WingsOfWax's Top 100 Finish Reno Mage
- Last updated Feb 13, 2017 (Gadgetzan)
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Wild
- 16 Minions
- 14 Spells
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Reno Mage
- Crafting Cost: 12400
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 2/1/2017 (Gadgetzan)
- wingsofwaxiii
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Battle Tag:
WingsOfWax
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Region:
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Total Deck Rating
7351
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A Little About Me
I am a 19x Legend Player with 3x Top 100 finishes who goes by the battletag WingsOfWax or WingsOfWaxIII on other social media (Facebook, Twitter, Twitch, and YouTube). I have over 15+ Years of Magic: The Gathering Experience, but as of the release of Hearthstone: Beta been converted to this new and exciting card game.
Over the past year, I have been creating videos, articles, and casting live streams to help educate newer players about Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft. As of right now, I am mostly known in the Hearthpwn.com community for creating a Naxxramas + 2,000 Dust Budget Guide 11 Deck series as well as putting Burst Rogue back into fruition.
These days I am working full time, go to school, and still create Hearthstone content whenever I find my schedule allows it. I love educating all types of players whether new or veterans about becoming a better strategy card gamer. I am creating this guide (and others) to help educate and grow the Hearthstone Community even further.
Introduction to my YouTube Channel:
Lets Begin:
To start us off, this is not a new idea of any kind. Reno Mage has been around for quite a while now and this is only here to inspire players to try it on there own. Reno Mage is in a great spot in the Meta since it has solid answers to everything and enough card advantage to out-do your opponent.
Why this version over the more Antonidas ones?
The Antonidas decks feel more like a Combo/Control deck, which is great versus opposing Control decks. I found myself losing more often than not to the Aggro decks because there were more dead cards to help trigger the Antonidas. After some tuning, I came up with a more controlling build that I liked and started seeing stronger results.
Top 100 Proof - Finished between 80-85 at the end.
Deck Stats:
Deck Variations:
The list proposed above is more suited for combating Aggro Decks. Earlier in the day I was running a more Anti-Control version that still had a solid Aggro matchup. Here is the more Anti-Control version I ran.
Anti-Control Version
The biggest tech choice was Big Game Hunter. I was using it to kill Alexstrasza, Mountain Giant, Flamewreath Faceless, Jade Golems, etc. I started running into more Aggro decks and decided I needed to cut the BGH for Mistress of Mixtures.
The next cut I made was Ethereal Conjurer. It is a great card in the Control matchups, but is extremely weak to the Aggro. Typically your Aggro opponents can just ignore it or clean it up easily with a 3 powered weapon. The next viable option in my opinion was Refreshment Vendor. It was a body that could deal with the early to mid game minions and restores much needed health versus Aggro.
Mulligans:
Versus Aggro - Arcane Blast, Babbling Book, Mistress of Mixtures, Acidic Swamp Ooze, Dirty Rat, Doomsayer, Frostbolt, Kabal Courier, Volcanic Potion, Kazakus, and Reno Jackson. Also consider keeping Polymorph versus suspected Flamewreathed Faceless decks.
Versus Control - Babbling Book, Mistress of Mixtures, Acidic Swamp Ooze, Dirty Rat, Doomsayer, Kabal Courier, Brann Bronzebeard, Kazakus, and Cabalist Tome.
Matchup Tips:
Versus Jade Shaman - You are in it for the long-haul of fatiguing your opponent. Be sure to prioritize your removal spells weakest first to strongest last. If you can't kill the Mana Tide Totem with a Frostbolt, Forgotten Torch, Arcane Blast or AOE try not to fret too much about it. I have won many games where my opponent has drawn 8+ cards from Mana Tide Totems. Your life total can be relatively low since they only runJade Lightnings for burn so be sure to prioritize killing the strongest minions on board. Most of the games won are by setting up a turn to safely play a Medivh, the Guardian and ride him to victory.
Versus Pirate Decks - Stem the bleeding as quickly as possible. Make sure your concern is about killing minions on board rather than drawing cards or developing board when given the option. If you get to 6 mana with a Reno and your at or around 15 health, more than likely you should cast it. Pirate decks tend to run a lot of burn spells and can easily kill you from 15 health with only one or two minions on board.
Versus Control Decks - You want to assemble combos as quickly as possible or just keep playing value cards. Try to save Reno for after your opponent Alex's you. Don't be afraid to burn weak cards (Volcanic Potion, Flamestrike, Arcane Blast, etc) in your hand to make room for Cabalist Tomes or Kazakus/Demon Potions.
Kazakus Potions to Seek:
This is a rough guide to figuring out your potion choices.
Versus Priate Decks - Deal X Damage to All>Transform All Minions (10mana only)>Gain X Armor>Deal X Damage>Summon X Friendly Minions that Died>Summon X/X Minion
Versus Jade Decks - Transform All Minions (10mana only)>Deal X Damage to All>Summon X Friendly Minions that Died>Deal X Damage>Summon X/X Minion
Versus Control Decks - Transform All Minions (10mana only)>Deal X Damage to All>Summon X Friendly Minions that Died>Deal X Damage>Summon X/X Minion>Random Demons to Hand> Gain X Armor
Gameplay:
Epic High and Low for Top 100:
Here's to hoping this deck/guide is in some way beneficial to your Grinding Experience! The deck has performed extremely well for me and won games I thought were not possible to do so.
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Thank you for checking out this deck and I hope it serves you well.
Good luck and grind on,
-Wings
Trying out Manic Soulcaster over Flame Lance and getting some good results
You need to play as fast as possible. Though the deck won't favor against a control match against Jade Idol. No control/late game deck will do that. And that's all you can do about it.
There is no deck that beats them all.
I thought that was kinda inevitable with a ccg.
Thalnos is usually swapped out with a Kobold Geomancer or Cult Sorcerer, but, if you ever the get opportunity to craft him, he's really great and versatile (especially in a world where Azure Drake is getting cycled out).
Blast is used with ping for the early game removal of scary targets like Small Time Bucc and Tunnel Trogg (+ spell damage it kills Frothing Berserker, which most pirate warriors run). There's really no perfect replacement because it can do so much damage with little mana, so the only thing I can think of is maybe Arcane Missiles and a couple sacrifices to the RNG gods.
70% shaman... WOW
I really like this deck, the meta I am facing at rank 7 is filled with reno mages and renolocks. Very rarely do I run into a jade druid or miracle rogue these days. This deck hard counters aggro decks but has a hard time with dragon priest. The mirror match usually comes down to whoever can get the better Kazakus potions or being able to get the perfect dirty rat on a value card.
haha
Your ignorant arrogance gave me a laugh, so thanks for that.
Dirty Rat seems like a bad card until you consider its strength, which is forcing your opponent to summon a card without activating it's battlecry. Pulling a Reno or Kazacus straight out of your opponent's hand denies them a key component of their strategy, which can win you the game. Think of all the powerful battle cries you can cancel.
You also ideally don't want to use Dirty Rat without some sort of removal ready. Dirty Rat out a Ragnaros or Ysera, then sheep it and you probably won the game. Don't think of it as a 2/6 taunt, think of it as a spell that pulls out a random minion you'd like to void the battle cry of or remove all together.
Leper Gnome
Firstly, I actually created this account now just to downvote your ignorant and arrogant comments - hopefully none will need to see them any longer.
Secondly, I don't know whether or not you can use your own logic since you're so ignorant to critical advice, to think of your own damn replacement instead of being a form of internet cancer and demanding that your will, be done.
Have a good day.
It sounds like you're still thinking of it as a 2/6 body with taunt, stop that. The 2/6 body with taunt is just a bonus to the powerful battle cry. Don't ever use it defensively just for the taunt, that would be counterproductive. If you're using it on turn 3 because your opponent has a bunch of pirates on the board and you need a taunt, you're using it wrong.
As far as reliability, it's useful as long as you have removal and only use it when you have removal ready, which you have plenty of. Dirty Rat into Doomsayer, Polymorph, Fireball, Flame Lance, Firelands Portal. I wouldn't trade it out for anything, because it's so useful against Reno decks.
Think of it this way. If you need to ask for advice about a replacement card, you're probably not knowledgeable enough to know whether a card like Dirty Rat is good or bad. If you're curious why so many disagree with you, you could just search Dirty Rat plays on youtube and see what everyone is talking about.
The only change I would make to this deck is adding Burgly Bully over Second-rate Bruiser. While bruiser is easier to get out against aggro, where it is most needed, Bully excels in the control mirror. Having Bully against any Reno variant almost always results in 1-2 coins which could get you into an OTK.
With the removal the deck has, taking out some pirates while you wait an extra turn is worth it to me. In the end, it literally is a tech choice against aggro or control. It's very logical to make the argument that you want the taunt against aggro and you would not be wrong. But bully can get there in time and is a lot better in the mirror.
WoW always brings quality decks, backed up with thoughtful explanations, and results. Thanks man, I appreciate your contributions.
<3 Wax Decks. Most Solid Reno Mage I've seen.
I dont have Alextrasha and Thalnos Which one would you preffer to craft 1st? Thalnos fits in more decks I think, but in other hand this type of mage without alex is pointless?
Alex is used sometimes in control warrior and reno mage. Thalnos is used in rogue, mage, and shaman very often. I think it's more about what classes you play/enjoy the most, as well as do you want a card that is utilized in more controlling/combo decks or generally used more in midrange/spell power decks. Thalnos would likely be used more broadly and surely; Alex is used for more specific applications.
For the most part you are a fatigue deck. Medihv is there to give you a way to win before fatigue.
I am not a fan of waiting to get MCT value. For one, your opponent always has the option to play around it. Two, you have to get lucky. Three, Id rather play something more consistent that doesnt require my god-awful RNG to shine.
Still working for me. I've been testing other cards (about 3 changes) but overall the deck is still solid against Pirate Aggro and Jade Shaman.
Kinda wanna try this deck!! but im missing too many epic and legend card xD (FYI i have 3200 dust free to craft)
Missing list below:
- Arcane Blast
- Ice Block
- Dirty Rat
- Doomsayer
- Kazakus
- Alexstrasza
and i have some card that i think maybe suitable for Reno mage :D
- Forbidden Flame
- Emperor Thaurissan
- Archmage Antonidas
pls advise me bro!!
Thanks.