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Can I choose NOT to pick Golden cards in Arena?
Consider this situation:
I have a Mind Vision in hand. My opponent has 2 Flamestrikes; one of them is Golden and the other one is not Golden. I play my Mind Vision and get a copy of the Golden Flamestrike. The next turn my opponent plays the non-Golden Flamestrike.
If my Mind Vision is NOT Golden, I'll know that my opponent is still holding a Golden Flamestrike, and thus I can play around it. But it's not the case if my Mind Vision is Golden, since Golden Mind Vision transfers every card it copies into Golden ones.
tl;dr Non-Golden Mind Vision/Thoughtsteal/Mindgames is better than Golden ones. We should be able to choose NOT to have Golden cards in Arena.
(Not a native speaker. Hope I've expressed myself clear)
Ben Brode
Specifically, the option to completely de-goldenize your deck, post draft.
Ben Brode
We will be adding this functionality to a patch later this year, based on the feedback we read when the feature was announced.