[Top10 EU] Illidan Mech Mage
- Last updated Mar 18, 2015 (Undertaker Nerf)
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Wild
- 24 Minions
- 6 Spells
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Unknown
- Crafting Cost: 6040
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 3/18/2015 (Undertaker Nerf)
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YOU ARE NOT PREPARED!! No one expects the true demon lord! (shut up Jaraxxus).
Introduction
Greetings lovely humans!
I am Steef (formerly known as Showin) and today I bring you a deck that has taken me from rank 5 to top 10 EU... with Illidan Stormrage... !
{Watch me play on Twitch at: http://www.twitch.tv/steef_plays!!}
This deck is slightly different to the now standard mech mage making use of Unstable Portal and Mana Wyrm in place of Mad Scientist and Mirror Entity. Win through tempo and finish with spell burst in standard mech mage style!
Deck Breakdown:
Many of the cards are standard so here I'll explain a few of the odder choices.
Mana Wyrm- theres lot's of hunters about and these guys are just fantastic at taking out all the creatures with 1hp. Very often they'll trade two for one and can win you games on their own if they go big and can't be dealt with.
Unstable Portal - turn 1 mana wyrm , turn 2 portal - nuff said. Besides that they function well as a tempo boost, trigger Archmage Antonidas and can sometimes win you games with a legendary pull.
Kezan Mystic - teched in for Mechanical Yeti for the hunter and mage match ups. Feel free to trade out again if these match ups are less prominent.
Azure Drake - Little bit of card draw, spell damage, solid body. Used to run one arcane intellect but found drake to be a better choice.
Illidan Stormrage! - Originally I put him in at rank 1 before hitting legend for the lolz in place of The Black Knight but he has actually performed very well and has stayed in the deck ever since. He works well as an additional threat that must be dealt with instantly, so dropping him on turn 6 is fine as it protects your other minions for a turn, and if that nasty Big Game Hunter fellow is around Dr. Boom gets free reign.
He combos very well with a hand full of useless spare parts and works sensationally with unstable portal since you can drop him turn 8 and portal into a <3 drop for a lot of board presence.
And against druid the ultimate hello combo is available on turn 8 of Illidan into annoytron into hero emote. "Hello brother..." "HEllo! Hello! Hello!" "Hello"
Questions:
Why only one Tinkertown Technician and one Cogmaster? - Frankly getting Cogmaster late game is very weak so 1 suffices since there is Mana Wyrm to take it's place. Tinkertown Technician is a one of also because having a hand full of Goblin Blastmage and TTTs with no mechs isn't great. But feel free to experiment.
Why did you take out the secrets/mad scientist? - Firstly everyone knows exactly what the secret is so can play around it. Secondly having a secret in hand sucks. Lastly Kezan Mystic has grown more common.
Does Illidan actually work? Like really? - Yes! At least he has done for me, who knows I may be the luckiest guy ever with him but here's a couple of highlight shots: http://imgur.com/a/a2pXt
Mulligans:
Basically go for a good curve. Keep portal only if you have mana wyrm in hand otherwise go for mechs.
Detailed class specific mulligan guide to follow if this gets a bunch of upvotes.
Hey! I don't have the Naxramus extension.
Any suggestions for a good sub for Loatheb?
Great deck! The worst game I've had was one time against a Warlock where we did sacrificial pact on my Illidan. Total facepalm XD
I found subbing in 2 Flamewaker works well with all the spare parts
Anyone got a good sub for dr.boom? dont have it atm
Well, until 2 days ago, all my mech decks replaced Boom with Sneed's Old Shredder (as is a mech, in a mech deck) and it worked without problems, because counts like 2 legendaries in late game... if is not silenced at the end of his life.
I don't have Archmage Antonidas :( Does anyone have a good sub?
This deck is AMAZING! got me to Rank 11 from 19 but then I had to switch decks because of the Control Warrior Decks and some Tempo Mages. I had about a 87% win rate. Still a good deck out there and I'm no pro.
This deck is good but illidan in here is overrated. Running mechmage without him is a lot more consistent. Sylvanas or emperor is just overall more safe
Any update after Emperor Thaurissan has been released? Is this deck OK without him?
well..... this card is very good when he is outwith a full hand would advise that you should get himm, but if there was a sub sylvanas
I am using Ragnaros the Firelord instead of Ilidan and Blingtron 3000 insead of Kezan 13/3 so far.
Ragnaros the Firelord is a finisher
Blingtron 3000 offers board control. You choose when to play him. Especially because it is a mech it can be played even on turn 3. If you already have Time Rewinder You can kill a minion attack face and replay him.
Plus with Frostbolt in hand you opponent may not even get a chance to attack.
I love the concept behind this deck. Ya'll can hate on mechmage but it's a solid aggro deck right now and I feel as if Illidan is another card you can draw late game which is a reason to save spare parts. Honestly with concepts pulled from this deck I made a mechshaman deck with Illidan in it and it works well, you can make about any deck mechmage but instead of Antonidas use Illidan for spare parts use. :) I love it !!
I guess that part of the reason why this deck is so successful is that no one expects Illidan Stormrage... His synergy with spare parts is only okay I guess.
And against druid the ultimate hello combo is available on turn 8 of Illidan into annoytron into hero emote. "Hello brother..." "HEllo! Hello! Hello!" "Hello"
I haven't really LOL in front of PC in a while, but i did this time.
i kept looking at the name of this deck and not clicking on it because it used illidan. and then i read the ultimate hello combo. my life isnt complete until i do this atleast once lmfaooo
illidan is too senseless, toshley is insanity better, 5/7 body to do great trades, not bgh target and 2 spares to trade, buff wyrm or antonidas combo.. this is a normal mechmage with random card senseless to be in first page on heartpwn..
Replace ilidan with Sylvanas - get valid deck.
Lol that illidan and annoy-o-tron cracked me up lol...just picturing it makes me laugh wonder wat will happen if i pull it off...
It was looking grim. It was turn 7, and my opponent played Dr. Balanced. I was loosing heavily. I didn't have a hand, and was top decking. My opponent had complete board control. I got an Annoy-o-Tron of the top on turn 7, but rather than play it, I had self-control and saved it for potential lethal next turn. After all, my opponent was only at 30 health. I was then smashed in the face on turn 8 was left with 1 health. But it was not over. I top decked Illidan, and performed a perfect counter. The best hello combo the world has ever seen. My opponent quickly conceded, knowing he was defeated. He proceeded to friend me and said that "He was done with this game" and that it was "simply to much". He uninstalled Hearthstone, and that victory shot me from Chicken status to Rank 1 Legend. I also broke the NA server. Finally, to end an exciting 15 minutes, I woke up. Kappa
In all seriousness, great deck, hope others have as much fun with it as I have.