Hello guys, I've been a Hearthstone player since Naxxramas, left the game some time, they introduced STANDARD/WILD modes and so on. I have lot of cards from old expansions that it seems i will never use and now i would like to retake the game seriously and play ladder, so i need tons of dust to make new meta decks, should i get the dust or conservate them? Will I ever use Dr.Boom again for example? This is my collection https://www.hearthpwn.com/members/AlexWolovich/collection
I personally wouldn't dust old cards, but that's just me. I already did once and I regret it now. That said, if you're super confident you'll never be interested in or will want to play Wild, then go to town with dusting.
A. Your Collection is considered Private, so we cannot view it.
B. Dusting Wild cards is terrible for the long-term, considering it is the fate of every expansion to eventually make its way to Wild. If you keep dusting, you'll lose more and more value over time from the terrible return-on-investment. Instead, if you play the long-game and accept the fact that Wild is inevitable, you can work toward playable decks in the short-term and still build a collection over time.
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I dusted my wild cards in July 2018. THE BIGGEST MISTAKE I HAVE EVER MADE. I thought I would not regret it, boy was I wrong. I only play standard, yet I still regret dusting them to this day.
As a Standard player for 2 years, I've come to a point where I maintain dust stability. At expansion release I start saving gold for the next one. At rotation I dust one year worth of cards, gradually using up the dust during the year to fill the gaps in collection where needed. It pretty much allows me to craft whatever deck I need (within some sensible constraints, like not crafting legendaries for a tavern brawl).
Keeping Wild would make it much harder to maintain a Standard collection, as I'd be losing a large amount of dust every year, while still needing those Standard legendaries.
The question is: do you want to
Play both formats, but without fully experiencing Standard
Never touch Wild, but be able to try any Standard deck you want
By the way, these topics always attract Wild players trying to "convert" people, giving a false impression it's a popular format. It's actually got about 1/10 of Standard playerbase.
I don't recommend it, in the long run you will think of playing wild, but when you remember that you dusted every wild card it's nearly impossible to recover even some of the cards you disenchanted, which i guarantee you will make you feel sad and regretful.
why think of playing wild? sometimes standard is boring or you want something fresh and different, you play wild in that case.
TL:DR dont do it, you will regret dusting everything since the grind is really insane to recover what is lost.
Do you want a bunch of dust to spend on new standard cards?
I do. That's why I dust most of the wild cards. I may keep a couple.
I know I'll never play Wild. Plus I get to enjoy all of the new cards on day 1. Which is what I really want. And still have money in my pocket. Wild is for people who don't like standard.
Cards are even more broken and you will face decks that steamroll you quite often.
From the day I started playing, I never even considered dusting cards that go to wild. Your wild collection only grows over time and the longer you keep playing the more you're gonna catch up. If you dust your wild cards now you might never come back to it, even if you wanted to.
I've completely stopped playing Standard around August 2016 and I'm so glad Wild exists. I think it's just a lot more fun with the bigger card pool. Sure you might not be able to build every deck you're interested in on the day a new expansion launches, but neither was I when I (seriously) started playing in 2016. Took me about 1 year to get to a point where I could get most of the cards I wanted on launch-day. :)
EDIT: It's become somewhat of a tradition for me, almost everytime a new expansion launches, to craft one or more Legys from old expansions. Stuff like Malorne, Gahz'rilla, Iron Juggernaut, Fjola Lightbane, Mal'Ganis (before we got DK Guldan) or Chillmaw. If you enjoy playing the game and you having fun is not dependent on whether you can play the strongest Tier1-deck on ladder, then I'd really recommend keeping your wild cards. :)
I dusted my wild cards when I first came back (about a year and a half ago now). I never regretted it even for a second. The ONE AND ONLY time that it kinda sucked was unlocking Arthas in the Knights of the Frozen Throne single player content. But that was just single player content, big effin deal haha. And I figured it all out anyways.
I would have given up on the game like a week in if I had to start completely from scratch in standard. Instead I got about 15 months of very solid gaming in. People always talk about return on investment sucking if you keep disenchanting. Well, in my case, it looks like I multiplied that investment by a huge amount.
Also I hate wild because...it's just lame and I don't like it lol. Yet another reason I don't regret my decision one bit.
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My suggestion would be to keep the cards if you fairly invested in hearthstone, if you don't mind spending a bit of money to keep up with new sets, or if you are interested in playing wild. If you just want to make some decent standard decks, aren't that invested in the game, and don't want to play wild, I'd recommend you go through and disenchant some of the epic/legendary cards that are neither interesting nor good from wild.
Cards like mini-mage, junkbot, and recruiter are probably safe to disenchant. You can never be certain, metagames change and we've been surpried before. I'd strongly recommend disenchanting cards with powerful unique effects like loatheb or thaurissan, and common/rare cards don't really give enough dust to matter compared to the risk of having to re-craft them, but if losing a few old niche wild cards helps you enjoy standard more it can be worth it.
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Hello guys, I've been a Hearthstone player since Naxxramas, left the game some time, they introduced STANDARD/WILD modes and so on. I have lot of cards from old expansions that it seems i will never use and now i would like to retake the game seriously and play ladder, so i need tons of dust to make new meta decks, should i get the dust or conservate them? Will I ever use Dr.Boom again for example?
This is my collection https://www.hearthpwn.com/members/AlexWolovich/collection
well it just depends if you want to play wild in the long run, but i still dont think its worth it.
Your collection is set to private.
I personally wouldn't dust old cards, but that's just me. I already did once and I regret it now. That said, if you're super confident you'll never be interested in or will want to play Wild, then go to town with dusting.
I only play Wild. So I say no.
A. Your Collection is considered Private, so we cannot view it.
B. Dusting Wild cards is terrible for the long-term, considering it is the fate of every expansion to eventually make its way to Wild. If you keep dusting, you'll lose more and more value over time from the terrible return-on-investment. Instead, if you play the long-game and accept the fact that Wild is inevitable, you can work toward playable decks in the short-term and still build a collection over time.
Behold, foolish interlopers! I am commanding this mortal to spread the will of the Scourge throughout the interwebs, encouraging you to seek out me, Archlich Kel'Thuzad! Now coming to you as the tenth class of Hearthstone!
I am a finalist in this Class Creation Competition, so if you could give it a look I would be greatly appreciative <3
Sorry, now is set to public. For now I think I will not disenchant anything.
I play most of the time arena by the way, and some times ladder on standard...
This question was many times answered. The answer is no.
Please review the forums before creating a thread. This topic comes up 50 times every year... The answer is it depends and you need to find one of four other posts in the last 3 weeks to see my write out of that.
I dusted my wild cards in July 2018. THE BIGGEST MISTAKE I HAVE EVER MADE. I thought I would not regret it, boy was I wrong. I only play standard, yet I still regret dusting them to this day.
"To err is human..."
Yes.
As a Standard player for 2 years, I've come to a point where I maintain dust stability. At expansion release I start saving gold for the next one. At rotation I dust one year worth of cards, gradually using up the dust during the year to fill the gaps in collection where needed. It pretty much allows me to craft whatever deck I need (within some sensible constraints, like not crafting legendaries for a tavern brawl).
Keeping Wild would make it much harder to maintain a Standard collection, as I'd be losing a large amount of dust every year, while still needing those Standard legendaries.
The question is: do you want to
By the way, these topics always attract Wild players trying to "convert" people, giving a false impression it's a popular format. It's actually got about 1/10 of Standard playerbase.
If you have old cards but not newer cards then wild is probably cheaper than standard.
I don't recommend it, in the long run you will think of playing wild, but when you remember that you dusted every wild card it's nearly impossible to recover even some of the cards you disenchanted, which i guarantee you will make you feel sad and regretful.
why think of playing wild? sometimes standard is boring or you want something fresh and different, you play wild in that case.
TL:DR dont do it, you will regret dusting everything since the grind is really insane to recover what is lost.
Do you want a bunch of dust to spend on new standard cards?
I do. That's why I dust most of the wild cards. I may keep a couple.
I know I'll never play Wild. Plus I get to enjoy all of the new cards on day 1. Which is what I really want. And still have money in my pocket. Wild is for people who don't like standard.
Cards are even more broken and you will face decks that steamroll you quite often.
Mill Rogue, Big Priest, Reno Jackson.
Yep all wild.
Kazakus, totem golem, ice lance.
All the cards rotating in April.
Have fun playing Wild.
I only play standard I dusted all my wild cards last year don’t regret it I find the dust more helpful than keeping cards I won’t use
From the day I started playing, I never even considered dusting cards that go to wild. Your wild collection only grows over time and the longer you keep playing the more you're gonna catch up. If you dust your wild cards now you might never come back to it, even if you wanted to.
I've completely stopped playing Standard around August 2016 and I'm so glad Wild exists. I think it's just a lot more fun with the bigger card pool. Sure you might not be able to build every deck you're interested in on the day a new expansion launches, but neither was I when I (seriously) started playing in 2016. Took me about 1 year to get to a point where I could get most of the cards I wanted on launch-day. :)
EDIT: It's become somewhat of a tradition for me, almost everytime a new expansion launches, to craft one or more Legys from old expansions. Stuff like Malorne, Gahz'rilla, Iron Juggernaut, Fjola Lightbane, Mal'Ganis (before we got DK Guldan) or Chillmaw. If you enjoy playing the game and you having fun is not dependent on whether you can play the strongest Tier1-deck on ladder, then I'd really recommend keeping your wild cards. :)
yes you should, I would if I could
Dead but dreaming
I dusted my wild cards when I first came back (about a year and a half ago now). I never regretted it even for a second. The ONE AND ONLY time that it kinda sucked was unlocking Arthas in the Knights of the Frozen Throne single player content. But that was just single player content, big effin deal haha. And I figured it all out anyways.
I would have given up on the game like a week in if I had to start completely from scratch in standard. Instead I got about 15 months of very solid gaming in. People always talk about return on investment sucking if you keep disenchanting. Well, in my case, it looks like I multiplied that investment by a huge amount.
Also I hate wild because...it's just lame and I don't like it lol. Yet another reason I don't regret my decision one bit.
Twitch name: Anatak15
NA Legend Season 48, 49, 52, 53, 54, 74
Short answer: no!
Long answer: hell no!
Always expect the unexpectable!
My suggestion would be to keep the cards if you fairly invested in hearthstone, if you don't mind spending a bit of money to keep up with new sets, or if you are interested in playing wild. If you just want to make some decent standard decks, aren't that invested in the game, and don't want to play wild, I'd recommend you go through and disenchant some of the epic/legendary cards that are neither interesting nor good from wild.
Cards like mini-mage, junkbot, and recruiter are probably safe to disenchant. You can never be certain, metagames change and we've been surpried before. I'd strongly recommend disenchanting cards with powerful unique effects like loatheb or thaurissan, and common/rare cards don't really give enough dust to matter compared to the risk of having to re-craft them, but if losing a few old niche wild cards helps you enjoy standard more it can be worth it.