I want to create some cool mage deck, controlish and elemental too with the new update, maybe quest too, i don't have the quest but i got emperor thaurissan to do it in wild. So i only have enough dust for one of these. my collection is public, which one should i craft? thank you
First of all, your collection is not public. That aside though. To be honest Frost Lich Jaina is not very good. I'm not saying it's bad or anything, it's just not very good. At least right now though. From what I've seen in the next expansion she has quite the potential to actually be good. However if you say you have a budget of only 1600 dust I'd recommend you craft Archmage Antonidas. For several reasons actually. First, he's a classic card, so he's never going away. Second he'll always find a place in a mage deck, be it a quest one for which he's core, or a tempo/control deck in which you can put him for this extra push in the end. Third, as you have a budget, I'd not recommend Frost Lich Jaina because as I said she's not too good and has a potential to become good in the new expansion, but for this to happen you'll need new cards, for which you won't have dust. In the end the decision is yours though, you can craft her if you want, that's just my tip.
What Greedling said ^^^
Plus Archmage Antonidas has found his way into so many different decks since the beginning of Hearthstone. Even back in the Goblins vs. Gnomes expansion there was a super aggressive mech mage deck that ran him as a finisher. He's a win condition that MUST be dealt with.
Jaina is going through rotation. Antonidas isn't even a card he's just a keystone in various stale combos that rise and fall in popularity. He's boring. She's cool. I don't even play mage. This should be easy.
I crafted Jaina and she's been a lot of fun to play, but not competitive I think. I got Archmage from a pack and have never used him at all, but he has practical applications.
Tony is an excellent card that can be played in many deck archetypes. I would recommend crafting quality cards from the classic set before any others. I have both and if I had to only choose one, I'd go with Tony. Jaina is really fun to use but will eventually rotate out (of course maybe you only play wild and then this point is moot). Ultimately, go with the one you feel you'll get the most fun out of over the longest period of time. Good luck!
Thank you guys, you made some good point but i crafted Jaina yesterday. She looks more fun and cool to me.. but this time i'm pilling my dust for archmage. :)
Thank you guys, you made some good point but i crafted Jaina yesterday. She looks more fun and cool to me.. but this time i'm pilling my dust for archmage. :)
Good choice. Plus, unless you're really going to push for legend than going down the fun route isn't a bad thing because if you don't get to legend during the month choosing a strong deck that is less fun only nets you a smaller extra handful of dust (depending on where you end up on ladder).
I want to create some cool mage deck, controlish and elemental too with the new update, maybe quest too, i don't have the quest but i got emperor thaurissan to do it in wild. So i only have enough dust for one of these. my collection is public, which one should i craft? thank you
Medivh is better than either IMO.
Jaina is going through rotation. Antonidas isn't even a card he's just a keystone in various stale combos that rise and fall in popularity. He's boring. She's cool. I don't even play mage. This should be easy.
I crafted Jaina and she's been a lot of fun to play, but not competitive I think. I got Archmage from a pack and have never used him at all, but he has practical applications.
Tony is an excellent card that can be played in many deck archetypes. I would recommend crafting quality cards from the classic set before any others. I have both and if I had to only choose one, I'd go with Tony. Jaina is really fun to use but will eventually rotate out (of course maybe you only play wild and then this point is moot). Ultimately, go with the one you feel you'll get the most fun out of over the longest period of time. Good luck!
Thank you guys, you made some good point but i crafted Jaina yesterday. She looks more fun and cool to me.. but this time i'm pilling my dust for archmage. :)