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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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.
Hi very good deck but i dont have a bloodmage thalnos good repliciment ?
I've just played 1 match with this deck and got disconnected (thanks blizzard), so can't be sure, but depends of, always it's Loot Hoarder/Kobold Geomancer/Shiv.
Amazing deck. Having so much fun bursting 26 health in 1 turn. Flexible, too.
Thanks!
For Edwin VanCleef, the CLOSEST you can get is Questing adventurer.
For bloodmage , Loot hoarder would be a good replacement.
It will be hard to run the deck without those 2 cards but you can still try it out.
I replaced Thalnos with Shiv, worked pretty good for me:)
Any thoughts on including Xaril, Poisoned Mind?
Since I crafted him, I'm interested in knowing how we could add him to the list :)
he's not used in maly rogue. the whole point of the deck is burst damage through spell multipliers.
I would swap it with Violet Teacher. IMO Xaril, Poisoned Mind is good because he gives you combo pieces that have good synergy with Gadgetzan Auctioneer and Edwin VanCleef.
RIP ROGUE THX BLIZZARD
Best replacements for Edwin and Thalnos?
Any showcase of the deck? Having trouble to get the deck going consistently. Maybe it's because im missing some staple cards, but even so, im confused on what i should be saving for later.
I've used this deck for a couple of days now
The main strategy is to use cards like backstab and S1-7 at the start. The objective of the entire match is to keep trading with the opponent and leave him at around 20 health so he feels safe. Meanwhile you use cards like fan of knives and shiv with spell damage buffers to efficiently remove and draw, cycling through your deck to find the essential cards. You also wanna thaurissan when you have a couple of spells in your hand already, so that when you draw malygos, you can just blast the guy with your discounted spells. Sometimes saving preparation is also a good idea.
Against aggro i rarely bother with malygos and i go for insane aggression (which deck also can do), I like to turn 2 coin into 3 mana, use preparation and a spell to remove their minion and drop down an 8/8 van cleef. The play style of course depends on the deck you're facing.
vs all these new C'thun decks, you wanna keep azure drake for example and go for greed. Once you have like 8 cards in your hand and you've consistently removed his threats, you thaurissan, usually winning the game on turn 9 or 10.
Thalmos and van cleef are essential to early game along with SI-7
Don't use eviscerates unless you REALLY have to. Usually you will find that you need at least one eviscerate to win with malygos though, as the usual combo is malygos, sinister strike and eviscerate (either discounted by thaurissan or using preparation).
Tomb Pillagers are your mid game, allowing you to get greedy with auctioneer with the free coins that you get
Save for later: Eviscerate,Sinister strike, malygos,
Try to use your discount with thaurissan when you are holding at least TWO combo pieces, Eg one sinister strike and malygos: that 0+8 mana plus a 2 mana eviscerate you might draw later, making it a reliable turn 10 win
Good luck!
Alright, thanks for the insight! Looks like Tomb Pillager is the key card that i'm missing as well as Van Cleef haha
Van Cleef is not a requirement, but he can snowball against your opponent - especially if you can keep him alive. In the same sense as Freeze Mage this is a hard deck to pilot so the best advice it to find some youtube videos of the deck in action to get a visual feel for it. Outside of that, just go into a game and learn as you go.
EDIT: Here is a video for an example (not mine)
I've found it ok, but when I tried it everyone was experimenting with control. I think without Blade Furry it's very much a rock paper scissors sort of deck beating control and losing to aggro due to lack of board wipes and heals.
Im not sure if this is good, but instead of x2 Earthen Ring Farseer , im running 1 Conceal, and 1 Assassinate, because of the many huge minions in this meta, conceal has given me many wins, and more when i play it after Gadgetzan Auctioneer, and coin in turn 6...also assassinate has saved me many times, i haven't found anything better... any suggestions?.
i would go with Xaril, Poisoned Mind, or Shadowcaster, bro but trust me, Vancleef is worth the craft, it has been my second protagonist in this deck, its incredible how the most time people cant answer a 10/10 vancleef turn in 3.
This deck is AMAZING, It got me the furthest into ladder I have ever been. Remove 1 auctioneer and violet teacher and add xaril and another shiv though
I would be wary to remove Gadgetzan Auctioneer because if you run out of cards you are dead.