I’ve been messing with my own version which was more spell oriented to take advantage of refreshing springwater but I was curious what other people ended up with. The “popular” version seems to be heavily minion focused with the 2 drop watch towers but it runs next to no card draw. As someone who really hates being dicked by bad draws I can’t suffer a deck with no card draw so I’m looking for other takes on it.
Well you could play even mage in wild/casual to get more card draw options like Book of Specters, but I’m not sure the best way to fix it for standard.
Well you could play even mage in wild/casual to get more card draw options like Book of Specters, but I’m not sure the best way to fix it for standard.
Honestly the deck is dumpster tier in standard. It gets crapped on by most of the meta. It is however fun as hell when it works and Mordresh has the coolest legendary animation ever. The only way to really fix it is for some of the other decks to get tuned.
I would also sit on it for future expansions. The hero power package is gonna be around for a while, so it wouldn’t be difficult for it to be more relevant if more support was added. It’s always hard for new archetypes to take off because most of the time they either need some totally busted new cards (looking at you, secret Paladin) or enough existing support to finally push it over the edge. Most of the good decks right now already existed in some form before forged in the barrens, but hero power mage did not.
Also, it’s far from dumpster tier. It has 51% on hsreplay, dumpster tier would be like 40% lol
I don’t put a lot of faith in those front page ratings because they’re across all ranks. At higher tiers it gets beat by every Tier 1 deck and most of tier 2
Also, it’s far from dumpster tier. It has 51% on hsreplay, dumpster tier would be like 40% lol
I don’t put a lot of faith in those front page ratings because they’re across all ranks. At higher tiers it gets beat by every Tier 1 deck and most of tier 2
Right, well maybe it’s low tier 3 or tier 4, but I play actual dumpster tier decks, like c’thun rogue lol
Also, it’s far from dumpster tier. It has 51% on hsreplay, dumpster tier would be like 40% lol
I don’t put a lot of faith in those front page ratings because they’re across all ranks. At higher tiers it gets beat by every Tier 1 deck and most of tier 2
i have a 50% winrate with it at Diamond, so it's a solid deck. It struggles against paladin, but what deck does not?
Also, it’s far from dumpster tier. It has 51% on hsreplay, dumpster tier would be like 40% lol
I don’t put a lot of faith in those front page ratings because they’re across all ranks. At higher tiers it gets beat by every Tier 1 deck and most of tier 2
Right, well maybe it’s low tier 3 or tier 4, but I play actual dumpster tier decks, like c’thun rogue lol
Same usually unless I’m really determined to climb.
Also, it’s far from dumpster tier. It has 51% on hsreplay, dumpster tier would be like 40% lol
I don’t put a lot of faith in those front page ratings because they’re across all ranks. At higher tiers it gets beat by every Tier 1 deck and most of tier 2
i have a 50% winrate with it at Diamond, so it's a solid deck. It struggles against paladin, but what deck does not?
Most of my versions run two copies of Conjure Mana Biscuit and Potion of Illusion. This allows me to do Mordresh + regain 4 mana plus potion in one turn.
It may not be as "free" as in Spell Mage, but if you need card draw, you can still add in Refreshing Spring Water. With a reasonable number of spells as well as minions, it will still be a draw 2 for 2 at least.
Alternatively, Arcane Intellect is still in town, even if it has the cold shoulder a little lately from Spell-based mage decks.
Hero power set is good and Freeze set is terrible and you need freeze set to play it efficiently.
Yeah that’s kinda the issue I ran into. It’s a mid range deck that doesn’t have enough mid range. If you make it too slow the warlocks clap you. And mage has pretty bad early game right now.
I’ve been messing with my own version which was more spell oriented to take advantage of refreshing springwater but I was curious what other people ended up with. The “popular” version seems to be heavily minion focused with the 2 drop watch towers but it runs next to no card draw. As someone who really hates being dicked by bad draws I can’t suffer a deck with no card draw so I’m looking for other takes on it.
Well you could play even mage in wild/casual to get more card draw options like Book of Specters, but I’m not sure the best way to fix it for standard.
Honestly the deck is dumpster tier in standard. It gets crapped on by most of the meta. It is however fun as hell when it works and Mordresh has the coolest legendary animation ever. The only way to really fix it is for some of the other decks to get tuned.
I would also sit on it for future expansions. The hero power package is gonna be around for a while, so it wouldn’t be difficult for it to be more relevant if more support was added. It’s always hard for new archetypes to take off because most of the time they either need some totally busted new cards (looking at you, secret Paladin) or enough existing support to finally push it over the edge. Most of the good decks right now already existed in some form before forged in the barrens, but hero power mage did not.
Also, it’s far from dumpster tier. It has 51% on hsreplay, dumpster tier would be like 40% lol
I don’t put a lot of faith in those front page ratings because they’re across all ranks. At higher tiers it gets beat by every Tier 1 deck and most of tier 2
Right, well maybe it’s low tier 3 or tier 4, but I play actual dumpster tier decks, like c’thun rogue lol
i have a 50% winrate with it at Diamond, so it's a solid deck. It struggles against paladin, but what deck does not?
Same usually unless I’m really determined to climb.
Which version are you running
The Version is standard i think
### Ping Mage
# Class: Mage
# Format: Standard
# Year of the Gryphon
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# 2x (1) Babbling Book
# 2x (1) Tour Guide
# 2x (1) Wand Thief
# 1x (2) Astromancer Solarian
# 2x (2) Fallen Hero
# 2x (2) Far Watch Post
# 2x (2) Starscryer
# 2x (2) Wandmaker
# 2x (2) Wildfire
# 1x (3) Mankrik
# 2x (3) Mor'shan Watch Post
# 2x (3) Venomous Scorpid
# 2x (4) Reckless Apprentice
# 1x (4) Varden Dawngrasp
# 1x (5) Jandice Barov
# 1x (5) Taelan Fordring
# 1x (7) Kargal Battlescar
# 1x (9) Alexstrasza the Life-Binder
# 1x (10) Mordresh Fire Eye
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Most of my versions run two copies of Conjure Mana Biscuit and Potion of Illusion. This allows me to do Mordresh + regain 4 mana plus potion in one turn.
I do prefer the even mage variant in wild though.
It may not be as "free" as in Spell Mage, but if you need card draw, you can still add in Refreshing Spring Water.
With a reasonable number of spells as well as minions, it will still be a draw 2 for 2 at least.
Alternatively, Arcane Intellect is still in town, even if it has the cold shoulder a little lately from Spell-based mage decks.
Hero power set is good and Freeze set is terrible and you need freeze set to play it efficiently.
Yeah that’s kinda the issue I ran into. It’s a mid range deck that doesn’t have enough mid range. If you make it too slow the warlocks clap you. And mage has pretty bad early game right now.
The second you cite HS replay, your credibility diminishes. It takes win % across the entire spectrum, it means nothing for top level play.
People are attached at the hip to the percentages on that website, and I have no clue why.
Yeah I’m sure the premium info is more useful, but that front page is utterly useless as far as usable info.