The problem with using Archmage Antonidas in this deck is keeping him alive a turn to actually cast spells. Without cheap spare parts to capitalize on his ability he will often times just be a 5/7 for 7. I would favor a Sunwalker, Piloted Sky Golem or even a Blizzard as a replacement to Troggzor the Earthinator.

I played this deck and just pass rank 14-17, I just lost it in that rank it work?

any thoughts on more aoe? been getting wrecked by shamans lately

I didn't get the last 3 naxx expansions. i did 2 loot hoarders instead of the scientists (card draw is never a bad thing) and instead of the iceblock i did counterspell. i hate it when mages flamestrike my board.

played this deck to do my 7 win daily and amassed a 12-4 record over the night. I really enjoyed playing the list although I do not think it is perfect. 

illuminator is so situational. i think healbot would be better or should at least added.  I also think i want one more secret. either a duplicate or another entity.

also, i really like troggzor. not sure what else should be at the end of the curve, but troggzor is good.

Is echo worth running in this in place of kezan? I was gonna do science since I've only used kezan like 2 times in the last session. 
Any input? 
I traded Sylvanas for harrison. Had a game where I duplicated harrison against a rogue. Many tears and cards.
I want to add in ysera and, maybe rag. Dunno yet, only rank 13.

hey congrats on doing well with mage control in the current meta! I ran secret mage and did well with it before (http://www.hearthpwn.com/decks/106981-top-28-legend-na-secret-mage-very-strong-vs-meta) and ive been trying something similar to your deck

a few changes though

+1 kt over trogg

+1 rag over sneed

I have both cards but those have been working better for me.

Also -1 illuminator and -1 ice block 

+1 kirin tor +1 mirror entity

although the heal combo is nice its too inconsistent and I like playing with board control

-1 poly +1 mind control tech

better for ladder climbing as we play more aggro

-2 piloted +2 water ele

water ele so good. its a fatter body and people go the distance to kill it

This is my version.I've played this deck A LOT and I do not see how your win percentages can be that high against certain classes. specifically hunter. That is a very tough matchup for this deck. Mystic and Illuminator seem too gimmicky but haven't tried them at all so interesting choice. My build is a little different but a fairly similar play style. I think the core can stay pretty similar but this is a deck that you can tweak quite a bit to have better matchups depending on what you are playing against.

Also find it funny that this is salty mage and my user name is supersalty. =P

I like this deck a lot, I replaced my stall ("troll") mage with it.  I don't have Troggzor the Earthinator so I am using Kel'Thuzad instead.  I find KT to be very strong in the deck, I have not lost a match when I was able to play KT in a meaningful spot.  Particularly if you get him going with a Sludge Belcher it's a very difficult spot for the opponent.

Biggest losing condition is against aggro hunter with good draw if you don't draw removals or Illuminators early; the deck is slow enough that you can be beyond hope of stabilization by T5.  Only experience is at top of ladder with new season starting.

I faced a stall mage in a mirror matchup and the match took 35 minutes!

Looks like a really cool deck. I have one question though. What is your reasoning between shredder over Water elemental? Is it just cause its more sticky?

This looks to be a great deck once I'm able to finish it up. I don't have Troggzor at which I replaced with Antonidas, as well as Sneed's with Big Game Hunter to deal with Dr. Boom and giants a little easier. Is there any merits to running a second Illuminator if the current is stacked with aggro decks?

I wish we could find a good use for this card. With out the ability of the card it is just a war golem and the ability of the card is too RNG to be much use.

Salty deck with no Salty Dog...   ;n;

Hi, love this deck! Really wanna try focusing on it this season. However i dont have sneeds old shredder or troggzor, but i do have cairne black knight, rag, alex and yseera, so i tried yseera and rag, but i found out that alex can be so good in aggro matchups where you draw a bit unfortunately, how would you replace those two cards considering the cards i have (also got 2 sky golems however) Thanks again :)

the only card i don't have is iceblock, does it work replaced with another healbot? or ice barrier?

Nstemp's Salty Control Mage Gameplay.

Guys... You don't need cards that read "draw card"  to generate an advantage. Mad scientist draws you a card AND plays it for you. Duplicate is a draw 2 effect. Archmage generates you an unlimited amount of cards.... Get the picture? 

Thanks for this deck, it is pretty fun to play some different cards.  I didn't have Troggzor or Sneed.  I subbed in The Black Knight and Ysera.  It seems to work pretty good.  Ysera has won a game for me so far but maybe Sneed would have too.  It seems like The Black Knight would be helpful against hunters and also mages who play belcher.

I tried it out intermittently for 20 games, 12-8 (60%), played in ranks 20-14.  Fun deck to play. 

My changes:

-2 Piloted Shredder, +1 Kezan Mystic, +1 Water Elemental

Surprisingly, I found I wasn't getting much utility at all from the shredders.  With so many Hunters and M.Mages trying to climb quickly on the ladder, adding an extra Mystic for a chance to draw it has helped, since there is no card draw.  Threw in good old water elemental for hunters, pallys, occasional warrior, and to a lesser extent druids.  Soaks up a bit of their removal.

Trogz and Shredder isn't quite the formidable late game I'd hope for, many times they are just ignored on the board in my experience. Will try out Harrison for Trog and Ysera/Rag for Shredder. Seems like reasonable replacements.

Gratz on the legend m8.

My experience is that even though 75% of ladder is hunter and mech mage, kezan is not that useful, as I almost never have it when I need it. Also, the body is so weak in this meta. 

I agree with you on the late game, testing out KT and rag instead. How did your changes work out?