Honestly, this sounds like a nice quality of life feature that is in practice too minor to have to work out a way to implement it. It is a dead feature for all but 1 week in the expansion cycle (maybe 2 weeks if you consider the mini-set significant enough), and as you acknowledge there are external solutions to the problem during that week.
Don't get me wrong, I agree it would be ideal if it existed, but it's hyperbolic to say they are "sabotaging" their game by leaving it out.
Building decks without cards isn't just for 1 week before expansion release, you know. Sometimes, i really want that feature at middle of an expansion to make some meme or fun decks with cards that i don't want to craft as soon as the thought of the deck came to save that in the game to find out I open those cards from packs or not but it is not really an ideal way to do that with out-game source like a deck-tracker or a website like this.
I honestly wish that system were in the game.
Why not just make an incomplete deck and indicate which cards are missing in the deck name? You won't be able to play it but you can still store it in the collection manager.
You need to be missing a really large fraction of the deck for this to not be a viable option, which is rarely true in the middle of an expansion cycle.
Venomous Scorpid is simply better. It has 1 more health and 2 more attack, but scorpid can and will kill anything without divine shield.
But if you need a discover card without the beast tag, and you're jamming quests, then this card will suffice. Maybe if you're running aggro quest, then the 2 additional attack is pertinent. Otherwise, nah.
At first I thought "this is pretty good!" but yeah, you're completely right. Man scorpid is busted.
This can actually be really insane in decks with a bunch of cheap minions as a top-end that you tutor with Taelan Fordring. I don't think people who hate on this card realise quite how strong the effect of a random dragon is.
New Neutral Minion - Deeprun Engineer
What mechs do we even want to discover? Just bad
New Neutral Minion - Traveling Merchant
Just bad, tradeable cards assume you do want the original card at some point.
New Neutral Minion - Northshire Farmer
Boar support baybeee! Also actually quite good with Wolpertinger.
New Neutral Minion - Package Runner
Probably the worst "big hand" card they released this expansion. Great with Lady Prestor.
New Neutral Minion - Stubborn Suspect
Better Piloted Shredder, will probably see play in Deathrattle DH.
New Neutral Minion - Guild Trader
One of the worst tradeable cards, just not very good by itself.
New Neutral Minion - Royal Librarian
Very busted, a much better Spellbreaker.
New Neutral Minion - Battleground Battlemaster
Might be a sleeper finisher in decks like divine shield paladin
New Neutral Minion - Lion's Guard
That's a looooot of stats, might end up being teched into some decks against aggro.
New Neutral Minion - Stormwind Guard
Not quite Fungalmancer, but technically a bit overstatted.
New Neutral Minion - City Architect
Bad pack filler.
New Neutral Minion - Mo'arg Forgefiend
Great demon for N'Zoth, God of the Deep, with a few other applications.
Loan Shark
Yeah, it's good only if drawn by Sketchy Information and then activated again by Counterfeit Blade. Just don't play it, then it's good.
New Neutral Minion - Encumbered Pack Mule
Actually quite good, lots of resources on a decently statted body.
Also Really Annoyed w/ no Deck Building
Why not just make an incomplete deck and indicate which cards are missing in the deck name? You won't be able to play it but you can still store it in the collection manager.
You need to be missing a really large fraction of the deck for this to not be a viable option, which is rarely true in the middle of an expansion cycle.
New Neutral Minion - Entrapped Sorceress
At first I thought "this is pretty good!" but yeah, you're completely right. Man scorpid is busted.
New Neutral Minion - Goldshire Gnoll
Actually quite good, not just in Handlock but in multiple decks that draw a lot of cards. Also good nerf to random 10 drops.
New Neutral Minion - Stockades Prisoner
Actually quite decent in decks that play a lot of cards, like Rogue, Demon Hunter and Mage.
New Neutral Minion - Enthusiastic Banker
Delayed card draw that has the potential to burn a bunch of cards, all on an understatted body. Trash.
New Neutral Minion - Nobleman
It's kind of like card draw, don't sleep on it too much.
New Neutral Minion - Cheesemonger
Pack filler, might see play in arena.
New Neutral Minion - Lady Prestor
This can actually be really insane in decks with a bunch of cheap minions as a top-end that you tutor with Taelan Fordring. I don't think people who hate on this card realise quite how strong the effect of a random dragon is.
New Warrior Minion - Harbor Scamp
Overstatted tutoring draw that really helps your quest along, busted.
New Warrior Minion - Stormwind Freebooter
Very good, it's a very solid tempo play that advances your quest.
New Warrior Minion - Cargo Guard
Very good 3-drop for control, helps your quest, won't see play outside of those decks.