OurHearthstone Budget Mage Deck Guidefeatures the best list for playing Hearthstone competitively on the cheap! This deck is comprised of only cards that are of Rare quality and below. It contains no Epics or Legendaries, which should make it a lot easier for you to craft and build towards as one of your first decks when heading to the ladder.
Mage is one of the better classes to start out with due to it having some pretty quality Basic cards.Frostbolt,Fireball, andWater Elementalare all extremely useful and commonly see play in meta decks. While the class doesn’t always have enough support to be the best budget option, it is usually in the conversation.
Budget Mage Deck List
We lost Elemental synergy in the Standard rotation, however, there’s still a decent option with kind of a Tempo and Spell Damage hybrid deck.
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Budget Mage Mulligan Guide
We’re mainly looking for cheap minions early in the game, if we find these we can keep stuff that lines up with our curve like 3s and 4s.
Situational Keeps
Budget Mage Strategy Guide
This deck is built on winning by controlling the board, and potentially burning out your opponent with spells. Sometimes, you won’t be able to hold onto those spells, so you’ll have have to win on the board. Other times, however, you may sneak a lethal in by finishing off your opponent with burst. Always be counting your damage, you never know when you might be able to take down your opponent.
In terms of minions, you really can’t afford to be overly greedy. It doesn’t feel good to put minions that provide additional value onto the board just for the stats. However, we need to make sure the board doesn’t get too crazy, so it’s usually the right play.
If you’re looking to close out your opponent later in the game with spells and don’t have enough damage. Remember that you can always use your hero power to damage theSpellzerkerfor additional Spell Damage. This is a fringe case, but it’s useful to consider.
As mentioned in the beginning, we’re looking to chip down our opponent in the early game and hopefully finish them off with spells at the end. We’ve got some powerful damage spells we can use, so if we pair those with one of our Spell Damage cards we might be able to burn them out before we run out of resources.
About Your Hero Power
It’s very tempting to use your hero power to eliminate a minion on the board, but it’s not always the right play. While your hero power is strong, it’s almost always better to play a minion then use it. The only time I would use the hero power over the minion play is if the minion on board can take out the minion I’m about to play. We’re looking to gain board presence, and while using our hero power to eliminate a minion is good, it doesn’t accomplish our goal.
Budget Mage Card Replacements
These are cards you can swap out certain cards with, or that can be used in place of cards you might be missing. I wouldn’t necessarily craft these for the deck, because most of Mage’s meta options are quite a bit different then this deck.
