I’m starting a series of threads (with attached polls) in the attempt to hopefully determine as a forum what cards are considered to be the best in each class.
The criteria for choosing the “best” card is up to you. Which card is most broken? Which card fits in most decks? Something else? Hopefully people will leave a comment explaining their selection. I will come back and update the thread with a link to each poll here:
Each class will have a thread with 3 different polls grouping cards into 3 categories: Basic/Classic, Standard (Old Gods, Karazhan, Gadgetzan, Un’Goro), and Wild Only (Hall of Fame, Naxxramas, Goblins vs. Gnomes, Blackrock Mountain, Grant Tournament, League of Explorers). I will let the voting go for 3 days, and then the card from each category with the most votes will move on to the second round.
The second round will be in two parts. The “Best in Class” will be determined by a new poll with the best Basic/Classic card, the best Standard card, and the best Wild Only card for each class. The “Best in Category” will take all 9 winners for Basic/Classic, Standard, and Wild Only and see which card is considered the best in each of those categories. Example: If Ancient of War wins the poll for best Druid Basic/Classic card, it would then move on to be in two more polls – Best Overall Druid card, and Best Basic/Classic card.
If there is interest in this process I will do more similar polls, like for neutral cards (but by mana cost instead of class).
Notes
Rather than listing 30+ cards in each category, I took the liberty of limiting the field to 7 cards in the Basic/Classic category and 5 each in the other two categories. The only exception is Mage – I couldn’t pare the Basic/Classic list down to 7 for the life of me. Sometimes it was a stretch to even come up with 5 – see the Druid Wild category.
I apologize if your favorite card didn’t make my list of nominees, but I had to limit it somehow. I tried to pick the cards that are played the most and/or are key components of a specific archetype. If it becomes clear via the comments that I left out the best card from the list of choices, then I will do that thread over again.
No Hydrologist .. a card which is included in every paladin deck from now till it rotates out... should have been listed instead of ivory knight
Yeah, Hydrologist snuck up on me the past week or so. I agree it should be one of the 5 - whether instead of Forbidden Healing or Ivory Knight I'm not sure. That said, since Sunkeeper is running away with the vote, I think I will leave the poll as it is - turns out I need to get an admin to make changes to the polls. Thanks for the input.
What do you mean by best? You mean the card with the most impact? That would be a toss up between Tirion or the new class legendary: sunkeeper tarim.
Each voter gets to decide what "best" means to them - most impact, most flexibility, etc. And I agree - while Tirion has always been considered the gold standard for legendaries, Sunkeeper is amazing at equalizing a board. He is so flexible.
I’m starting a series of threads (with attached polls) in the attempt to hopefully determine as a forum what cards are considered to be the best in each class.
The criteria for choosing the “best” card is up to you. Which card is most broken? Which card fits in most decks? Something else? Hopefully people will leave a comment explaining their selection. I will come back and update the thread with a link to each poll here:
Details
Each class will have a thread with 3 different polls grouping cards into 3 categories: Basic/Classic, Standard (Old Gods, Karazhan, Gadgetzan, Un’Goro), and Wild Only (Hall of Fame, Naxxramas, Goblins vs. Gnomes, Blackrock Mountain, Grant Tournament, League of Explorers). I will let the voting go for 3 days, and then the card from each category with the most votes will move on to the second round.
The second round will be in two parts. The “Best in Class” will be determined by a new poll with the best Basic/Classic card, the best Standard card, and the best Wild Only card for each class. The “Best in Category” will take all 9 winners for Basic/Classic, Standard, and Wild Only and see which card is considered the best in each of those categories. Example: If Ancient of War wins the poll for best Druid Basic/Classic card, it would then move on to be in two more polls – Best Overall Druid card, and Best Basic/Classic card.
If there is interest in this process I will do more similar polls, like for neutral cards (but by mana cost instead of class).
Notes
Rather than listing 30+ cards in each category, I took the liberty of limiting the field to 7 cards in the Basic/Classic category and 5 each in the other two categories. The only exception is Mage – I couldn’t pare the Basic/Classic list down to 7 for the life of me. Sometimes it was a stretch to even come up with 5 – see the Druid Wild category.
I apologize if your favorite card didn’t make my list of nominees, but I had to limit it somehow. I tried to pick the cards that are played the most and/or are key components of a specific archetype. If it becomes clear via the comments that I left out the best card from the list of choices, then I will do that thread over again.
Thanks!
No Hydrologist .. a card which is included in every paladin deck from now till it rotates out... should have been listed instead of ivory knight
What do you mean by best? You mean the card with the most impact? That would be a toss up between Tirion or the new class legendary: sunkeeper tarim.
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Muster for battle for sure I hit legend in wild with a quest paladin and the only difference between it and standard is muster