Timewalker TTK Mage
- Last updated Apr 27, 2017 (Un'Goro Launch)
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Wild
- 15 Minions
- 15 Spells
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: TTK Mage
- Crafting Cost: 7120
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 4/1/2017 (Aggro Downfall)
- ShatteR
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Battle Tag:
ShatteR#21625
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Region:
EU
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Total Deck Rating
313
Time Warp
Most fun and interaction since patron warrior!
The aim of the deck is to generate spells and draw cards in the early game, stall with freeze effect in the mid-late game similar to freeze mage, while playing out the spells you got.Then OTK your opponent from any HP(yeah, die control warrior!)
The combo(you have to complete the quest first):
- Play 2 Sorcerer's Apprentice(4 mana)
- Play Molten Reflection on one of the girls(2 mana)
- Play Time Warp for 2 mana
- Extra turn
- Play Archmage Antonidas
- Play Molten Reflection on one of the girls(1 mana)
- AH--HA!
- Murder all of your enemy's minions
- Fireball your face until you have 6=< HP left
- Finish off your opponent
5 card(+quest), 8 mana infinite damage
Alternate versions:
- Giants(8-32 damage+Alexstrasza):-The aim of this version is to slam down 2+ giants in the first turn, then use Alexstrasza on the enemy in the second turn, then finish him/her with the giants.You can cast the giant(s) or use Molten Reflection on them(wich is a 1-of).
Replacements:-2 Sorcerer's Apprentice,-Archmage Antonidas ,-1 Molten Reflection +1 Molten Giant,+2 Arcane Giant,+Alexstrasza
- Malygos(30+damage):-This is a funny version, aiming to play Alarm-o-Bot in the first turn, that pulls Malygos from your hand in the second,then you kill him with some cheap spells.You have to empty your hand of minions before you can play Alarm-o-Bot.
Replacements:- 2 Sorcerer's Apprentice,-Archmage Antonidas ,-2 Molten Reflection +Malygos +2 Frostbolt, +2 Flame Geyser (but you can use any burn AND you can get from random effects)
Counterplay Dirty Rat (taunt warrior section)
What you can do against getting ratted?
- Play your doomsayers earlier than you might would normally(when you don't have combo pieces in hand) it might baits out his Dirty Rat.
- Always keep extra minions in your hand if you can afford it(Shimmering Tempest and Loot Hoarder are the best but anything can do it to lower the chances of diseaster).
What you can do if one of your combo minions got ratted?
- If one of your Sorcerer's Apprentice got ratted, you look for Molten Reflection(it can replace one of them but your combo increases by 1 mana) in [card=gold]Primordial Glyph [/card] or Sorcerer's Apprentice/Radiant Elemental in Kabal Courier.
- If Archmage Antonidas got ratted you probably lost,your only chance is gettig him by Kabal Courier.
Card usage:
-Spells for the quest:
- Babbling Book
- Shimmering Tempest
- [card=gold]Primordial Glyph [/card]:-This can generate itself for 2 spells for the quest
- Cabalist's Tome
- Kabal Courier:-Spell should be the priority here.
- The Coin:-If you start second it also counts.
-The combo cards:
-Card draw:
- Loot Hoarder
- Novice Engineer
- Arcane Intellect
- Coldlight Oracle
- Arcanologist:-She draws you a secret, also a fine body for 2 mana.
-Stall:
- Frost Nova/Blizzard:-Freezes,best comboed with Doomsayer
- Ice Barrier:-3 mana 8 armor, good enough
- Ice Block-The original Time Warp
- Doomsayer:-Utility card, you should always use it with freeze effect or against smaller minions.
2017.04.03:-Burgly Bully,- 1 Kabal Courier +1 Shimmering Tempest,+1 Bloodmage Thalnos
2017.04.11:-Acolyte of Pain,- Bloodmage Thalnos,+Novice Engineer,+Coldlight Oracle
Any suggestion is welcome! :)
Loving this deck!!
Explain why Bloodmage Thalnos is there instead of another, more relevant card draw minion?
You usally don' t have space in the hand to run another Acolyte. The other option would be novice engineer.Thalnos is just beter than novice enginner.
Novice Engineer might be a better option solely because of the battlecry vs deathrattle. I find sometimes I just need to draw that Frost Nova or 2nd Molten Reflection. If you're just digging, Novice Engineer is arguably better.
Damage to their face is negligible until the combo. The spell damage is less of the time relevant than a cheaper dig. But that's just my opinion. I've already made the switch and I'm loving it.
Maybe you're right, i 'll try it :)
I tested novice and coldlights and they performed very well, especially the coldlight. Thanks for the advice with the deck :)
Why there is 2x Arcanologist ? Wouldn't it be better with one more Shimmering Tempest ?
Because Arcanologist is REALLLLY good in the early game, it's best to have 2 of them in the deck. Currently I am testing a lots of different versions, I'll adjust this deck in a week or so when i see wich works the best.
Arcanologist draws you a stall secret. Essentially draws you a necessary stalling card (Ice Block / Ice Barrier. Also develops your board. Shimmering Tempesttakes a turn to draw you a card and could be an irrelevant card.
this deck is RIDICULOUS, frontpage incoming!
deserves more recognition and upvotes
I've had pretty good success starting out with this deck. 8-2 around rank 10 atm. I love mage and this is just a great combo piece. I've never felt like I didn't have enough draw to close out a game.
Cool idea but not sure there is enough draw to finish the combo before dying.
For reference, current Freeze mage has 11 card draw (1 from a Thalnos, 2 from a pair of Novice Engineer, 2 from a pair of Loot Hoarder, at least 2 from a pair of Acolyte, 4 from a pair of Arcane Intellect) and its majority of loss still comes from not having enough time to assemble the combo.
Now, this deck has card 9 draw (2 from a pair Arcanologist, 4 from a pair of Arcane Intellect, 2 from a pair of Loot Hoarder and at least 1 from a Acolyte) and that assuming you don't draw secret before you play Arcanologist.
On top of that, because it need cards to generate spells not from deck, this has a considerably lower survival rate than Freeze Mage.
Edit: Also, with this minion setup, you're almost never going to have board/pressue to gain a coin from Burgly Bully. Even after a Doomsayer turn, your opponent is just going to play a minion to kill it. Probably a good idea to replace it with some card draw.
I had to cut some card draw to make space for the spell generating cards unfortunately, but this deck is still not short on card draw.This deck also has somewhat more and stronger minions than regular freeze , that you can use to trade(not by much tho)
I don't think this deck has a lower survival rate than regular freeze. You will very likely get useful spells from the random effects, since you're playing mage:
Frostbolt,Fireball,Flamestrike,Blizzard,Frost Nova,Forbidden Flame,Ice Block,Ice Barrier,Cone of Cold,Arcane Intellect,Firelands Portal,Polymorph,Cabalist's Tome,Meteor,Primordial Glyph are all good control or stall spells, you just don't see most of them in freeze mage because they just don't fit.
You can even make use of the secrets or Mirror Image/Arcane Missiles/Freezing Potion too. Even Shatter is not that bad in a deck with at lest 4 freeze effects.
You are right about Burgly Bully i think i should sub it for some card draw or some spell generator.
For the combo you should use the Molten Reflection reflection on Sorcerer's Apprentice to trigger the Archmage Antonidas instead on the earlier turn so you don't need another card for the combo.
also technically this is a six card combo because of the quest.
I fixed the Molten Reflection section,thanks. The quest is always in your hand or equipped so i didn't count in,but yeah, technically 6, but you only have to draw 5.
Fixed! :D
With all these spells we *have* to cast to complete the quest might as well consider adding [Arcane Golem] (s) as a finisher too. They will most likely be a free 8/8, and the extra turn basically "gives them charge".
I would be very happy if I could fit double Arcane Giant and Alexstrasza for alternate win-condition, but I could only do that if i loose a lots of consistency(basically I could only cut card draw).
freeze mage without any burst damage? hmm i don't think that antonidas can work like you want this, if you haven't any other burst dmg...