Janos - Season 14 Rank 5-legend BEST Tempo Mage
- Last updated Jun 3, 2015 (Blackrock Launch)
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Wild
- 15 Minions
- 15 Spells
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Unknown
- Crafting Cost: 5580
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 5/20/2015 (Blackrock Launch)
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SELLOUT: If you would like to ask any questions that haven't been answered in the guide already check out my stream at www.twitch.tv/NRJanos and please leave a follow ;)
Introductions:
Hey my IGN is Janos, and i play for my own team - Nordic Rangers. You probably don't know me, but i have been legend 11x times. I like to build a lot of funny decks like Fatigue Warlock and weird stuff like that, but this time you guys will just see a normal deck, but still my own version. I got Legend with this deck. My winrate 26-4 from rank 5-legend. This is my first guide, but i think i will make more in the future, if this will be a succes.
HOW TO MULLIGAN AGAINST ALL 9 CLASSES:
General Mulligan: Mana Wyrm & Sorcerer's Apprentice is the 2 "Key mulligan" cards. Mad Scientist is always good too. This is all the cards you can keep if you have 1 of the Key mulligan cards: Arcane Missiles, Mirror Image, Unstable Portal, Frostbolt, Flamecannon. If you have 1 of the Key mulligan cards and 1 of the spells, then can you keep Flamewaker. REMEMBER THIS IS JUST THE GENERAL MULLIGAN GUIDE!
Hunter:
Key Cards
- Mana Wyrm
- Sorcerer's Apprentice
Keep everytime
- Mad Scientist
Keep if you start with a key card
- Arcane Missiles
- Mirror Image
- Unstable Portal
- Frostbolt
Keep if you have 1 key card and 1 key spell
- Flamewaker
Warlock:
Key Cards
- Mana Wyrm
- Sorcerer's Apprentice
Keep everytime
- Mad Scientist
Keep if you start with a key card
- Arcane Missiles
- Mirror Image
- Unstable Portal
- Frostbolt
Keep if you have 1 key card and 1 key spell
- Flamewaker
Mage:
Key Cards
- Mana Wyrm
- Sorcerer's Apprentice
Keep everytime
- Mad Scientist
Keep if you start with a key card
- Arcane Missiles
- Mirror Image
- Unstable Portal
- Frostbolt
Keep if you have 1 key card and 1 key spell
- Flamewaker
Paladin:
Key Cards
- Mana Wyrm
- Sorcerer's Apprentice
Keep everytime
- Mad Scientist
Keep if you start with a key card
- Arcane Missiles
- Mirror Image
- Unstable Portal
- Frostbolt
Keep if you have 1 key card and 1 key spell
- Flamewaker
Rogue:
Key Cards
- Mana Wyrm
- Sorcerer's Apprentice
Keep everytime
- Mad Scientist
Keep if you start with a key card
- Flamecannon
- Mirror Image
- Unstable Portal
- Frostbolt
Keep if you have 1 key card and 1 key spell
- Flamewaker
Druid:
Key Cards
- Mana Wyrm
- Sorcerer's Apprentice
Keep everytime
- Mad Scientist
Keep if you start with a key card
- Flamecannon
- Mirror Image
- Unstable Portal
- Frostbolt
Keep if you have 1 key card and 1 key spell
- Flamewaker
Priest:
Key Cards
- Mana Wyrm
- Sorcerer's Apprentice
Keep everytime
- Mad Scientist
Keep if you start with a key card
- Flamecannon
- Mirror Image
- Unstable Portal
- Frostbolt
Keep if you have 1 key card and 1 key spell
- Flamewaker
Warrior:
Key Cards
- Mana Wyrm
- Sorcerer's Apprentice
Keep everytime
- Mad Scientist
Keep if you start with a key card
- Flamecannon
- Mirror Image
- Unstable Portal
- Frostbolt
Keep if you have 1 key card and 1 key spell
- Flamewaker
Shaman:
Key Cards
- Mana Wyrm
- Sorcerer's Apprentice
Keep everytime
- Mad Scientist
Keep if you start with a key card
- Arcane Missiles
- Flamecannon
- Mirror Image
- Unstable Portal
- Frostbolt
Keep if you have 1 key card and 1 key spell
- Flamewaker
STRATEGY:
Against aggro: You have to trade and get board control, because you have so much tempo with your spells than normal aggro, so you will beat them if you get the board. You don't have to keep your fireballs for burn, you have to use them for get board control some times.
Against control: You have to let them trade and just go face most of the time. If there is a good trade you take it, but most of the time you go face. Keep your fireballs for burn your enemys face in late game, because against control matchups, they take the board control in turn 7-9.
Against midrange: You have to make a mix of "against aggro" and "against control". Midrange is the hardest matchups, because you have to decide going face or trade. Make some good trades. If you have a 3/3 Mana wyrm and your enemy have a 4/3 kezan, then just go face, because your enemy will probably trade anyway.
CARD REPLACEMENTS:
I have tried so many different cards in this deck! Like all cards in the game and if you ask me, this is the best way you can make a tempo mage deck. So don't sub anything for flamestrike or antonidas etc. This is the best list imo. But here is the cards you can replace, if you don't have these legendaries:
- Dr. Boom can be replaced by Pyroblast but will never be the same as Dr. GG!
- Ragnaros the Firelord can be replaced by Pyroblast but will never be the same as Ragnaros. If you don't have Rag & Dr. boom then i wouldn't play this deck tbh
- Sylvanas Windrunner can be replaced by Piloted Sky Golem because the point of Sylvanas is when you lose the minion, you will get a new one. Sylvanas is just better, because it's steal a minion from the enemy.
- 1x Water Elemental can be replaced by 1x Kezan Mystic
If you face a lot of Hunters or Mages, then this change is better.
VIDEO GUIDE:
Coming soon! I can't be done with the video in this week, because i need to read for my examens! :)
I only need make the video now, but i will do tomorrow! I hope you all understood my guide and if you liked it and my deck, please give me a +1, will help me a lot! Thank you all! :D
DECK EDIT: I tested some games with Water Elemental and found out, that he is actually stronger than Piloted Shredder.
THANK YOU ALL: I will TY all for the follows on my stream and the upvotes on my guide! It help me so much, i will start making more guides/decklists for you guys! :D
LEGEND: Right now i know 40 persons reached legend with this deck, maybe many more!
I got no Ragnaros the Firelord so i'm using Nefarian instead, too bad nefarian isn't an 8 drop but meh, more spells to me :)
this deck is insane i went from rank 15 to rank 5 in one day and im still going strong only change i had was i switched [card]Ragnaros the Firelord[/card] withArchmage Antonidas
only card i dont have is rag, any good replacements? right now im using thaurissan instead
Really enjoying this deck, sometimes get some really awesome early wins. Only problem I had is with the occasional board control and getting too far behind. For this purpose I removed Sylvanas, which is probably skill card which I lack the skill for, and replaced it with Flamestrike. Nobody plays it anymore meaning that nobody expects it.
Hey man, really enjoyable deck, thanks!
I replaced ragnaros with pyro since I don't have it. It is working out quite nicely around rank 5.
It would be great to have some videos of you playing in the legend with this deck
Thanks!
Nope. thats like making a cake with no cake and just frosting.
I swapped Sylvanas with Thaurissan and removed both Water Elementals, replacing them with an Antonidas and Kezan Mystic (because I'm running into constant other mages and hunters). Seems unbeatable every time I get a good draw, which is just about every time. Nice job!
Nice deck - from 9 to 5 rank in 30 minutes with zero loses. Just change ragnaros on pyroblast and counterspell on iceblock - both save me and grant a win multiple times.
Great deck, thanks. I took out the counterspell and put in iceblock. Works great against hunter, they will go face to kill you, leaving your minions alive for that sweet hunterslaying lethel. Might be weaker against other decks but i faced 80% hunter so. Thumbs up man
Definitely a great deck. On rank 4 EU and got a about a 70% win rate with about 20 games
how about Archmage Antonidas since have so many spells
Doing well with this deck, although Control paladin match ups are nearly impossible if I have bad starting hand with 4+mana minions. That is not decks fault, just bad rng, same as any deck. Bad start basically makes them trade your minions as soon as you get them out and any decent combos are usually overwhelmed by Wild PyromancerEquality. Even with a good start the 2hp of Mirror ImageSorcerer's Apprentice etc. basically makes that combo void by turn 4. I have started to mulligan for a CounterspellSorcerer's Apprentice just to deal with T4 clear, although with all their other combos pally still seem to overwhelm the board a fair bit.
Wouldn't a decent trade be Ragnaros the Firelord for Majordomo Executus? Don't have Rag...dusted a bunch of shit to make Sylvanas Windrunner cuz I noticed she's in a lot of decks.
Thoughts?
Don't have Pyroblast but I've been playin' the Cheap Tempo Mage deck someone else posted and was doing well...saw this deck and drooled.
100% no, Majordomo is not a replacement for anything. That card is awful beyond awful to substitute in for any card. That card requires a whole deck built around it for it to be playable.
I don't have Rag or Pyroblast either, and there really are no substitutes for them, so instead I replaced with a Emperor Thaurissan , it's a card that is also a high priority to destroy, and just by staying alive until the end of the turn, helps your combos a lot
i switched from control warrior to this deck today i did rank 2 to legend losing only 1 game lol thank you
Just got legend for the 1st time with a similar deck, but was using this one until rank 2 so thx very much!:)
thx 4 the awesome deck.
i am the next legend here :)
made few changes, but the main deck is inspired by yours
Loving this deck so far... I'm running into trouble when I face handlock though. Anyone have any tips against that matchup?
For me it all about face and when you must play around giants. My general strategy is to destroy his first minion (azure usually) then face and fk giants. sry for english