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Doing nothing is 1600, crafting and disenchanting golden is still the same 1600, so dont bother, because you only get dust for golden if you have both

 So, I'm thinking of buying packs for the sole purpose of gathering dust to make golden versions. How much dust can I expect to garner from a given set, assuming I have all of the cards in normal form? Is there any set that's better for dusting purposes than another?

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 So, I'm thinking of buying packs for the sole purpose of gathering dust to make golden versions. How much dust can I expect to garner from a given set, assuming I have all of the cards in normal form? Is there any set that's better for dusting purposes than another?

Included the above in the OP and included a nice visual overview created by TheLordOfTerror, which I found in one of the other topics, as well as making some slight changes to wording here and there to hopefully make things less ambiguous. Do let me know in case there is any wrong/confusing information and I'll update the OP.

Cheers!

Usually devil is in the detail so i thought a thing...that guy asked Brode about refound but specifing an unpack scenario...what if we craft them to dust them later? Could still work really? Are we really sure Blizzard Guys are a bunch of idiot? Maybe is just a gift for every1?

You can get refound only for 1 legendary not for both of them reading carefully the article so watch out!

when is hall of fame going live?

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Usually devil is in the detail so i thought a thing...that guy asked Brode about refound but specifing an unpack scenario...what if we craft them to dust them later? Could still work really? Are we really sure Blizzard Guys are a bunch of idiot? Maybe is just a gift for every1?

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Usually devil is in the detail so i thought a thing...that guy asked Brode about refound but specifing an unpack scenario...what if we craft them to dust them later? Could still work really? Are we really sure Blizzard Guys are a bunch of idiot? Maybe is just a gift for every1?

Conspiracy Theory alert: Blizzard is always out to get me!

Seriously, it would be ridiculous for them to create code to only allow people to get the dust if they got the card from a pack vs if they crafted it after the announcement. It's not like Blizz will be gifting that much dust this way, only 3700 dust max per player that doesn't own any of these cards whatsoever and decides to craft everything + DE them afterwards. This is a highly unlikely scenario, as someone who doesn't own these cards won't have enough dust to create all of them. So you'll see some people will get a little boost by getting a free Rag/Sylvanna's, which is a nice gesture from Blizzard. In reality they probably save more dust this way, as people won't be DEing they're multiple copies of any of these cards, which I imagine would make the rich richer. This way rather gives something to the poor so to speak.

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You can get refound only for 1 legendary not for both of them reading carefully the article so watch out!

 They'll refund as much as you can put in a deck. So that's 2 of each of the commons, and 1 of the legendaries. Golden prioritized.
Yes if you have two Ragnaros, you only get dust for one. If you have 1 Sylvanas and 1 Ragnaros, you get dust for both.

but you get to keep the golden one and DE the normal one... then u still made 1600 + 400dust for the normal no?? so confusing

Good thread, OP did a good job of clarifying all the cases. One thing I would note is that whatever strategy you decide, you shouldn't craft new cards now, because you would lose out of just getting free dust if you were to subsequently find those cards in packs before the rotation hits. I think the optimal timing is to wait until just before the rotation hits, then craft whatever card you still want.

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but you get to keep the golden one and DE the normal one... then u still made 1600 + 400dust for the normal no?? so confusing

So, I have them both regular, and my thoughts are as follows  (In my calculations I do not take into account the initial cost):

Craft both gold = - 6400 dust

DE the regular versions = + 800 dust

Format change = +6400 dust for my golden ones

Current dust balance = +800 and I've replaced my regular ones with the gold ones.

Xmmm, tempting to do as a gold card is a gold card. Or just do nothing and gain +3200 dust for future craftings...

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 So, I'm thinking of buying packs for the sole purpose of gathering dust to make golden versions. How much dust can I expect to garner from a given set, assuming I have all of the cards in normal form? Is there any set that's better for dusting purposes than another?

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 So, I'm thinking of buying packs for the sole purpose of gathering dust to make golden versions. How much dust can I expect to garner from a given set, assuming I have all of the cards in normal form? Is there any set that's better for dusting purposes than another?

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So, I have them both regular, and my thoughts are as follows  (In my calculations I do not take into account the initial cost):

Craft both gold = - 6400 dust

DE the regular versions = + 800 dust

Format change = +6400 dust for my golden ones

Current dust balance = +800 and I've replaced my regular ones with the gold ones.

Xmmm, tempting to do as a gold card is a gold card. Or just do nothing and gain +3200 dust for future craftings...

The OP is 100% correct on this.  Take time and reread the post as he explains it thoroughly.

 Thanks for putting this down  on  "paper" ,  initially I was thinking that crafting the golden was appropriate regardless of already owning the regular,  but now I see it's a net 0 effect unless you just want the golden for collection sake at the cost of the possible 1600 (or 1200 if you dust the regular) you would get from doing nothing. 

Thanks again op! 

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Doing nothing is 1600, crafting and disenchanting golden is still the same 1600, so dont bother, because you only get dust for golden if you have both

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How do we know if we will get the normal DE value after they are added to the hall of fame? 
in example: I dont have Ragnaros so if I craft GOLDEN Ragnaros i will go -3200 dust now. +3200 dust after new year and +1600 if i decide to disenchant him, leaving me with a total of 1600 extra dust from what i started with am i correct? 

JIt is stated in the original announcment