Mage Fatigue for Heroic Sapphiron (70% Win Rate)
- Last updated Apr 15, 2024 (Whizbang Paladin Changes)
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Wild
- 8 Minions
- 22 Spells
- Deck Type: PvE Adventure
- Deck Archetype: Unknown
- Boss: Sapphiron
- Crafting Cost: 2120
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 8/22/2014 (Naxx Launch)
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Basically try to kill or freeze every creature before they can hit you. Sapphiron has 2x Pure Cold and 2x Frostbolt = 22 damage from spells alone. He also has two azure drakes and you can expect him to combo those with his spells for a few extra points of damage. This doesn't leave a lot of margin for error. To help us out we need him to trigger our Ice Barriers, if coupled with Vaporize we can even trigger it without taking damage.
Mulligan for cards that have a cost of 2 or less.
Don't use minions or spells to hit his face (and only use your hero power on his face if you don't have anything better to do with the mana). The main damage dealer for this fight is fatigue damage. When Sapphiron has drawn all his cards and used up all cards he intends to use (he usually saves two Blizzards), then you can unleash whatever damage spells/mininons you have left on his face.
Sapphiron's Deck List (and ideal counter for each card):
1x Coin
3x Mana Wyrm (Countered by: Frostbolt)
2x Frostbolt (Countered by: Ice Barrier)
3x Loot Hoarder (Countered by: Fireblast)
3x Faerie Dragon (Countered by: Breath of Sindragosa or Explosive Sheep)
2x Dancing Swords (Countered by: Steel Rager)
3x Shade of Naxxramas (Countered by: Volcanic Potion or Flamecannon)
2x Skeletal Smith (Countered by: Forgotten Torch)
3x Necroknight (Countered by: Fireball)
3x Spectral Knight (Countered by: Vaporize)
2x Azure Drake (Countered by: forged Cyclopian Crusher)
2x Pure Cold (Countered by: Antique Healbot)
2x Blizzard (Never used)
Other useful plays:
If Necroknight is the leftmost minion on the board, consider freezing it and killing it next turn to get more value out of its deathrattle (Sapphiron always plays new minions to the far left).
Other cards that would work well in this deck:
- Bluegill Warrior
- Wolfrider
- Reckless Rocketeer
- Ray of Frost
- Hench-Clan Hogsteed
- Redgill Razorjaw
- Remixed Musician
- Molten Rune
- Kaboom Bot
- Fire Sale
- First Flame
- Twin-fin Fin Twin
- Burrow Buster
- Star Power
- Spark Drill
- Voodoo Doll
- Combustion
- Rolling Fireball
- Ogre-Gang Ace
- Leeroy Jenkins
- Sylvanas Windrunner
- Anomalus
1st try
Thank you!
Excellent guide! Followed everything mentioned and won first try.
Super easy, first try. Thanks!
Amazing, got it first try ! Thanks !
Nice Deck.
And really nice advises.
The Guide is awesome(+1000 totally deserved).
Made this on my first try thank you:)
This deck was perfect, and your advice to wait til the boss fatigues. I greatly appreciate you posting this! Got it first try!
won first try. great deck!
First try. thanks
Counterspell works fine too
Thanks for the deck. Got through after 2 attempts. I don't have some of the cards but was able to find some subs based on the same concept.
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Amazing and fun deck to play!!! Best Deck I have found in all of the Decks against the Naxxramus Bosses!!! Thanx Man!!! =D
1st try, deck is amazing, lost only 1 hp, thank you very much :D
Really nice deck. It shows how much trial and error he went through. I beat him about 8 times with 100% winrate. I have some tips here.
* Try not to waste your single target cards on Mana Wyrm, as they have low health and deal at best 3 damage to your face (if he uses two spells in one turn, which is rare). Instead, use your hero power on it, since you have a lot of 2 damage AOE cards. You can kill it on your next turn, or ping it three times if you have to.
* Save your charge minions for Spectral Knight and Faerie Dragon. As the OP wrote, other cards that can kill Spectral Knight are: Vaporize, Flamecannon comboed with any 2 damage AOE cards, and his own Necroknight. I've even used Cone of Cold with Reckless Rocketeer to kill Spectral Knight. In my opinion, they pose the most threat to you when you're facing Sapphiron with this deck.
* I have tried Counterspell instead of one of the Volcanic Potion, since I own only one copy of Volcanic Potion. It stayed in my deck through all my 8 tries, but I don't think it is very useful, as every time I won the battle with more than 20 health. There was one occasion where I was dropped to 9 health, but this was after he used both his Pure Cold and before I used any of my Antique Healbot or Ice Barrier.
* If you can't kill Spectral Knight right after he was summoned, by all means freeze it (if you have freeze). He might drop Necroknight. Even if he does not summon Necroknight, the fact that you can't kill Spectral Knight right away means you'll have to whittle it down with AOE cards. Give him one more turn to summon other things, so you can kill those too in the process.
* As the OP said, mulligan for 2-cost cards, but target especially Volcanic Potion and Explosive Sheep.
* The deck has 32 total healing, and Sapphiron does 22 damage with his spells. This means you can tank up to 39 damage from the minions, and optimally about 29 damage as we wanna keep our health above 10 for his Pure Cold
Thanks man worked great!! 2nd go!
Dude thank you so much 1st try nd I got it done this deck list is amazing.
Did it first try really good deck, i changed rocketeer and gvg cards for iceblock(saved my life) 1 counterspell tho it only works on his 8dmg spell and 2 dragon breaths.
This deck also works for noth tho for him i took out all minions only added alextraza and more spells like frost lance and ice block
4th try, only 'cuz I'm NeverLucky, ty!
First try,good decklist
Awesome, first try!