[Legend] Get Legend Now! Tempo Mage
- Last updated Jun 12, 2015 (Blackrock Launch)
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Wild
- 18 Minions
- 12 Spells
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Unknown
- Crafting Cost: 5480
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 5/29/2015 (Blackrock Launch)
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Hello everyone, I recently achieved the legend rank for the first time using this deck! As soon as Blackrock Mountain cards were released I theory crafted a mech-tempo hybrid deck with Flamewakers and Goblin Blastmages, and was very excited for the crazy combos. Unfortunately that deck was too inconsistent and I let the idea fade away until I used someone else's aggro mage deck with Mech Yetis and Flamewakers. The deck had some problems/was a theorycraft but it helped me think of the idea to use the spare part mechs in a midrange mage deck with Antonidas.
After I got legend I told all of my friends about this deck and the two that used it got to legend on the same day (I did do some coaching on how to use the deck however). This deck works very well because it can beat anything from face hunter to get in here warrior to handlock. I like this deck a lot because of the many win conditions. It is very similar to the pre BRM tempo mage, but pretty much adds an aditional win condition with Antonidas making the deck much much much better. Sorc apprentice can also get more value because with the addition of flamewaker spell synergy has blown through the roof (Sorc apprentice, mana wyrm, Antonidas, and now flamewaker).
With this deck you usually play in a board control style/ midrange and try and take small advantages along the way. Then use your spells/antonidas/flamestrike/big creatures to take the win. However, you can also go HAM in the early game with mana wyrm, sorc apprentice, and flamewakers and get turn 5 lethals. This deck is very strong on the ladder right now because of how versatile it is with many ways to win, and does well against all of the decks commonly used.
Mulligan Guide (Most Important Part of Guide)
A very important thing to note is that this deck has four 1 drops (which is a lot). Your early game is important and you should mulligan for a very strong start. The biggest mistake I see is when people keep a 4 drop and mulligan the rest of the hand. Coin is so valuable in this deck, so even if you go second it's almost never a good idea to keep a 4 drop and most of the times I toss flamewakers. (The only time you should keep a 4 drop or flamewaker is if you have a strong 1-2-3-4 curve or 2-3-4 curve or something crazy powerful like that.)
Against Warrior and Druid don't keep frostbolt most of the time. If you have mana wyrm and sorc apprentice then definitely keep the frostbolt, but Warriors and Druids don't have many minions to frostbolt in the early game, and the best way to use it sometimes is to go SMOrc with mana wyrm and frostbolt face. So unless you have good synergy with frostbolt in your starting hand feel free to toss it to look for your four 1 drops. Flame Cannon is great against Druids btw.
Top tier Mulligan Keepers (God Tier to less God tier):
Tier 1: Clockwork Gnome/Mana Wyrm/ Mad Scientist, Sorc Apprentice (Sorc Apprentice is Extra God Tier against Priest because of their 1-3 Northshire Cleric)
Tier 2: Frostbolt, Flame Cannon
Tier 3: Flamewaker, Piloted Shredder (Toss these unless it would be dumb not to/ Perfect Curve/ Good Curve and playing against Hunter for flamewaker) Flamewakers are very good against Hunter, but you still need the synergy cards which make flamewakers kind of slow against other classes.
A Note on Mad Scientist:
This card is absolutely broken. It's a 2 mana 2-2 that draws AND plays a 3 mana secret. That's how you have to think about it. 5 mana worth of possible stats with the downside of possibly being a bad 2 mana mininon. You want to milk that value. It is often better to not frostbolt an enemy minion, and instead trade scientist and ping.
So make sure you get value out of the mad scientists as soon as possible. If you don't successfully kill them off before you draw your secret then you missed the chance to draw a card. This is because that mirror entity that you drew for the turn could have been a dr. boom/ sludge belcher/ flamestrike that you really needed.
Matchups:
As I mentioned earlier this deck can beat any deck regularly and at the most a match is only slightly unfavored but pretty much depends on draws and rng. However some matchups are cakewalks such as priest or favored for you like Rogue.
Patron Warrior: Slightly favored for warrior (however today I went 2-1 against patron warrior but I that deck is broken and this deck isn't built to beat it so I still think it's favored for the patron warrior but only slightly) I would guess about 55-45 for patron warrior.
Handlock: 50/50. Handlock is a strong deck that has been around for ages, very solid. But our deck is op 2.
Face Hunter: 55-45 for us. I wen't 2-0 against hybrid hunter today but I have learned how to beat hunter with this deck after many many many games of playing face hunter and facing them for many many games with this deck. Turn 1 is almost always coin ping there 1 drop ( that's great value make sure you do it). Early to mid-game You have to out SMOrc them while clearing their board with flamewakers. You might also be able to pull out an archmage antonidas victory but you can't plan to win like that/ it has to be out of the blue oh hey that's an antonidas spare part combo next turn. And Freeze face with frostbolt if board is clear/semiclear and flamewaker/many wyrm is out.
Hybrid Hunter: 55-45 for us ^
Druid: 60/40 for us, but ramp druid is a crazy strong deck that can pull out wins out of it's butt with Thaurissan/ Combo/ and crazy strong curves. Sometimes it can be incredibly frustrating to lose to them especially knowing that you're favored.
Other Tempo Mages: 70-30 for us. You absolutely take a crap on their inferior decks.
Freeze Mage: I fell like saying 50/50 because of how much I lose to freeze mage playing other decks. but there are very few freeze mages on ladder, and when I do play against them I end up getting Loatheb or Ragnaros and wrecking them. Rag is great against freeze mage because even when it's frozen it still does 8 damage.
Rogue: 65-35 For us. Oil Rogue is a crazy strong deck, but for some reason they are pretty easy.
Mech Shaman: 55-45 for us. Sometimes their fel reavers can be very op, but other times you have a better curve and wreck them. Always a 1 sided match. Also, it might be more in our favor, but I really remember getting wrecked by mech shaman and getting angry.
Mech Mage: 70-30 for us, that deck is obsolete. No card draw for them and our early game is just as strong and more consistent.
Priest: 80-20 I almost never lose against priest with this deck.
Control Warrior: 60-40 for us. Play clockwork before mana wyrm and mana wyrm before Apprentice if you have to make a choice. If they have their 2 mana weapon in their hand the dream is turn 1 clock work gnome turn 2 mad sci. It's gg if that happens. Also clear their Acolytes with 1 hit and it's gg.
DemonZoolock: 55-45 for us. Zoolock is super strong, but if there are no Imp Gang Bosses on board then Flamewaker can wreck them, and flamestrike does a lot of work. Malganis can be killed by fireball ping, but since he can be called out at the most awkward times it can be really frustrating. Also there can be some insanely crazy plays with Power Overwhelming and Void Terror. Luckily for us that deck takes a lot of skill and a lot of times players don't play it to its full potential! If everyone was Strifecro/Godlento level I would probably say 50/50 matchup or less.
Overall Hardest Matchups: Patron Warrior, Handlock, Zoolock, Hunter but hard games make Hearthstone fun!
Thank you for reading the Guide! I'll answer any questions/comments as I'd love to hear what you all have to say! Go Get Legend guys!
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Edit: Spelling
Edit 2: Currently trying out 1 polymorph for 1 mechanical yeti. I'm not sure if this will be a permanent change, but polymorph can deal with sludge's for lethal, Savannah Highmane's, Sylvanas, and other big guys I sometimes run into. I think it's a great card, it's a spell, and we have a lot of minions, especially in the 4 slot.
Edit 3: Polymorph is great! Using it now at rank 4
the problem is flame waker !! why the all mages deck limited with this card !! ??
i replaced flamewaker with 1 flame and 1 mirror image.. works well ! with mana wrym
anyway ty for deck
I love this deck, but face hunters are definitely a problem. I often get rushed down before I can play the archmage.
Hey there! This is my second season playing hearthstone, and first season playing ranked, i managed to climb to rank 6 after a dedicated day of playing with tempo mage, however now i find that i struggle and struggle, especially against ZOOlocks and FACE hunters, and Warriors in general. Any tips? I just find that zoo always out tempos me and i can't take a breather, even if it gets to my big minions, they just trade upwards with higher att than health, or just go face and kill me. Face hunter is much easier, only lost 1 to them, but it was due to a lucky kill command.
Whereas warriors i have the opposite problem, i find it hard to crack their hp down, they keep shield blocking and tapping armor. However again its not as bad, its just Zoo that absolutely destroys me. I do however run a more combo Tempo deck, with Archmage Ant. and Dr.Boom as my finishers, and i keep 2 yeti, 1 water elemental because i had lots of success freezing weapon classes that carried me to victory, and i run a mystic too because of other tempo mages. I also do not have belcher, mostly focused on combo. I do however take two mirror images! Any advice on maybe my deck and general play style? i was on my 18th win streak from rank 15 to rank 8, where i had my first loss,a after that i got to 7, 6, and then bunch of ZOO / demon Zoo and Patrons
Additionally could you tell me why you choose loatheb over Sylvanna? I don't really find myself getting AOEd, is it for the singular spells? Is Sylvannas maybe better? or it won't matter since later on into the game we would most likely end pretty well?
I really feel like its possible for me to get to legend, i mostly just lack experience since I'm new, please help! pass down that knowledge :D
Loatheb is great because it can deny the enemy lethal (I had face hunter in mind, but works well against freeze mage too). Sylvanas is entirely too slow against the aggro classes.
Yea zoo wrecks mirror images, and can be hard for you if you don't get good value from flamewaker. But don't get too upset over a few losses, strifecro was streaming a deck vary similar to yours and was at rank 3 for hours. Getting to legend can be a great grind, although sometimes there can be sweet times to play certain decks and wreck the ladder.
Okay thank you :) I guess i will keep trying, except i might not have time :( really wanted to get legend the first season i play so i can feel good LOL
Why are you spamming this message in Mage decks? It's pretty annoying. Ask once and be patient, don't spam. Etiquette of the Internet for Gods sake.
i only asked two people who i thought were pretty experienced with this deck, honestly don't think thats considered spam especially when i typed different contents. Why are you raging over nothing and BMing people, Etiquette of the Internet for Gods sake.
Hey thanks for the feedback man! Sylvanas will make your games against face hunter harder. After a lot more games against hunters I will admit that hybrid hunter does pretty well against this deck, but I don't have any problems with face hunter. The freezing trap and mid-game creatures can be killer after a strong start :D
Zoo Lock & Face Hunter is definitely 35-65 them, dont listen to this fool.
Mulligan's are terrible in this
Thank you for sharing the deck, it works great so far.
I'm considering Kezan and Harrison as tech cards to swap in.
hey a lot of others have been using kezan successfully. Personally, I'm not a fan of the card because you have to play against a secret class and draw it when you need it, and hope they can't deal with it easily. It's all very inconsistent and I'd rather have a card that's good all of the time in it's place.
I play - 1x clockwork + 1x Mirror image
-1x sludge belcher + 1x Azure Dragon
-1x piloted + 1x Mirror image
Loving this deck. I was having trouble with face hunters and freeze mages so I swapped Piloted Shredder for Kezan Mystic and no more problems. 10-2 with this deck now
I'm playing with a polymorph instead of 2 mech yetis and it made the matchup a lot easier.
This deck is extremely solid! Great work. The only problems I had so far are mirror match up's. Otherwise I really like the build.
I wonder if there is any room for Emperor Thaurissan. Maybe for one of the Shredders!?
Have been playing it for a couple hours now. Went 12-2, 5 then lost twice then won 7 more. Mage is by far my favorite class to play so this deck is very self-explanatory and seamless to play. Only have lost to a lonely Mill Rogue (fatigue) and a facehunter on a bad draw.
EDIT: I did swap one -1 Shredder for a +1 Kezan Mystic for tech and -1 Mechanical Yeti for +1 Polymorph
replacement for archmage?
archmage is a staple in this deck
This deck is a superb for levelling. Reks the ladder in EU atm.
Facetards and freeze magi are a bit of a pain, anything else just melts.
Hey, only 18 games played so far, at 12-6, my main problem seems to be against zoo at the moment. Any suggestions for the match up?