Hearthpwn

Alright, let me just put this out there, no matter how hard you try or how bad you think these two legendaries are, you aren't going to change my mind. So don't try.

Anyways, these are the two remaining expensive cards I need to finish a homebrew of mine, and while both will be crafted/obtained (if I'm super lucky) eventually, I by no means have a large supply/income of dust. So, which would you prefer to have in most situations if you had to choose - Onyxia or Elite Tauren Chieftain?

They're both kinda joke cards imo. But I have run Onyxia in a druid deck and it was fun.

It sounds like you're aiming to have fun, so I would say craft whichever card you think will be more fun to play with.

I don't have ETC, but honestly the cards that he gives don't seem that cool, so I would go with Onyxia for the "OMG so many tokens" aspect.

Onyxia.  Etc is unplayable garbage where as Onyxia is at least decent in control warrior and ramp druid

Janova makes a good point tho

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Alright, let me just put this out there, no matter how hard you try or how bad you think these two legendaries are, you aren't going to change my mind. So don't try.

 

Anyways, these are the two remaining expensive cards I need to finish a homebrew of mine, and while both will be crafted/obtained (if I'm super lucky) eventually, I by no means have a large supply/income of dust. So, which would you prefer to have in most situations if you had to choose - Onyxia or Elite Tauren Chieftain?

You can get Onyxia from a pack, you cannot get ETC I believe.

I really enjoyed Elite Tauren Chieftain in a Randuin deck I used to play before the tinkmaster nerf.  Be aware ETC usually ends up hurting you more than helping, it's bad in the same way Gelbin is.  So bad it's good (but not really).

Every good deck needs a solid turn five play, hence why nearly all decks run [card]Azure Drake[/card] . [card]Elite Tauren Chieftain[/card] is a solid play because it deals with both [card]Chillwind Yeti[/card] and [card]Azure Drake[/card] effectively. This being said, it would probably work best in a priest deck and the battle cry effects both players so it neither helps nor hinders any specific player.

I'd go ETC. Just because this deck probably needs additional ROCK.

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Elite Tauren Chieftain because.. because..... Elite Tauren Chieftain

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I'd go ETC. Just because this deck probably needs additional ROCK.

THOSE TWO!!! \m/ O \m/

BTW I am trying Onyxia in a Token and in a Combo Druid and she can work a bit...

To summarize what the above players are saying:

• Onyxia is the slightly more powerful card because it gives you more stats per mana, especially if you have cards to get maximum value from your tokens (like power of the wild in a druid deck, or Dark Iron dwarf to buff their attacks). While ETC is weaker because when played early, you don't have the chance to play the card it gives you before your opponent's turn, giving him the initiative on a possible response (and nothing is more annoying than getting your ETC killed by a spell power boosted "Rogues do it").
• ETC is the hugely more fun and flavorful card that makes games more interesting, surprises your opponents and feels great to play.

So the question is: are you going for the most effective deck, or just something to have fun with? (And in the first case, is even Onyxia really your best choice?)