I looked it up so this is a new deck il try it out 
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One day, in the far futureā¦
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Whereās that from? Looks like a neat video game.
Itās the Borg from Star Trek. Basically, a race of biological cyborgs that are connected to a hive mind hellbent on converting all life forms to their race for complete dominance of the entire universe.
Redundant. Cyborg means cybernetic organism. Aināt no other kind.
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I like redundancy like I like redundancy.
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Weāre merely biological machines that kinda self replicate.
Machines? Yes. Cybernetic machines? Not so much.
How not cybernetic? 
Reminds me somewhat of Mass Effect.
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The data does not reflect this.
According to vs 278
Mage is tier 1 in plat and diamond 5 to 10
But then it drops to tier 2 in diamond 1 to 5 and legend
By top 1k legend itās near bottom of tier 2
This looks more like what people used to say about paladin decks. Itās good at climbing but falls off at higher levels of play because more skilled players know how to deal with mage and/or skill on the mage part has little impact on making the deck better.
If everyone played with top 1000 Legend skill, but we had Diamond 4-1 deck popularity, the top of the meta would look something like this:
| Class | Deck | WR |
|---|---|---|
| Warrior | Enrage | 54.95% |
| Mage | Rainbow | 52.08% |
| Rogue | Mech | 51.96% |
| Paladin | Pure | 51.80% |
| Warlock | Chad | 51.59% |
| Warrior | Control | 50.33% |
| DH | Relic | 50.24% |
| Priest | Control | 50.03% |
Iād have to apply some heavy sophistry to conceal the fact that enrage warrior is by far the best deck in the format, But in my opinion, rainbow mage is legitimately second.
For further details: The effect of skill, quantified. DR278
Yeah, similar to The Flood in Halo as well, except the Borg are highly intelligent and the organism they assimilate into their ranks seem to keep their personality traits, etc but take on a āIāve seen the light and this is the wayā type of mentality or brainwashing.
Itās pretty cool imo.
Thatās one long topic. In the middle of a match, but Iāll read in a moment, thanks.
And I accidentally started another match. 
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Nothing wrong here.
This is just sloppy analysis. The proper method for measuring the effect of skill on win rate is not simply higher ranks, but the change in individual matchup win rates across ranks. For example, control priest versus enrage warrior is 53-47 priest at D4-1 and 59-41 priest at top 1000 Legend, thatās +6%.
The truth is that Rainbow Mage rewards skill second best (behind control priest) and is a strong deck to begin with. The reason itās weakened at high ranks is because the meta shifts against it hard, and even then it doesnāt go below Tier 2.
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I actually read the op, then double checked the date, assuming this was a necro thread, ha.
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I said this is what people have said for paladins. Iām only applying their analysis, which people happily accepted when it was to mock those boring OP paladins.
And now the same people will likely buy whatever your conclusions drew because it uplifts their favorite deck or class.
Youāre just advertising your own work in that other thread. You even linked it.
Book author tells people to believe in the things he wrote in his book (and not ones that might say something else). Cool story bro.
That sounds more like the deck is OP, not that itās skill. The deck is so OP, even when the meta shifts against it, itās still doing ok!
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This. Win rates across rank bands are not comparable because win rates are a weighted average of unique conditions that change.
I lolād.
Yes, but this specific example contradicts all that work because skill isnāt the exclusive answer in either case, which disproves the premise of all that gibberish.
Like I was telling kills, there is an argument that the deck is really good.
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As a person who has returnred after a LONG hiatus - I see things havenāt changed āMage seems to actually be doing mildly okā¦ā response āNERF IT NERF ITā
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And donāt forget, itās hella fiery fun! Below is the most played Rainbow Mage deck top 1,000 legend, past 3 days:
Rainbow Mage
Rainbow Mage
Class: Mage
Format: Standard
2x (1) Arcane Artificer
2x (1) Arcane Wyrm
2x (1) Discovery of Magic
2x (1) Flame Geyser
2x (2) Cosmic Keyboard
1x (2) Infinitize the Maxitude
2x (2) Prismatic Elemental
2x (2) Void Scripture
1x (3) Molten Rune
2x (3) Reverberations
2x (4) Cold Case
2x (4) Inquisitive Creation
1x (4) Volume Up
1x (5) Lady Nazājar
2x (5) Wisdom of Norgannon
1x (6) Norgannon
1x (6) Sif
2x (7) Elemental Inspiration
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To use this deck, copy it to your clipboard and create a new deck in Hearthstone
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