[S22 Legend] Sigma's "No-Anto" Tempo Mage! (Vid...
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Wild
- 15 Minions
- 15 Spells
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Unknown
- Crafting Cost: 4320
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 2/5/2016 (Explorers)
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- Deck Architect
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Battle Tag:
sigma#2284
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Region:
EU
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Total Deck Rating
5631
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Hey guys Sigma here, 8-time Legend player, Deck Architect, Guide Writer and Hearthpwn Analyst coming to you with a fresh version of the Tempo Mage, one of the more successful versions I used to climb the ladder in S22 to legend, where I managed to reach it pretty early. The list is a little bit different from the one that you can find in my decks, and probably a lot deadlier.
First and foremost, the tempo mage is of course, based on building and keeping tempo, as the name states, and that means to be able to have turns with positive value, which can go as far as putting new minions out + removing opponent's board with cheap/ free spells + going face with the minions already present on the board. Now, this deck differs by not using Azure Drakes, but using Ethereal Conjurers as wild cards, which alongside the Sludge Belcher can trigger the Effigy and spawn another 5 mana cost minion, which can be pretty crazy sometimes. And of course, one of the main things, from which we have the name of the deck, is the absence of Archmage Antonidas, the late mentor of Jaina. The reasoning behind that is that it's just damn too slow for the current meta. It requires you to either have spells to go with him which means that he will be thrown out on turn 8 or 9, but in any case he just doesn't bring enough impact on the board after being played. That's why he was replaced by Ragnaros the Firelord, who has much more impact and has saved me A LOT of games in the last season.
Here is the actual screenshot of me reaching legend in S22 with this deck (+ some viewers which were present at the time :) ):
If the deck reaches 50 upvotes, I will write out one of the SigGuides for it, which will be detailed as ever! The only reason that I am setting up this goal is to motivate you guys motivate me motivate you (motivating x ∞) and to know that you guys like the deck enough for me to write out details for the gameplay! Until the goal has been reached, I will leave you guys with this new mulligan and I will be adding a card replacement section in the next day or two.
You guys crushed this goal to smithereens! Hottest deck of the week! Thank you SO much for your continuous trust! More decks soon to come!
MULLIGAN
Mulligan for this deck doesn't really vary that much, as the priority cards are almost the same for every class. The priority cards vary just a tiny bit based on what is expected form the before mentioned class in the early game. The difference between having the coin or not here is only that if you have the Coin against a slower class like Warlock(if Reno), priest or a druid that isn't getting a perfect curve, you can keep Flamewaker and not take it out straight away but wait for turn 4 and take it out with Frostbolt, or use the Coin on turn 3 with Flamewaker and Arcane Missiles/Arcane Blast.
A little sidenote - Minions are almost ALWAYS better than spells. If you have no minions in hand but all early spells, you might want to even ditch all of them just to try to get some of the minions. Another thing; NEVER keep a Frostbolt AND a Flamecannon early on. Choose one. Also , the cards that have a white outline are the cards with the highest priority for that specific class
CARD REPLACEMENTS
Please note: Even though I always encourage people to try out different variations of my deck which suits their tastings more, try not to steer too much from my list or else it will be a completely different variation of the tempo mage! Regarding the Mirror Image, I don't encourage it that much as there aren't that many warriors around but it might enforce Jerry to remove more stuff, so try it out!
There is the card replacement picture! And a surprise guest! What is that guy doing in there??? It seems Jaraxxus just wants to be faced. :(
The video is done and up! Now after I am done with the video, I can devote myself to the SigGuide! Expect it soon!
FAQ:
How does one Arcane Blast make any sense when you don't run any Azure Drakes?
In most of my games it was just used as an early free removal with the help of Sorcerer's Apprentice, even without any Spell Damage buffs. It will remain in the deck until I find a better alternative.
As you guys loved the mulligan pictures from the Demon Reno, here they are again!
You had to get close to the screen to see the first one, didn't you? :D
Cheers for checking out yet another Sigma's deck and as always, the constructive criticism and any suggestions to improve the deck are warmly accepted! See you on the stream!
Cheers,
Sig
I meant fast decks, the taunt effect is really good against sham face for exemple, but for some reason, i could not climb more than rank 3 with tempo mage this season, so it is probably weaker in the current meta
I was at hospital, so I didn't play the last few days, I guess legend is away... I'm rank 5 and I'm struggling finding a deck that fits me, I tried Huntard and I currently play the "Midrange Pally".
The only downside to playing this deck is this: After you've stomped your opponent into the ground within the first 5 turns, you have to wait for about 1-2 minutes for the game to realize they have left (rage quit / closed) the game.
B.R.U.T.A.L. deck.
Im having fun with this deck, still think an Azure Drake would go well..
Just rekt "no anto" tempo mage by regular tempo mage with both rhonin and antonidas 3 tiems in a row =.=
As if that has any relation to how good/bad the deck is at all.
good thing taht plebs keep downvote cuz mad
Thanks for the deck! I made it from rank 12 to rank 5 in a few short days.
Cheers!
I feel it is lacking against Aggro, it is missing AOE. but else a fine deck.
THANK YOU!!! This deck is incredibly fun to play. The only changes I made were:
-1 Arcane Blast
-1 Effigy
+1 Mirror Image
+1 Duplicate (lol 2x flamewalker or 2x rag right back into hand)
I have to say 'no' to this one. Gave it a fair shake for as long as i could stand. I ended 0-8, it might have done good a week or two ago, or to start a ladder, but anything under rank 15 and you will get rolled. I agree with most neg. posts here; 'without a god draw, you're fuxville'.
Rubbish, im under rank 15 and played this for 15-9.. Got rolled on two occasions for bad draw..
Great deck always a lot of fun! :)
Cant believe i crafted rag for this, if you dont get god hand you'll just lose board control since meta is just loads of small minions, the only way to get AoE is to draw conjurer and then its still too late most of the time
impossible to win a single face hunter, rush decks always win this shit
Seems odd to me that you talk about how fast the meta is but yet you still run ethereal conjurers, pretty much only good when you are far ahead in the late game or vs a slow control deck. Personally, I would take them out and add azure drakes, then take out a secret for another arcane blast. This would better equip the deck for a fast meta.
I do like the rag, and perhaps it is hard to win with a faster deck and rag when compared to faster deck with anto. I played Tempo mage to legend this season and last season using rag and anto interchanging them. I did see that it was harder to win VS some decks like control and reno if I was not able to curve out well when I used rag however.
Good write up tho I enjoy it and will try ethereal conjures more.
Hey, is there any way I can "remake" this deck? I'm a beginner so I don't have the adventures cards, I am missing four of them, which is 7 cards - 1x Sludge Belcher, 2x Mad Scientist, 2x Ethernal Conjurer and 2x Flamewaker.
I know it won't work as good as the original, but is there anyone, who could help me with which similar cards I could replace it with? I have 1400 dust.
Thank you very much!
Keep telling farytailes how u get Legend with this deck
This deck is terrible. If u dont get flamewaker in 1-5 u just loose.
Have had some pretty good success with this deck so far. Just used unstable to get Troggzor against a priest, easy win.