The current version of tempo mage is so reliant on burning face because there are no midrang-ish minions that support tempo mage. I hope they give mage some Secret synergy minions like valet and crystal runner so that the playstyle becomes less toxic and more interactable. I think it can make matchups more balanced and less of a coinflip simulator as well
Agree with the both of you. It pains me to call this current mage build “tempo.” It’s pure aggro. I miss the Medivh/Rag lists and had a ton of fun with tempo mage at release of Old Gods. I do really like Luna.
By the time you reach the end of the deck there’s one of three possibilities:
1) You use all your remaining resources and you kill the opponent
2) You use all your remaining resources and the opponent survives
3) The opponent has killed you previously
As you can see, getting milled only matters in 2), and even then, it rarely matters, since if you have already wasted all your resources and the opponent has survived until then, you probably wouldn’t kill him with 2 or 3 extra turns of Hero Powering his face (many of these matchups are Druid or Warrior who outheal your Hero Power anyway). You might still have a board, but it’s only early or midrange minions which can get easily Taunted or AOEd. Basically, when you have consumed all your burn and the opponent survives, the match would be over whether you mill yourself or not. So the mill is most of the time not an issue.
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Any good replacements for stargazer luna?
The current version of tempo mage is so reliant on burning face because there are no midrang-ish minions that support tempo mage. I hope they give mage some Secret synergy minions like valet and crystal runner so that the playstyle becomes less toxic and more interactable. I think it can make matchups more balanced and less of a coinflip simulator as well
I love Tempo Mage, and I can’t agree more with your suggestion.
Agree with the both of you. It pains me to call this current mage build “tempo.” It’s pure aggro. I miss the Medivh/Rag lists and had a ton of fun with tempo mage at release of Old Gods. I do really like Luna.
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Coming from mr 10 IQ himself ladies and gentlemen
Do you mill yourself a lot? or is the match over by the time it gets to that?
By the time you reach the end of the deck there’s one of three possibilities:
1) You use all your remaining resources and you kill the opponent
2) You use all your remaining resources and the opponent survives
3) The opponent has killed you previously
As you can see, getting milled only matters in 2), and even then, it rarely matters, since if you have already wasted all your resources and the opponent has survived until then, you probably wouldn’t kill him with 2 or 3 extra turns of Hero Powering his face (many of these matchups are Druid or Warrior who outheal your Hero Power anyway). You might still have a board, but it’s only early or midrange minions which can get easily Taunted or AOEd. Basically, when you have consumed all your burn and the opponent survives, the match would be over whether you mill yourself or not. So the mill is most of the time not an issue.
Best Tempo Mage list right now