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I play 2 homebrew decks as a mage and both decks are Paladin and Druid killers. 

My spell damage deck is exceptionally good against: all paladins, all druids, all hunters, all mages and all rogue's, but sucks against DH

My bigg spell mage is exceptionally good at killing all control decks and especially ramp paladin and all warriors. Sucks big time against secret mage and all aggro. But all other it does fine.

And don't get me wrong, both decks of course need chance but I don't depend on RNG, my bigg spell depends on naga sand witch and dragon casters. The pyroblast burst will finish you.

The spell dmg mage, well needs spell dmg.

### Spell DMG
# Class: Mage
# Format: Standard
# Year of the Phoenix
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# 2x (1) Arcane Breath
# 2x (1) Arcane Missiles
# 2x (1) Elemental Allies
# 2x (1) Primordial Studies
# 2x (1) Violet Spellwing
# 2x (2) Arcane Explosion
# 1x (2) Astromancer Solarian
# 1x (2) Bloodmage Thalnos
# 2x (2) Confection Cyclone
# 2x (2) Cram Session
# 2x (2) Frostbolt
# 2x (2) Imprisoned Phoenix
# 2x (2) Mana Reservoir
# 2x (4) Azure Explorer
# 2x (4) Fireball
# 1x (5) Malygos, Aspect of Magic
# 1x (5) Ras Frostwhisper
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### Biggie Messenger
# Class: Mage
# Format: Standard
# Year of the Phoenix
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# 2x (1) Arcane Breath
# 2x (1) Devolving Missiles
# 1x (2) Astromancer Solarian
# 2x (2) Confection Cyclone
# 2x (2) Starscryer
# 2x (4) Azure Explorer
# 1x (5) Malygos, Aspect of Magic
# 2x (5) Naga Sand Witch
# 2x (6) Blizzard
# 1x (7) Dragoncaster
# 2x (8) Deep Freeze
# 2x (8) Grand Finale
# 1x (8) Jepetto Joybuzz
# 1x (8) Tortollan Pilgrim
# 1x (9) Alexstrasza
# 1x (10) Kalecgos
# 2x (10) Puzzle Box of Yogg-Saron
# 2x (10) Pyroblast
# 1x (10) The Amazing Reno
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Quote from SinAscendant >>

You didnt give enough information.

 

What rank? Is this Wild or Standard? What's the actual composition of decks you've faced? Take a sample of 20 games or so and record what class you go against in every game then come back with it. 

 

Rogue is currently played in Standard 2x as much as any other deck. Secret mage makes up about 30-35% of all decks played in Wild and Rogue comes in second at about 15%. 

 

Matchmaking has no way to pit you against a specific class because that's not how matchmaking works.

 Sorry, D5 and D1 standard. Last 50 games 26 Rogue's, 13 Mage and 11 Lock's

I am only facing mages rogue's and warlocks. What happened to the other classes? I think the game is boring when you face the same decks and classes over and over. Any idea why this is happening, especially this month?

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Conceding after a bad mulligan is really bad. A good player always goes for their outs, and only when there is no possibility to win the game anymore should you concede.

 No not a bad mulligan, when I mulligan all cards and I get exactly the same in return, from experience I know it is a lost cause, this particular game I am meant to loose. What you said I have tried, only to irritate myself. So I save the pain and time waisted, by just conceding :-)

At first I was going to make a poll but I figured that there might be more options then I could think. Thus maybe people could share their thoughts by comment, only mention the red line so not casual concedes.

My red line is mulligan, when I mulligan all 3 or 4 cards and get exactly the same cards then I know that the rng gods have made up their minds thus I concede, what is your concede mechanism?

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I know it's cliche but also use a deck you actually like. I don't actively try to hit legend, I get to diamond 5 and of I'm not playing decks I typically enjoy then I switch over. If it happens, it happens but the rewards are so minimal I just don't have the time or care enough to actively grind. If you enjoy the deck you're playing then it can just happen naturally. As soon as you start sweating about 'having' to win your next game, your normal game can easily go out the window and you make mistakes you wouldn't usually make.

Don't pressure yourself, if you don't hit legend, you're like what? A pack worse off? Don't sweat it. 

Sometimes I'm enjoying a particularly casino type mage and won't see anything past about diamond 3 but I enjoy the deck so if I go back to 5 I just don't care. 

I do really enjoy the pain zoo style though and used that to go from gold to legend with no sweat what so ever last month. Think I lost 4 games between d5 and legend but I didn't really notice because I wasn't pressuring myself to maintain any kind of win streak. It's much easier to play if you're calm and not over thinking ever decision because you've built it up in your head. 

Also taking a break is a good idea, if you hit d1 then some time away isn't a bad thing. Playing when your mind is tired is another way of making silly mistakes or missplays and that's the case with anything competitive. 

 I use my homebrew deck, I don't like meta.

 Be helpful to include your deck in your OP then because it might not be a particularly good list. What are you actually looking for here then? I assume it isn't deck help so what advice are you hoping for? If you're consistently trying and failing then either you aren't good enough or your deck isn't (or a combination of both).

 Hey bro,

Maybe you are right and indeed it needs tweaking. Take a look below.

This my deck:

### Biggie Messenger
# Class: Mage
# Format: Standard
# Year of the Phoenix
#
# 2x (1) Arcane Breath
# 2x (1) Devolving Missiles
# 1x (2) Astromancer Solarian
# 2x (2) Confection Cyclone
# 2x (2) Starscryer
# 2x (4) Azure Explorer
# 1x (5) Malygos, Aspect of Magic
# 2x (5) Naga Sand Witch
# 2x (6) Blizzard
# 1x (7) Dragoncaster
# 2x (8) Deep Freeze
# 2x (8) Grand Finale
# 1x (8) Jepetto Joybuzz
# 1x (8) Tortollan Pilgrim
# 1x (9) Alexstrasza
# 1x (10) Kalecgos
# 2x (10) Puzzle Box of Yogg-Saron
# 2x (10) Pyroblast
# 1x (10) The Amazing Reno
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 Btw this deck loves ramp paladin :-) It hates face hunter. 

Quote from P4dge >>

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Quote from P4dge >>

I know it's cliche but also use a deck you actually like. I don't actively try to hit legend, I get to diamond 5 and of I'm not playing decks I typically enjoy then I switch over. If it happens, it happens but the rewards are so minimal I just don't have the time or care enough to actively grind. If you enjoy the deck you're playing then it can just happen naturally. As soon as you start sweating about 'having' to win your next game, your normal game can easily go out the window and you make mistakes you wouldn't usually make.

Don't pressure yourself, if you don't hit legend, you're like what? A pack worse off? Don't sweat it. 

Sometimes I'm enjoying a particularly casino type mage and won't see anything past about diamond 3 but I enjoy the deck so if I go back to 5 I just don't care. 

I do really enjoy the pain zoo style though and used that to go from gold to legend with no sweat what so ever last month. Think I lost 4 games between d5 and legend but I didn't really notice because I wasn't pressuring myself to maintain any kind of win streak. It's much easier to play if you're calm and not over thinking ever decision because you've built it up in your head. 

Also taking a break is a good idea, if you hit d1 then some time away isn't a bad thing. Playing when your mind is tired is another way of making silly mistakes or missplays and that's the case with anything competitive. 

 I use my homebrew deck, I don't like meta.

 Be helpful to include your deck in your OP then because it might not be a particularly good list. What are you actually looking for here then? I assume it isn't deck help so what advice are you hoping for? If you're consistently trying and failing then either you aren't good enough or your deck isn't (or a combination of both).

 Hey bro,

Maybe you are right and indeed it needs tweaking. Take a look below.

This my deck:

### Biggie Messenger
# Class: Mage
# Format: Standard
# Year of the Phoenix
#
# 2x (1) Arcane Breath
# 2x (1) Devolving Missiles
# 1x (2) Astromancer Solarian
# 2x (2) Confection Cyclone
# 2x (2) Starscryer
# 2x (4) Azure Explorer
# 1x (5) Malygos, Aspect of Magic
# 2x (5) Naga Sand Witch
# 2x (6) Blizzard
# 1x (7) Dragoncaster
# 2x (8) Deep Freeze
# 2x (8) Grand Finale
# 1x (8) Jepetto Joybuzz
# 1x (8) Tortollan Pilgrim
# 1x (9) Alexstrasza
# 1x (10) Kalecgos
# 2x (10) Puzzle Box of Yogg-Saron
# 2x (10) Pyroblast
# 1x (10) The Amazing Reno
#
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# To use this deck, copy it to your clipboard and create a new deck in Hearthstone

Quote from Nefine1337 >>

Imagine if you are able to choose at the beginning of a season whether you want to be able to climb towards the rank of legend or if you want to just simply stop at DIamond 5. And your decision will be final for that season.

Why implement such a feature?

Well apparently you are only able to enjoy the game on the rank of legend because player will only than start to play meme and fun decks.
Players who want to reach legend will most likely play cancerous decks.

 Players who do not want to reach the rank of "pointless legend grind" will not have to play against cancerous decks since you will only be matched against players who chose the same as you.
Meaning, you play against the player base who actually want to play the game with meme and fun decks and not just brainless canerous board flooding decks that enable them to rank up fast to reach the "pointless legend grind" rank.

 

Thoughts?

 I do not agree, I just want to reach legend, maybe I like to achieve it and no meta or cancerous deck for me.

I play my homebrew big spell mage deck, it suprises the lot:

### Biggie Messenger
# Class: Mage
# Format: Standard
# Year of the Phoenix
#
# 2x (1) Arcane Breath
# 2x (1) Devolving Missiles
# 1x (2) Astromancer Solarian
# 2x (2) Confection Cyclone
# 2x (2) Starscryer
# 2x (4) Azure Explorer
# 1x (5) Malygos, Aspect of Magic
# 2x (5) Naga Sand Witch
# 2x (6) Blizzard
# 1x (7) Dragoncaster
# 2x (8) Deep Freeze
# 2x (8) Grand Finale
# 1x (8) Jepetto Joybuzz
# 1x (8) Tortollan Pilgrim
# 1x (9) Alexstrasza
# 1x (10) Kalecgos
# 2x (10) Puzzle Box of Yogg-Saron
# 2x (10) Pyroblast
# 1x (10) The Amazing Reno
#
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Quote from decoys23 >>

I got legend when i understood that getting legend has no impact in my real life has no prestige. When i got legend the first time i felt a momentary happiness and that's it.

What i normally do is, i set small goals every time i play, for example reach a certain rank. After two losses in a row i stop and take a break..i try not to tilt and the most important thing for me is to be consistent i always play one deck to legend and i say my plays out loud (like reading)..  

So, try and be consistent, play your favorite deck/class and when you stop having fun stop. And the internet is your friend buddy, google your favorite deck, watch streamers who play this deck and learn from them..

 I know it won't make any impact, I just want to achieve it. It is like finnishing a game and that is the end boss :-)

Quote from P4dge >>

I know it's cliche but also use a deck you actually like. I don't actively try to hit legend, I get to diamond 5 and of I'm not playing decks I typically enjoy then I switch over. If it happens, it happens but the rewards are so minimal I just don't have the time or care enough to actively grind. If you enjoy the deck you're playing then it can just happen naturally. As soon as you start sweating about 'having' to win your next game, your normal game can easily go out the window and you make mistakes you wouldn't usually make.

Don't pressure yourself, if you don't hit legend, you're like what? A pack worse off? Don't sweat it. 

Sometimes I'm enjoying a particularly casino type mage and won't see anything past about diamond 3 but I enjoy the deck so if I go back to 5 I just don't care. 

I do really enjoy the pain zoo style though and used that to go from gold to legend with no sweat what so ever last month. Think I lost 4 games between d5 and legend but I didn't really notice because I wasn't pressuring myself to maintain any kind of win streak. It's much easier to play if you're calm and not over thinking ever decision because you've built it up in your head. 

Also taking a break is a good idea, if you hit d1 then some time away isn't a bad thing. Playing when your mind is tired is another way of making silly mistakes or missplays and that's the case with anything competitive. 

 I use my homebrew deck, I don't like meta.

I even had a druid who dreamportalled 3 malygos in a row :-) that's some hell of rng error, what are the odds.

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Quote from nutinilati >>

The game is not rewarding towards good players.

Going to legend is a pure grind. Try to notice why you lose when you lose, if there are cards that are constantly not useful and can they be replaced. After that, tune your deck and stop making same mistakes. Grind. You are legend. Easy.

 

 Most of this is true. Not sure why you wrote not rewarding to good players...

I think what you meant is RNG allows bad players to win more. A good player will already be doing the things you mentioned and won't have the aforementioned LS.

That said OP. Tilt will wreck you, mental walls will wreck you, RNG can wreck you. If you're experiencing any of these things, take a break, go outside come back when you're refreshed.

 

 Thanks for the advice!  But only the going outside part won't work, pretty harsh lockdown rules over here, the police will beat you back home :-)

This my 6th month in a row, whenever I take a glimpse in diamond 1, immediatly after I seem to rock bottom to 5 in a stroke of bad luck (I think). Then I finnish the month at 5 or maybe 4, but I never reach 1 again the same month.

I must be doing something wrong or play wrong. Anyone else in the same boat?

Or someone who tackled this? Maybe I should take a break after reaching 1 and then wait a few days? Does that even "reset" anything? Is MMR monthly? Or does any of your rating drop when you don't play for a few days?

Spell damage mage is very effective against ramp paladin oh and big spell mage. 

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Hearthstone is not made for people who are driven bij ethics and the 'right thing to do'. As Blizzard aka T5 for the past 7 years did nothing against roping and never introduced an auto squelch for that matter, it is an intricate part of vulgarity attracting morality of developers themselves.

Hearthstone is a repulsiveness producing game equally made by people who are reprehensible themselves simply because it seems to sell more packs.

 I understand you like to question the ethics of the developers, but if I'm understanding you correctly... you think that T5 is purposely not implementing features that would make the game better for the handful of people that want the feature... because they are evil. And they are spreading their evil through the game in doing so?

And this evil behaviour is actually helping them sell more packs? I guess I'm not following the logic behind that.

I think this is a matter of perspective. People roping intentionally could very well be a person continually analyzing the game to try and make better plays as they go. Much like many of the grandmasters, they rope almost every single turn, deciding what they are going to do and make the best play at the last moment they have. Sometimes even missing their last move because of time.

This may not be the case for everyone on ladder, but if people are doing it, it is their right, and we can't decide for them if they are doing it out of malice or their own need, because we can't see the other side of the screen.

 This game is ruled by a very profound understanding of human psychology and the primordial human psyche. Enjoying the game means to annoy your opponent in every possible way. Game design facilitates. 

 

 So annoying bots are also a good thing then? Every game is only fun when there is a competetion and not when one annoys the other. Let's say a boxing match, there is no boxing because one of the contenders is playing time and running away all the time, or a football game where one of the team has so called injuries and playing on time. Yes they are allowed to but no it is not fun or nice.