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.
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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
Can this deck reach rank5 from rank15
and can i use sylvanas instead of medivh
Ysera is probably thr next best option over Medihv. If not then the Archmage Antonidas versions are also solid choices.
Feels bad, that I just dust Mediv 3-4 days back. I thought its of no use. What should I do? Craft again?
That was a pretty bad DE on your part.. Medivh always had potential he is the type of leg that is meta dependent. He is very powerful and could see more play on a slow meta. Medivh is one of those niche cards you'd want to have on your collection but don't want to craft if you still dont have most of the staple legendary.
Go run quick games with Reno Mage without Medivh and have a feel for yourself. If you really like playing the deck then you can craft. Reno is a fun deck but its not great for grinding. Games are pretty slow and getting to fatigue is not uncommon. Reno mage can also be unforgiving , you can easily get punished by minor misplays.
Next most viable option is Ysera, but it's still not the same as Medihv.
why medivh when so many decks run ooze to deal with shamans and warrior?
Because nobody saves Ooze vs Mage so it would be a top deck
Typically players do not hold back Ooze. You have so many expensive spells in the deck for best value, including Kazakus potions.
Medihv is your ideal win condition, Kazakus is a secondary win condition, or just fatiguing your opponent is a solid option in most games.
agressive Alexstrasza can be a solid win codition if u had some burn spells(frostbolt+fireball+ 2nd torch do 15 damage for 9 mana cost).
i always thought that reno is the win condition
how is reno a win condition lol, he just heals you. you still gotta kill your opponent
A lot of your games versus aggro, yes you are right. Your opp will see Reno and concede most times.
This deck is soooo solid! Havn't played Mage for a while and love it. Back to the basics)
love the vs aggro version :)
Hey guys :)
It is me again. I tried out this version and I have ran into a aggro shaman who got insane start and insane draws in my opinion, but I still managed to win it.
The only thing I am not sure is at the beginning if I should have kept the mistress of mixtures or not.
So guys check it out! I think new players can learn something from it and veterans can enjoy stomping aggro sham :P.
Consider upvoting, liking or even subscring to my channel! Everything is appreciated :)
Really nice version of a Reno Mage, especially with the addition of the Medivh it really goes the distance against those midrange decks. Unfortunately there are a lot of people running Acidic Swamp Ooze in an attempt to counter the Aggro Warrior/Shaman decks right now and its painful when that manages to hit the Medivh weapon (which happens more than you'd think). It's still a great deck with a nice balance against aggro and midrange/control and i'd recommend anyone to give it a try (assuming the ladder isn't filled with Jade Druid's) :).
Played a few games if you'd like to take a look.
Cheers.
I would if I could and believe me I've tried. Blizzard has made this game a 2+ Legend minimum type of game right now.
is not Forbidding Flame better than Flame Lance?
Because, Forbidden Flame will not trigger Mediv's weapon effect.. But, Flame Lance will.. So we try to utilize the Mediv's weapon... But, I dont have Flame Lance So that's why I replace it with Counterspell..