EU Legend #1 Tempo Mage *UPDATED*
- Last updated Apr 18, 2016 (Explorers)
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Wild
- 17 Minions
- 13 Spells
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Unknown
- Crafting Cost: 5740
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 4/10/2015 (Blackrock Launch)
- FreiKuk
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Battle Tag:
FreiKuk#2920
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Region:
EU
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Total Deck Rating
1280
Twitch channel - http://www.twitch.tv/freikuk
Updated version! Still decent after all this time :)
UPD 4/18/2016: Got Legend in two days climbing from rank 19 after an 8 months break in Hearthstone.
This is the deck I used to climb to rank 4 legend on EU. It's an old tempo mage deck originally created by Shtan with a few changes to adapt to current meta.
4/12/2015 UPDATE: I JUST GOT #1 LEGEND! Took me 8 wins in a row from rank 8!
Stats from rank 190 to 4:
The stats to rank 1 legend: 26-1
Current stats, as I'm playing everyday to keep my position in top 5:
Card explanations:
- Mana Wyrm: Strong 1-manacost minion, good against all kinds of decks. Cannot be replaced.
- Mad Scientist: One of the "perfectly balanced" cards in game. Cannot be replaced.
- Sorcerer's Apprentice: Has a great synergy with cheap spells.
- Unstable Portal: Amazing card. Buffs Mana Wyrm and can be played cheaper with Sorcerer's Apprentice. The chances of getting a decent minion are quite high.
- Flamecannon: Very strong early game removal. Gains huge tempo when played along with Sorcerer's Apprentice on turn 3.
- Frostbolt: No need to explain this card.
- Counterspell: Very good secret against most of the decks that are played in current meta. Worst case scenario when it comes out of Mad Scientist and your opponent still has the coin. It's disappointing but there is nothing you can do about it. Other than that it's okay to burn any opponent's spell.
- Mirror Entity: Amazing secret for any tempo deck, needs to be played out of Mad Scientist or with Kirin Tor Mage for maximum value.
- Kirin Tor Mage: Many people doubt this card but I think it's pretty good to have one, since there are 3 secrets in deck and you will not be getting them out of mad scientists all the time.
- Piloted Shredder: No need to explain, strong 4-manacost minion.
- Kezan Mystic: Insane card, helps sooo much against aggro decks like face hunter or mech mage.
- Fireball: No need to explain, an autoinclude card in any mage deck.
- Loatheb: Great card. Shuts your opponents spells and has good stats - must have.
- Sludge Belcher: No need to explain how good this card is.
- Sylvanas Windrunner: One of the best cards in the game. Can put your opponent in an awkward position, force him to make an unfavourable trade. Cannot be replaced efficiently.
- Dr. Boom: Blizzard fix this one please.
- Ragnaros the Firelord: Can snipe out a big minion or deal 8 damage to the face. Cannot be replaced efficiently.
- Kel'Thuzad: Most of the time you're the one who controls the board so this card can provide an insane value plus its BGH-immune.
If you have any questions about muligans, some match ups or replacements - feel free to ask in the comment section.
Any replace for loatheb? I smoked it on OG launch :P
any update ?
What about a muligan guide please? and no new god cards are any good in this deck? i find that funny.
i made 2 changes - arcane explosion - spellslinger +kirin tor mage +faceless summoner !! we will see the results :)
Will you update this for the release of WotoG and the Classic Nerfs?
Arcane explosion is mostly to counter implosion and muster for battle. And it's just good against face hunter, face shaman, zoo, aggro pally which are 80% of the ladder population as for right now.
Spellslinger is optional, you can play Kirin Tor instead
Flamestrike is against aggro again. So is Belcher.
Ethereal Conjurer is slow and so is Flamewaker. Flamewaker just doesn't fit in this type of deck. You have to keep in mind that this is not aggro/spell mage, it is a little bit more controlish version of tempo mage.
I also put Kezan back as I was facing too many tempo and freeze mages.
how about you try and play it, see how it turns out cause for me this deck is pretty good after playing it
This seems like a new fresh version! But I'm still quite confused. Why Kirin Tor, 3 secrets, arcane explosion, double flamecannon, no flamewaker, spellslinger, sylvanas, only one azure and ragnaros instead of antonidas?
I just want to know the reason behind those changes! I'll try this deck ofc.
I can't seem to win much with this deck. If I don't get early board presence with a 1 mana card, I'm usually done. Any tips?
i need a [card]Ragnaros the Firelord[/card] replacement please
i dont have any other expansions im thinking bgh
Antonidas is the only real replacement. You either play Rag or Toni
dont even have antonidas gg but thanks to the nerf now i can
nerf?
i got alot of dust from other cards
I can't beat Rogues with this and I only replaced Sylvannis and Ragnaros with Antonidas and a Flamewaker until I get one. Does anyone have a strategy to that?
I think you should put arcane missles and arcmage
any chance there will be another update to this deck? not that it is not working, but i'am pretty sure there are multiple cards that could be replaced for more efficiency. last time u updated this deck says it was about a year ago thats why.
Yes, there will be! Once the expansion rolls out I'll update the list. As for right now it works perfectly fine!
FreiKuk .. NO FLAMEWAKERS IN A TEMPO MAGE?? how do you want us to beat aggro? secret paladins/some hunters/zoolocks/face shamans
Kezan Mystic
I use to sing this card's praises quite a bit, when I first heard of it, when I saw it in my Crafting List. Luckily I played against it and its crippling weakness became all the more apparent.
If your enemy takes control of your Secret, it's not really a secret is it? I assume most people know how to play around their own cards if they've been using them for a while. Even when my Effigy was taken, a card I had thought an insurmountable fortress, I was able to look ahead and plan my plays to still maintain a board advantage. Now you can argue you might be able to shoe-horn your enemy into a particular strategy and predict their movements, but even with that in mind, it's just a reason to call this card very situational.
Not a very formidable foe in the long run.