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Welcome to the new Legendary Tier Crafting Guide!
SEE POST BELOW FOR WILD-ONLY SETS AND CHECK OUT THIS THREAD FOR EPIC CARDS.

This thread is to be a home for legendary crafting advice. If you are not sure which legendary you should craft next, this is the place to ask! We only recommend disenchanting golden versions of legenary cards until you know you will not buy more packs from the corresponding set. Keeping even the worst legendaries will increase your chance of getting a good one next time due to the no-duplicate rule. We will try our best to stay on top of the meta-game with updates, and hope this thread can be a valuable resource for new and veteran players alike to make better decisions with your dust!

Disclaimer: A tier list like this can never please everyone; the meta game is dynamic. If you think a card is in the wrong tier, please explain and provide links to deck lists or other data to support your claim.

Please note that some of the cards may not yet be craftable, and are received through adventures or rewards.

* = Recently updated

** = Effected by recent nerfs

 = Editor's choice smart crafts.

 = Safe to dust

Awaiting placement:
SoU - Saviors of Uldum

Only sure things, we can certainly say; these are the kings of the meta today.

SoU - Saviors of Uldum
Armagedillo* - Staple in taunt control warrior, also playable in tempo versions, very good winrate.
Dinotamer Brann* - Buildaround in Highlander hunter, very good winrate.
King Phaoris* - Good card in slower decks running expensive spells, notably for mage, priest and druid.
Reno the Relicologist* - Staple in several slower mage decks, very good winrate.
Siamat* - Versatile neutral playable in many different decks.
Zephrys the Great* - Staple in highlander (and other) decks for many classes

 - Rise of Shadows
Scargil* - Staple in murloc shaman, very good winrate.

 - Rastakhan's Rumble
Bwonsamdi, the Dead* - Staple in combo priest.
Zul'jin - Staple in Secret and near staple in beast midrange hunter.

 - The Boomsday Project
Dr. Boom, Mad Genius - Staple in most warrior decks
SN1P-SN4P - Staple in mech decks.
Subject 9 - Staple in secret paladin and hunter, playable secret heavy mage decks.
Zilliax - Very versatile card, playable in several succesful decks for many classes.

 - The Witchwood

 - Classic
Alexstrasza* - Staple in several combo decks, playable in most control decks.
Leeroy Jenkins - Playable finisher in any aggressive deck.

A twist or an answer to take for a spin. An off-metamancer will need one to win.

SoU - Saviors of Uldum
Corrupt the Waters* - Battlecry quest is a solid deck but others have better winrates.
High Priest Amet* - Staple in Inner Fire combo priest.
Making Mummies* - Quest paladin is a strong archetype which notably counters control warrior.
Sir Finley of the Sands* - Staple in Tip the Scales paladin but can be replaced with similar results.
Unseal the Vault* - Very good winrate in swarm style hunter decks.
Untapped Potential* - Quest druid is a strong deck.
Vessina* - Good card in faster shaman decks, including quest ones.

 - Rise of Shadows
Archmage Vargoth* - Strong synergies in many decks, notably token druid.
Archivist Elysiana* - Staple in control warrior, playable in all slower decks as anti-control tech.
Barista Lynchen* - Strong card in decks with battlecry synergies, notably highlander ones.
Blastmaster Boom - Staple in bomb warrior decks.
Chef Nomi* - Alternate win condition for several draw heavy and deckthinning decks.
Heistbaron Togwaggle Strong synergy with EVIL Miscreant in tempo rogue but is replaceable.
Kalecgos* -Staple in highlander and Khadgar dragon mage.
Keeper Stalladris - Staple in token druid, playable in other druid decks.

 - Rastakhan's Rumble
Da Undatakah* - Staple in quest paladin and Mecha'thun warrior.
Halazzi, the Lynx* - Good card in quest hunter.
Wardruid Loti* - Staple in quest druid.

 - The Boomsday Project
Boommaster Flark* - Staple in bomb-mech hunter.
Flobbidinous Floop* - Staple in Quest druid.
Kangor's Endless Army - Staple in quest and mech deathrattle paladin.
Stargazer Luna - Staple in Mana Cyclone mage.
The Soularium - Strong card in zoolock, but the archeype is playable without it.
The Storm Bringer - Staple in token and playable in murloc shaman.

 - The Witchwood
Azalina Soulthief* - Good tech vs combo and control decks for slower warrior decks.
Darius Crowley* - Good card in most faster warrior decks.
Hagatha the Witch - Strong value card in all slower shaman decks.
Houndmaster Shaw - Strong card in highlander and secret hunter.
Shudderwock - Staple in quest shaman, playable in other decks.

 - Classic
Al'Akir the Windlord - Strong, flexible classic card.
Archmage Antonidas - Staple in Mana Cyclone spell mage, playable in other mage decks.
Captain Greenskin - Strong card in Bomb warrior and Tempo rogue.
Cenarius - Staple in quest and playable in treant and token druid.
Grommash Hellscream* - Strong finisher in aggro and tempo based warrior decks.
Harrison Jones* - Evergreen neutral tech card.
Malygos* - Buildaround Combo quest druid and spell hunter. Playable in Mecha'thun warrior.
The Black Knight - Evergreen neutral tech card, not great in the current meta but safe longterm craft.
Tirion Fordring - Staple mech paladin, playable in any slower paladin deck.
Ysera - Strong, slow neutral value card.

Craft for something specific, or time to relax; but these are terrific, if you find them in packs.

SoU - Saviors of Uldum
Bazaar Burglary* - Every game will be different with this archetype, but it is not the most conistant.
Elise the Enlightened*  Playable in Quest druid, especially the Malygos version.
Dark Pharaoh Tekahn* - Playable in zoolock.
Octosari* - Sees play in Tempo warrior and might find new homes in the future.

 - Rise of Shadows
Catrina Muerte - Staple in resurrect combo priest. See Wild section.
Jepetto Joybuzz - Staple in Malygos freeze mage, combo potential.
Khadgar - Struggles to find a home after the Conjurer's Calling nerf.
Oblivitron - Staple in mechrattle hunter which is far from the most played hunter deck atm.
Swampqueen Hagatha* - Staple in Murloc shaman, lower winrate after the SoU release.
Zayle, Shadow Cloak* - Interresting card but some of his decks are pretty weak.

 - Rastakhan's Rumble
Hex Lord Malacrass* - Playable in Highlander Mage.
High Priest Thekal* - Playable in Mech and Holy Wrath paladin.
Mojomaster Zihi* - Tech card vs combo decks, struggles in the standard meta. Tier 1 in Wild.
Oondasta - Synergy with Witchwood Grizzly and other big beasts in control decks.
Shirvallah, the Tiger - Playable in several heal-heavy decks, hurt by Equality nerf.

 - The Boomsday Project
Crystalsmith Kangor - Playable in paladin decks built for healing synergy.
Electra Stormsurge - Low playrate, but playable in most shaman decks.
Luna's Pocket Galaxy - Staple in Highlander and control mage.
Mecha'thun* - Unique win condition, better in the Wild format. 
Myra's Unstable Element - Hurt by the Rogue nerfs.
Whizbang the Wonderful - Mediocre winrate but highly recommended for new players. Golden card value!

  - The Witchwood
Countess Ashmore - Versatile neutral card, playable in warrior and hunter decks.
Prince Liam* - Staple in Highlander paladin.
Tess Greymane* - Staple in quest rogue.

 - Classic
Baron Geddon - Has yet to find a home after the Standard rotation.
Bloodmage Thalnos* - Strong neutral card, playable in a variety of decks.
Brightwing* - Playable in slower decks with Dragon synergy, notably mage and Shaman.
Cairne Bloodhoof - Playable in deathrattle and midrange decks, low playrate.
Edwin VanCleef - Hurt by the rogue nerfs.
King Krush* - Playable in highlander hunter.
Onyxia - Playable in dragon decks.

They're not influential, and their niches are small, but they might have potential, or break a tavern brawl!

SoU - Saviors of Uldum
Activate the Obelisk* - Are played in resurrect and wall decks but has fallen off a strong start.
Colossus of the Moon* - Sees niche play in Big paladin and slow control decks.
Hack the System* - New quest warrior has a low winrate so far.
Raid the Sky Temple* - New quest mage has a low winrate so far.
Supreme Archaeology* - New quest warlock has a low winrate so far.

 - Rise of Shadows
Arch-Villain Rafaam* - Playable in zoolock and other decks but low winrate after the SoU expansion.
Commander Rhyssa* - Staple in Secret and Secret Mech paladin, low current playrate.
Lucentbark - Playable in Highlander Quest druid.
Nozari - Unique effect, playable in Dragon paladin but very low winrate.
The Boom Reaver* - Staple in Big warrior, low winrate.
Vereesa Windrunner* - Staple in Malygos hunter, playable in several spell heavy decks.

 - Rastakhan's Rumble
Akali, the Rhino* - Niche card in faster warrior decks, low winrate.
Captain Hooktusk* - Has dropped in play and winrate after the SoU expansion.
Gral, the Shark* - Niche card in tempo rogue.
Hakkar, the Soulflayer - Playable in mill decks, can have potential in the future.
High Priestess Jeklik* - Struggles to find a home after the Standard rotation.
Jan'alai, the Dragonhawk* - Playable in Khadgar mage, low playrate.
Krag'wa, the Frog - Playable in aggro shaman.
Zentimo* - Has dropped in play and winrate after the SoU expansion.
War Master Voone* - Value card for dragon warrior, low playrate.

 - The Boomsday Project
Flark's Boom-Zooka - Niche pick for mechrattle hunter.
Floop's Glorious Gloop* - Playable in token druid, low playrate.
Myra Rotspring - Playable in deathrattle rogue.
The Boomship* - Playable in Mecha'thun warrior, low playrate.
Zerek's Cloning Gallery* - Struggles to find a place in the current meta.

 - The Witchwood
Archmage Arugal* - Playable in dragon and highlander mage, low playrate.
Dollmaster Dorian - Effect difficult to make good use of, even in deathrattle decks.
Glinda Crowskin - Niche tech in Magic Carpet zoolock, lackey synergy.
Lady in White - Playable in silence priest, low winrate.
Face Collector - Playable in quest rogue.
Lord Godfrey - Slower warlocks struggle post rotation. Tier 2 in Wild.
The Glass Knight - Struggles to find a home after the Standard Rotation.
Toki, Time-Tinker - Inconsistant value card for mage.

 - Classic
Deathwing - Playable in Big warrior, surprise tech in Mech paladin and other decks.
High Inquisitor Whitemane - Win more card, low playrate so far.
King Mukla - Struggles to find a home after the Standard Rotation.
Illidan Stormrage - Has seen play in token- and demon decks.
Lord Jaraxxus - Staple in handlock which is a niche deck in the current meta.
Prophet Velen - Struggles to find a home after the standard rotation. T2 in Wild.
Tinkmaster Overspark -  Sees some play as neutral transform tech.

You might keep'em just - to open one of each kind, but a golden one is dust, please don't look behind

SoU - Saviors of Uldum
Anka, the Buried* - Effect difficult to get value from. Low winrate.

 - Rise of Shadows
Fel Lord Betrug - Staple in weak Plot Twist warlocks, T4 in Wild.
Madame Lazul - Weak stats and questionable value, but tier 4 in Wild as playable in Razapriest.
Tak Nozwhisker - Playable in Thief and Pogo-Hopper rogue, very low winrate.

 - Rastakhan's Rumble
Gonk, the Raptor - Gonk OTK decks are not viable.
Griftah - Unreliable meme card, very low winrate.
Hir'eek, the Bat - Sees experimental play in handbuff zoo, very low winrate.
Princess Talanji* - Effect difficult to make use of, very low winrate.

 - The Boomsday Project
Dr. Morrigan - Meme card, effect difficult to make use of, the buff was not enough!
Harbinger Celestia - Situational tech card vs. deck that skip earlygame minions.
Zerek, Master Cloner - Effect slow and difficult to make use of, low winrate.

 - The Witchwood
Blackhowl Gunspire - Meme card, effect difficult to abuse.
Chameleos - Very weak and unreliable card.
Duskfallen Aviana - Enables some big plays...for your opponent.
Emeriss - Slow card, useless in current hunter decks.
Splintergraft -  Interresting, slow effect, playable in defensive druid decks.

 - Classic
Gruul - Very slow card
Hogger - Weak to AOE, has seen play in token decks and control warrior.
Lorewalker Cho - Meme card, needed for the longest hearthstone turn ever.
Millhouse Manastorm - A liability.
Nat Pagle - Outclassed by Novice Engineer.
Nozdormu - Meme card.
The Beast - A liability.

Ranking changelog The Year of the Dragon:

If you are a new player looking for a quick way to improve your collection, here is a list of powerful neutral commons and rares which fit in many decks. For epics, please consult the dedicated thread.

 For details on how Standard will rotate, check out this thread!

References

The list has been assembled by using data from:

• hsreplay.net, 
• hearthstonetopdecks.com,
• Discussions within the hearthpwn mod team

Thanks SnoderFaner, LightBrain, Tad30s, Skyi101, Th3D4rkL0rd, FrostyFeetEU, Fluxflashor and all posters who make suggestions in this thread to keep it updated!

Special thanks to Chimera for images and formatting.

Wild only Sets and the best Standard crafts for Wild.

 Standard legendaries (Wild ranking)
Zephrys the Great* - Staple in Highlander decks.
SN1P-SN4P* - Staple in several strong agressive mech decks and Odd rogue.
Archmage Vargoth - Strong card in big priest and jade druid.
Scargil* - Benefits from very strong murloc synergies in the format.
High Priest Thekal - Strong synergy with Molten Giant.
Myra's Unstable Element - Strong card in pirate and odd rogue.
Zilliax - Very versatile card in both formats.
Captain Greenskin - Good card in pirate and Kingsbane rogue.
Leeroy Jenkins - Playable finisher in any aggressive deck.
 - Kobolds and Catacombs
Aluneth - Staple in agressive mage decks, notably secret mage.
 - Knights of the Frozen Throne
Bloodreaver Gul'dan - Staple in any warlock deck except fast zoo.
The Lich King - Playable in any midrange and control deck.
 - Journey to Un'Goro
Sunkeeper Tarim - Staple in any paladin deck with one oddvious exception.
 - Mean Streets of Gadgetzan
Aya Blackpaw - Staple in jade and most shaman decks.
Patches the Pirate - Staple in odd rogue and pirate warrior.
 - Whispers of the Old Gods
 - The League of Explorers
Sir Finley Mrrgglton - Staple in aggressive and murloc decks.
 - Goblins vs Gnomes
Mal'Ganis - Staple in any slower warlock deck.
 - Curse of Naxxramas
Loatheb - Strong, flexible neutral tech card.
 - Hall of Fame
Baku the Mooneater - Staple in odd decks for paladin, warrior, mage, hunter and rogue.
Genn Greymane - Staple in even decks, especially shaman and warlock.
Old Murk-Eye - Staple in murloc decks, very good winrate.
**Ragnaros the Firelord  - Visit to Standard incoming! Strong neutral card, staple in big priest.

SoU - Saviors of Uldum
Armagedillo* - Staple in Taunt centered tempo and control decks.
Dinotamer Brann* - Staple in highlander hunter, good winrate.
Reno the Relicologist* - Staple in Highlander control mage.
Siamat* - Versatile netural card, decent winrate.
Vessina* - Playable in Even shaman, good winrate.
 - Rise of Shadows (Wild ranking)
**Catrina Muerte - Staple in Big Priest.
Commander Rhyssa - Good winrate, strong synergy with Avenge.
Keeper Stalladris - Staple in token druid.
 - Rastakhan's Rumble (Wild ranking)
Mojomaster Zihi* - Tech card vs ramp and combo decks, often played in Even decks.
Jan'alai, the Dragonhawk - Staple in odd mage.
Zul'jin - Strong card in Spell hunter.
 - The Boomsday Project (Wild ranking)
Kangor's Endless Army - Staple in mech paladin.
Mecha'thun - Win condition in warlock, druid and priest decks.
Stargazer Luna - Staple in odd, tempo and murloc mage, good winrate.
Subject 9 - Playable in secret heavy mage and hunter decks.
The Soularium - Good card in strong zoo decks, but can be replaced.
 - The Witchwood (Wild ranking)
Glinda Crowskin - Staple in mech combo warlock.
Lord Godfrey - Strong AOE card for slower warlocks.
Prince Liam - Lategame option in odd paladin.
 - Classic (Wild ranking)
Al'Akir the Windlord - Staple in elemantal shaman, playable in most shaman decks.
Archmage Antonidas - Staple in OTK mage decks, playable in tempo mage.
Bloodmage Thalnos* - Strong neutral card, playable in a variety of decks.
King Krush - Staple in Beast deathrattle hunter.
Prophet Velen - Playable in OTK big priest, staple in razapriest.
 - Kobolds and Catacombs
Kathrena Winterwisp - Staple in recruit and deathrattle hunter.
Kingsbane - Good card in aggro pirate rogue, playable in odd rogue.
Rin, the First Disciple -  Anti-control tech slower warlock decks.
Skull of the Man'ari - Staple in cubelock, playable in control warlock.
Zola the Gorgon - Playable in several different decks from many classes, notably highlander ones.
 - Knights of the Frozen Throne
Deathstalker Rexxar - Staple in any slower hunter decks, and playable in the rest.
Malfurion the Pestilent - Staple in any Wild druid deck.
Prince Keleseth - Buildaround card in many decks, notably zoo, aggro murloc paladin and tempo rogue.
Prince Taldaram - Often played in cubelock but can be replaced.
**Shadowreaper Anduin - Staple in Raza priest, playable in any priest deck.
 - Journey to Un'Goro
Hemet, Jungle Hunter - Staple in Mecha'thun warlock, playable in several decks.
Kalimos, Primal Lord - Good card in Elemental Even, Elemental and Shudderwock shaman.
Spiritsinger Umbra - Played in cubelock and deathrattle decks.
Unite the Murlocs - Has a decent winrate and got a lot of support in RoS.
 - Mean Streets of Gadgetzan
Finja, the Flying Star - Staple in Murloc paladin, very strong winrate.
Kazakus - Staple in highlander decks.
 - Whispers of the Old Gods
Fandral Staghelm - Playable in most Druid decks, notably Jade and Token ones.
N'Zoth, the Corruptor - Visit to Standard incoming! Playable in slower decks with deathrattle synergy.
Y'Shaarj, Rage Unbound* - Staple in Darkest Hour warlock, big priest and big rogue.
 - The League of Explorers
Brann Bronzebeard - Strong synergy with Kazakus.
Reno Jackson - Playable in Warlock, Mage, Priest decks, and sees experimental play in all classes.
 - Goblins vs Gnomes
Dr. Boom - Staple in odd rogue and odd paladin, versatile curve filler.
 - Blackrock Mountain
Emperor Thaurissan - Tech option in cube warlock, staple in several combo decks.
 - Curse of Naxxramas
 - Hall of fame
Sylvanas Windrunner - Playable in any control deck, synergy with Brawl and Shadowflame

 Standard legendaries (Wild ranking)
King Phaoris* - Good card in big spell mage and Prismatic Lens paladin.
Arch-Villain Rafaam - Playable in Darkest Hour warlock.
Hagatha the Witch - Playable in even and elemental shaman.
Shirvallah, the Tiger - Good card in Anyfin and Big paladin.
Glinda Crowskin* - Staple in Magnetic Mech otk decks.
 - Kobolds and Catacombs
Dragoncaller Alanna - Win condition in big spell mage, sees very little play.
Grumble, Worldshaker* - Staple in Shudderwock shaman.
King Togwaggle - Staple in miracle mill druid.
Master Oakheart - Staple in Wall priest and taunt druid.
Sonya Shadowdancer - Playable in Big Rogue, staple in quest rogue which sees little play.
Val'anyr - Playable in even paladin.
 - Knights of the Frozen Throne
Frost Lich Jaina - Staple in any slower non-combo mage deck.
Uther of the Ebon Blade - Staple in OTKDK Holy Wrath paladin.
 - Journey to Un'Goro
Awaken the Makers - Quest priest has interresting options in Wild but is not a powerhouse deck.
Lyra the Sunshard - Playable in clone and resurrect priest.
Open the Waygate* - Staple in Giant Miracle Mage, playable in Exodia freeze mage.
Pyros - Staple in elemental mage, playable in control mage, good winrate.
 - Mean Streets of Gadgetzan
Inkmaster Solia* - Playable in reno mage.
Krul the Unshackled - Playable in demon decks.
Kun the Forgotten King - Staple in Aviana combo decks, playable in all slower druid decks.
Raza the Chained - Nerfed hard, sees some play in reno decks.
White Eyes - Decent deathrattle synergy for slow shaman decks.
Wickerflame Burnbristle - Defensive card for paladin, synergy with Corpsetaker.
 - One Night in Karazhan
**Barnes* - Recently nerfed! Staple in big priest, synergy with Y'Shaarj, Rage Unbound.
Medivh, the Guardian - Playable control decks with heavy spells, especially Reno mage.
 - Whispers of the Old Gods
 - The Grand Tournament
Aviana - Synergy with Kun the Forgotten King in combo decks.
 - Goblins vs Gnomes
Sneed's Old Shredder - Playable in Deathrattle and Big decks
 - Curse of Naxxramas
Kel'Thuzad* - Staple in Big rogue, playable in heavy control decks.

 - Kobolds and Catacombs 
Geosculptor Yip - Playable a in recruit and even warrior.
Ixlid, Fungal Lord - Sees very little play but could possible have future combo potential.
Rhok'delar - Playable in spell hunter, sees very little play in higher levels.
Twig of the World Tree -  Sees very little play but has combo potential.
Woecleaver - Staple in recruit warrior which is not a strong archetype.
 - Knights of the Frozen Throne
Archbishop Benedictus - Playable in quest priest.
Hadronox - Staple in Taunt druid decks with low playrates currently.
Professor Putricide - Playable in Secret hunter, low playrate.
Sindragosa - Slow value card, sees little play.
Thrall, Deathseer - Sees very little play but might have potential!
Valeera the Hollow - Staple in Quest and Malygos rogue.
 - Journey to Un'Goro
Elise the Trailblazer - Good value card in odd warrior and big spell mage.
Fire Plume's Heart - Quest warrior sees very little play but might have potential.
Swamp King Dred - Surprise tech in heavy hunter decks. Synergy with Kathrena Winterwisp.
The Caverns Below - Sees limited play but has some good support cards.
 - Mean Streets of Gadgetzan
Auctionmaster Beardo - Staple in OTK DK paladin, low winrate.
Shaku, the Collector - Playable in odd, burgle and tempo rogue, but there are better options.
Wrathion - Playable in dragon decks, decent winrate but low playrate.
 - One Night in Karazhan
The Curator - Unfortuntely too weak for a 7 drop, even in Wild dragon and Malygos decks.
 - Whispers of the Old Gods
Anomalus - Sees some play in heavy control mage.
C'Thun* - C'thun decks have low winrates but can be useful for tings like tavern brawls and memes.
Twin Emperor Vek'lor - See C'Thun.
Deathwing, Dragonlord - Playable in heavy dragon- and Deathrattle decks.
Hallazeal the Ascended - Playable in slower shaman decks, low winrate
Princess Huhuran -  Has seen some play in Deathrattle hunter.
Ragnaros, Lightlord - Playable in slower paladin decks, struggles in this metagame.
Soggoth the Slitherer - Low playrate, has seen some play in heavy Taunt decks.
Yogg-Saron, Hope's End - Unreliable last resort in spell heavy decks.
 - The League of Explorers
Elise Starseeker - Outdated tech card for control decks.
 - The Grand Tournament
Chillmaw - Playable in dragon- and Deathrattle decks.
Confessor Paletress - Struggles to find a new home after nerf to Raza the Chained.
Dreadscale - Playable in Reno Jackson deathrattle hunter.
Gormok the Impaler* - Playable in swarm decks, very low playrate
Justicar Trueheart - Struggles to find a home after the introduction of Baku the Mooneater.
Nexus-Champion Saraad - Struggles to find a new home after nerf to Raza the Chained.
Skycap'n Kragg* - Playable in pirate decks.
Varian Wrynn - Playable in tempo warrior, low winrate.
The Mistcaller - Understatted, slow card.
 - Blackrock Mountain
Chromaggus - Niche pick for dragon decks.
 - Goblins vs Gnomes
Blingtron 3000* - Low playrate, synergy with Twig of the World Tree and Harrison Jones
Foe Reaper 4000 - Low play and winrate, but good synergy with Dr. Boom, Mad Genius
Iron Juggernaut - Playable in Bomb warrior but low winrate.
Mimiron's Head - Meme card, playable in experimental mech and quest decks.
Neptulon - Playable in Murloc shaman but outclassed by other murloc generators.
Toshley - Tech option in tempo mage and razakus spell priest decks.
Vol'jin - Tech option in any priest deck, especially Spiteful Summoner ones.
 - Curse of Naxxramas
Baron Rivendare - Playable in Deathrattle decks, notably hunter and rogue.
Feugen - Tech option in Deathrattle decks
Stalagg - Tech option in Deathrattle decks

 - Kobolds and Catacombs
Dragon Soul - Effect difficult to trigger.
Lynessa Sunsorrow - Effect difficult to make use good of and easy to counter.
Marin the Fox - Understatted meme card.
Temporus - Meme card, very difficult to play safely.
The Darkness - Slow card, effect difficult to trigger, possible tech against highlander decks.
The Runespear - Inconsistant card which sees very little play.
 - Knights of the Frozen Throne
Arfus - Understatted, a niche card in deathrattle hunter.
Blood-Queen Lana'thel - Playable in discolock, very low winrate.
Bolvar, Fireblood - Synergy card which sees very little play, low winrate.
Lilian Voss - Unreliable in rogue decks, low winrates.
Moorabi - Meme card, shaman lacks Freeze synergy.
Prince Valanar - Sees very little play, does anyone know a use for this card?
Rotface - Unreliable and very slow. Very low winrates.
Scourgelord Garrosh* - Sees very little play, low winrates.
 - Journey to Un'Goro
Clutchmother Zavas - Staple in discolock, very low winrates.
Jungle Giants - Quest druid is a niche deck. Druid has a generally low winrate after the nerfs.
King Mosh - Surprise tech in Odd control and quest warrior, very low playrate.
Lakkari Sacrifice - Quest warlock has a low winrate.
Ozruk - Outclassed in elemental decks.
Sherazin, Corpse Flower - Playable in miracle rogue, very low winrate
The Last Kaleidosaur - Quest paladin has a low winrate.
The Marsh Queen - Quest hunter has a low winrate.
The Voraxx - Effect hard to trigger, see quest paladin.
Tyrantus - Niche card for Druid, has a low winrates after the nerfs.
 - Mean Streets of Gadgetzan
Don Han'Cho - Slow card for handbuff decks, unreliable and low winrate.
Genzo, the Shark* - Sees very little play, outclassed in aggro druid.
Hobart Grapplehammer - Tech option for pirate warrior, very low winrate.
Knuckles - Playable in midrange hunter, very low play and winrate.
Madam Goya - Meme card, played in big shaman.
Mayor Noggenfogger - Meme card, works like Ogre Brute, not Misdirection.
Sergeant Sally -  Understatted and effect difficult to trigger, playable in handbuff decks.
 - One Night at Karazhan
Moroes - Understatted, outclassed in token decks.
Prince Malchezaar - Meme card, dilutes your deck.
 - Whispers of the Old Gods
Cho'gall - Sees very little play, synergy with Violet Illusionist.
Herald Volazj - Very situational card, enables OTK combos in some Tavern Brawls.
Hogger, Doom of Elwynn - Sees very little play, has meme potential in Warrior.
Malkorok - Sees little play, low winrate in tempo warrior decks.
Mukla, Tyrant of the Vale - Replaced by Banana Buffoon.
Nat, the Darkfisher - A liability, outclassed in mill decks.
Shifter Zerus - Meme card, very inconsistent.
The Boogeymonster - Outclassed by Eldritch Horror.
Xaril, Poisoned Mind - Outclassed in a crowded 4-slot for rogue.
 - The League of Explorers
Arch-Thief Rafaam - Slow card.
- The Grand Tournament
Acidmaw - Understatted very situational card.
Anub'arak - Too slow to be useful for any deck.
Bolf Ramshield - Attack face to kill this guy.
Eadric the Pure - Situational card, overcosted and replaced by Shrink Ray.
Eydis Darkbane - Effect difficult to trigger, outclassed in mech mage.
Fjola Lightbane - Effect difficult to trigger.
Icehowl - Slow card, outclassed in Silence priest and astral druid.
Rhonin - Slow card, sees very little play, low winrate.
The Skeleton Knight - Sees very little play, low winrate.
Wilfred Fizzlebang - Understatted, effect difficult to trigger.
 - Blackrock Mountain
Nefarian - Playable in dragon decks, low winrate.
Rend Blackhand - Very situational card.
Majordomo Executus - A liability, meme card, synergy with Coldarra Drake.
 - Goblins vs Gnomes
Bolvar Fordragon - Slow card, effect difficult to trigger.
Flame Leviathan - Unreliable card, not playable in mech mage.
Gahz'rilla - Very slow and vulnerable to removal.
Gazlowe - Effect difficult to trigger, outclassed in mech decks.
Hemet Nesingwary - Extremely situational tech card.
Malorne - Slow card, outclassed by powercreep.
Mekgineer Thermaplugg - Slow card, effect difficult to trigger.
Mogor the Ogre - Very unreliable card.
Trade Prince Gallywix - Slow card which sees very little play.
Troggzor the Earthinator - Sees very little play and is outclassed as a 7-drop.
 - Curse of Naxxramas
Maexxna - Outclassed by cheaper Poisonous beasts.
 - Reward
Elite Tauren Chieftain - Often a liability, meme card.
Gelbin Mekkatorque - Often a liability, meme card.

Wild ranking changelog, year of the Raven to now:

Recommended non legendary crafts for the Wild format:

Ranking changelog 2017-The Year of the Raven:

Nice update! Thanks a lot!

I do hope that it is as useful as it is pretty! 

Quote from Phoenixfeather >>

Mayor Noggenfogger and Nozdormu are actually quite good as tech cards against Exodia Mage and Late-Game Priest Decks! and anti-Lifecoachness.

Also, Prince Malchezaar is probably one of the most powerful cards out there for newer players, as in rank 25, whomever gets their The Lich King or "OP" Legendary out first wins.

Disclaimer: A tierlist like this can never please everyone, and the meta game is dynamic. If you think a card is in the wrong tier, please explain why, and provide links to successful deck lists, win- or playrates to support your claim. This thread should mainly be about crafting advice.

Yeey, I finally know what to put in my meme deck now, lol. Great list very helpful for newbies and veterans.

Quote from Kovachut >>

I would like to express my opinion about this thread:

1) First off, bravo, you and everyone else participating here have made a wonderful job at structuring, giving a nice /clean/ and accurate info, making the list visually good and lastly including a small game for us enthusiasts - the rhymes. 

- This is a very friendly legendary crafting guide for newcomers.

2) That said, I would like to share some criticism regarding some ordering:

 - White Eyes - with my whole respect to control shaman decks (and N'Zoth in this case) I don't think this legendary deserves such a high place in this list .... for now. It's not about the ability, nor the synergy, but how (un)popular slow shaman decks are in standard atm. Please feel free to make a counter argument (like in the other points too) by showing me the right statistics you have taken into consideration and I have not. But in this link here you can see that White Eyes stays lower than Kalimos regarding popularity in standard (2.0% vs 5.1% in all decks). This doesn't mean, that Kalimos should replace White eyes in your current tier list, but I think that white eyes should fall back to tier 3. You can also make it clear, that slow shaman decks are stronger in wild and thus you put this legendary so high, as the statistics here show (6.0%), but the win-rate is still lower than the Primal lord's.

- Lyra the Sunshard - I personally would make a tier 1.1 section or just put her in the tier 1 spot. While I won't argue with the current meta and the popularity of Highlander priest, as well as the legendaries and their current win-rate, which didn't saw that much play before KoFT (Raza, Velen, even Kazakus), I still think that Lyra is a much safer craft than some of them a) she won't rotate out of standard that soon b) she is more flexible. I can't support my words with any statistics from previous metas, but I think that reminding us how Lyra was in almost every single priest deck back in Un'goro, while the Kazakus package was considered a weak inclusion, Velen didn't pop up at all (only is some meme combo decks, which I wasn't a witness of), it's saying a lot. A small statistic and for wild too.

- Medivh, the Guardian - while I won't argue with his ordering in the tier list, I think it's worth noting, that he was widely used in control priests and control warlock too.

- Arfus - lastly, I would put him in the trash list. Dunno where to look for the right statistics, but I'm just calling it - slow, weak, unpredictable and absolutely devastating in this meta (Potion of Madness and the popularity of priest).

Hey, so I've been playing Hearthstone for a while as a f2p and already have some of the key cards for classes that Im using the most (Rogue, Mage, Priest, Hunter/Warlock). As for now I have 2800(1200 + Onyxia )dust and I've been wondering what cards should I craft to complete some decks (or maybe don't craft them at all and save the dust for a new expansion). So here are my choices:

- Cairne Bloodhoof or Leeroy Jenkins to complete Tempo Rogue (already have Patches the Pirate , Edwin VanCleef , Prince Keleseth )
- Leeroy Jenkins to complete JHUS's midrange Hunter
- Bloodreaver Gul'dan to complete Keleseth Zoolock
- Cairne Bloodhoof , Ice Block , Meteor to complete tempo-secret Mage (already have Archmage Antonidas , Medivh, the Guardian )
-Last not so fun option: Don't dust Onyxia , add it to dragon Priest and hope that this deck will become good again :P

Tell me your thoughts about those and which ones in your opinion will still remain usefull for classes that I'm playing (keep in mind that Im F2P)
Cheers!

Quote from Milkzzz >>

Hey, so I've been playing Hearthstone for a while as a f2p and already have some of the key cards for classes that Im using the most (Rogue, Mage, Priest, Hunter/Warlock). As for now I have 2800(1200 + Onyxia )dust and I've been wondering what cards should I craft to complete some decks (or maybe don't craft them at all and save the dust for a new expansion). So here are my choices:

- Cairne Bloodhoof or Leeroy Jenkins to complete Tempo Rogue (already have Patches the Pirate , Edwin VanCleef , Prince Keleseth )
- Leeroy Jenkins to complete JHUS's midrange Hunter
- Bloodreaver Gul'dan to complete Keleseth Zoolock
- Cairne Bloodhoof , Ice Block , Meteor to complete tempo-secret Mage (already have Archmage Antonidas , Medivh, the Guardian )
-Last not so fun option: Don't dust Onyxia , add it to dragon Priest and hope that this deck will become good again :P

Tell me your thoughts about those and which ones in your opinion will still remain usefull for classes that I'm playing (keep in mind that Im F2P)
Cheers!

There's an editing mistake at the bottom tier, putting Tinkmaster Overspark at the wild page. Other than that very good update, I agree with pretty much everything except for a few cards. I'll list a few:

Cairne Bloodhoof 1->2: It's a solid card, sure. But it's not as impactful nor important to top decks as the other staples mentioned in the tier.
Ysera 2->3: It's not really a tech, and even though it's not as good as it used to be because of how easy it is to remove nowadays, it's just playable, nothing more.
Knuckles 3->4 or even 5: It's just a bad card that doesn't work.
King Krush 5->4: Not good by any means, but is a strong finisher and has some synergy with Abominable Bowman, i think it can see some play eventually.
Princess Huhuran 4->5: It's a decent card on its own, but will never see play with the cheaper deathrattle triggers released like Terrorscale Stalker and Play Dead which are way less clunky and easier to combo.

Amazing job. Thanks for updating this. 

Only comment is that Hobart should be dropped to Tier 4 (maybe even Tier 5). I just think Tier 3 is way too high for a card that saw little play over it's lifetime. 

Quote from S_J_S >>

Thanks for the guide. 

I was wondering with varian why you said it is used in tempo warrior when I can't find a list which uses her.

If you have one please tell me as I have been waiting to make her work for ages! 

Netural cards:
Keleseth

Patches

Ragnaros Firelord (Currently he doesn't see any play, but i love this card so much)

Druid:
Malfurion

Hunter:
Deathstalker Rexxar

Mage:
Open the waygate

Frostlich Jaina

Archmage

Paladin:
Sunkeeper

Ragnaros lightlord

Shaman:
Deathseer Thrall

Warlock:
Malganis

Bloodreaver Guldan

Warrior:
Rotface

Grommash

Scourgelord Garrosh

Maybe nothing for now, next extension in 1 mounth and maybe don't craft any WoOG/Gadgetzan/Karazan cause rotation in 4/5 mounths...

That's what i do but i'm F2P

I play on wild.