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While their attention to consistency is commendable (making all instances of rules effects work the same), it's unfortunate that it has spawned another low-interaction, high-RnG, un-fun faceroll deck. That any class shell can co-opt
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But I get what you're saying. The incentive is too high
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Strongly suspect that people complaining about arena are absolutely boring, tryhard, netdecking scrubs. They're unaccustomed to having to utilize situational and card evaluation, and just want to have the strength of a pre-made deck pilot them to victory.
Don't forego the entire skillset of attentive deck construction, and then cry when it bites you in the ass in a format where deck construction and impromptu play evaluation with uncommon cards is actually relevant.
The only disgusting thing about Arena are the people bitching about it.
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Nice. Build.
Definitely need Raza. Like, holy sh!t
I prefer the Circle of Healing-heal effects build, personally.
But I think highlander priest is a pretty good under-the-radar deck right now.
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Many people who've attained these card backs did so on the strength of the decks they were piloting. Or rather, the decks piloting them.
I say this as someone who earned the card back very early, and doesn't use it at all.
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Play Tempo
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I can't honestly tell if OP is trolling, or asking in good faith.
I had a long write-up, and my browser ate it. So I'll give the TL:DR version.
1.) Mage's early game is mediocre. Easily answered. Rarely explosive.
2.) Mage's midgame is pitiful for minions. If they've lost the board, it's unlikely they're coming back on.
3.) Mage's spells are reactive. And don't "flip" a board. Just bring it into parity.
4.) With the exception of Ice Block, Mage's play "fair". You can play around their spells, which is usually their win-con. They don't have the raw power of Rogue's quest. The efficiency of Shaman. The endless strings of Taunts of Warrior. Etc.
5.) The community is to-the-gills-full with boring, unimaginative, tryhard net-deckers.
6.) Mage is pigeonholed into either gimmicks (Secrets, Elementals), or control, by design right now. Aggro only works on the back of Ice Block, mostly.
Ice Block is insane. It's also boring, frustrating, and unimaginative.
As a poster above me said, other classes simply have better synergy, and their "playable" cards achieve their game plan better than Mage's.
I don't think the OP is wrong with his blanket claim. That people are bad with Mage.
Though the logic of "Mage has gud spells, they are teh best" is kind of silly. And shows either deliberate intellectual dishonesty, or a hilarious misunderstanding of the game.
Still TL:DR-- Mage's minions are extremely underwhelming in a format more and more pushed toward minion-centric interaction. And Mage's spells don't leave a lot of room for creativity AND consistency.
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Just ignore this guy. He's the loudest voice with the least to say. A walking validation of the Dunning-Kruger effect.
Being stuck at rank 14 surely has nothing to do with the prevalence of Pirate Warrior, or the increasingly difficult-to-navigate meta. A byproduct of people netdecking the strongest decks more and more often.
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I'd recommend cutting the Spellbender for an Alexstraza. This let's you set up for the Alex into Pyro with damage on board. Or even Alex > Cabal Lackey > Ice Block > threaten lethal.
I think two Ice Blocks are absolutely mandatory. Both to trigger your Valet's and Arcanists, and to buy time toward the endgame.
I'd cut Books, and either run a second Block and a Tome (since you're a little light on card draw, and Time often nets secrets), or two books and a Mirror Entity (too easy to end up with a 1-cost guy this meta) for two Apprentice's and a Block.
Still, a solid list~!
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Again, he isn't wrong. Mana cost is the prolific leveler, oftentimes, of what makes cards playable or not.
And the additional, mandatory stipulation-effect (needing a friendly target) for Purify relegates it the the garbage bin.
I've played Silence variants (early Druid, during Undertaker Hunter), and they really aren't as terrible as people seem to think. It could have been viable-- Purify could have been a big push for feasibility. Instead, they made a meme-deck ingredient.
If you want to play strange decks with gimmicky themes, that's legitimately awesome. Seriously!
Your argument sounds like an appeal to casual playstyle, And that's fine.
But the stark reality of it is that there is a GREAT MANY players who want to play what WINS.
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You promote new decks by printing powerful cards to supplement the deck.
It could have easily been "1 mana, Silence only your own minion". The cost would have made it an additional cantrip effect to allow other shells to be used with it.
Instead, it's rubbish.
Your argument is either built on a foundation of not understanding the game very well, or intellectual disingenuousness.
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It must be really tiring getting insulted about every little thing. Especially when someone is speaking colloquially and has nothing to do with you.
Especially at age 30.
The art is incredible. And this card is the final catalyst that will force me to try and make Singleton Mage viable.
Even if it turns out to be weak in standard, it's incredible for wild, going forward.
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There was a deck by RayC that made Legend last season that is a very similar to this build. The primary differences being that he ran Loot Hoarders for early game, cycle and Barnes %, and Rhonin also for Barnes, and to help with the Warrior match-up.
The deck is pretty solid.
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I can say with some certainty that this deck is unfavored against Tempo Mage. I've matched up against it (while piloting Tempo Mage) close to a dozen times, and I've never once dropped a game versus it. It's been close a couple times, but usually it's a total blowout.
You may want to modify your percentage win rate.