[Archived] S8 Hearthstone Mid Budget Mage Aggro Deck

[Oltier 471]

hey i just played today, and i've got some budget with me and went build this deck

 

everything was quite good for me even thought in ranked i got bullied sometimes

but i wonder whats the use of leeroy jenkins? 

Think of it as a bit worse fireball.. :)

[Guest Ag]

I'd also be careful about having Leeroy in a deck with nothing else that's even Epic... adding a single legendary means Play mode includes all the hardcore decks. Take him out and you'll play this deck against nothing but rares in Play mode.

Since when does this mechanic exist? I routinely got massacred in play mode "casual" and ranked vs ppl with multiple legendaries back before I miraculously pulled a leeroy. Hell ranked play level 16-20 is a nightmare of damn noobs (and not so noobs) with uber cards galore. Now I have exactly one legendary (leeroy) and nothing else even close, but at least I'm holding rank 11 - I win some, loose some.

Heck each time I have a quest, it's again a nightmare playing vs tons of people with every decent legendary in the world, except then I'm not on my mage deck that would stand a chance, and these decks don't have any legendaries. It's gotten to the point that if I see a legendary in turns 2-6 I'll just hit quit. Even if I'm "winning" 30 to 15, because I know I'm about two turns away from an akextrassa + ragnaros + whatever other cheesy shit they'll end up throwing, and this after countering their cairns or sylvanas bs. So I figure why waste time.

Now a question for the fine folks here: my mage deck, slowly over time, has evolved into something is very similar to this deck. Would you guys include any of the we cards into the deck? Like say those spiders that cost 2, are 1/2, and spawn to 1/1 on death? The reason I ask is because it seems like they could, potentially, be a slightly sturdier drop 2 that doesn't get insta killed by hero power or the multitude of 1 damage powers, and could play very well with a knife juggler played in the next turn? I was thinking maybe instead of the loot hoarders?

Also, I've been saving dust, and have become mildly proficient at the arena (average 7 wins, several 11 streaks.. On the mage. I suck with the others, alas) but I've managed to save around 1000 dust plus the odd card like blood knight. Which card, if any, should I try to get, in your opinion? A Ragnaros? Something else?

[Damien 1,514]

Same, I've never heard of your cards affecting the choice of opponents you can be faced against

[Guest Ag]

Do you think this deck is still viable with the current meta that is heavily control based? Seems every guy now has 4+ taunts, like that slime that once killed releases a smaller slime, or even " crappy" ones like that 2/8 that gives your opponent a card once it dies.

And on top of it, seems everyone is running that Naxx legendary that brings creatures back from the dead. This deck has no counters to any of it, and on top of it leeroy now costs more, making it much harder to toss a fireball + leeroy, or even a leeroy + magic missile.

Thoughts?

[Poyo 41]

I found meta quite aggressive this season - it felt really saturated with zoo and hunters until rank 7-8 until it finally became a bit more reasonable. Sludge Belcher is really powerful and any mid range deck will stick them in when facing aggro often.

I would suggest to do some meta adaptation and go for 2 Polymorph, 2Sludge Belcher (if you have Naxx cards) and a Flamestrike in place of Leeroy, and other aggro cards (gnomes, missiles) etc.