Malygos Rogue "elegance" [wild]
- Last updated Aug 21, 2017 (Frozen Throne)
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Wild
- 17 Minions
- 12 Spells
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Malygos Rogue
- Crafting Cost: 7460
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 7/27/2014 (Naxx Launch)
- James1
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Region:
EU
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Total Deck Rating
1597
Elegance
"I am the essence of magic!"
Introduction
Hello! I'm James1, a 13 times EU legend player, legend proof in spoiler and across my other decks . This deck is Miracle Malygos Rogue or elegance. Its original conception was before pre-naxx and was created by firebat. The deck has had its ups and down over the years, with various card releases and nerfs. But with the release of Tomb Pillager it's back in full force.
The decks main focus is board control, Gadgetzan Auctioneer draw and a spell power damage finisher. The win condition is typically Malygos, Sinister Strike , Preparation and a number of other damage spells. Before Blackrock Mountain Preparation had to be saved for Malygos combo, however, with the addition of Emperor Thaurissan your spells and malygos can be discounted - allowing for more Uninteractive fun. mage of the list in spoiler below.
League of explores brought Tomb Pillager which finally revived Gadgetzan Auctioneer draw engine. More exciting, Tomb Pillager also allows for consistent coin Emperor Thaurissan play on turn 5. Reducing your and by 1 and creating insane turn 6 Gadgetzan Auctioneer auctioneer turns. Finally you can also save tomb coins for addition mana for Malygos OTK.
Sinister Strike this is definitely a good card for the deck. At the moment i dont recommend cutting it for Conceal. You really want that extra reach with Sinister Strike in control match ups
Play guide
Generally I encourage people watch pro players piloting the deck. Superjj102 and CosplayGrill are to very good players of Malygos Miracle. Click their names for the twitch link and check their VODs.
Its is important to use removal to maintain board control in aggro/ midrange matches, while saving as many damage spells for Malygos in heavy control match ups like Control Warrior and Priest.
Mulligan
Never keep Malygos or Sinister Strike in opening hand. If You have a good hand for the match up its okay to keep cycle cards like Shiv and Fan of Knives.
Vs control decks like warrior and priest you want to keep Tomb Pillager , Gadgetzan Auctioneer and Azure Drake in your opening hand.
Any thoughts or improvement feel free to post.
This deck is so incredibly fun to me. Going to try to -2x Journey Below +Conceal +Thistle Tea
wow this rogue build is so good... i have all the cards except van cleef which i replaced with a all units stealth card for emperor and gadgeztan. low cost spell that benefits those units as well as any other units on my side to survive to hit face next turn, why not?
anyway i achieved the most amazing combo in 2 games...
game 1 was against a priest. can't particularly remember the order of the cards but basically it went like this, i controlled the board, and then later threw down a emperor which reduced cost 2 times, then after that it was gadgezatan constant spaming spells to maintain board control and keep on drawing in a single turn to the point that on my next turn i ironically lost malygos becauz of a full hand. but i still won anyway :D also in this game i basically drew all my cards and was starting to take penalty damage from card draws on the last 1 turn xd so was cutting it close. By the way the journey below card in this game managed to pull out a sylvanas which was awesome :D *since it's card i don't own
game 2 was against a mage. same drill but no gadgezatan milling this time. instead i managed to keep board control, and whenever he threw down a water elemental, i'd put down a card while making him put his high cost card back into his hand at the same time, then he wasted another turn putting back down the same card only for it to be put back in hand a 2nd time... so basically i manage to keep the tempo by doing more stuff per round compared to him that was desperately to do anything worthwhile. Anyway near the end i managed the ultimate combo ever with this build...
1 azure drake on board (this survived from the previous round which he couldn't clear), and a golden malygos. Then next step was, preparation < fan knives < coin < sinister strike
It was g_g at that point (it killed the poor mages water elemental that was getting trolled the entire game lelz). most of these cards were discounted already because of emperor by the way. anyway opponent was a tempo mage, he tried the naga guy to spam spells to try build a momentum but it was not enough as i could easily remove his board while putting down minions on board which he couldn't quite deal with effectively.
There MUST be a place for Shadowcaster in this deck for 1 mana malygos.
0 win rate with this -.-" I recommend to avoid this. also it is empovered spell from blizard deck XD
I think you just suck as Malygos Rogue player :)
Would it be better to keep 2 saps or switch one for Xaril the Poisoned Mind?
2x Sap is essential imo, you already have 3 minions that cost 4 mana and you often will get Xaril, Poisoned Mind from Journey Below anyway.
I get so tilted by this deck... One game I forget to attack his face with my 1/1 weapon before i hero power, and the next turn I was 1 off letha. Then in another game I had lethal but the stupid bug where if you play cards to fast they like overlap and fuck you up and I didnt have enough time to get my last damage in and I lost.
Xaril seems like an obvious inclusion in this deck... I'm going to try swapping Violet Teacher for it.
Would shadow step be any good in this deck? so u can get back ur maligns so it only cost 7 mana, and what card can i replace it with?
I don't think so.
Malygos OTC is strong enouth. Alex would just slow you down. On other hand, Alex is able to heal you. Anyway, deck is good without Alexstrasza
Would Assassinate be good in this deck for more control?
What card can replace tomb pillager
you shouldnt be playing this deck if you dont have 80 dust
I think cutpurse
einstien you can craft expansion cards now
no you cant genius. u must have the adventure first
80 dust? this card is given only for adventure!
I've won 7 matches on 8 played with this deck. Had to craft Malygos and Edwin but it was worht, really funny deck.
-1 Earthen and violet teacher and +1 conceal and shadow caster for me.
I won two games against Cthun's warrior in which I was conceding, in one of those i was 30+30 armor against mine 18 health and without any more eviscerate and still I won thanks to Malygos+Malygos copy and Azure Drake.
I really feel like Conceal could help with Emperor Thaurissan. The value gained from just one proc on him is insane, so if he can get two off I can see some even earlier combos. Maybe take out one Violet Teacher?