Barista is a nice "you wish" card. It's so slow most of the times you will not be able to use it efficiently. If I were you I would swap it for draw (novice engineer) or more overload to proc cumulo, for instance lightning bolt or bloom.
Mistrunner is another card I ended up cutting from my deck. Again most of the time I wasn't able to use it and it was just a dead 4/4 in my hand
I am playing standard at diamond rank and I face regularly secret mages so I really don't know what you're talking about secret mage being played only in wild
We need this badly. If you are not a hunter or highlander, there is no way to counter this ridiculous number of secrets. Secret mage is just pure cancer at the moment. Not only too many secrets you have to play around but also tons of synergy minions.
I was playing a similar deck a while ago, but I ended up cutting Dunk Tank for more early-game stuff (like Wandmaker or EVIL Cable Rat). Circus Medics are enough for the OTK and they are also fine uncorrupted for some healing vs aggro, especially with the quest completed (while Dunk Tank is unplayable garbage uncorrupted)
With my deck you have plenty of cards to corrupt it and then it’s really good as a board clear vs aggro. If you can corrupt medic you can corrupt this too. My early game is a bit slower for sure but I have enough defense to hold a bit longer until the quest is complete. Usually you don’t need to be in a hurry
The problem I see with your deck (opinion), is no lackeys. Sure, I can and do appreciate the methodical approach, but no Sludge AND no Rat defies early quest completion, which allows further on double lackeying for the tempo gain you sub for Ruststeed. I personally dropped one Questing Explorer, because either she's there on time, or she's useless.
I had lackeys in my first version and it didn't work. Sure you complete the quest faster but this is not an aggro deck that needs to go fast. It is a combo deck and for combo you need draw. In most cases I finish my opponent with no or very few cards left to draw. Lackeys don't help you there. Especially if you are behind, they are not going to save you. That is why I have Jepetto who can draw up to four minions, possibly including 1 mana Y'Shaarj (and you can finish your combo in one turn) and also 1 mana medics that can be more easily corrupted. Rusteseed is an amazing card for board control: 1) it can clear a threat with 5 or 9 damage, 2) it protects you with whoopping 8 hp stalling aggro decks for a couple of turns and 3) it corrupts your cards, which lackeys can't do. In fact if you play lackeys you're going to be faster finishin the quest but a lot slower corrupting your cards.
I was playing a similar deck a while ago, but I ended up cutting Dunk Tank for more early-game stuff (like Wandmaker or EVIL Cable Rat). Circus Medics are enough for the OTK and they are also fine uncorrupted for some healing vs aggro, especially with the quest completed (while Dunk Tank is unplayable garbage uncorrupted)
With my deck you have plenty of cards to corrupt it and then it’s really good as a board clear vs aggro. If you can corrupt medic you can corrupt this too. My early game is a bit slower for sure but I have enough defense to hold a bit longer until the quest is complete. Usually you don’t need to be in a hurry
Control shaman generally loses to Tickatus Warlock, and the ladder where I'm at is infested with Tickatus Locks right now :(
Try running 2x Hecklebots. It will bring out Tickatus and/or Y’sharji so they can’t do their battlecry. Just make sure you have a devolving missile or Torrent to get rid of whatever big comes out.
A turn 4 8/8 or 10/10 on the board is not exactly what is gonna make me win since I have no big boy removals. Yes of course I can also run torrent, or devolving missiles or other shit like that but the deck is made of 30 cards you know?
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Problem 1: no draw
problem 2: no draw
problem 3: have I said no draw?
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Barista is a nice "you wish" card. It's so slow most of the times you will not be able to use it efficiently. If I were you I would swap it for draw (novice engineer) or more overload to proc cumulo, for instance lightning bolt or bloom.
Mistrunner is another card I ended up cutting from my deck. Again most of the time I wasn't able to use it and it was just a dead 4/4 in my hand
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Can anyone recommend a deck for that?
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Is this not recommended now in view of the upcoming game changes?
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new?
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I am playing standard at diamond rank and I face regularly secret mages so I really don't know what you're talking about secret mage being played only in wild
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Mage player spotted
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We need this badly. If you are not a hunter or highlander, there is no way to counter this ridiculous number of secrets. Secret mage is just pure cancer at the moment. Not only too many secrets you have to play around but also tons of synergy minions.
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Well, good luck surviving druid and rogue with that
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I had lackeys in my first version and it didn't work. Sure you complete the quest faster but this is not an aggro deck that needs to go fast. It is a combo deck and for combo you need draw. In most cases I finish my opponent with no or very few cards left to draw. Lackeys don't help you there. Especially if you are behind, they are not going to save you. That is why I have Jepetto who can draw up to four minions, possibly including 1 mana Y'Shaarj (and you can finish your combo in one turn) and also 1 mana medics that can be more easily corrupted. Rusteseed is an amazing card for board control: 1) it can clear a threat with 5 or 9 damage, 2) it protects you with whoopping 8 hp stalling aggro decks for a couple of turns and 3) it corrupts your cards, which lackeys can't do. In fact if you play lackeys you're going to be faster finishin the quest but a lot slower corrupting your cards.
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No it's not
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With my deck you have plenty of cards to corrupt it and then it’s really good as a board clear vs aggro. If you can corrupt medic you can corrupt this too. My early game is a bit slower for sure but I have enough defense to hold a bit longer until the quest is complete. Usually you don’t need to be in a hurry
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I do run it with Y'Shaarj too. It is super useful because the deck counters both aggro and control
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A turn 4 8/8 or 10/10 on the board is not exactly what is gonna make me win since I have no big boy removals. Yes of course I can also run torrent, or devolving missiles or other shit like that but the deck is made of 30 cards you know?
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Tickatus is dead in my ladder. Now it's weapon/stealth rogue and treant druid fiesta and the clearing is not enough