This is really similar to the Secret Mage I used to get to Diamond 3 this last month. There were only a few differences, I used: Ancient Mysteries and Aluneth instead of the Voracious Readers,
I'd say keep hold of anything you think is genuinely quite likely to get nerfed (which doesn't always include OP cards if they are central to their class identity), but don't feel too reluctant to dust the rest since most won't be nerfed and being able to craft something you are interested in sooner is worth something.
If it helps make the risk of lost dust feel less bad, you can ask "am I happy trading this extra copy I cannot use for the usual amount of dust?" If the answer is yes then whether or not you would get more dust later doesn't change the question and the answer is still yes.
This adds a lot of perspective. In the grand scheme of things, I'm really only looking at several hundred dust that I would miss out on with the potential nerf targets that have been theorized. I just get paralysis and "buyers remorse" almost every single time I do it and get a legendary and then only play it intermittently. The last two cards I crafted were Activate the Obelisk and Patches the Pirate. Solely because I play a lot of wild, the latter is the only one that sees a lot of play.
I'm in the exact same boat. I held onto nearly all my Scholomance duplicates (only rares and commons, of course) in the hopes that something might get nerfed and I could cash in. I dusted a small handful of them that have seen no play (so far), but am still holding out on the remainder.
I'm beginning to wonder if nerfs are coming at all - the meta seems pretty diverse to me. I don't think there's a class that feels oppressive (maybe rogue at the moment?) in terms of how much I see it in the constructed ladder - and nothing is unbeatable.
I was sitting on about 20,000 dust before Scholomance's release because I have analysis paralysis and and an irrational fear of dusting something that I will regret later. I play wild, so I don't dust at rotations, and I don't dust non-duplicates.
I just don't feel in my gut like nerfs are coming soon - and if they do, the cynic in me bets they'll nerf a legendary or an epic (like Guardian Animals or Secret Passage) where I don't have duplicates.
I am a Wild player as well. Along those lines, the recent decks around Darkglare and Secret Passage really make me wonder if those cards are going to get hit. The fact that with Odd and Kingsbane Rogue, Secret Passage cane help you really vomit out cards so fast that your opponent cannot really do anything about it has me wondering if it will get dinged to (2) mana.
As for Darkglare I have been playing the hell out of it and I can see why people would have an issue with it. I have been able to consistently drop giants on T3-4 along with other threats and most of my wins with the version of the deck I play, there is a buffed Hooked Reaver to "protect" the other minions as well as what little of my health there is left.
UGh! It's that time again when we have to look at our collection and see what we are missing and what we have an abundance of and think to ourselves if a nerf is coming.
Not going to lie. I kept the majority of the cards that I felt would be problematic in the current meta and dusted the rest. The good/bad of this is that I have some dust that I am ready to use and get a couple of the cards that I really really want in both wild and standard formats.
Now this is where I am stuck and wonder what direction I should choose:
1) should I say to hell with it and dust the remaining items I have surpluses of to make some of the cards I want/need?
2) hold out in hopes that Blizz will make their nerf targets known as soon as possible so that we can start planning on what we are going to do?
With my climb in the last part of this season, I have been playing the hell out of most of these decks with my own flair to them. I am thoroughly convinced though that these recent builds with Darkglare will cause that thing to get nerfed and HARD at that. The fact that I have been able to drop 1-3 Giants by turn 4 consecutively is really terrifying. Flesh Giant may also be on the list since with Warlock you can manipulate your health so easily, but realistically it is a dominating deck.
The Pure Paladin build, I'm not surprised to see it. Although at the upper ranks before Legend I am seeing a lot of Mech Paladin abusing that Replicat-o-tron with Zilliax. Something awesome about dropping a hero power to get a 1/1 that turns into a copy of the mech on the board is amazing.
Also, I guess because it's not using a ton of recent cards, Secret Mage is really prominent. There have also been a few guest appearances of Quest Mage as well, but nothing too crazy like the other decks.
I tried various lackey lock decks in the past to only fail due to the inconsistency of getting Dark Pharaoh Tekahn. But having Disciplinarian Gandling in your deck means that you have 2 options for all the lackeys you can produce. So... I'll give him a solid 4 stars for that one scenario.
I like the take on this deck. The version I was trying to play with I was trying to make use of Vessina and the Lightning Blooms. But it just felt klunky
I"m actually shocked to not see Manafeeder Panthara in more even decks. Pretty much across the board, whenever a card will replace itself with a curve, its usually a "Must Have" in a deck.
I still played through with KT in Druid and was able to pull a lot of stuff out. YES it is slower with the cost going up from (0). But it is still going to be used. I have noticed though that there have been less Druids in the ladder and I am encountering more Hunter and Mage. Anyone else?
This is really similar to the Secret Mage I used to get to Diamond 3 this last month. There were only a few differences, I used:
Ancient Mysteries and Aluneth instead of the Voracious Readers,
Flame Ward instead of Netherwind Portal
Evocation instead of the second Arcane Flakmage
Great discount deck though!!
I dropped Darkglare on Turn 2 and was able to cheat out 2 Flesh Giant and 1 Molten Giant on T4. My opponent left.
Always a Bunnyhopper and Monsanto fan.
This adds a lot of perspective. In the grand scheme of things, I'm really only looking at several hundred dust that I would miss out on with the potential nerf targets that have been theorized. I just get paralysis and "buyers remorse" almost every single time I do it and get a legendary and then only play it intermittently. The last two cards I crafted were Activate the Obelisk and Patches the Pirate. Solely because I play a lot of wild, the latter is the only one that sees a lot of play.
I am a Wild player as well. Along those lines, the recent decks around Darkglare and Secret Passage really make me wonder if those cards are going to get hit. The fact that with Odd and Kingsbane Rogue, Secret Passage cane help you really vomit out cards so fast that your opponent cannot really do anything about it has me wondering if it will get dinged to (2) mana.
As for Darkglare I have been playing the hell out of it and I can see why people would have an issue with it. I have been able to consistently drop giants on T3-4 along with other threats and most of my wins with the version of the deck I play, there is a buffed Hooked Reaver to "protect" the other minions as well as what little of my health there is left.
UGh! It's that time again when we have to look at our collection and see what we are missing and what we have an abundance of and think to ourselves if a nerf is coming.
Not going to lie. I kept the majority of the cards that I felt would be problematic in the current meta and dusted the rest. The good/bad of this is that I have some dust that I am ready to use and get a couple of the cards that I really really want in both wild and standard formats.
Now this is where I am stuck and wonder what direction I should choose:
1) should I say to hell with it and dust the remaining items I have surpluses of to make some of the cards I want/need?
2) hold out in hopes that Blizz will make their nerf targets known as soon as possible so that we can start planning on what we are going to do?
What is everyone else doing?
As if I needed another reason to craft Awaken the Makers
With my climb in the last part of this season, I have been playing the hell out of most of these decks with my own flair to them. I am thoroughly convinced though that these recent builds with Darkglare will cause that thing to get nerfed and HARD at that. The fact that I have been able to drop 1-3 Giants by turn 4 consecutively is really terrifying. Flesh Giant may also be on the list since with Warlock you can manipulate your health so easily, but realistically it is a dominating deck.
The Pure Paladin build, I'm not surprised to see it. Although at the upper ranks before Legend I am seeing a lot of Mech Paladin abusing that Replicat-o-tron with Zilliax. Something awesome about dropping a hero power to get a 1/1 that turns into a copy of the mech on the board is amazing.
Also, I guess because it's not using a ton of recent cards, Secret Mage is really prominent. There have also been a few guest appearances of Quest Mage as well, but nothing too crazy like the other decks.
I could get behind Enter the Coliseum. That would make it a Paladin card instead of a warrior-like paladin card.
That's gross... sitting there for 16 rounds is just dumb
I have been playing something really similar and I love this mentality of blowing through your life to drop serious threats fast
Ugh... Why can't the albatross be un-nerfed so that Highland Hunter won't be as dominating or prevalent!?!?!?
I tried various lackey lock decks in the past to only fail due to the inconsistency of getting Dark Pharaoh Tekahn. But having Disciplinarian Gandling in your deck means that you have 2 options for all the lackeys you can produce. So... I'll give him a solid 4 stars for that one scenario.
The version I've been playing I had to remove the Steeldancer. As awesome as they are, they were just too slow.
I take it that the Gyrocopter is there for the Corpsetakers?
I like the take on this deck. The version I was trying to play with I was trying to make use of Vessina and the Lightning Blooms. But it just felt klunky
I cannot wait to play this. Although I need to find a sub for Kanrethad Ebonlocke
This deck looks ridiculously fun to play
I"m actually shocked to not see Manafeeder Panthara in more even decks. Pretty much across the board, whenever a card will replace itself with a curve, its usually a "Must Have" in a deck.
I still played through with KT in Druid and was able to pull a lot of stuff out. YES it is slower with the cost going up from (0). But it is still going to be used. I have noticed though that there have been less Druids in the ladder and I am encountering more Hunter and Mage. Anyone else?