Hey guys I posted this deck yesterday, but since then I have made some changes. I still however; cannot seem to get over a 50% win rate.
I was hoping someone would look at it and tell me what i am doing wrong?
I am trying to learn deckbuilding 'cause players get alot of criticism for using net decks. I know big spell isn’t top tier but it seems fairly straight forward to play and I thought I might grasp it better than other Mage decks.
Any thoughts on the composition?
My Big Mage
Class: Mage
Format: Standard
Year of the Phoenix
1x (1) Arcane Breath
1x (2) Astromancer Solarian
2x (2) Faerie Dragon
2x (2) Starscryer
2x (3) Messenger Raven
2x (3) Overconfident Orc
2x (4) Azure Explorer
1x (4) Dragonmaw Poacher
2x (4) Evasive Feywing
1x (4) Frizz Kindleroost
1x (4) Polymorph
1x (5) Big Ol’ Whelp
1x (5) Malygos, Aspect of Magic
2x (5) Naga Sand Witch
1x (6) Blizzard
2x (6) Dragoncaster
2x (7) Flamestrike
2x (8) Power of Creation
2x (10) Pyroblast
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I am not proficient on mage but I will try,
I am using the above 2 example to reflect it’s deck strength over your’s currently.
You can see both decks does not include Flamestrike, Poly, etc. Reason I believe is that the other replacements can do the job better and more efficiently. e.g. Flame ward can do ‘better’ aoe at 1 less dmg but 4 less mana.
You get full value from Frizz from the discounted valuable dragons such as Maly, Alexz, etc. Your current dragon line-up receives no significant value from Frizz’s effect. Poacher is good vs dragon but at current meta, it’s effectiveness is much reduce as it cannot keep pace with the non-dragon decks, and dragon decks can generate better threat from thier dragon(e.g. ysera 2) than the poacher can negate.
Again if you look at the 2 attached examples, you can see the deck can generate better threats for you to close off games.
excellent. Thank you for the input:)
Deck building takes alot of patience, trial and error, and passion.
Keep the Faith. Don’t fear to ask.
My contribution is just to say this: screw the netdeck haters, play what you want to play and that helps you win. I used to feel like you, “dirty” for looking at net decks. But then 24 thousand new Legend players got there by netdecking Deming Hunter, and I’m still back at Gold 10, wondering if I should have jumped on that bandwagon to get the extra rewards. If you find a deck on the Web and you play it and it’s fun, forget what the Homebrew Hipsters say and play it!
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I’ve had 13 straight wins (legend) with a no minion secret mage deck I Can post later but I would be hesitant because I don’t want people crafting these cards right away lol. It’s such a fragile deck restriction that even if it’s effective now It could easily become obsolete in a new expansion.
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Classic Alex might be a good inclusion here to help with giving you more ways to win. Playing her can help set up lethal next turn with her attack and/or one or two Pyroblasts.
Kalecgos would give you another strong dragon, which provides some spell generation and can discount your lineup of big spells.
Finally, if you’re running into a lot of DHs or other classes that are using weapons, you might include an Ooze or two, or maybe Harrison Jones to give you a little more card draw as well.
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No minion mage just became face smorc mage with spells while you hopefully stall with freezes. Its not interesting to me in the least.
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Wanted to let you know I used some of your advice. i have included Alex as well as an ooze to tech a bit against DH. We’ll see how it goes:)