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[Legend] Karazhan Tempo Mage

  • Last updated Aug 31, 2016 (Karazhan)
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  • 15 Minions
  • 15 Spells
  • Deck Type: Ranked Deck
  • Deck Archetype: Yogg Mage
  • Crafting Cost: 7820
  • Dust Needed: Loading Collection
  • Created: 8/23/2016 (Karazhan)
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  • Battle Tag:

    Loko#2591

  • Region:

    EU

  • Total Deck Rating

    178

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Hello guys !

Who am I ?

I hit legend for the first time while playing since beta with my favourite archetype : Tempo Mage. I wanted to share the list I used to make sure people can enjoy playing it too !

I went Legend from rank 5 in one day with a final rush of 37w/13l (74% winrate). I am not saying you will end up with that kind of awesome stats, I probably got a bit of help from RNGesus, but I think you can still manage to have at least 60% winrate.

Legend proof

 

General strategy

 This deck is a tempo deck, so the main goal is to get the tempo on the board (which means make sure you get more presence in the board than your opponent). However, this deck has a lot of direct damage (Frostbolt Fireball Forgotten Torch  Fireland Portals+ random missiles) so its important to check your available damage. You can win some games with just giving up to get tempo and hit face with spells before your opponent kills you.

Disclaimer : Praise RNGsus

RNGesus

If you are one of those who hates playing with RNG, I highly recommand you not to play this deck. This deck is all about RNG, and a great part of your choices are directed by calculating probabilities of your best play. I would suggest you to give a chance to RNGesus and join the light of randomness Kreygasm.

 

Karazhan Review

This new adventure give to mage Tempo some new possibilities :

Barnes : This card is awesome in this deck, every single target in interesting except Yogg-Saron, Hope's End , you get a lot of tempo and sometimes a funny YOLO Ragnaros the Firelord

Firelands Portal : This card has evrything this deck needs : you get direct damage and tempo as well, even if the RNG can hurts pretty bad, its still a good card

General Mulligan

Always keep : Mana Wyrm, Cult Sorcerer , Sorcerer's Apprentice

If you have one of those, you can also keep a 1 or 2 cost spell to make the tempo early : Arcane Blast , Arcane Missiles, Mirror Image ,Frostbolt.

If you want more tips about detailed mulligans, see the next chapter.

Match-ups

I will detail the matchups you will see the most, feel free to comment if you want me to add more matchups.

Agro Shaman : slightly favored. The first 5 turns will make you win or lose. You must have a decent board and spells to clean to make sure the shaman has to trade and cant hit face. You can keep Arcane Blast and Frostbolt.

Druid Token : slightly unfavored. Druid is in my opionion the strongest deck actually, and if he has good start its very hard to take the tempo back. 

Dragon Warrior : favored. It's probably why mage tempo is very strong at the moment, you have an easy match-up against this Warrior deck.If you somehow lost the board, Flamestrike will carry your game and you will win that way. Just remember to check your lethal possibilities in hand, sometimes you will just use 3 turns hitting face to get lethal.

Midrange Hunter : even. If you consider both opponents have an average start, the match-up is decided by this : do you draw Flamestrike / how many Call of the Wild your opponent has ? Dont forget to try every turn to spot multiple turns lethal since hunters are not running healing. Yogg-Saron can be a win-condition as well. Try to mulligan for Arcane Blast and Frostbolt.

Zoolock : slightly favored. You have the tools to remove early threats, and Flamestrike is a powerful card in this matchup. If you are able to fight for the board, warlock will end up life tapping and making your way to lethal easier. 

Upvote Goals

If I get 50+ upvotes, I will write a mulligan guide, detail some matchups 

EDIT 30/9/16 : A lot of positive feedback from you guys, thanks for the support, I will work on mulligan and matchups asap

EDIT 31/9/16 : Add of General Mulligan guide and Detailed Match-ups. Support keeps coming, I appreciate a lot your your feedback !

 

Feedback

Do not hesitate to upvote if you like my deck and comment if you want to share your thoughts or ask for a card replacement, I will checks comments and answer as soon as possible

 

P-S : I am just a french baguette, so be cool with my english