OurSaviors of Uldum Secret Mage Deck List Guidetakes a look at this possible archtype in the new expansion for Hearthstone’s Year of the Dragon. This style of deck has been around for a long time, and it looks to make a return to greatness with a bunch of new powerful cards joining its arsenal.
Mage has had a lot of success slinging spells and being aggressive in past expansions. In Saviors of Uldum, it looks to go back to this type of play but with the return to more Secret synergies. While it currently lacks the extremely powerful stuff likeMad Scientist,Arcanologist, andKabal Crystal Runner, it might just have enough new stuff to make the deck work.
The biggest question for Secret Mage is if it can live withoutMana Wyrm. While it is still in the format, it becoming a 2-mana cost card makes it a lot weaker and can likely spell doom for a deck that looks to get in damage early in the game.
Secret Mage Deck List
This deck was played byAlliestraszaat the Blizzard Saviors of Uldum Theorycrafting event. It’s an early build, so expect some changes to come in the near future as players figure out how-to better construct it.
Situational Keeps
General Gameplay Tips
We’re looking to take the board early on and beat up our opponent a bit with some low cost minions that can gain stats as we play Secrets. The Secrets will hopefully slow down our opponent enough to continue to pile on the advantage and get us to the mid-game where we can burst them down with spells.
Secretkeeperis a potential key to this deck and can aggressively takeover the game if given the chance. If we can pair this withAncient Mysterieson turn two, we should likely be in a good spot. This gives us a chance to play an additional Secret on turn three, or we can even getKirin Tor Mageon the board with another free Secret.Sunreaver Spycan also work in these scenarios, but is obviously a bit more clunky.
Arcane Flakmageis an interesting card, and could be our saving grace against decks that go wide on the board. You don’t want to really play it unless you are going to get some value out of it, which is why it pairs so well with the 0-cost Secret from Ancient Mysteries. Play that Secret right away is not always going to be the right play, you might want to save it a turn to get value out of Flakmage, or to guarantee a buff on Secretkeeper or Sunreaver Spy.
This deck also runs a card package that can win us games into the mid-to-late game. This includesArchmage AntonidasandRay of Frost. You can get quite a few Fireballs out of Antonidas with the Twinspell mechanic. We’ve also gotCloud Princeas removal, but also as a card that can deal face damage.
Other Card Choices
There’s quite a bit of stuff you can play in this deck if you want to switch things up.Subject 9seems like it could be an obvious choice, it synergizes well with the deck and gives you some additional mid-game firepower.Masked Contenderis also a possibility as a synergistic early game minion that has pretty good stats. If you wanted to go with this package, you’d likely cut theArchmage Antonidas(Ray of Frost as well) andStargazer Lunafrom the deck.
There’s also a question of which Secrets you should run. you’re able to cut out one or two of them, and throw in aSpellbender.Sorcerer’s Apprenticeis another card to consider, it is pretty much a mainstay in most Mage decks, so it could possibly find a home in this deck.
