[Meta-Breaking] Elemental Mage
- Last updated Aug 23, 2017 (Frozen Throne)
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Wild
- 17 Minions
- 12 Spells
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Elemental Mage
- Crafting Cost: 7580
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 8/21/2017 (Frozen Throne)
- Livvan666
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Battle Tag:
Livvan#2348
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Region:
EU
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Total Deck Rating
227
Hiyas!
I'm Livvan, player from EU server. I've reached legend some time ago so I think I'm not so bad in playing Hearthstone.
I present you my elemental mage which I'm using to ladder up. Of course, it's not so overpowered as druid decks are right now - but I wanted to play with normal deck without any broken mechanics. And here it is - elemental mage!
Deck has techs prior to current meta: Skulking Geist against Jade Druid, Eater of Secrets against exodia mage (working fine vs hunters and paladins too) and x2 Polymorph against any kind of big-decks like priests, big-druids and warlocks.
Hope you will enjoy it. If deck gets some upvotes, I'll update it with some tutorials, mulligans etc. Beat those druids!
Edit #1
Deck received 10 upvotes, so I think I can tell something about mulligan. You always keep Mana Wyrm, Fire Fly, Pyros, Frostbolt, Primordial Glyph, Flame Geyser and Tar Creeper. Against Warlocks and Priests I'd recommend also to keep Polymorph. If you have 2 Primordial Glyph and/or 2 Frostbolt throw out 1 of each to get more low-mana minions. Against Mage always keep Eater of Secrets. If you think you're facing Jade druid, even try to keep Skulking Geist.
Edit #2
Wow, 30 upvotes! Okay. As you can see it's mainly tempo-oriented mid-range deck. Against aggro decks (such as pirate warrior, zoo lock etc.) try to value-trade as much as it's possible. You have Tar Creeper and Tol'vir Stoneshaper which are nightmare for aggro decks.
If you face mid-range decks (such as most of rogues right now) just try to clear their board as much as possible with your spells. Drawing Frost Lich Jaina is very important here because of healing it provides. If it comes to late game, you're in winning position most of times.
As for control decks, just go as aggressive as you can, however don't waste Fireball and Frostbolt just to go face unless you're killing your opponent. Remember to keep your elemental-requirement active, it's very important. If your opponent drops Doomsayer then don't be scared of droping your Flame Elemental or Fire Fly.
What did you replace and what cards did you put in?
Can I put Archmage Antonidas and Baron Geddon instead 2 x Blazecaller
But baron geddon is broken with jaina on board. It's a full heal
Can confirm that the Meta Breaks YOU...
How is this deck meta breaking? Do you have any stats to support that claim?
maybe is cause the meta is gonna to break you.
Meta Breaking because he wants more views. This just in.. the president dies......................... his hair. (Simpsons reference and i know it should be dye but it doesn't work in text :) )
Dunno about views but I downvoted it, and I suggest everyone else does too. 1 click to discourage sensationalism. ;)
Nice deck, but too expensive i think. Get only 15 rank with it, maybe because im totaly noob, lol. I think Lich King is not needed in this deck, i replaced it with Volcanic potion - ist good vs Bloodreaver Gul'Dan (Flamestrike + Volcanic Potion)
I played 30 games to start my climb with this deck and it was very, very inconsistent. I had maybe 5-8 wins. I still do better with the other elemental deck that is Toasts. Just my personal play and throwing it out there.
Not really any good.
Not really any good.
Yes. She has won me plenty of games and I don't have Pyros. Only craft if you like playing mage though. There are better crafts out there depending on what you like to play as she is a class Legendary. Baron Geddon is amazing in the end game so if you have him you could try swapping him in for Pyros.
Deck is good, it works fine, ppl who are losing a lot with it is certainly doing a lot of missplays or had a bad streak. But the deck is not "meta breaking", it is a good deck and if played wisely it is competitive on the ladder.
The main change I would point is that u def dont need eater of secrets... the meta is infested of druids and it is a useless card vs them. I think The Black Knight is a much better tech choice for the current meta.
And as pointed by many others, Baron Geddon is one of the best elementals for this deck...
And finally, double poly is really working well when u start facing more druids and priests... but if u guys are facing more agressive decks you can change one of them for a volcanic potion. (this will be true now at the beggining of the month where ppl try aggro decks to climb faster, maybe even 2 potions are better atm).
Thanks for sharing @Livvan666
After 2 changes: 1 Volcanic Potion for 1 Polymorph to get rid of aggro decks and Baron Geddon for Pyros to get massive heal this deck works pretty well, good job.
this deck is funny and works
I don't see what's so "meta breaking" about this deck. Eater of Secrets is old news and Skulking Geist is only okay.
As someone who consistently gets to rank 2-5 with Mage decks (never broke that Legend *tear*), I can say this deck does not work. I have been trying every incarnation of Elemental Mage possible.
Aggro runs you over without Volcanic Potion, but is useless in every other matchup
Priest is almost guaranteed an auto loss - their end game is strictly better and you'll rarely be able to race them in time
Jade Druid will always win if that single Skulking Geist is in the bottom 10 cards of your deck
The awkward thing is that Druid has two really strong decks that will usually beat you. They have aggro tokens and jade. Mulligan to beat one means the other one beats you. Choose wisely.
I'm not saying the deck isn't good, but I'm stuck hopping between ranks 10 and 12 with Elemental Mage. The only decks this consistently beats is pirate warrior (a dying breed), Shamans, Warlocks, and Paladins (that aren't murlocs).
You might think that Piraten Warrior is dying because they have already advanced too much higher ranks, ist is still one of the top 3 Decks.