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Know how much you play. I tend to play just enough to get 100g per day, and I don't like Arena much.

Try to save up enough to buy ~50 packs of the upcoming expansion. For Ungoro, I saved up enough for 40 because I took a pretty long hiatus in Gadgetzan, and so I bought 10 more over 10 days. Afterwards, you should have enough to craft one or two decent decks with the new cards + dust, and from there, you go back to saving gold, only buying more packs/Arena entrances if you want another injection of dust for another deck.

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1. Never dust cards you don't have duplicates of.

2. Always roll your 40,50 gold quests.

3. Try to complete only 60 gold or higher quests.

4. Try not to craft commons and rares as eventually you will open them in packs.

5. Dust rares to craft epics, epics to craft legendaries.

6. Craft full decks not just cards.

7. Wait for vS report see the cheapest tier 1 deck you can build and go for it.  

there are some additional quest to get gold:

play on andriod, play on apple... (check hearthstone achievements)

also make 2nd and third accounts- level them to 20 (recruit a friend) to get some packs

true scratch that idea then...

i am by no means f2p but this is probably going to change the way i go about playing the game. I had never thought about it this way. this is a good read for really any player that is f2p or spent a little money... or basically anyone that doesnt have a full collection

what classic cards do u think would rotate to the hall of fame? there isnt really a classic legendary that is overused these days since rag and syl rotated to the HoF. When WOG rotates to wild, Cairne wont be used so much, unless there is a weapon heavy meta, harisson isnt overused, if the meta is control heavy, ysera wont be used, etc. i dont see any classic legendaries being rotated out next over the few expansions. The commons, rares and epics are all too much to count and can (and probably will) get nerfed if they became too overpowered

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Quote from futhead_bnight >>

1. Never dust cards you don't have duplicates of.

2. Always roll your 40,50 gold quests.

3. Try to complete only 60 gold or higher quests.

4. Try not to craft commons and rares as eventually you will open them in packs.

5. Dust rares to craft epics, epics to craft legendaries.

6. Craft full decks not just cards.

7. Wait for vS report see the cheapest tier 1 deck you can build and go for it.  

 This is the best advice so far, except number 5, which seems to contradict number 1.

You should not dust non-duplicates ever, for any reason.

(Also, use the "extra" keyword in your collection search to find golden cards you don't need to keep.)

Ohh. That's a weird way to think about it. Dust is dust. You dust all your extras, always, and it all goes into one pool, which you use to craft what you need (and can afford).

Farm 90 gold a day. Results in 300 card packs a year.  So 100 each expansion

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Quote from FortyDust >>

Quote from futhead_bnight >>

1. Never dust cards you don't have duplicates of.

2. Always roll your 40,50 gold quests.

3. Try to complete only 60 gold or higher quests.

4. Try not to craft commons and rares as eventually you will open them in packs.

5. Dust rares to craft epics, epics to craft legendaries.

6. Craft full decks not just cards.

7. Wait for vS report see the cheapest tier 1 deck you can build and go for it.  

 This is the best advice so far, except number 5, which seems to contradict number 1.

You should not dust non-duplicates ever, for any reason.

(Also, use the "extra" keyword in your collection search to find golden cards you don't need to keep.)

 i think number 5 meant that if you wanted to craft rares dust you EXTRA commons, if you want to craft epics dust your EXTRA rares, and if you want to craft legendaries, dust your EXTRA epics. for commons, well everyone has about 40 dust laying around

nice advice all.. thank you..

also DE your golden card. it helps alot..

Just spam arena.

if you're F2P arena is a MUST

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As a free to play player, I am currently finding it quite difficult to keep up to date with the meta. I spend the majority of my gold on Un'Goro packs, and whilst I don't have every Classic card, I definitely have a substantial collection. Do any of you lovely players have any tips or tricks for maximising my gold and dust savings? It's really hard for me to compete in ranked against all these players who are pumping in the dollars/have loads of coins saved up from before Un'goro. Thanks in advance for your help!

f you can, get to rank 5, get the golden epic and some dust. once you get to rank 5, farm casual with fast decks like pirate warrior, midrange hunter, aggro mage, aggro druid, etc. mulligan 40 and 50 gold quests. i personally dont do arena. I'm really bad at it and it its not worth it unless you get i think like 4+ wins (50 gold + pack). try to save X amount of gold per week to save for expansions. Im really saying a lot of things people already mentioned so i will stop here. 

Have fun on the grind. Its a long one

Next year HOF candidates would be :

Bloodmage Thalnos
Ice Block
Firey War Axe

Quote from Jawbone_71 >>

what classic cards do u think would rotate to the hall of fame? there isnt really a classic legendary that is overused these days since rag and syl rotated to the HoF. When WOG rotates to wild, Cairne wont be used so much, unless there is a weapon heavy meta, harisson isnt overused, if the meta is control heavy, ysera wont be used, etc. i dont see any classic legendaries being rotated out next over the few expansions. The commons, rares and epics are all too much to count and can (and probably will) get nerfed if they became too overpowered

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Quote from Jawbone_71 >>

what classic cards do u think would rotate to the hall of fame? there isnt really a classic legendary that is overused these days since rag and syl rotated to the HoF. When WOG rotates to wild, Cairne wont be used so much, unless there is a weapon heavy meta, harisson isnt overused, if the meta is control heavy, ysera wont be used, etc. i dont see any classic legendaries being rotated out next over the few expansions. The commons, rares and epics are all too much to count and can (and probably will) get nerfed if they became too overpowered

Next year's HOF candidates would be :

Bloodmage Thalnos
Ice Block
Fiery War Axe

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Quote from RevenantSC >>

• Make sure you take advantage of the "pity timer" when opening packs. For example, if you have opened 20 Ungoro packs without a legendary and then you open a classic pack from Tavern Brawl or something, your pity timer will reset.

Well "reset" might be misleading here. It does not reset, pity timer just counts seperately for each expansion.

Therefore, if you have opened for example 20 UnGoro packs, it might makes sense for you to invest into another (up to) 20 UnGoro packs in order to receive a (guaranteed) legendary, instead of going for 20x UnGoro and 20x Classic without a (guaranteed) legendary.

Today I opened Ysera from Tavern Brawl classic card pack and just now I opened Genzo, the Shark from a MSOG pack I bought for lolz,how does that count as Pity Timer ? Is it real ? I'm a F2P player as well.

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Quote from futhead_bnight >>

1. Never dust cards you don't have duplicates of.

2. Always roll your 40,50 gold quests.

3. Try to complete only 60 gold or higher quests.

4. Try not to craft commons and rares as eventually you will open them in packs.

5. Dust rares to craft epics, epics to craft legendaries.

6. Craft full decks not just cards.

7. Wait for vS report see the cheapest tier 1 deck you can build and go for it.  

 This is the best advice so far, except number 5, which seems to contradict number 1.

You should not dust non-duplicates ever, for any reason.

(Also, use the "extra" keyword in your collection search to find golden cards you don't need to keep.)

 That's totally false.

You should dust crap legendaries and epics in order to craft decent cards.

No reason to keep a King Krush if you don't have that last [card]Rat Pack/card]

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 And then one day when King Krush becomes a must-have due to some new synergy in an expansion, you'll be kicking yourself.

You can't afford to re-craft a legendary you once threw away, and you never know what's going to become good. (Look at Purify!)