to have Khadgar because of Deep Freeze, Power of Creation, but waiting for the extra 2 mana on Khadgar is game losing. And Conjurer's Calling is a massive value spell but against Rogue, DH, Hunter, etc it is hard to play from behind and is often a dead card in hand. Against the slower decks, this list already does well vs them so we don't need the extra value.
*I also do not use Puzzle Box of Yogg-Saron because it is just too random, and in the cases where I'd want to cheat out a spell with Dragoncaster, If I had to choose between Deep Freeze, Power of Creation, or Yogg Box I'm never choosing box because it is too inconsistent and the other plays are consistently better. If you want to go for the memes, then by all means throw 2 boxes in! (by taking out 1 Blizzard and 1 Power of Creation)
Matchups:
Demon Hunter -
Mulligan:Arcane Breath, Ray of Frost, Astromancer Solarian, Doomsayer, Arcane Intellect, Frost Nova, Ice Barrier, Azure Explorer (if you have Arcane Breath), Rolling Fireball (if going second)
Druid -
Mulligan: Arcane Breath, Learn Draconic, Ray of Frost, Astromancer Solarian, Doomsayer, Arcane Intellect, Frost Nova, Azure Explorer, Malygos, Aspect of Magic, Dragoncaster
Hunter -
Mulligan: Arcane Breath, Ray of Frost, Astromancer Solarian, Doomsayer, Arcane Intellect, Frost Nova, Ice Barrier
Mage -
Arcane Breath, Learn Draconic, Ray of Frost, Astromancer Solarian, Arcane Intellect, Frost Nova, Azure Explorer, Malygos, Aspect of Magic, Dragoncaster, The Amazing Reno
Paladin -
Mulligan:Arcane Breath, Ray of Frost, Astromancer Solarian, Doomsayer, Arcane Intellect, Frost Nova, Ice Barrier, Azure Explorer (if you have Arcane Breath), Rolling Fireball(if going second)
Priest -
Mulligan: Arcane Breath, Learn Draconic, Astromancer Solarian, Arcane Intellect, Azure Explorer, Malygos, Aspect of Magic, Dragoncaster, The Amazing Reno, Power of Creation (if you have Dragoncaster)
Rogue -
Mulligan:Arcane Breath, Learn Draconic Ray of Frost, Astromancer Solarian, Doomsayer, Arcane Intellect, Frost Nova, Ice Barrier, Azure Explorer, Rolling Fireball
Shaman -
Mulligan:Arcane Breath, Learn Draconic, Ray of Frost, Astromancer Solarian, Doomsayer, Arcane Intellect, Frost Nova, Azure Explorer, Rolling Fireball (going second)
Warlock -
Mulligan:Arcane Breath, Learn Draconic, Ray of Frost, Astromancer Solarian, Doomsayer, Arcane Intellect, Frost Nova, Azure Explorer, Malygos, Aspect of Magic Rolling Fireball
Warrior -
Mulligan:Arcane Breath, Ray of Frost, Astromancer Solarian, Doomsayer, Arcane Intellect, Frost Nova, Azure Explorer, Malygos, Aspect of Magic Rolling Fireball
Replacements:
If you do not have any legendaries, replace with a Puzzle Box of Yogg-Saron
I hope you like this deck and, as always, if you have any questions or have a suggestion please comment below (I respond to all comments)!
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useless deck annihilated by anything
How about King Phaoris?
After i have seen ur videos and play with this deck i can tell it isn t bad.First of all i am main mage player i only play mage and i like this deck it reminds me old control mage.Base on my statics this deck is good vs warrior,vs demon hunter is not good but not bad either,vs rogue i agree with u it crashes it and vs priest is auto lose if u don t win before turn 9 or u are not good position on turn 9.Hunter is by far the worse match ofc but it is winnable.I am diamond 4 at the moment i went with other deck and i have with ur deck 50% win rate but i believe i can climb if i am lucky and don t face so many hunters(i was unlucky because half of my match was vs face or highlander hunter i don t know why).If u have any tips for this match up i am on.Thanks for the deck
Testing this now, looks very fun, I often struggle to find a balance between fun (for me - defined as has a chance of winning in almost all match ups, not every game is the same for cards that I play, and game length doesn't drag on forever).
I'll update on my WR (reached plat 2 last time with galakrond priest), but WR's at the start of the season are super random, you could easily face a genuine bronze as much as a diamond. I've lost all but one of my first 7 games this season starting at 10 when i was pretty 50:50 at my previous rank.
game 1: dunno anymore what it was but turn 3 i could not play anything and he had a board of minions
game2: mirror no play before turn 4 again scoop
game3: bomb warrior: turn 7 i had played two spells 4 bombs in my deck and shit skipper with bombs on board, autoloss
game4: Demonhunter: board clear with coin turn 4, then comes the summoner and glavebound, rng on poc is as always crap, frost nova and doomsayer, he kills doomsayer gg,
game5: quest war: he scoop son turn 8 after 2 6/6 enter the field dunno why he is well in advance... was retard risky skipper version as well
game6: Rogue: we keep trading, turn 6 double Cairne due to poc, win on turn 20, due to outvalaue, really fun game
ill test some more but the deck needs something like frostbolt
Just played some games with this deck climbing from Bronze whatever to now Platinum 8 or so and it worked really well. Destroyed every DH and Rogue and even the few priests were not a big problem. Switched one Ice Barrier for Raid the Sky Temple just because I just had it in a Ladder Pack. Don't think it is worth it, can save a game or two against Control but you lose a card in your starting hand against faster decks. Didn't do any good in those games.
Few games played... It seems me this deck performs worse than highlander in every MU, including DH... so, I don't found a reason to play it.
This is a nice deck, and it provides a lot of answers. The one problem I'm having is that I tend to run out of steam when games take longer, especially against Rogue or Shaman opponents. I'm going to try and add Archivist Elysiana, as a last resort, to avoid going into fatigue. Whenever she was in a deck of mine, she has served me well. I might cut one Doomsayer for her, since more often than not, opponents have plenty of removal for an 0/7, even with a frozen board.
If you're facing slower decks like Priests where you are on ladder then go for it! My ladder consisted of 75% Rogues and DH so this list was made to specifically counter them. A big tip I can give is once you're in lockdown mode (you have Frost Nova in hand, Ray of Frost, Water Elementals on the board, etc) start going face! A lot of times you can pressure a two turn kill with your Water Elementals, Power of Creation, Learn Draconic. Don't think of this as a fatigue deck, but rather a control/freeze style until we can setup some huge late game power plays to kill our opponent in 2-3 turns. Another card you might want to try if its fits your slower style is Alexstrasza which will help setup these 2 turn kills easier
The deck is fast, which is fine with me, I usually play slower control decks, so this is different. I've had a lot of Galakrond Shamans and they outperform with minion generation to a point they drain you dry (as far as resources are concerned). That's why I considered Archivist Elysiana. But yeah, I suppose adaptions depends on who you face.
Losses to all aggro 0-18
After 50 games, I'm 5-5 against DH and 14-3 against Rogues so I highly doubt you're 0-18 unless you're conceding all your games. The worst matchup is Hunter which is why I put in Ice Barrier, which has helped that matchup a lot but is still unfavorable. If you'd like help why don't you tell us about your games...what classes/decks specifically are you facing? and what rank are you playing at?
This deck is absolute garbage against DH, it's great against Warrior and slightly favourable against rogue though.
How many games have you played with it? at what rank? I've played over 50 games with it so far to Diamond 2 and am 5-5 against DH and 14-3 against Rogue and 1-1 against Warrior. Rogue is almost a guarantee win. I'm not sure how you're playing the deck but if you give us a bit more info on how you're losing/struggle I'd love to help!
Around 40 games and 1-10 against DH. Might as well be Legend since everyone is climbing from bronze right now (including me). 43% winrate in total. It's absolute garbage for climbing but its a fun deck either way.
THIS
Only a few games in but I'm liking it so far!