Have You Heard About Our Lord & Saviour Yogg-Sa...
- Last updated Sep 28, 2016 (Karazhan)
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Wild
- 17 Minions
- 13 Spells
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Yogg Mage
- Crafting Cost: 3640
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 4/21/2016 (Explorers)
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09/28/2016: With the announcement of the Yogg nerf, there is no longer a sustainable theme or reason to play this deck. Thank you for the support.
IT IS UPON US.
This deck is kind of tempo-y with a whole lot of RNG and Brann Bronzebeard synergy.
How To Play:
We've got lots of early removal, play it. This deck is a very standard tempo mage kind of deck with cheap spells, Flamewaker , and in place of the glorious E-sportal, Arcane Blast . Don't be worried about exactly how many spells this deck runs, just know when you eventually play Yogg-Saron, Hope's End everything will change. And you'll probably win. Maybe.
Mulligan:
Against pretty much every deck, we're looking for our cheap minions and early removal spells. If you get Flamewaker against aggro hunter or paladin, keep him.
Card Choices:
Again, pretty standard tempo mage frame with Spellslinger thrown in for a chance at AoE, more spells to work with yogg, and general tasty rng fun.
Emperor Thaurissan is included for direct synergy with massive amounts of spells and because we run a frickin' 10 mana card.
Cult Sorcerer is incredible. This card made spellpower good again. Like really really good. It's why I changed the list back to 2x Arcane Blast .
Cabalist's Tome is, in my opinion, a great card this expansion. You are almost always guaranteed to get some really incredible, clutch cards that will more than likely turn the tide of the game. The ONLY downside to this card is its cost directly affecting mage's best AoE spells being played in the same turn.
Yogg-Saron, Hope's End is pure insanity. I used to think this card was kind of poor, but after the many games people have played with it, the general consensus is that the card is borderline unfair. You could be down to yogg in your hand and your opponent can have lethal on the board and a full hand and the tides can turn in the blink of an eye. Yogg often draws you cards and clears the board making it quite the beast.
Card Replacements:
I get it, a lot of people don't like rng. That's ok. We've got choices. Some to include even more rng, some to streamline the deck a little more.
Jeweled Scarab could be thrown in in place of your spellslingers x2 for more strictly beneficial brann bronzebeard synergy. (credit goes to vynestra for suggestion)
Faceless Summoner actually doesn't curve as poorly as i thought it would. Synergizes with Brann well (and gives us another reason to run him in our deck).
Archmage Antonidas is the card you'd replace yogg with if you hate all things fun and chaotic. BUT I no longer believe he is better than yogg in this deck.
Sylvanas Windrunner in place of Thaurissan. She has massive potential this expansion to steal any one of your opponent's game ending cards. The 10 mana combo of playing her into Fireball is magnificient. If your opponent plays Yogg and it kills your Sylvanas, the rest of the spells cast that turn will be from your side.
Frequently Asked Questions:
1. Why no Ice Block ? Your own secrets can't activate on your turn, so yogg will smite you if he deems fit, ice block or no ice block haha.
2. Why no AoE? We run so much single target board clear that synergizes with Flamewaker , I think we can survive without any AoE ran in the decklist. Our tomes and conjurers have a good chance of giving us anything we really need in the course of a game.
3. Why no Servant of Yogg-Saron ? I'd like to keep the deck more tempo than casino purely for consistency. Servant curves poorly and it's battlecry doesn't add to yogg's battlecry.
4. Is there a replacement for Flamewaker ? NO, stop asking. Seriously, you can't run an effective tempo mage without the card.
5. Is there a replacement for Arcane Blast ? Now that we run double cult sorc, the short is no. The long answer is sort of, but only if you absolutely can't craft the cards and the replacements will be worse.
Milestones and Accomplishments!
-OVER 500k views!!! WOW. 4/28/2016
-Over 777 upvotes!! That means everyone who plays this deck will get the most efficient Yogg possible guaranteed (at least once hue).
-Over 620k views!!! 5/1/2016
-Over 710k views! 5/6/2016
-GaNewDragon reached legend from rank 2 playing this deck! here's some links as proof. http://imgur.com/lvlkOga
Their match-ups: http://imgur.com/cmIu3U1
Massive wall of video highlights, gameplay, and general fun!
Khristophesaurus' video
kiwiinbacon's video (he replaces one Arcane Blast with Rhonin
Willbit's stream highlight video (watch the ending for a little surprise heh)
Majestic Brann/Yogg combo (nsfw volume/language)
Barskie's phenominal deck showcase video!
Ladder updates for this deck!
1. I think it's still a lot slower than tryhard tempo mage, so I'm keeping the 2x Mirror Image. Even in a control heavy meta, they give you time to build up your board.
2. I'm not replacing the 2x Spellslinger as that ruins the theme of the deck. You can though, with 2x Water Elemental .
3. I'm also not replacing 1x Cabalist's Tome with 1x Flamestrike , but you can heh.
4. Brann Bronzebeard + Yogg-Saron, Hope's End is the dream and the dream will never die.
5. Much like in my tryhard deck, Forbidden Flame is a good card, but not nearly as reliable as Polymorph when dealing with giant threats.
Illustration by Unidcolor deviantart
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In celebration of earning 1000 upvotes on this particular guide, I've created a twitter! It'll consist of smash bros. talk, lots of fighting game hype, little hearthstone quips and commentary, and plenty of pictures regarding my travels! https://twitter.com/TheAndrewc5120
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Babbling Book is going to see extensive play in the tempo mage archetype. It gives us a turn 1 play that doesn't involve Mana Wyrm so that kind of makes it a 2 of auto-include. I replaced poly and torch for these guys as they far outvalue those other cards.
I'm also considering Prince Malchezaar for the sheer potential, unpredictability, and great fun that rng brings us.
Speaking of RNG, here's my new deck I've been theorycrafting! There is also a wild variant that's way more fun, albeit not as competitive.
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Maybe a full write-up in the future if it gets enough attention. With college starting up soon, I may be a bit busy, but will continue to do my best to answer all of your questions.
... you could replace thaurissan if you're feeling a little crazy, otherwise torch or 1 conjurer :/
answer is in the guide :^)
Replacement for Arcane Blast? :(
2nd arcane missiles and 1x forgotten torch, but they work so well with cult sorc.
what are ya doing? you're already featured in the guide!
Glad I read your guide and saw you wussed out and don't even run your own deck that got so many upvotes. I know to look for a more engaged player than you.
You doin' alright bud? Wanna talk about it?
more engaged player
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Pegi 7 game
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serious business
I have played Hearthstone... pretty much every day, since beta. This might be my favorite deck since I have been playing. First off... the deck is very solid.. even if you don't get Yogg down, you will likely have full control and do serious damage. I probably played about 15 games in casual so far. I haven't kept track, but I would say I won around 11 of them. But the reason I love this deck is not because it is good, but because it is fun. Playing Yogg is a blast.
My favorite play was getting Yogg down on top of Brann. Yogg then proceeded to mind-control this Druid's C'Thun.... make a copy of it and put it in my hand, and, on top of Call of the Wild... hilarious.
Of course... Yogg likes to fuck you sometimes too. I was playing a Rogue... Yogg decides it would be funny to hit me in the face with a fireball and heal the rogue for 8. This dumbass Rogue for whatever reason then sapped Yogg. I dropped him again, where Yogg though it would be cute to heal the rogue for an additional 9 health, all the way to 30, then hit me again in the face with two spells that killed me.
The RNG is hilarious. The deck is very solid. If you are playing to win though... consider dropping Yogg only if you are desperate.
http://www.hearthpwn.com/decks/522537-super-srs-laddering-tempo-mage that's why heh.
This deck isn't meant to be super competitive, just fun. That laddering deck is the super competitive one. I run 2x cult sorc and 2x water elemental in it.
This deck is a blast. Thanks for the build template!
The way to win with Yogg decks is to use him to win games that you would've otherwise lost otherwise. He basically gives a percentage chance to win in games you would otherwise almost certainly lost. Though obviously, since you are running Yogg, you kinda want to play him just for the luls. So even though you don't have to play him to win, the temptation is often too much to resist. So you'll lose games simply due to this temptation.
Yeah I agree, Yogg is kinda like your Hail Mary if you are really gonna lose, he can turn the tide :) But temptation is strong to play him lol
No offense to the deck, and i'm sure it does exactly what it's supposed to, but i'm really baffled by a playerbase of millions that won't play dozens of questionable cards, then a totally random 10 mana card shows up that doesn't even sway for or against your chances of winning, and people build entire decks around it lol.
I'm certain many can attest this deck was not built around yogg aside from the inclusion of brann, as they often win games before they play him.
Sorry, but this deck is terrible.
"The absolute, unobtainable dream is playing him with Brann Bronzebeard on the table".
I did it !!! ....and I missed one big popcorn bowl....... FUNtastic !!
My friend got to play him with brann too, but yogg got stolen by sylvanas so his battlecry proc'd only once