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
takes time - works fine. ty mate
One try - one kill.
Great deck! Basically you just play what he says for countering.
genius deck, genius the man who made it
Thnx man I finally managed to beat him!!! now i only have kelthuzad left. I didnt have heal bot and only had 1 vaporize,here are my replacements: -1 vaporize, +1 counterspell(the counter spell was great, if i didnt have it i wouldve lost) -2 healbot, +2 arcane intellect(they were also great, without them i wouldnt have won cuz i wouldnt have had the answers against his minions, i was lucky to have 2 of them at the start, so i was able to answer everything he had) anyway thnx for the deck!
thx for a deck
Worked well. I didn't have torch, healbot, cannon and sheep. I used 2 mirror entity,2 counter spell ( managed to counter 1 pure cold ) , 2 arcane intellect, and leeroy + 1 cone of cold and won with 10 hp left and 4 armor
Thanks
I must recommend this deck and guide to everyone who wants to destroy the Sapphiron. Thanks for it, got him at first try. +1
1st Try! Thanks again!
Got it on the second run. Thanks for sharing.
Made no changes to your deck it worked perfectly, thank you. First attempt kill.
Really good deck. Won 1st try easily.
Excellent Deck and Excellent Guide Thank You!!!
Worked great, first try. Thanks.
Fantastic deck list and guide. Worked effortlessly on my first try!
First try no struggle
Huge deck :O
Got it second try ( Didn't get AoE first run ) thanks man
Struggled greatly against this until I came across your guide.
Got it first try with this strat/deck, thank you!
Worked first try! Thanks!