[Archived] S8 Hearthstone Legendary Mage Control Deck

[Guest SumoNinjaPig#1105]

I dislike Nat Pagle for its 50% probability and you can easily take it out for The Black Knight (Taunters in metagame), Big Game Hunter (playing against a lot of fatties), Defender of Argus or maybe even a Faceless Manipulator.

Sunfury Protector also seems a bit out of place, but I don't know. I like your deck list, though. Do you have an updated one, Poyo?

[Guest Curtis]

Hi I have collected this whole deck and find I can get up to rank 18/17 but nothing further, was wondering, which cards do I sub out for which in this current metagame??  

[Damien 1,514]

Hi I have collected this whole deck and find I can get up to rank 18/17 but nothing further, was wondering, which cards do I sub out for which in this current metagame??

If you cannot progress further than ranks 17 and 18, you must first look into how you play the deck. If you could record a game with Fraps and upload it somewhere, we'd be happy to tell you your mistakes.

[Guest Abbadon]

I just built this deck with one sub - currently using novice engineer since I don't have Nat Pagle.  I've been using this deck now for a couple hours, and SHEESH, I'm the one getting controlled...  I've only won one game, and all the rest, I can't keep a minion on the board to save my life - losing several games to opponents at full health!!!

I don't want to totally blame RNG, but my draws have really blown.  Two games, I was at the end of my deck still looking for all my direct dmg spells in the last 10 cards.  That's how all my hands have gone but a couple...  No starter minions, no direct dmg, just a bunch of cards that cost 4 and up, even after I swap out hoping for better.

 

Anyway, I know it's not entirely RNG and I can make improvements...  I do really well with a few other classes but have to admit the mage is a week spot for me.  I think the area that needs the most work is knowing which cards I should be looking for in a starting hand.  I saw a small blurb about this somewhere (Getting Started, maybe?)...  But maybe you could add a paragraph in the Strategy section of each deck discussing starting hand strategy.

[Guest Bad Lieutenant]

Perfect build, I didnt have Nat Pagle, so I'm using Cairne Bloodhof instead.

[Oltier 471]

Perfect build, I didnt have Nat Pagle, so I'm using Cairne Bloodhof instead.

I'd acutally say that is a better option. Maybe it is preference, but to me Nat is too slow and too much RNG, while Cairne.. He's just Cairne. So much value.

[Quintious 0]

This deck is way too slow.  Completely useless in the current meta.  It struggles even against cheap aggro decks in the rack 15-18 area.  There's very little card harmony, the "control" is largely predicated not on so much destroying your opponents minions, but rather just slowing them down.  Impossible to maintain board control and by the time the deck starts to hum, you're sitting at 4 life and they are at 30, meaning you have to waste an entire turn just to pop the dragon to prolong your suffering.  Calling it "legendary" is an insult to newb decks everywhere.

 

It can't slow down murloc and zoo decks to keep you from getting melted, it's abyssmal at dealing with control lock/warrior/druid decks, it doesn't scale to mage rush decks....about the only thing it might be good for is against faceroll hunters because your board is so small.

Edited June 13, 2014 by Quintious

[Poyo 41]

This deck is way too slow.  Completely useless in the current meta.  It struggles even against cheap aggro decks in the rack 15-18 area.  There's very little card harmony, the "control" is largely predicated not on so much destroying your opponents minions, but rather just slowing them down.  Impossible to maintain board control and by the time the deck starts to hum, you're sitting at 4 life and they are at 30, meaning you have to waste an entire turn just to pop the dragon to prolong your suffering.  Calling it "legendary" is an insult to newb decks everywhere.

 

It can't slow down murloc and zoo decks to keep you from getting melted, it's abyssmal at dealing with control lock/warrior/druid decks, it doesn't scale to mage rush decks....about the only thing it might be good for is against faceroll hunters because your board is so small.

Hey, Quintous

This deck performs rather well against Zoo, but you need to adjust it accordingly. Try including Ice Barrier + Mirror Image instead of your giants and you should have a much better match up against any aggro. 

Similar version of this deck without giants has won this year's Dreamhack and I am fairly confident that this deck is not insulting newb decks, but rather newbs insulting the deck :)

Try it again, make the adjustments I suggested and I hope it works out for you. 

Best of luck

 

[Guest ISNORTCRACK]

Hey Poyo,

 

Been following your decks for a while now, I am only level 9 right now with this deck. I feel like the deck very different play for normal mage deck. My question is i feel like i make a few mistakes do you have any video's of your matches or what level you are with this deck?

[Guest jason]

Haven't been able to reach Legendary with any of these legendary mage decks that have been posted on Icey-veins since season one.  I do not believe it is possible.  Rank 8-10 seems to be the average.  If you got your own deck and are above the average, don't count on any of these getting you the rest of the way.  This deck is extremely weak against armor/healing decks and when you play this deck, that's all it feels like you're playing.

[Akaitsuki 10]

I've been using this deck this past week and i'm currently at rank 10 (got to 9 and then got slapped back to 10)

 

I'm finding that it's very weak against early rush. 

 

I should mention that i am missing 1 doomsayer so any ideas on good card swaps for him? I used Leeroy Jenkins because he's a solid finisher and low cost means i can toss him at rush decks if need be.

 

I want to see some more card swap options posted if possible i will try this ice barrier + mirror image option u mentioned tho

[Poyo 41]

I've been using this deck this past week and i'm currently at rank 10 (got to 9 and then got slapped back to 10)

 

I'm finding that it's very weak against early rush. 

 

I should mention that i am missing 1 doomsayer so any ideas on good card swaps for him? I used Leeroy Jenkins because he's a solid finisher and low cost means i can toss him at rush decks if need be.

 

I want to see some more card swap options posted if possible i will try this ice barrier + mirror image option u mentioned tho

Mirror Images and Ice Barrier are a must against full aggro and you can easily dump giants.