Mage

[e][h] Mage

Class Information

Hero:

Jaina Proudmoore

Hero Power:

Fireblast

Abilities:

Secret
Freezing
AoE

Decktypes:

Aggro
Control

The Mage class is represented by Jaina Proudmoore. Mages are generally considered to be archetypal spell-casters and masters of magic. Mages excel at dealing damage instantly, either with very powerful single damage spells or strong area of effect spells.

Mages generally try to get as many powerful damage spells as possible, both to clear away enemy minions (e.g. Blizzard) and finish off the opponent (e.g. Pyroblast). For this reason, cards that buff spell damage, such as Kobold Geomancer, are typically quite valuable in Mage decks. Not that all Mage decks are built around spell damage---with a versatile hero power and all manner of ways to change the shape of the board, Mages can also run heavy aggression and beatdown decks quite effectively.

Strategy

One of the common Mage strategies is a spell burn deck. This means that the deck tries to kill the opponent with Spell cards and other direct damage, while using other spells and things like Taunt Minions to defend until all the direct damage cards can be drawn. The typical direct damage spells are Pyroblast and Fireball, and the most common defensive spells are Blizzard, Polymorph and Flamestrike, as well as the Secrets Ice Barrier and Ice Block.

Main Synergies

Most typical Mage deck combine minions that grant bonus Spell Damage, such as Kobold Geomancer or Azure Drake, with damage dealing Spells like Frostbolt or Pyroblast. For starting play Mana Wyrm and Mirror Image buy time for the Mage to build up safely.

Common Weaknesses

The main weakness to the spell burn deck discussed above are aggro decks. Decks that quickly summon lots of cheap minions to attack the enemy are tough for this deck to handle as most of the defensive cards are relatively high in Mana cost, and many target just 1 minion, or only last for 1 turn and are not permanent effects.

Example Decks

Freeze Mage

#		Name
2	1	Ice Lance Ice Lance	1 1
2	0	Frostbolt Frostbolt	2 2
1	4	Bloodmage Thalnos Bloodmage Thalnos	2 2	1 1	1 1
2	3	Doomsayer Doomsayer	2 2	0 0	7 7
2	1	Loot Hoarder Loot Hoarder	2 2	2 2	1 1
2	0	Novice Engineer Novice Engineer	2 2	1 1	1 1
2	0	Arcane Intellect Arcane Intellect	3 3
2	1	Forgotten Torch Forgotten Torch	3 3
2	0	Frost Nova Frost Nova	3 3
2	1	Ice Barrier Ice Barrier	3 3
2	3	Ice Block Ice Block	3 3
1	1	Acolyte of Pain Acolyte of Pain	3 3	1 1	3 3
2	0	Fireball Fireball	4 4
2	2	Blizzard Blizzard	6 6
1	4	Emperor Thaurissan Emperor Thaurissan	6 6	5 5	5 5
1	0	Flamestrike Flamestrike	7 7
2	4	Alexstrasza Alexstrasza	9 9	8 8	8 8
1	3	Pyroblast Pyroblast	10 10

Tempo Mage

#		Name
1	3	Forbidden Flame Forbidden Flame	0 0
2	3	Arcane Blast Arcane Blast	1 1
2	0	Arcane Missiles Arcane Missiles	1 1
2	1	Mana Wyrm Mana Wyrm	1 1	1 1	3 3
2	0	Mirror Image Mirror Image	1 1
1	4	Bloodmage Thalnos Bloodmage Thalnos	2 2	1 1	1 1
2	0	Frostbolt Frostbolt	2 2
2	1	Mad Scientist Mad Scientist	2 2	2 2	2 2
2	1	Sorcerer's Apprentice Sorcerer's Apprentice	2 2	3 3	2 2
2	0	Arcane Intellect Arcane Intellect	3 3
2	2	Flamewaker Flamewaker	3 3	2 2	4 4
1	4	Elise Starseeker Elise Starseeker	4 4	3 3	5 5
2	0	Fireball Fireball	4 4
1	0	Polymorph Polymorph	4 4
2	3	Cabalist's Tome Cabalist's Tome	5 5
2	1	Ethereal Conjurer Ethereal Conjurer	5 5	6 6	3 3
1	4	Archmage Antonidas Archmage Antonidas	7 7	5 5	7 7
2	0	Flamestrike Flamestrike	7 7
1	4	Yogg-Saron, Hope's End Yogg-Saron, Hope's End	10 10	7 7	5 5

Mage Cards

Here, all the class-specific cards are explained and arranged by their type.

Minions

Name	Rarity				Effect
Animated Armor	2 Rare	4	4	4	Your hero can only take 1 damage at a time.
Anomalus	4 Legendary	8	8	6	Deathrattle: Deal 8 damage to all minions
Archmage Antonidas	4 Legendary	7	5	7	Whenever you cast a spell, put a 'Fireball' spell into your hand.
Coldarra Drake	3 Epic	6	6	6	You can use your Hero Power any number of times.
Cult Sorcerer	2 Rare	2	3	2	Spell Damage +1. After you cast a spell, give your C'Thun +1/+1 (wherever it is).
Demented_Frostcaller	2 Rare	4	2	4	After you cast a spell, Freeze a random enemy.
Ethereal Arcanist	2 Rare	4	3	3	If you control a Secret at the end of your turn, gain +2/+2.
Ethereal Conjurer	1 Common	5	6	3	Battlecry: Discover a spell.
Faceless Summoner	1 Common	6	5	5	Battlecry: Summon a random 3-Cost minion.
Flame Leviathan	4 Legendary	7	7	7	When you draw this, deal 2 damage to all characters.
Flamewaker	2 Rare	3	2	4	After you cast a spell, deal 2 damage randomly split among all enemies.
Goblin Blastmage	2 Rare	4	5	4	Battlecry: If you control a Mech, deal 4 damage randomly split among enemy characters.
Kirin Tor Mage	2 Rare	3	4	3	Battlecry: The next Secret you play this turn costs (0).
Mana Wyrm	1 Common	1	1	3	Whenever you cast a spell, gain +1 Attack.
Rhonin	4 Legendary	8	7	7	Deathrattle: Add 3 copies of Arcane Missiles to your hand.
Servant of Yogg-Saron	2 Rare	5	5	4	Battlecry: Cast a random spell that costs (5) or less (targets chosen randomly).
Snowchugger	1 Common	2	2	3	Freeze any character damaged by this minion.
Soot Spewer	2 Rare	3	3	3	Spell Damage +1.
Sorcerer's Apprentice	1 Common	2	3	2	Your spells cost (1) less.
Spellslinger	1 Common	3	3	4	Battlecry: Add a random spell to each player's hand.
Twilight Flamecaller	1 Common	3	2	2	Battlecry: Deal 1 damage to all enemy minions.
Water Elemental	0 Free	4	3	6	Freeze any character damaged by this minion.

Spells

Name	Rarity		Effect
Arcane Blast	Epic	1	Deal 2 damage to a minion. This spell gets double bonus from Spell Damage.
Arcane Explosion	Free	2	Deal 1 damage to all enemy minions.
Arcane Intellect	Free	3	Draw 2 cards.
Arcane Missiles	Free	1	Deal 3 damage randomly split among enemy characters.
Blizzard	Rare	6	Deal 2 damage to all enemy minions and Freeze them
Cabalist's Tome	Epic	5	Add 3 random Mage spells to your hand.
Cone of Cold	Common	4	Freeze a minion and the minions next to it, and deal 1 damage to them.
Dragon's Breath	Common	5	Deals 4 damage. Costs (1) less for each minion that died this turn.
Echo of Medivh	Epic	4	Put a copy of each friendly minion into your hand.
Fireball	Free	4	Deal 6 damage
Firelands Portal	Common	7	Deal 5 damage. Summon a random 5-Cost minion.
Flame Lance	Common	5	Deal 8 damage to a minion.
Flamecannon	Common	2	Deal 4 damage to a random enemy minion.
Flamestrike	Free	7	Deal 4 damage to all enemy minions.
Forbidden Flame	Epic	0	Spend all your Mana. Deal that much damage to a minion.
Forgotten Torch	Common	3	Deal 3 damage. Shuffle a (6 damage for 3 mana card) into your deck.
Frost Nova	Free	3	Freeze all enemy minions.
Frostbolt	Free	2	Deal 3 damage to a character and Freeze it.
Ice Lance	Common	1	Freeze a character. If it was already Frozen, deal 4 damage instead.
Mirror Image	Free	1	Summon two 0/2 minions with Taunt.
Polymorph	Free	4	Transform a minion into a 1/1 Sheep.
Pyroblast	Epic	10	Deal 10 damage.
Shatter	Common	2	Destroy a Frozen minion.
Unstable Portal	Rare	2	Add a random minion to your hand. It costs (3) less.

Secrets

A secret is a special type of spell in which the opponent is not able to see its details until after it is triggered. Rather than having an instant effect, each secret has a specific condition which triggers the effect of the card.

Name	Rarity		Effect
Counterspell	Rare	3	Secret: When your opponent casts a spell, Counter it
Duplicate	Common	3	Secret: When a friendly minion dies, put 2 copies of it into your hand.
Effigy	Rare	3	Secret: When a friendly minion dies, summon a random minion with the same cost.
Ice Barrier	Common	3	Secret: As soon as your hero is attacked, gain 8 armor.
Ice Block	Epic	3	Secret: When your hero takes fatal damage,prevent it and become Immune this turn.
Mirror Entity	Common	3	Secret: When your opponent plays a minion,Summon a copy of it.
Spellbender	Epic	3	Secret: When an enemy casts a spell on a minion, summon a 1/3 as the new target.
Vaporize	Rare	3	Secret: When a minion attacks your hero, destroy it.

Undraftable

Undraftable cards are cards that are not drafted into a deck but are instead created as a result of other cards.

Name	Rarity	Class	Type	Subtype	Cost	Atk	HP	Effect
Mirror Image (minion)	Common	Mage	Minion	General	0	0	2	Taunt

Free Cards Acquisition

All of the cards that are of rarity Free can be won through normal play in the tutorial and Practice Mode. You always get two of them simultaneously because that's the limit you can have in one deck. This is how you get them:

Card

• Arcane Intellect
• Polymorph
• Arcane Missiles
• Arcane Explosion
• Fireball
• Frostbolt
• Mirror Image
• Frost Nova
• Water Elemental
• Flamestrike

Event

• Beat Hogger in the tutorial
• Beat King Mukla in the tutorial
• Beat Illidan Stormrage in the tutorial
• Available upon completing the tutorial
• Available upon completing the tutorial
• Get to level 2 with the Mage
• Get to level 4 with the Mage
• Get to level 6 with the Mage
• Get to level 8 with the Mage
• Get to level 10 with the Mage

In addition, Golden versions of the free cards can be unlocked by leveling further than level 10. For Golden versions, though, the cards are unlocked one by one and not in pairs. These are the levels and the associated unlocks.

Lore

Mages, the most common of arcanists [1], are found all over Azeroth [2]. They focus on magic that creates and changes things, most often with the purpose of damaging their enemies and boosting the power of their allies.Such beings can obtain a familiar, which is a normal animal that gains new powers and becomes a magical beast when summoned to service by a Mage, while others choose to become focused mages. Mages also understand the workings of arcane energy so well they can counter most magic with great effectiveness. An adept Mage who has dedication to and natural predilection for one of the schools of specialization becomes more entrenched. At this point mages choose either evocation or transmutation as a preferred school and casts spells from their chosen school. The Mages of the Kirin Tor [3] first mastered the art of casting spells using the elements of ice and fire. Mages are also known for being able to summon elementals, usually water elementals, but can also summon air, earth, and fire elementals. The greatest mortal Mage ever to live is the naga Queen Azshara, who still lives. In fact, she may no longer be mortal.

The first known mages on Azeroth were elves. They existed before the breaking of the Well of Eternity and the Exile of the High Elves, who lived on the shores of the Well of Eternity and wielded its tremendous magic powers.

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