I recently DE'd a large portion of my collection that I wasn't planning on using (including Van Cleef and Alexstrasza) to craft Cairne and Thalnos. I also own Ragnaros. I'm pretty happy with all 3. This morning, I happened to pull a Tinkmaster, which was exciting (though it's unfortunate that Tink is useless now, at least it was a full 1600 dust). So, now I'm sitting on about 2000 dust and I'm not sure what to do.
I'm mostly playing Midgame Control Shaman and Control Druid (I'm a pretty balanced player, preferring control decks that are more flexible and active. So, more midgame control vs. something like control warrior), though I also have a sort of aggro/midgame Lock, a Priest, and a tentative control Pally built. I'm considering splurging on some rares/epics I should own, like BGH, Lores, Force of Nature, and Watchers/Sunfuries. However, I'm also weighing the more exciting option of making Sylvanas, Cenarius, Ysera, or Pagle. I even considered making Leeroy and trying Aggro.
Cenarius is ok, I got him recently, but find he is prone to so much. The taunts are easily wiped by consecration, a fuelled swipe, or 2 average minions. Priests love to steal him from the centre and he's been 'faceless'd' a few times on me too. I haven't yet gotten to utilise his other, better power. Giving other minions +2/2. If you played mostly Druid he's good to have, but if you want something more useful, to use with other heroes, Cairne is a solid option. Or The Black Knight - I don't know about others, but I'm facing a lot more taunts now, and he's been great for me.
Legendary card that you'd want now are Sylvanas or Ysera. Both cards will be harder to remove now that Tink is dead. I'm not a huge fan of Cenarius, but he does decently well in Druid control decks. The Taunt is slightly underwhelming, but it can get you out of a tight spot.
However, you definitely need Ancient of Lore if you're serious about playing a Druid deck. They're absolutely staple and are essential to any good Druid deck. You can't go wrong crafting these if you play Druid.
Force of Nature is another great card that can be used as a finisher or removal with/without Savage Roar.
BGH can greatly help your Druid deck now that Tink is gone, and can be somewhat beneficial to your Shaman deck as well.
Well, you can't always reckon on your opponent having certain cards, sometimes you just have to take chances. The odds of them having both BGH * TBK, for either option ... and if it's killed, so be it.
So is the consensus to make some Epics and Rares and save the rest? I'm leaning this way myself- I'm happy with Rag/Cairne/Thalnos as is, so I guess I can build my collection and then save up for (likely) Sylvanas. Black Knight seems good, but also very situational and not worth crafting if it could become bad from a meta change. I haven't seen it too much, which is why I run War and Earth Ele, but I guess cutting 1-2 War for 2 Lore is better.
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I recently DE'd a large portion of my collection that I wasn't planning on using (including Van Cleef and Alexstrasza) to craft Cairne and Thalnos. I also own Ragnaros. I'm pretty happy with all 3. This morning, I happened to pull a Tinkmaster, which was exciting (though it's unfortunate that Tink is useless now, at least it was a full 1600 dust). So, now I'm sitting on about 2000 dust and I'm not sure what to do.
I'm mostly playing Midgame Control Shaman and Control Druid (I'm a pretty balanced player, preferring control decks that are more flexible and active. So, more midgame control vs. something like control warrior), though I also have a sort of aggro/midgame Lock, a Priest, and a tentative control Pally built. I'm considering splurging on some rares/epics I should own, like BGH, Lores, Force of Nature, and Watchers/Sunfuries. However, I'm also weighing the more exciting option of making Sylvanas, Cenarius, Ysera, or Pagle. I even considered making Leeroy and trying Aggro.
What do you guys think?
Cenarius is ok, I got him recently, but find he is prone to so much. The taunts are easily wiped by consecration, a fuelled swipe, or 2 average minions. Priests love to steal him from the centre and he's been 'faceless'd' a few times on me too. I haven't yet gotten to utilise his other, better power. Giving other minions +2/2. If you played mostly Druid he's good to have, but if you want something more useful, to use with other heroes, Cairne is a solid option. Or The Black Knight - I don't know about others, but I'm facing a lot more taunts now, and he's been great for me.
Legendary card that you'd want now are Sylvanas or Ysera. Both cards will be harder to remove now that Tink is dead. I'm not a huge fan of Cenarius, but he does decently well in Druid control decks. The Taunt is slightly underwhelming, but it can get you out of a tight spot.
However, you definitely need Ancient of Lore if you're serious about playing a Druid deck. They're absolutely staple and are essential to any good Druid deck. You can't go wrong crafting these if you play Druid.
Force of Nature is another great card that can be used as a finisher or removal with/without Savage Roar.
BGH can greatly help your Druid deck now that Tink is gone, and can be somewhat beneficial to your Shaman deck as well.
Both Ancients are really good for Druid. Lore & War. If you use War's taunt, instead of the +5 att, he's also immune to BGH. Then again, so is Cairne.
AoW are dead to TBK. I wouldn't suggest crafting these anymore with 400 dust unless you really want it.
Well, you can't always reckon on your opponent having certain cards, sometimes you just have to take chances. The odds of them having both BGH * TBK, for either option ... and if it's killed, so be it.
So is the consensus to make some Epics and Rares and save the rest? I'm leaning this way myself- I'm happy with Rag/Cairne/Thalnos as is, so I guess I can build my collection and then save up for (likely) Sylvanas. Black Knight seems good, but also very situational and not worth crafting if it could become bad from a meta change. I haven't seen it too much, which is why I run War and Earth Ele, but I guess cutting 1-2 War for 2 Lore is better.