Good standard deck for trial by felfire challenge

Hi here is my battletag please add me its gona be easier to talk about budget decks but once we are done we can post it here :slight_smile:

Here it is #Aerthis21325

Remembe to make sure you have one empty slot when you add me ill post a druid and a mage deck tomorow ok if you havent added me yet.

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Hi i tried to limit rares let me know how this goes and add me too.
If you have Magister Dawngrasp you can add her.
Laddy nasher is from the minise but you can cut her and put in another snowblind harpie.
I didnt not put in the ping mage legendary but you can craft it but first try this deck i dont want you waste dust il work on another deck in the meanwhile il also try and find videos on this
The idea with this deck is to generate armour and build your hero power and have jaina as ur finisher with endless lifesteal minions and some boardclear.
Rune of the archmage is too comeback when you have fallen behind idk if you want to add drakefire amulet.
Arcane overflw can be kept with shivering sorceres and with coin can be played on turn 3 the idea is to remove a low hp minion and to develop a threat early.

Ps soryy for the late reply with this list.

Before you make it pleae check if you want to or can its missing alot of legendaries but feel free to add magister dawngrasph and mordresh.

Lastly some bosses are harder then others even with this deck and if so maybe try and change to a different anyway please add me so we can chat some more :slight_smile:

Ping Mage

Class: Mage

Format: Standard

Year of the Hydra

2x (0) Flurry (Rank 1)

2x (1) First Flame

2x (1) Shivering Sorceress

2x (1) Wildfire

2x (2) Arcanologist

2x (2) Frozen Touch

2x (2) Runed Orb

2x (2) Solid Alibi

1x (3) Brann Bronzebeard

1x (3) Prince Renathal

1x (3) Snowblind Harpy

2x (4) Cold Case

2x (4) Deepwater Evoker

2x (4) Fire Sale

2x (4) Multicaster

2x (4) Reckless Apprentice

2x (4) School Teacher

2x (5) Arcane Overflow

1x (5) Lady Naz’jar

1x (6) Blizzard

2x (6) Deathborne

1x (9) Frost Lich Jaina

2x (9) Rune of the Archmage

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Hi,

Thank you!

Some quick replies for now, I’ll look into more details a bit later.

I mean Standard cards that actually cost dust and are collected from packs, crafted or something like this — not those obtained as rewards or something like it, e.g. Vanndar (Diamond), Lokholar and such, which are uncraftable.

No problem. What server do you play on, btw (I’m on EU)? I dunno if it’s possible to chat across servers…

:grinning: I think it’s ‘them’ — that’s how it’s considered correct to call them (yes, it refers to a single person — but it’s so-called ‘gender-neutral language’), at least that’s how they address Dawngrasp in the game.

No problem whatsoever, it’s not that urgent, and I usually don’t — and can’t — play the game around the clock. :grinning: Thank you so much!

One more thing: could you please use ‘Preformatted text’ and possibly even ‘Hide Details’ (via that cog icon) for deck lists? It’ll look so much nicer on the forum.

Example decklist (click to expand)
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# Format: Wild
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# 2x (0) Forbidden Healing
# 2x (1) Knight of Anointment
# 2x (2) Doomsayer
# 2x (2) Equality
# 2x (2) Flash of Light
# 2x (2) Holy Light
# 2x (2) Wild Pyromancer
# 2x (3) Aldor Peacekeeper
# 1x (3) Brann Bronzebeard
# 2x (3) Death's Head Cultist
# 1x (3) Prince Renathal
# 2x (4) Consecration
# 2x (4) Truesilver Champion
# 2x (5) Amber Watcher
# 2x (5) Antique Healbot
# 2x (5) Sludge Belcher
# 2x (5) Solemn Vigil
# 1x (5) Taelan Fordring
# 1x (6) Sylvanas Windrunner
# 2x (7) Guardian of Kings
# 2x (8) Lay on Hands
# 1x (8) Tirion Fordring
# 1x (10) N'Zoth, the Corruptor
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PS As for the decklist you posted, I’m missing both Wildfires (might have disenchanted some when there was a refund), one Solid Alibi, both Runes of the Archmage, Lady Naz’jar (I could probably replace her with something) and a few Rares, but nothing too hard to obtain.

Oh, there’s quite many, how do I list them? Maybe it’s easier to list those I don’t own?
On the other hand, I’ve already listed the craftable Legendaries I’ve got, maybe I’ll take a look into Druid and Mage Epics…

How to use preformatted dec list

I’ll answer this here, in case it’s useful for someone else. You can select the text and press the ‘Preformatted text’ button on the panel above the text box (looks like this: </>) or Ctrl+E. It’s also possible to use indentation (four spaces, I think) or the symbols `` around the text you wish to format this way. By the way, it also allows one to post links even when otherwise the forum would not allow it, for instance: https://www.youtube.com/c/OldGuardian/videos.

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Alright, used this for six out of nine challenges:

Cheap/Core deck
### Custom Mage
# Class: Mage
# Format: Standard
# Year of the Hydra
#
# 2x (1) Breath of Sindragosa
# 2x (2) Amplified Snowflurry
# 2x (2) Arcanologist
# 2x (2) Ice Walker
# 2x (2) Runed Orb
# 2x (3) Arcane Intellect
# 2x (3) Ice Barrier
# 2x (3) Oasis Ally
# 2x (3) Tar Creeper
# 2x (4) Cold Case
# 2x (4) Fireball
# 2x (4) School Teacher
# 1x (5) Taelan Fordring
# 1x (7) Baron Geddon
# 2x (7) Bonemare
# 1x (9) Frost Lich Jaina
# 1x (10) Lokholar the Ice Lord
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Replaced small elementals with weapon removals against Shahraz. Stopped at Vashj, which seems difficult… Any feedback on how it could be improved?

For any who want to use this budget solution: hurry, on the 6th of December KotFT cards are getting removed from Core.

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Glad you could figure it out mage really is good here it can gain armor it has lifesteal with jaina and can clear wideboards and if you have dawngrasp you upgrade your hero power.

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I don’t… And why would I want to replace the superior one, which can summon new elementals, with a bit of bang-bang? Frost Lich Jaina seems like the only reason to use this as a budget solution.

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Fair enough it is probably better for budget players :slight_smile:

Update: did Vashj with a version including Renathal and some more spells focused on control and removal (also had one Solid Alibi). Kael and Illidan left…

Do you think queen ashara could fit in the deck if you have it tons of versatility and great in alot of decks if you cast somespells.

What do you mean they left o…o

Any advice on how to play it? I haven’t played these challenges for ten months, and haven’t attempted these deckbuilding Felfire ones at all. I just tried something close to this deck (had to replace one Oasis Ally, both Cold Cases, and one of the 2-cost cards with other things), and the first Felfire challenge was not remotely close.

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I don’t know, honestly. Maybe she actually could, especially in a version agaisnt Vashj, where you can’t really rely on your board and need more spells… Thanks for the suggestion, I’ll keep it in mind.

However, it is apparently possible to do the first seven challenges on a budget even without her. Magtheridon especially and also Vashj are probably some of the toughest fights I’ve had so far, while Shahraz and Vashj required some ‘tech’ changes, as described above… We’ll probably see how this kind of deck fares against the final two bosses — I’ll try to post some updates when I can do it.

Left for me to beat yet.

It’s built around Frost Lich Jaina, really. You need to survive and then use it for all that value, healing and so on. Geddon and Lokholar can bail you out, especially with lifesteal (although I think I might have used Lok just to clear the board at some point).

PS As you can probably see from my posts above, I’m not actually that good with this kind of deckbuilding or overly familiar with post-Gadgetzan cards, so any feedback would be appreciated. I’ve just come up with some budget recipe, and it can work, so I’ve decided to share it, in case it’s useful for somebody.

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Jaina finally came out in a timely manner (turn 10 or 11) on my third try, but if anything that game was even more one-sided than the other two. Lokholar was able to kill two enemy minions, yay… Geddon didn’t appear.

Looks like I should go back to ignoring Trial by Felfire like I do the Book of Heroes. :unamused:

I can give you the deck that i used its not budget but i used it to win the final challenge it gains a ton of armor and has boardclears not to mention our hero power that can later clear any board with our 4 drop minion.

Alright, did Kael with a Renathal version including a couple of Counterspells and Steamcleaners added (yeah, if he cheats with his hero power, why cannot we?). The timing of my Steamcleaner was not ideal, however, but otherwise I was lucky enough to just push him quickly (discovered a Drakefire Amulet and kept hitting him with two big dragons) — and he had his bit of luck drawing the Solarian prime immediately, too.

Was it against Kazzak? He doesn’t seem that brutal…

Most of these challenges are more like a war of attrition, though, sometimes fatigue literally deciding the outcome of the game — so you should be prepared to survive, stabilise and then overcome.

Of course, there’s always randomness involving card draw — there’s that, as always in such missions.

That’s also 16 health restored if you have Jaina, so you could spare us the irony here.

That’s your decision, of course, you should play what you like. The Books of Heroes and Mercenaries have mostly been not that bad, in my opinion, since you’re generally provided with a deck, so that doesn’t limit you, and puzzles have been outright fun. Some missions are notoriously bad and rng-dependent, yes, but not all of them.

All right, am I prepared for Illidan?

PS

Renathal decklist for Kael
### Ishnu-Dal-Dieb
# Class: Mage
# Format: Standard
# Year of the Hydra
#
# 2x (1) Breath of Sindragosa
# 2x (2) Amplified Snowflurry
# 2x (2) Arcanologist
# 2x (2) Ice Walker
# 2x (2) Runed Orb
# 2x (3) Arcane Intellect
# 2x (3) Counterspell
# 2x (3) Ice Barrier
# 2x (3) Oasis Ally
# 1x (3) Prince Renathal
# 2x (3) Snowblind Harpy
# 2x (3) Tar Creeper
# 1x (4) Blademaster Okani
# 2x (4) Cold Case
# 2x (4) Fireball
# 2x (4) School Teacher
# 2x (5) Steamcleaner
# 1x (5) Taelan Fordring
# 1x (7) Baron Geddon
# 2x (7) Bonemare
# 2x (8) Mo'arg Forgefiend
# 1x (9) Frost Lich Jaina
# 1x (10) Lokholar the Ice Lord
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Alright, it took a few attempts with Illidan, who can really beat you up quickly in the beginning, but I did it!

Decklist
### Not Prepared!
# Class: Mage
# Format: Standard
# Year of the Hydra
#
# 2x (1) Breath of Sindragosa
# 2x (1) First Flame
# 2x (2) Acidic Swamp Ooze
# 2x (2) Amplified Snowflurry
# 2x (2) Arcanologist
# 2x (2) Ice Walker
# 2x (2) Runed Orb
# 2x (3) Arcane Intellect
# 2x (3) Ice Barrier
# 2x (3) Oasis Ally
# 1x (3) Prince Renathal
# 2x (3) Rustrot Viper
# 2x (3) Tar Creeper
# 1x (4) Blademaster Okani
# 2x (4) Cold Case
# 2x (4) Fireball
# 2x (4) School Teacher
# 2x (5) Ethereal Conjurer
# 1x (5) Taelan Fordring
# 1x (7) Baron Geddon
# 2x (7) Bonemare
# 1x (9) Frost Lich Jaina
# 1x (10) Lokholar the Ice Lord
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It was zero health restored, since it was just before the armor from those secrets that give you armor wore off. So you can spare us the attitude.

Book of Mercenaries was doable, Book of Heroes has a lot of stages where you just try over and over and over and over again until at some point RNG stacks your deck and the AIs deck perfectly so you can squeak through. I got through some, gave up eventually. And from what I understand Book of Heroes is where they’ve been adding new content, so I haven’t even seen that (Faelin, I think is the name I’ve seen).

Like I said, the cards I have are literally the past three mini-sets. Pretty sure that’s budget. When I loaded the deck you posted earlier in the thread it showed me having 14/30, which doesn’t seem close enough to try filling in the missing spots. Thanks anyway though.

When i said its not budget i was talking about my list my friend :slight_smile:

An afterthought about the decks I posted: the 2 mana, 1-3 elementals are not that good (the other 2-drops are cost-efficient and tempo-efficient, though), so you might want to replace them with some better removal spells or something if you are going to use this.

Hmm?

I posted a budget solution that worked for me, in case it could be useful for someone else. It didn’t work for you, perhaps — too bad, but is that a cause to go on the offensive, especially against someone who has at least tried to help you and share some tips how this could possibly be done on a budget? :face_with_raised_eyebrow: I undertand you might be frustrated, but let’s not try to take it out on others, shall we?