F / W / a Steam Mage

Elements: Fire, Water, Air

Archetype: Midrange Tempo

Event Information

This deck took 5th place in the Columbus Ohio Explorer Series. Where Archimago and Ring of Morrigan were banned.

It's an update version of this deck:

https://curiosa.io/decks/cm3iwz25l0018bpm7ka2yh6bq

Which took 2nd place at a 20 player event in Detroit in late 2024.

The deck went 5-0 before top cut, where I lost in the first round to the same player playing a variant of the same deck that the previous iteration lost to in the finals of Detroit (before explorer series). I also played him in the Chicago explorer series event. Every game has been a nail biter where we have doored each other, and where every game I had the win on the following turn. In anticipation of playing against that exact deck I added troll bridges and a free city for this event. This is because I know in that matchup he is the aggressor, and having one turn to stabilize could mean the difference.

The Game Plan:

Build an efficient early game board using fetch minions, playing slightly defensively. Move to opponents side using movement tech like [[Ruler of Thul]] or [[Polar Explores]] to circumvent defensive sites for large amount of damage in one turn.

Heavy damage: [[Ruler of Thul]], [[Sir Agravaine]]

Enablers: [[Polar Explorers]]

The Final Blow: [[Magic Missiles]], [[Lightning Bolt]]

5th place - Columbus Explorer Series - F/W/a Knight Mage - mr-v1.1

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