Secret Mage
- Last updated Nov 17, 2016 (Yogg Nerf)
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Wild
- 16 Minions
- 14 Spells
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Secret Mage
- Crafting Cost: 3380
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 9/1/2016 (Karazhan)
- MeetMrHahn
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Battle Tag:
MeetMrHahn#1383
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Region:
CN
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Total Deck Rating
229
MeetMrHahn's Secret Mage
Looking for something new/different? Try this! I have had a ton of feedback from other players and have tweeked this deck to what I think is a fierce competitor in the current meta.
I used to love Secret Mage in Standard when there was Mad Scientist. Now from the latest Hearth-Adventure Secret Mage is back and stronger than ever!
Strategy:
Trade with spells, deal damage with creatures, and protect your Ethereal Arcanist's if possible. Counterspell has worked wonders in this meta for me and so two copies are absolutely necessary. They protect your Ethereal Arcanist's and bigger creatures, mess up your opponents plans, and if you are lucky you may even prevent a Call of the Wild (nothing feels better)! Ice Block cab be good early so that you have it for a base for both Medivh's Valet and Ethereal Arcanist and it's not going to disappear before you can get their buffs. Either control the board and crush your opponent early, or keep the area clear to then dominate the board with Medivh, Ragnaros, and Yogg.
Why not _________?
Avian Watcher: This card is just hasn't worked for me. If you don't have a secret its useless. If you have a secret in your hand, then it's a 8 cost turn to get them both down. Just not worth it in comparison to what other cards offer.
Effigy
Effigy can backfire lots early game being used on your 1/2 cost creatures and can be a waist of a card waiting for the late game. Found the other secrets more beneficial.
Cone of Cold
I used to play this in this deck, and I had a hard time getting rid of it. It was good to keep minions off your Ethereal Arcanist and clear small minions from aggro decks. All and all though, it was a card that only was useful part of the time and I found Babbling Books just to be too good to this deck.
Ethereal Conjurer
This card I still think could be useful in this deck if you really wanted it. It can be a hard hit on your opponent if it is left untouched, and provides synergy to playing spells. I just couldn't find a card to trade for it that was less useful. If this deck had 31 cards, this would be it.
If you have any questions or comments please comment below and thank you everyone for all your feedback! Special shout out to Fur0 for making a feature video.
Below are my updates and to show my process of building this deck:
*Update #1: -1 Mirror Entity, -1 Ice Block, +1 Counterspell, +1 Babbling Book
Reason: Babbling Book gives the deck a little more tempo early and is still ok to get late game. Counterspell has worked extremely well for me, just make sure you use it after they use their coin. I find Mirror Entity is the number one secret your opponent predicts and then you end up with a 1 cost creature, so one is enough. Ice Block I love, but there was a couple times where I've played one and then the other sits in my hand for the majority of the match so I've been trying using only one and it has been working better.
*Update #2: -1 Ethereal Conjurer -1 Cone of Cold, +1 Yogg-Saron, Hope's End, +1Babbling Book
Reason: Babbling Book has done wonders for this deck since one copy has been added, and so I decided that it just needs two. It has given me secrets often or just the right card in times of need. Yogg-Saron, Hope's End I have tested a number of times to see if it fits. At first I thought it was too much of a random factor that it would just be a high cost card sitting in your hand, only to find out that when you finally play it leaves you disappointed. There was already some pricey cards, so I didn't know if there was a need for it. After trialing him in it though I wouldn't take him out. The people in the comments were right, Yogg-Saron, Hope's End has a place is in this and completes the deck to make it something beautiful. I find most games with this deck either end right away because you got the early board and controlled every outcome, or you go way late game seeing who has the bigger punch. Yogg is perfect to tip the odds in your favour if you are down.
*Update #3: -1 Yogg-Saron, Hope's End, +1 Ethereal Conjurer
Reason: Ya, after all that they nerfed Yogg. Now it's just not quite enough to tip the odds in your favor, so I took him out and put in Ethereal Conjurer because he has a chance a getting a secret and works with the overall synergy of the deck. Do you have a suggestion instead? Let me know on the comments below! This deck has been working even better than before in the current meta, and IMO is one of the better Mage decks out there. Share your success!
Would it work if i switch Medivh with Antonidas?
This deck is likely way out of meta now, but maybe I'll try and make an updated one. Antoniadis doesn't work well with this deck though because usually when you play him you want to play at least a follow up spell to get at least one fireball and this deck doesn't have much 1 cost spells.
Antonidas work better in Tempo decks
now my question, why no Kabal crystal runner, 5 secrets is alot for a deck and more then enough to make this 6 mana card free, and you're almost always gonna play counter spell early on and mirror around mid game.
Hi, nice deck! Why do you not try Barnes?
I think there is too many creatures that would only leave you with a 1/1 without any benefit.
Kabal Crystal Runner what up?! Can't wait to try this in this deck. I'd also love to see how this deck does in Heroic Brawl, if any one does let me know!
I don't have Cabalist Tome or Ethereal Conjurer on the region I'm using this deck so I went with 2x Azure Drake as a sub.
Got the deck to an even 100 upvotes as well.
Good substitutions. Can't really go wrong with Azure Drakes!
It has been doing very well in this meta still! Babbling Books I have found are good for tempo and has often given me a card that is useful such as a secret or a burn spell. I kind of thought Arcane Giant would be too slow for this deck, but I could see working! Let me know how that goes. And Eater of Secrets is very underrated in todays meta and I think could be amazing against all the hunters too.
Nice deck, but it has a REAAAAAAAAALLY hard time against Shamans on ladder right now.
dw about that everything does lol
Been having better luck with this deck than anything else I've tried recently. I went from a bad string of losses with some other decks and went from rank 19 to 12 last night. Seemed like I was winning like 3/4 games. The two problems I have are against priests and shamans though. Any suggestions?
My choice is Pyroblast always good finisher...
Currently 10-0 with this deck. Even with terrible draws on mulligan I've been able to recover every time because it's really nicely balanced.
This deck works surprisingly well!. I've climbed from rank 12 to 6 pretty easily. I've faced many midrange and control decks and this beats them mostly every time. Esepcially if i land ANY secret after mana wyrm or sorcerer. Its fun when opponents starts to figuring out what kind of secret it is and misplays follow very often from them :) Ice block is mostly MVP In this deck. Extra turn survival can give you the win many times even if you horribly have fallen behind.
Room for Bloodmage Thalnos? Cool deck, btw.. looks fun!
You could try it! Let me know how it goes.
Maybe my draws were just bad but dead against Aggro Shaman on turn 7, against hunter on turn 8, against Zoolock on turn 6, against Dragon Warrior on turn 7 and that is basically all you play against on rank 10 to 5. This does not work at all.
this deck is probably just for fun or for 25-20 ranks, there is 0 early game, if you want to rankup use regular tempomage.