Another challenger rises from the community to claim ownership of the Happy Hearthstone Reigning Deck Battle Champion Throne of Incredible Awesomeness and Gilded Wings. (We really gotta come up with a shorter name for that).
This week, Dan brings a powerful Mech Mage deck, which uses all of those fun robots from the new Goblin vs Gnomes expansion to apply fast pressure for a quick kill. It’s a fun new way to play mage, and I hope you give it a try!
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Hello!
- Dan is on the show this week
- Topic: Mech Mage Deck Battle!
- Reasons to be happy this week
- News: Blackrock Mountain Adventure announcement, card reveals
What is a Deck Challenge?
Once a month, we ask a guest host to bring their favorite deck onto the show. They explain what cards they use, how it works, and why they like playing it.
Then, they put their decks to the test and do battle against the other host (who uses the defending champion deck) in a best-of-3-series, live on the show. If the challenger wins, their deck becomes the new Happy Hearthstone Deck Champion and will be used in the future until it’s beaten.
Past Deck Battles
Hunter Beastmaster vs Warlock Swarm
Hunter Beastmaster vs Secret Mage
Hunter Beastmaster vs Muhammad Ali Shaman
Hunter Beastmaster vs Power Paladin
Hunter Beastmaster vs Barbarian Warrior
Barbarian Warrior vs Arcane Druid
Barbarian Warrior vs Survival Paladin
Survival Paladin vs. Last Standin Paladin
Survival Paladin vs. Mech Mage
Defending Deck: Dan’s Paladin Tech deck wins with slick tricks and lots of minions with special effects. His deck has reigned supreme for 1 month, and has beaten 1 deck before this episode.
Challenger Deck: Dan’s Mech Mage is an aggressive deck that wins through an immediate and punishing board presence. A strong draw can give you four or five minions on board turn 3, and your opponent racing for the Concede button.
The Deck
Creatures
- 2x Clockwork Gnome
- 2x Cogmaster
- 2x Annoy-o-Tron
- 2x Mechwarper
- 2x Snowchugger
- 1x Harvest Golem
- 2x Spider Tank
- 2x Tinkertown Technician
- 2x Goblin Blastmage
- 1x Mechanical Yeti
- 2x Piloted Shredder
- 1x Azure Drake
- 1x Loatheb
- 1x Piloted Sky Golem
- 1x The Black Knight
- 1x Archmage Antonidas
- 1x Dr. Boom
Spells
Sideboard
In case you don’t have some of the ideal cards, here are some quality back ups and alterations you can make that keep with the same theme and strengths of the deck.
- 2x Mad Scientist ()
- 2x Mirror Entity ()
- 1x Counterspell ()
- 2x Mana Wyrm ()
- 1x Flamecannon ()
- 2x Unstable Portal ()
- 1x Arcane Intellect ()
- 1x Polymorph ()
- 2x Sludge Belcher ()
- 1x Flamestrike ()
The Duel!
Sorry, guys 
It looks like something broke on XSplit while broadcasting and it wrecked the livestream video on YouTube and Twitch both. We’ll have a livestream on the next deck battle!
Post-Duel Commentary
- Who won
- Obligatory bragging session
- Challenger Deck: How well did it perform?
- Defending Deck: How well did it perform?
- Best moments in the matches
- The Happy Hearthstone Champion Ceremony(tm)
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