Burn mage

[velvet raven]

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[polar violet]

### Mage
# Cost: 4200
# Format: Standard
# 🟦 2x (1) First Flame
# ⬜ 2x (1) Sleet Storm
# 🟦 2x (1) Spark of Life
# ⬜ 2x (1) Time-Twisted Seer
# ⬜ 2x (1) Violet Spellwing
# ⬜ 2x (2) Frostbolt
# 🟨 1x (2) Khadgar
# ⬜ 2x (2) Rockskipper
# ⬜ 2x (2) Runed Orb
# 🟦 2x (2) Smoldering Grove
# 🟪 2x (2) Stellar Balance
# ⬜ 2x (3) Arcane Barrage
# 🟦 2x (3) Portal Vanguard
# 🟨 1x (4) Archmage Kalec
# 🟪 2x (4) Unstable Spellcaster
# ⬜ 2x (10) Spellweaver's Brilliance
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# You can view this deck at https://www.hsguru.com/deck/38169365

https://www.hsguru.com/deck/38169365

[velvet raven]

current list

heres the elise bot visual, although it does exclude core cards for now

[keen moss]

Just do keep in mind that most of the time this deck will need to hold kalec until they have a hand full of burn

Because cards found from spark, spellwing, stellar, and rockskipper wont get his spell damage if used after Kalec

[velvet raven]

doesnt really matter

i think you always curve him

[velvet raven]

@tepid epoch cook

[tepid epoch]

code:

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[polar violet]

### Mage
# Cost: 4140
# Format: Standard
# 🟦 2x (1) First Flame
# ⬜ 2x (1) Sleet Storm
# ⬜ 2x (1) Time-Twisted Seer
# ⬜ 2x (1) Violet Spellwing
# ⬜ 2x (2) Frostbolt
# 🟨 1x (2) Khadgar
# ⬜ 1x (2) Living Flame
# ⬜ 2x (2) Rockskipper
# ⬜ 2x (2) Runed Orb
# 🟦 2x (2) Smoldering Grove
# 🟦 1x (2) Story of the Waygate
# ⬜ 2x (3) Arcane Barrage
# 🟪 2x (3) Conjured Bookkeeper
# 🟨 1x (4) Archmage Kalec
# 🟦 2x (4) Fragment of Nothing
# 🟪 2x (4) Unstable Spellcaster
# ⬜ 2x (10) Spellweaver's Brilliance
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# You can view this deck at https://www.hsguru.com/deck/38170902

https://www.hsguru.com/deck/38170902

[velvet raven]

@tepid epoch can you pin this if possible ill update it with my latest codes

[tepid epoch]

why do i need to pin it

its the opening message of the thread

[velvet raven]

cuz then ppl gotta scroll up

nvm

[tepid epoch]

oh fair

alright

[velvet raven]

ty

[velvet raven]

fixed image

[devout atlas]

@velvet raven - Kalec seems pretty critical in enabling/delivering lethal - might a Xavius improve consistency whilst not being overly detrimental?

[velvet raven]

xavius was suggested earlier but i figured vanguard was more consistent

and gives an extremely similar effect for 1 less mana and an extra copy

this also curves into kalec

besides almost any minion we pull from vanguard is a good pull in this deck

[devout atlas]

you mean there are 2 vanguards re: extra copy yes? Vanguard is significantly worse statted but curving into Kalec is nice , yes. How is it more consistent tho? Do you mean that you get 4 chances to pull Kalec rather than 3?

Will you typically have all the spells ready to go by T4 though? If so, this is going to be a killer deck lol

[velvet raven]

extra copy = double the chance to draw our tutor

[velvet raven]

its not meant to be a combo deck

and combos are more top end with khadgar + spellcaster

its a burn deck so we aim to do many small swing turns

somewhere between combo and aggro

[devout atlas]

ah. gotcha. thx

[devout atlas]

so you've double the chance of drawing the tutor, but once you do, you've 1/3 less of a chance of finding the card you want. Yeah I'd take that any day.

[velvet raven]

yep

xavius is still a potential include this is just my list until mage reveals are done

unfortunately theorycrafting is really bad this reveal season because they are doing it in such small batches and theres still a final balance patch before the expac drops

[devout atlas]

Hey, whilst I have your ear, which deck builder are you using? I've tried fecking HTD, donkey, official, and others and none of the very latest cards e.g. First Flame and Runed Orb, it's really effing annoying!

[devout atlas]

I particularly didn't appreciate them splitting the DK reveals. I mean, why? Just... why?

[velvet raven]

i use d0nkey and then run it through the elise bot

make sure you select "2026 standard" on donkey

[devout atlas]

oooohhhhh MFer

elise bot?

[velvet raven]

elise bot has issues with new core cards so i run the list through the official deckbuilder and add the wild versions of the cards

[velvet raven]

@devout atlas generates these images

[devout atlas]

oh

[velvet raven]

egg variant

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[polar violet]

### Egg Mage
# Cost: 6400
# Format: Wild
# ⬜ 2x (1) Abusive Sergeant
# 🟦 2x (1) First Flame
# ⬜ 1x (1) Glacial Shard
# ⬜ 2x (1) Sleet Storm
# ⬜ 2x (1) Time-Twisted Seer
# ⬜ 2x (2) Frostbolt
# 🟦 2x (2) Holy Eggbearer
# 🟨 1x (2) Khadgar
# ⬜ 2x (2) Runed Orb
# 🟦 2x (2) Smoldering Grove
# ⬜ 2x (3) Eternal Firebolt
# 🟦 2x (3) Storage Scuffle
# 🟨 1x (3) The Egg of Khelos
# 🟦 2x (4) Alter Time
# 🟨 1x (4) Archmage Kalec
# 🟦 2x (4) Sheep Mask
# ⬜ 2x (10) Spellweaver's Brilliance
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# You can view this deck at https://www.hsguru.com/deck/38213601

https://www.hsguru.com/deck/38213601

[keen moss]

I feel like the egg variant is just a different deck :p

Now you are pointing most of your burn at an egg

[velvet raven]

like yeah but alot of the cards carry over anyways

just given the state of priest and warr

i think burning your egg is more efficient

ohhh shit i forgot ooze

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[polar violet]

### Egg Mage
# Cost: 6400
# Format: Wild
# ⬜ 2x (1) Abusive Sergeant
# 🟦 2x (1) First Flame
# ⬜ 2x (1) Sleet Storm
# ⬜ 2x (1) Time-Twisted Seer
# ⬜ 2x (2) Frostbolt
# 🟦 2x (2) Holy Eggbearer
# 🟨 1x (2) Khadgar
# ⬜ 2x (2) Runed Orb
# 🟦 2x (2) Smoldering Grove
# 🟦 1x (3) Dissolving Ooze
# ⬜ 2x (3) Eternal Firebolt
# 🟦 2x (3) Storage Scuffle
# 🟨 1x (3) The Egg of Khelos
# 🟦 2x (4) Alter Time
# 🟨 1x (4) Archmage Kalec
# 🟦 2x (4) Sheep Mask
# ⬜ 2x (10) Spellweaver's Brilliance
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# You can view this deck at https://www.hsguru.com/deck/38213680

https://www.hsguru.com/deck/38213680

[devout atlas]

WOW

🤯

Sorry but where is the duplication happening? Or is wild so fast you need just 1 big beastie?

[velvet raven]

its a standard deck

we use khadgar to duplicate

umbra is a potential addition

ill think abt it

[devout atlas]

Forgive my ignorance but doesn't he just double summonings rather than actually summon anything? And the egg doesn't summon itself of course. 🤔 I'm just trying to understand it!

[devout atlas]

well shit. Sorry.

Not having a good day today, as you can no doubt tell

[velvet raven]

Lol

[devout atlas]

Sorry but what do you mean by this? We still don't know all the cards or archetypes yet, no? Or do we have enough to go on? Cheers

[devout atlas]

FWIW I do too. Completely different win con even if the bulk of the cards are the same. Unless the Egg is a secondary win con. Then things get murky lol

[velvet raven]

they have too much heal and armour gen

[velvet raven]

the first deck didn't really even have a wincon

[devout atlas]

I haven't looked at Warrior's cards but I have studied Priest's new cards and fook me, there's some healing/damage there. Some serious, serious sh1t goin on there man

[devout atlas]

wasn't it just a kill them with burn spells until they're dead?

[velvet raven]

like yeah but theres no "wincon" card

even frost mage back in the day had alexstraza to get them down to 15 hp

[devout atlas]

Interesting 🤔 Does a deck need a win con card tho? Like, if you look at handbuff DK for example, there isn't a finisher/closer/critical single card right? You could argue that Puppeteer is the win con card but it isn't like a stand out singular legendary or anything, right?

Anyway, it's not important, I'm just interested in why a particular card is necessary for a deck to be considered a proper deck as it were. Cheers.

[velvet raven]

handbuff dk had brewmaster to bounce your hero power and also had quilter

[devout atlas]

I respectfully disagree that they're the stand out, critical win con cards. I believe most would say that it's Puppetteer.

Wwwait. Bounce your hero power!?! 👀 Why TF have I never thought of doing that? So you get a 1/1 frail ghoul in hand. You proceed to buff the living daylights out of it to say a 12/12. But it has Charge... Is that the idea? 12 dmg from hand? That's feckin genius! 🤣

[velvet raven]

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[polar violet]

### Mage
# Cost: 6980
# Format: Wild
# 🟦 2x (1) First Flame
# ⬜ 2x (1) Mirror Dimension
# ⬜ 2x (1) Sleet Storm
# ⬜ 2x (1) Time-Twisted Seer
# ⬜ 2x (1) Violet Spellwing
# 🟨 1x (2) Khadgar
# ⬜ 2x (2) Runed Orb
# 🟦 1x (2) Smoldering Grove
# 🟪 2x (2) Stellar Balance
# ⬜ 2x (3) Arcane Barrage
# 🟦 2x (3) Portal Vanguard
# 🟦 2x (3) Storage Scuffle
# 🟦 2x (4) Alter Time
# 🟨 1x (4) Archmage Kalec
# ⬜ 1x (5) Azure King Malygos
# 🟨 1x (5) Azure Queen Sindragosa
# ⬜ 1x (8) Azure Oathstone
# ⬜ 2x (10) Spellweaver's Brilliance
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# You can view this deck at https://www.hsguru.com/deck/38279786

https://www.hsguru.com/deck/38279786

[velvet raven]

arcane variant

trying to patch up the lack of wincons mage has

azure oathstone swing turn looks more promising then spellcaster.... its also 8 mana though and our best manacheat is a flame lance

not too keen on this build but theres a good chance its better

and unfortunately i see no way of copying sindragosa so we summon 2x on oathstone play

which reduces the lethality of this deck alot

[velvet raven]

one thing going for this that early sindragosa decks didnt have is timetwisted seer... if we get an arcane based whirlwind effect for mage then this could be a very competitive deck

spellwing is a very obvious cut as it messes up our portal vanguard tutors

its the 30th card, hopefully we get something better

[keen moss]

It can't be an arcane based whirlwind

If you had both Sind and Maly and used that it kills your seers

Because it would cast twice, dealing 1 to all then 3 to all

[velvet raven]

ah right

well