FoxStrats’ Tempo Mage

I’ll add an actual description later today. For now, here are some notes.

The basic gist is to contest board and deal damage with QA, Wyrm and Vex Crow in the early game. After turn 8 or so, you can look to burn the opponent down with fireballs and frostbolts. 

Wyrm is chosen over Mana Addicts (which would work in theory) due to persisting power. This formulation of Tempo-ish mage is a bit better for Aluneth’s sake, as average card-cost is about 2 (when cutting off the Archmage and Aluneth), permitting you to play at least 4 cards per turn and avoid aluneth burning cards.

Additionally, this list has a much more reliable late-game plan against control decks due to Antonidas and the abundance of cheap spells.

SIDEBOARD

v. Control – Cosmic Anomaly, Alexstrasza

v. Aggro – Wild Pyromancer, Blast Wave

v. OTK Mojomaster Zihi