[LEGEND] QuietPenguin's MechMage! Legend with 7...
- Last updated Feb 26, 2015 (Undertaker Nerf)
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Wild
- 24 Minions
- 6 Spells
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Unknown
- Crafting Cost: 6280
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 1/30/2015 (Undertaker Nerf)
- QuietPenguin
- Registered User
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- 5
- 7
- 19
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Battle Tag:
QuietPenguin
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Region:
US
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Total Deck Rating
299
This is the deck I used to get to Legend for the first time!
I managed to win 75% of my games, going 33-11, including an epic win streak of 11 games, from the start of rank 2 all the way to legend!
I recorded the last game where I got to legend for those who are interested (and those who want proof of legend!):
Card Explanations:
I also made a video deck tech for those who would rather listen than read :)
Clockwork Gnome x2
Clockwork Gnome serves as an acceptable one-drop against all classes that can't kill it for free with their hero power (that is every class except Druid, Mage and Rogue). It's also the cheapest mech in the game, making it easy to have a mech for Cogmaster, Tinkertown Technician and Goblin Blastmage.
Lastly, it provides you with a spare part when it dies, which can be used to make an efficient trade or in conjunction with Archmage Antonidas.
Cogmaster x2
Now that Undertaker has been nerfed, Cogmaster is one of the best one-drop minions in the game (second only to Flame Imp in my opinion). Cogmaster is responsible for the deck's most broken starts, and coining out two of them on turn 1 is basically game over.
Frostbolt x2
Frostbolt is an essential card in the meta right now, helping you to keep the board under control in the early game, and providing essential reach late game.
It's important to remember that freezing a minion or the enemy hero can be very beneficial (particularly against weapon classes!).
Unstable Portal x2
In the 44 games I played with this deck on the way to legend, I played Unstable Portal 20 times.
This is what I got:
King Crush (insane)
Lorewalker Cho (was against Rogue so it was sick)
Frost Elemental (OP at 3 mana)
Antique Healbot (got me out of burn range in the mirror)
Sen'jin Shieldmasta (kept me from dying to combo against Druid)
Patient Assassin (killed a Mechanical Yeti in the mirror)
War Golem (very solid at 4 mana, gave me the game)
Goblin Blastmage (a card I'm already playing? Yes please!)
Mechanical Yeti (a card I'm already playing? Yes please!)
Spider Tank (a card I'm already playing? Yes please!)
Dalaran Mage (allowed Frostbolt to kill a 4/4)
Metaltooth Leaper (basically a Fireball)
Leper Gnome (could've been worse)
Goblin Sapper (was actually a decent threat early game against Druid)
Shieldbearer (literally needed a taunt to not die!)
Bolvar Fordragon (was a solid but unexciting minion that game)
Nerubian Egg (great with some of the spare parts)
Stonesplinter Trogg (meh)
Ship's Cannon (meh)
Young Dragonhawk (awful)
Overall, the card was very very solid, giving me utter crap only once, while winning me the game multiple times. Don't keep it in your opening hand though, you'd rather mulligan for cards that are guaranteed to affect the board early on.
Judge this card for yourself, but I loved it (the random element also made the grind more fun!).
Annoy-o-Tron x2
This guy consistently over-performed for me. He protects your smaller minions such as Mechwarper, Clockwork Gnome and Cogmaster, makes it difficult for your opponent to made efficient trades, is a sticky mech for Cogmaster, Tinkertown Technician and Goblin Blastmage, and protects your face from evil Hunters and Druid Combos.
Mechwarper x2
This guy is BROKEN. In the final game with this deck I had like five minions out by the end of turn four thanks to this card. If it gets nerfed somehow I wouldn't be surprised.
Snowchugger x2
Doesn't look like much, and often he's just a 2/3 for 2, but sometimes he is so much more, freezing a giant minion for a turn, or stopping a weapon class from ever getting an attack in. If he wasn't a mech he wouldn't be good enough for the deck, but he is so deal with it :P
Spider Tank x2
You can either play Spider Tank or Harvest Golem. I prefer Spider Tank because you get most of the stats (3/4 compared to 4/4 total) straight up, which matters in a number of cases, such as needing to kill a Mechwarper or other 3-health minion, and hits for more damage each attack. I found the Damaged Golem to be too fragile to be of much worth.
Tinkertown Technician x1
I only played one Tinkertown Technician because he is somewhat situational, but having one was great. a 4/4 for 3 with a spare part is a great deal.
Fireball x2
Kills:
Sludge Belcher.
Druid of the Claw.
Other big minions.
Opponents.
Make sure you know how many Fireballs you've got left in your deck, and try not to waste them if you don't have to. Plan out your turns and try to save this to go face - it's how I won most of my games.
Goblin Blastmage x2
This card is disgusting. Normally the first few turns are spent jockeying for board position, and then this guy comes down and suddenly one side of the board is completely clear. Guess which side?
It's also a key card in the Paladin matchup, as the main way they beat you is with an early Muster for Battle, which this card counters quite nicely.
Mechanical Yeti x2
I generally preferred Mechanical Yeti to Piloted Shredder because it has 5 health, allowing it to survive against cards like Truesilver Champion, Swipe, Circle of Healing + Auchenai Soulpriest and Piloted Shredder (who is everywhere right now!).
The spare part is really nice, too.
Piloted Shredder x2
One advantage that Piloted Shredder has over Mechanical Yeti is it's stickiness. This allows you to overextend a bit more than usual as you'll be able to recover from an AoE faster, and hit just as hard if they don't have it.
Leeroy Jenkins x1
Worth every single piece of dust you'll spend crafting him. So many times I was wishing for a Fireball off the top to win the game, that I decided to add in Leeroy to serve as an additional Fireball at the beginning of rank 2. Did I mention that I went 11-0 from rank 2 to legend?
Leeroy Jenkins won like 4 of those games at least. Craft him now, no exceptions.
Loatheb x1
a 5/5 for 5 is super solid, and you'll play him on turn 5 happily just for the body. Then there are the games where his ability locks out a Hunter from being able to Kill Command + Hero Power to kill you, and you'll feel like a god.
He's also great in the later stages of the game against control decks and Druid Combo, but don't save him if you have no other play.
Piloted Sky Golem x1
Hits harder than Cairne Bloodhoof ever will, and can trade with a [card[Druid of the Claw[/card] or eat a Sludge Belcher. He's even sticky!
Archmage Antonidas x1
Your ace in the hole against the more controlling decks such as Paladin, Warrior and Priest. If you have him in hand, try and save your spare parts to use with him, but if you don't, feel free to use spare parts if a profitable situation arises.
Dr. Boom x1
Originally I was skeptical about having Dr. Boom in the deck, but he won enough games to earn his keep, and was never a dead card.
He forces them to have the Big Game Hunter. If they have it, the game continues. If not, they lose. You can see why people want him nerfed.
Mulligans:
You want to mulligan for early game minions such as:
Clockwork Gnome (against classes that aren't Druid, Mage or Rogue)
Cogmaster
Mechwarper
Annoy-o-Tron
Snowchugger
Frostbolt (against aggressive decks)
Spider Tank (if you already have a 2 drop)
Goblin Blastmage (against Paladin)
Matchup Videos!:
Vs Druid:
Vs Hunter:
Vs MechMage:
Vs Paladin:
Vs Rogue:
Vs Priest:
Vs Shaman:
Vs Warlock (Zoo):
Vs Warlock (Handlock):
Vs Warrior:
Fan-submitted content!:
RealityCheck slaying a hunter:
sudajalem having fun with Unstable Portal:
Miodaitnir trying out Blingtron 3000:
eg7586's blinged out MechMage!:
Got some content you'd like to see here regarding this deck? Just share it in the comments below and let me know!
What Deck am I currently playing?:
I'm currently playing a Paladin brew! It's a control deck that incorporates Molten Giants, you can check it out here:
http://www.hearthpwn.com/decks/201447-quietpenguins-the-molten-man-includes-full-writeup
If you like the deck please take a second to give it a vote, it took me a while to write this so I'd really appreciate it!
I'm also going to be creating a bunch more YouTube content, including at least 1 new Hearthstone-related video every day for the month of February! You can check out my channel at:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeOpkZzTiaYUfvVXdVVBBxw/feed
Thanks guys, enjoy the deck!
I would know the deck's strategy. Do have I to trade opponent's minions whit mine or just go always to face? And also what do you think about changing 1 unstable portal whit 1 flamestrike? Thank you very much
Yes you are right the main thing with this deck is board presence with efficient trading. Some helpful tips are located in the videos as far as flamestrike I ran it for a bit but this deck isn't mainly meant to be played from behind by turn 7 (Flamestrike Turn) you should be thinking for leathel. If your having trouble and feel as though you need a flamestrike in your deck th . Sub out a clockwork gnome as unstable portal can lead to some amazing draws and can lead to gg. hope this helps
Check out the videos on the deck, I've made one against every class to help you learn the deck's playstyle :)
Changing an Unstable Porta for a Flamestrike sounds fine to me if you're finding yourself constantly behind on board. If you decide to try it out let us know how it goes!
Thanks for the deck I love it. But I have ran into a serious problem. I went from rank 16-8 with relative ease now I am stuck at 8 for the last two days. I went from a 75% win rate down to 61%. Tonight I have played for 3 hours give or take and have kid you not won a game lost a game. Every time. I don't consider myself the best player. I manage to get to rank 5 every season usualy top out around 3 or 4. Got to two once. I'm just not sure what to do. I don't have the leeroy and am using rag at the moment but I don't see that as making to much a of a huge difference. I could switch decks but I have this entirely golded out which makes it all the more fun. Any options?
Entirely golded out?! Do you have a picture that sounds awesome!
I prefer Leeroy Jenkins to Ragnaros, the Firelord personally. Other than that all I can suggest is watch the videos and see if they help you, try and pause them at the start of each turn and see what play you would make, then press play and see if I do anything different. I always try to explain what I'm doing, so seeing how I think might be able to help you out :)
Good luck on the ladder, and keep trying! You could've just hit a string of bad luck, it happens in card games :/
Yea I think I just hit a rough patch. I just crafted a leeroy to try it out so I'm not all gold right now. but I've got some screen caps. I'm kinda new to the site so not real sure how to host them to here.
I hope Leeroy Jenkins works out for you! :)
To post an image, just click the picture icon in the reply box (third icon from the top left), and paste the URL in there :)
Unfortuantly it hasn't. I've played tonight again for two hours have played 10 games 5-5. I have played 6 druids 2 shamans and 2 paladins. This game hates me right now. So for the last three nights I'm at 50% win rate. To do the image wouldn't have to be file hosted to website then?
It sounds like you're just having a bad run, at least you're a good player otherwise it could be worse than 50%! :)
Yeah you need to host the image somewhere, just type free image hosting into google :)
Here's some pics. All gold. See how tonight goes in a bit.
Man that's SO COOL! :D
i'm happy to see a deck with Leeroy in it. how many games did he win you?
He is fantastic in this deck! From rank 2 to Legend, he won me at least 4-5 games, he definitely pulled his weight!
Absolutely amazing deck major props. The thing I adjusted was taking out 1 cog master and put in a Harrison Jones just to fight against Jaraxxus in handlock absolutely amazing deck. Major props once again
Thanks!! Glad to see you're having success with it!
You shouldn't need Harrison Jones for the Handlock matchup (ideally the game should be over by the time they can play Jaraxxus) but if it's working for you then keep it up!
That's insane! :O
I agree that the card is mega-fun, it definitely made the grind to legend a bit less stressful :)
Awesome stuff! Keep us updated on how you go! :D
I don't have a Piloted Sky Golem, Dr Boom and Leeroy and I don't have idea how to replace this cards with very budget substituts
The best budget substitutes I can recommend are Azure Drake, Argent Commander and Flamestrike.
Good luck on the ladder!
Haha nice stuff! Great video :)
Tomorrow I will update the main post with user submitted, so I'll be sure to add this and share your video! :)