Gadgetzan Freeze Mage (64% ratio)
- Last updated Dec 12, 2016 (Gadgetzan)
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Wild
- 11 Minions
- 19 Spells
- Deck Type: Ranked Deck
- Deck Archetype: Freeze Mage
- Crafting Cost: 7020
- Dust Needed: Loading Collection
- Created: 12/4/2016 (Gadgetzan)
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Battle Tag:
Rikhart#2212
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Region:
EU
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Total Deck Rating
121
Introduction
Hi! My name is Rikhart and I've been playing Hearthstone on the EU servers on and off since the end of the beta.
When MSG came out I immediately wanted to make a freeze mage deck, but I decided to wait to see how the meta would turn out. Since the meta seems to be filled with Jade decks and Pirate Warriors I decided to at least try out my own variation of a freeze mage deck.
Win/Loss Ratio (Click the Spoiler)
Update 2016-12-04:I've currently won 10 out of 12 games with this deck and below you can see the matchups and the winrate against each class.
Update 2016-12-05: I've currently won 17 out of 26 games with this deck and below you can see an updated win/loss ratio of my games.
Update 2016-12-12:
I've currently won 23 out of 36 games with this deck and below you can see an updated win/loss ratio of my games.
- Warrior: 6-3 = 67%
- Warlock: 2-1 = 66%
- Rogue: 3-0 = 100%
- Druid: 2-5 = 29%
- Shaman: 5-0 = 100%
- Mage: 2-2 = 50%
- Priest: 3-2 = 60%
Total: 23/36 = 64% win ratio
How to play
I don't have time to make a detailed guide at the moment because of exams coming up, but I'll make one asap after that. For those of you who don't know how to play freeze mage - this is a short guide of how to play it:
Draw cards > Freeze the board > Drop Emperor Thaurissan> Drop Archmage Antonidas and get some Fireballs > Alexstrasza his/her face > Burst
Conclusion
Anyway, if this deck gets at least 50+ upvotes I'll make an updated win/loss ratio and a detailed guide on how to play this deck.
If you like this deck, please give it a +1 and if you have any questions, feel free to comment below or add me on Bnet where my battletag is: Rikhart#2212.
Good luck and have fun with the deck!
/ Rikhart
super fun deck! sadly gadgetzan didnt come out with many good cards for this mage archetype.
Oh man I don't know about shatter... Chances are you'll get crushed by aggro so fast u can't freeze enemy minions for shatter :(
You could probably do without Bloodmage but Alexstrazsa is a must I think. Crucial to get your opponent' health low enough for the burn spells.
Do I really need Antonidas? I have the dust for him but I am just wondering if it's viable without him
play freeze mage and call anothers decks cancer ? ok
And maybe cutting an Acolyte of pain and a FlameStrike for 2 Loot Hoarder
I've seen Dawn (prominent Korean player) play freeze mage with no antonidas, one barrier, and two loot hoarders instead. I think that works better
Do you have a link to the list?
I actually do not but either you can go check his stream on twitch (beware the korean) or his deck is literally this deck minus antonidas/barrier and plus two loot hoarders
doenst work very well in this meta.. too slow and too draw depending.. it gets overruned to quickly by the other meta decks.. sadly, cause ive always loved freeze mage.. :(
Is the Emperor Thaurissan one of the core cards without any raplacment cuz i am interested in this deck but i dont have and i am not willing to play the adventure that will soon go to standard...
Thaurissan is pretty much the big deal, he lowers card cost, which is pretty much what matters here, he controls your costs and ensures you a victory.
I was thinking the same but EMP is in the first wing. That's 700 gold or 5 euro. And he rolls out in 3 months and that's not that bad!
Why no azure drakes ?
Many people will say the +1 spell damage and card draw is nice, but in freeze mage you need to hurry up and get your cards needed for lethal.
Azure Drakes haven't been used in Freeze mage in ages.
I wanted to play a Freeze Mage with Archmage (i missed pre standard), and i found this :D
- 1 Freezing Potion, - 1 Acolyte of Pain, + 1 Volcanic Potion, + 1 Loot Hoarder works great. :)
Used it to go from 11 to 4 with a 71% winrate, got fairly lucky not getting too many Warrior. (had 80% winrate against Warlock)
It's mostly weak against P-W, but Volcanic Potion helps a lot against that as it often just clear the board.
- Currently thinking of trying out a Malygos-Freeze as it'd be better at OTK's..
I am trying this with Cryomancer but have no Alexstrasza
Yeah don't. Alexstrasza is a key card.
17/26 = 65,4% not 73%. Incorrect Win Ratio.