I just recently started getting back into Hearthstone after 2 years off. All my decks are old meta decks so I have no cards at all from the new expansions. I also happen to have 6k gold saved up. Should I just spend it all on buying packs to try to get into standard or should i just play wild?
Your question is hard to answer without more information. If you had a large collection, you might have enough cards to run some decent wild decks. If you do want to get into standard, you could get the mini-set with some of the gold you have. That would be the best bargain for your gold in terms of legendary distribution
There's two main points of consideration if you want to get new cards: Either purchasing packs, or one of the Minisets.
The first 10 packs of any set are guaranteed to have at least one Legendary, so your ~6000 Gold can be used to buy ~10 packs of each expansion (or enough until you get a Legendary), then move onto the next set. It's a good start if you want a taste of what's changed since you last played.
Minisets are a fixed set of cards, 2000 gold gets you a full playset for 35 cards, including 4 Legendaries. They're fixed, so you know what you're getting, but in terms of raw card count you're getting less than packs. Do note Miniset cards can be obtained through packs of its respective set, so if a miniset tickles your fancy, it's a good idea to purchase them before buying packs for that set.
The sets Murder at Castle Nathria and Voyage to the Sunken City are the newest, while Forged in the Barrens, United in Stormwind, and Fractured in Alteract Valley are all rotating in about 6 months. This includes their respective minisets. As such, it's a good idea to purchase Sunken and Nathria sets before the older sets, as they'll be Standard-legal longer.
You should also qualify for the free decks for returning players. Look those up and decide/plan based on your goals (some might be more interesting and others might yield more dust, etc.).
The miniset is good value for your gold, but the latest one isn't used much at the moment. The next expansion is also 2 months out or so. Keep that in mind before you splurge. With that in mind, see how far you can get on the rewards track. There are some free packs, cards (random epics, legendaries) and gold.
Use the usual data sites (hsreplay, vicioussyndicate) to see what the meta is, if you care about ranked play. Many decks are also 40 card decks now thanks to Prince Renathal, which increases overall deck cost.
Speaking of Renathal, you will get the promo cards of each expansion with the first pack of the expansion.
Play Wild mate, seriously don't bother playing Standard if you already have Wild cards. The last 2 years of expansions have some of the best cards Wild has ever seen, so I'd recommend prioritizing buying Alterac, Sunken, and maybe Stormwind/Nathria packs in that order. There's nothing broken or overpowering going on in Wild right now, so most classes have a pretty good deck possible with them. I also recommend buying the Barrens and Alterac mini-sets, they have pretty damn good legendaries.
You'll quit the game for another 2 years after you invest into Standard and realize how stale it is.
Renathal seems completely broken theres like no downside to playing him
playing 40 cards is downside. Look at this way - First card you put in your deck is the best one. 2nd is worse than first one. Third is worse than 2nd one. And so on.
haha sounds good. I’ve been running Baku face hunter and Spiteful Dragon Priest recently and been able to push up to Gold 2!
dang bro, you must be going hard on games! I'm taking a little break from the D3-Legend grind on standard with some wild ping mage. I'm barely do platinum 10 with a 79% winrate over 48 games. Without the bonus stars holy crap is the grind slow!
People keep saying there is a lot more variety in wild, but I've only really faced 5 classes so far, and theyve all been quest priest, mill druid, paladin, some 40 card warlock deck that im assuming is Jailor/Bolf, even shaman and (mostly) secret mages. Almost everyone is playing 40 card decks which is pretty dumb imo. There is supposed to be a downside for the 10 extra health, but it doesnt seem to matter. Even aggressive decks like secret mage are 40 cards..
Is there anyway to track collection to see what I need to craft or see what deck I can build? Looks like inkeeper doesn't work anymore...
Currently the only automatic way is with the decktracker and the plug-in from outof.cards . It obviously only uploads to their collection.
However if you found a deck you like and want to fully craft, you can copy the deck string and import it ingame. It will then show which cards you are missing and lets you craft them.
I just recently started getting back into Hearthstone after 2 years off. All my decks are old meta decks so I have no cards at all from the new expansions. I also happen to have 6k gold saved up. Should I just spend it all on buying packs to try to get into standard or should i just play wild?
Your question is hard to answer without more information. If you had a large collection, you might have enough cards to run some decent wild decks. If you do want to get into standard, you could get the mini-set with some of the gold you have. That would be the best bargain for your gold in terms of legendary distribution
First of all, welcome back to Hearthstone!
There's two main points of consideration if you want to get new cards: Either purchasing packs, or one of the Minisets.
The sets Murder at Castle Nathria and Voyage to the Sunken City are the newest, while Forged in the Barrens, United in Stormwind, and Fractured in Alteract Valley are all rotating in about 6 months. This includes their respective minisets. As such, it's a good idea to purchase Sunken and Nathria sets before the older sets, as they'll be Standard-legal longer.
You should also qualify for the free decks for returning players. Look those up and decide/plan based on your goals (some might be more interesting and others might yield more dust, etc.).
The miniset is good value for your gold, but the latest one isn't used much at the moment. The next expansion is also 2 months out or so. Keep that in mind before you splurge. With that in mind, see how far you can get on the rewards track. There are some free packs, cards (random epics, legendaries) and gold.
Use the usual data sites (hsreplay, vicioussyndicate) to see what the meta is, if you care about ranked play. Many decks are also 40 card decks now thanks to Prince Renathal, which increases overall deck cost.
Speaking of Renathal, you will get the promo cards of each expansion with the first pack of the expansion.
Recommendation ? STAY WELL AWAY !!!!
Play Wild mate, seriously don't bother playing Standard if you already have Wild cards. The last 2 years of expansions have some of the best cards Wild has ever seen, so I'd recommend prioritizing buying Alterac, Sunken, and maybe Stormwind/Nathria packs in that order. There's nothing broken or overpowering going on in Wild right now, so most classes have a pretty good deck possible with them. I also recommend buying the Barrens and Alterac mini-sets, they have pretty damn good legendaries.
You'll quit the game for another 2 years after you invest into Standard and realize how stale it is.
haha sounds good. I’ve been running Baku face hunter and Spiteful Dragon Priest recently and been able to push up to Gold 2!
is Baku face hunter still a meta or did the 40 health ruin it?
Renathal seems completely broken theres like no downside to playing him
playing 40 cards is downside.
Look at this way - First card you put in your deck is the best one. 2nd is worse than first one. Third is worse than 2nd one. And so on.
dang bro, you must be going hard on games! I'm taking a little break from the D3-Legend grind on standard with some wild ping mage. I'm barely do platinum 10 with a 79% winrate over 48 games. Without the bonus stars holy crap is the grind slow!
People keep saying there is a lot more variety in wild, but I've only really faced 5 classes so far, and theyve all been quest priest, mill druid, paladin, some 40 card warlock deck that im assuming is Jailor/Bolf, even shaman and (mostly) secret mages. Almost everyone is playing 40 card decks which is pretty dumb imo. There is supposed to be a downside for the 10 extra health, but it doesnt seem to matter. Even aggressive decks like secret mage are 40 cards..
Is there anyway to track collection to see what I need to craft or see what deck I can build? Looks like inkeeper doesn't work anymore...
Currently the only automatic way is with the decktracker and the plug-in from outof.cards . It obviously only uploads to their collection.
However if you found a deck you like and want to fully craft, you can copy the deck string and import it ingame. It will then show which cards you are missing and lets you craft them.
Thanks. HS DeckTracker? Yeah, i see it, but it paid functionality + not really what I want.
I found outof.cards plugin, it is plugin for HS DeckTracker or selfmade app? So with it I can search for decks on their site? :) Thank you in advance!
p.s. what the best and user friendly would be? hs decktracker or outof.cards?
https://outof.cards/hearthstone/decktracker-plugin/
How it Works
So you need both: the deck tracker with the plugin to grab your collection and an account with ooc to maintain your collection there.
The paid version of hsreplay is not needed.
Please, dont do it to yourself. Run
Welcome back! I would recommend looking at the booster packs for 2000 gold each. You get a lot of cards with legendaries for not much gold.
What you speaking about? I dont have any booster packs for 2k gold. Only for real money. No packs for gold except 100g one