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Is the spell mage worth playing without Medivh, the Guardian?

Hi may I ask if this deck is worth crafting if I don't have Cat Trick? I'm f2p and don't have the money to spend on adventures especially since karazhan is going to rotate out soon (I think) but I don't mind crafting the other cards. If it's still worth it, may I ask what would be an appropriate replacement?

Made an account just to say how much I love this brawl. Played the brawl about 25 times and have 17 wins total. I think it really shows that even the decks which don't see play do especially well sometimes. 

Even for Paladin whose quest isn't fantastic if you mulligan well and have some luck you can get Galvadon by turn 5-6 with all the 1-cost buffs and Primalfin Champion (3 1-cost buffs is enough to guarantee a Galvadon) and you just pick +3 attack stealth and windfury (which makes the deck rather aggro)

As for druid, if you hard mulligan for Menagerie Warden and a Stranglethorn Tiger get lucky drawing Shellshifter you can finish the quest by turn 7-8, and then playing Nourish or The Curator to get Alexstrasza for a fast win feels great. At least 5 of my wins were with druid haha.

Although I completely agree Lakkari Sacrifice isn't that great. Unless you get lucky with discards you are bound to lose. But overall I think this brawl is really fun and it makes me ask why these decks which actually do decent are not seeing play in ranked. I know part of it is that the brawl meta is different from ranked meta but I really want to try playing these decks in ranked (but can't because I'm f2p and will never have that many legendaries to try them out in ranked)