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Originally Posted by RAWWRH View Post
I'm just over here trying to learn how to play the game. I've won ~ 40 games so far. Trying to craft a deck to try, should be good.

Can anyone explain tempo and mana curve? Is tempo just you consistency with playing cards and making moves?

Is mana curve just the average cost in your deck?


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Tempo is what you're able to do to keep the game moving forward in a positive direction for you. For instance, trading a 2/3 into a 4/2 minion, killing it, then summoning your own 5/5 minion would be tempo. Summoning a doomsayer against an empty board because you know they are Zoo and want to buy yourself a turn, that'd be a SLOW tempo play. If you have 7 mana as a mage, and your choices are to summon a large minion, or cast flame strike, summoning the large minion (while not necessarily the right thing to do) would be the tempo play, whereas casting flamestrike would be a control play.

Mana curve isn't so much "average" cost of your deck, but rather how many cards you have in each mana cost. Example, if you have a low mana curve, usually you have mostly 1,2,3 drops and a sprinkled in 4 5 drop here and there. A mid range mana curve usually places an emphasis on 4 drops. A "timmy" deck may have multiple cards that are 7+ mana. It's not so much about averages so much as it is about when do you plan to play what you have.
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