*Video Inside* S22 Legend Icy Tempo Mage
- Last updated Jan 29, 2016 (Explorers)
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Wild
- 14 Minions
- 16 Spells
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Unknown
- Crafting Cost: 4420
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 1/25/2016 (Explorers)
- royalmail
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Total Deck Rating
539
Hi there again! Royalmail here, now 4 times Legend, to which the last I have to credit to this baby right here, an Icy Tempo Mage ;) If you like the deck remember to leave a thumbs up and a like on my social media! Enjoy :)
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PROOF OF LEGEND:
VIDEO EXPLANATION:
GAME PLAN:
We have a Tempo Mage here, so we need to gain as much Tempo as possible while being as aggro as possible, thanks to the extra mileage of the Ice Block for its main effect (of having us not die once) and the collateral effect: the mistakes that the opponent will make during the game, not really knowing what this secret will be.
You see, when people play an underpar turn, trying to proc our secret, playing crappy minions/spell, they are doing the correct play. But if we have an Ice Block out, they'll waste their turn in vain. All the while we build up Tempo and board presence. Or we shoot them in the face with our burn spell. Or both!
Play for Tempo, remove minions efficiently and let the PEW PEW begin!
CARD CHOICES:
This time around I'll go over only the "unconventional" choices
Really strong opening vs many classes paired with a Mana Wyrm and a Coin. Protects our board from weapons/minions and lets us unleash the sinergy of our deck. Often gaining a single turn could be game winning and don't forget that decks like a ZooLock that is a little behind could have trouble removing them efficiently. Playing Archmage Antonidas followed by this, gives you the first Fireball and could protect our Fireball's Santa from the minions that are trying to kill him.
There it is, the star of the deck. The Playmaker. The MVP. Just thinking the faces of our opponents while they struggle to guess which damn secret hides the little purple dot, makes my smile grow wider every second they spend wondering. Countless times the opponent tries to proc the secret with a crappy minion or an useless spell. You know what makes me happier? When they realize (usually too late for them) that is an Ice Block and they have thrown away their winning condition AND their turns trying to guess. But you know what makes me REALLY happy? When I play another secret and they start the guessing work all over again. Also pretty much guarantess the value of both Mad Scientist having 3 different Secrets in the deck. Yay!
SUBS:
The only substitutions that I could advise are this ones:
1x Mirror Image ► 1x Arcane Blast
if you really feel like you need some spells to board control early in the game.
1x Ice Block ► 1x Duplicate / 1x Effigy
if you don't own one or you simply don't want to run it. They can have a similar effect on the guessing works of your opponents, but they do have a negative synergy with the early game minions and 0/2 images... run them at your own risk.
MULLIGAN STRATEGY:
Try your best to have the smoothest mana curve possible. Try to exploit the Coin with the Flamewaker or Mana Wyrm synergy, or in the worst case with Archmage Antonidas to create an extra Fireball
Always keep Mad Scientist and Mana Wyrm
Vs Shamans, Druids, Mages, Paladins and Warlocks keeping also a Frostbolt to kill the early minions is also advisable.
MATCH UPS:
This is the record of my win rate from rank 4 3 stars to Legend. Yay for a meta full of Druids and Secret Pally to wreck really hard!
If you have any question feel free to post in the comments and I'll answer everyone asap, and don't forget to leave a like on the deck or on any of my socials! See you around ;)
120 bolivar xd
Not really, actually is 965,<wbr />62 bsf = 1$ xD
sadly they are a core part of the deck and they can't be subbed :/
remember that even if it doesn't proc doesn't mean that was useles... if someone of your opponents played around Entity or Counterspell while it was an Ice Block, you still got value out of it :)
the best thing is to yell "Surprise Moth**er" in a Samuel L. Jackson voice XD
I literally run the same list subbing Ice Block for Ethereal Conjurer.
The idea of ice block is pretty cool, but I think the Conjurer a bit more flexibility and a must-remove body. You could even discover an Ice Block ! :)
I do like the Conjurer but I also think its too slow for this kind of deck (Aggroish tempo mage I mean ofc)
promoting your own stream? oh, then you have my dislike.
why its possible to learn from streams and we dont know there streaming if they dont promote
given that many people learn from watching others playing the deck, I guess it's in the best interests of everyone to know when I'm online and when they can come and watch the stream. If you don't like streams simply don't watch them :) gl hf
The fuck is wrong with promoting his stream on his own deck page ? Keep hating, loser
aren't there any other minion I could substitute antonidas and boom with?
you need other winning conditions... you could try Ragnaros and Nefarian for example... try it out but they are 2 awesome cards to craft as soon as possible :) gl hf!
for boom it is war golem and 2 wisps and for antonidas more fireballs
I'm afraid not. Boom is really important and so is antonidas
really good to confuse opponents into thinking about counterspell or mirror entity :) gl hf!
Maybe you're doing something wrong? Remember that Tempo mage is a Rng based deck, sometimes can happen to have bad streaks thanks to rng that tries to do its best to stop you in your tracks. Try playing it for like 10-15 games and the rng factor should spread enough :)
Maybe you don't know how to play the deck well?
Liking the looks of this deck! Maybe I'll try-hard mode with this deck to hit legend XD ! Thanks for sharing btw, & here's my gameplay ;P !
Thank you for the video, your support to the community is really appreciated ^_^ I'll release my own video in the coming days but I'll make sure to watch the video and share it around! gl hf