Savjz #1 Legend Reno Mage
- Last updated Dec 7, 2016 (Gadgetzan)
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Wild
- 15 Minions
- 15 Spells
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Reno Mage
- Crafting Cost: 11520
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 12/5/2016 (Gadgetzan)
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Well this deck has certainly gotten popular! I made it as I couldn't find this exact deck from one of Savjz's clips. All credit for the deck goes to Savjz, I shall just attempt to do a quick write-up!
Reno decks as a standard are played with the late game in mind, spend the early game fighting for the board and trying to stop those pesky aggro decks (ahem Pirate Warrior) from overwhelming you too much early.
Try and get the most value out of your mana, try and plan a few steps ahead so you don't waste removal on a turn before a Flamestrike for example.
Mulligans
Aggro: You should be trying to pick up your cheap removal spells like Arcane Blast, Frostbolt, Forgotten Torch, Forbidden Flame and Volcanic Potion. Make sure to keep a hold of Doomsayer and for weapon classes don't forget to hold onto Acidic Swamp Ooze.
Control: Against control keeping onto some early removal isn't too bad an idea, but you can be a bit greedier and hold onto cards like Arcane Intellect, Polymorph and Kabal Courier.
Mage Cards
Forbidden Flame - Removal at any point of the game, scales over time.
Arcane Blast - Combos with Bloodmage Thalnos and Azure Drake very nicely.
Babbling Book - I really like this card in control mages, and Pavel put it to good use at this year's Blizzcon! Can be combo'd with Brann.
Frostbolt - 2 mana, 3 damage and a freeze, need I say more?
Arcane Intellect - Great card to keep early vs control matchups, helps you get to your Reno faster and provides decent card draw.
Forgotten Torch - Decent early removal and shuffles a second cheaper Fireball into your deck.
Frost Nova - Good for holding a board of Jade Golems at bay and can be combo'd with doomsayer.
Ice Barrier - Gives you sufficient stall to extend those games vs aggro.
Ice Block - Works very well with Reno Jackson as it gives you a safety net to rely on, so you don't have to worry about if they can kill before you can Reno.
Manic Soulcaster - Great card to shuffle a second Reno Jackson or Kazakus into your deck, can be combo'd with Brann if you get a tick over Emperor on Brann, Reno or Manic Soulcaster.
Volcanic Potion - Great early boardclear to get rid of totems or to ruin zoo's day.
Fireball - Best card in the game.
Polymorph - Great for getting rid of Raganros, Sylvanas or Ysera.
Water Elemental - Fantastic card vs aggro and weapon classes.
Cabalist's Tome - Take a spin at the casino and roll for some new cards!
Blizzard - Great for halting a board of Jade Golems or clearing those pesky totems!
Firelands Portal - Nice tempo swing removal.
Flamestrike - Speaks for itself.
Neutral Cards
Acidic Swamp Ooze - Great card for stopping Pirate Warrior and Secret Hunter, though can be used to remove Ashbringer and Blood Fury
Bloodmage Thalnos - Don't get put off by the stats, +1 spell power and deathrattle card draw are some insane bonuses for a 2 mana card.
Dirty Rat - Quite possibly my favorite card from Mean Streets, I've plucked Reno Jackson, Jaraxxus and Alexstrasza from so many people. Combo with Mind Control Tech or Flamestrike to get some people salty. Ideally you want to use this as part of a combo, so don't mulligan for it.
Doomsayer - Great at soaking up damage or if you get lucky, removing their board. Can be combo'd with Blizzard or Frost Nova.
Brann Bronzebeard - Used to combo with the several battlecry minions spread over the deck, use your imagination!
Kabal Courier - Find that extra removal, or a second Ice Block.
Mind Control Tech - Very good vs aggro and can be used with Dirty Rat if they are trying to play around Mind Control Tech.
Kazakus - New card from Mean Streets, design yourself a spell which has crazy effects, can be quite powerful and swing the game in your favor. Versus control matchups I don't tend to choose card draw as it means you will fatigue first.
Azure Drake - This is like the bigger better brother of Bloodmage Thalnos, staple in any deck that uses a lot of removal.
Emperor Thuarissan - As you generally have a large hand, Emperor enables 10+ mana combos previously impossible. If left on board can snowball out of control and outright win you a game.
Reno Jackson - Staple of the deck, combo with Manic Soulcaster for another full heal.
Alexstrasza - Can be used defensively and offensively if you are ahead on board and have some removal left in hand you can turn into face damage.
Alternative Cards
Arcane Missiles - Can replace Arcane Blast
Cult Sorcerer - Can replace Bloodmage Thalnos
Flame Lance - Can replace Forbidden Flame
Ethereal Conjurer - Can replace anything really it's just a good card
Inkmaster Solia - This is nice card that fits into control mage well
Having an issue with Jade druid, but I'm consistently beating shamans. went from 9 to 11 back to 9. Feels pretty solid, but I don't know how well it's going to do in the higher ranks.
I've got replacements for all of my missing cards except Dirty Rat. Although I like the yanking mechanic, should I use a taunt to replace it? Mirror Image? Senjin? Or just drop in Ragnaros?
Senjin or Second-rate Bruiser, especially if you are facing a lot of aggro.
If you don't run Dirty Rat, then I'd also not run MCT in this list, because Dirty rat is usually combo'd with MCT to help steal something.
I swapped out Brann. You can swap out whatever you'd like though. I suggest playing some games and seeing if there is a particular card that doesnt seem necessary. I am current 8-2 and Solia has AMAZING synergy with this deck (Kazakus 10 mana spell especially).
I use this deck.. but, always lost to Jade Druid and Pirate Warrior... Anyway to counter them? or any better card replacement ?? Perhaps, just auto concede??
if you play against aggro like pirate warrior, try to mulligan aggressively with Arcane Blast and Doomsayer
if you face too many of them, try to tech in one Second-Rate Bruiser
Almost none :( Disenchanted all my golden cards to craft it, and its worth it
Nice deck even though you need to think a lot using this deck
you must predict what cards enemy will use next one or two turn, can you win next turn or not lol
This is my game play using this deck, sorry if I think too long sometimes lol
1st: vs Malchezaar Shaman, YOLO ending lol
2nd: vs dragon priest, didn't want to use reno andddd.. lol
-1 Manic +1 Brewmaster
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XAFubI5vJ8
What are people cutting for Inkmaster out of this list?
i feel like im hitting a wall when i see druid jade, they always got me in late game... i think i see like 70% druid and other 30% randoms deck, is a joke to climb atm with too many jade druids, early i got a nice climb against pirate archetype decks but idk why atm i faced too many jade druids.... FeelsBadMan...
its a super fun deck, but jade rekt the deck so hard. i never get the kazakus flavor :(
I've currently been laddering with my own flavor of Reno Mage and I've got to rank 9 with it so far. It's not the best deck, but it's good enough to be tons of fun on ladder.
Rank 14, but Im just waiting for meta to stable
It's so weird how Inkmaster, a legendary for reno mages, didn't make the cut. Obviously it's good to cheat out a 5/5 while clearing a board with flamestrike, but I guess this deck doesn't value tempo as much as the long game?
I'm debating replacing the Manic Soulcaster as I haven't ever combo'd it with Kazakus / Reno.
Actually Savjz is not playing it, but I've seen several other known Twitchers doing it.. Kiebler used it a couple of hours ago to play a Kazakus 10th mana potion to a Hunter, it was insta concede. Thijs also uses it, I've seen free Flamestrikes and Fireland's portal.
Soulcaster is in there for the control mirror. It adds another card to your deck to prevent fatigue, and drawing a second reno or kazakus is almost mandatory in those situations.
Inkmaster is great for the midrange matchip. You spend most of the game playing defensively, but dropping her with a flamestrike/firelands portal/kazakus potion can really turn the tables.
I had it out too but its too valuable against other reno decks so I got it back. Remember that it has a decent body, so against aggro/midrange decks that you will not fatigue, just use it for board control. After I saw all streamers using it as a body, I saw the real value of it.
Just crafted Kazakus for my Reno lock, I'm missing her for the mage too I guess Youthful Brewmaster will be a very good replacement
Soulcaster is incredible with Kazakus, and good with Reno. That said, I rarely get to play them that way.
how to win vs priest?
Against Reno priest I won by luck and skill, depends what deck they have