The meta is sharply divided now, even more than normal, between tempo decks (aggro druid, pirate warrior, paladin, shadow priest, face hunter, elemental shaman, quest rogue) and very spell-heavy decks (ramp druid, quest hunter, miracle priest, weapon rogue, burn shaman, OwlTK warlock, questlock).

So I've searched long and hard for a deck that has AoE and spell-hate-tech to hold back the meta decks, while advancing its own board/burn resources enough to get a win condition, and has enough value/draw to be consistent. And I have finally found something that feels strong in my initial matches with it.

Deck Breakdown

Standard Ping Mage Cards

• Wildfire x2
• Amplified Snowflurry x2
• Reckless Apprentice x2
• Taelan Fordring
• Magister Dawngrasp
• Mask of C'Thun x2
• Mordresh Fire Eye

Additional AoE/counter-Tempo

• Imprisoned Observer x2
• Varden Dawngrasp

Spell-Hate Tech

• Irondeep Trogg x2
• Cult Neophyte x2
• Crossroads Watch Post x2
• Ogremancer x1

Value-Package (including Flurry, included mostly to buff Multicaster)

• Flurry (Rank 1)
• Starscryer x2
• Arcane Intellect x2
• Multicaster x2

Other

• Shivering Sorceress x2

Results

This version of the deck is 15-1 so far, climbing me from Platinum 3 to Diamond 5, which I'm satisfied with :)