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Hearthstone7 years agoRadoslav "Nydra" Kolev

Learn to play the Control Mage, Jaina's new top tier archetype

For the longest time, Mage was played in one of two ways: Tempo or Freeze. Any deviation from those two archetypes, such as the occasional Fatigue Mage during the [card]echo of medivh[/card] era, or the [card]open the waygate[/card] builds in early Un’Goro remained nothing more than niche, short-lived specs.

Thanks to Hearthstone legend player Psy_Gunther, however, this is no longer the case. Psy_Gunther found a new build which pushes the Discover mechanic to its limits and empowers a deck that can adapt to basically any situation. This Control Mage is a fusion of multiple styles, able to play all of aggro, control, tempo and freeze combo style, depending on the match-up, making it a difficult opponent to beat.

Control Mage feasts on the value provided by [card]arcanologist[/card], [card]medivh's valet[/card] and [card]kabal courier[/card] in the early game and builds towards even more value in the late game through cards like [card]medivh, the guardian[/card] and [card]firelands portal[/card]. The wide variety and quantity of removal spells also helps the deck get through a match of Hearthstone.

As all control decks, this one isn’t the easiest to pilot, but it’s a great alternative to Freeze Mage, being both simpler and effective in the current metagame. Those who master the archetype’s many play modes will see no trouble hitting legend.

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