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Quote from Kerdinand >>

I don´t like this idea. If there is a card played or on the field, I recognize it by art, not by text or name. Simply because the art is the only thing you see when a minion is on the field and the only thing you can see quickly when you opponentn plays a spell, it should be unique for each card.

@OP You seem to have a bunch of different decks you're trying to craft at once. I'd say prioritize which deck you want to finish off first then dust and craft accordingly. Doing it all at once can lead to remorse. Personally, I'd say dust every golden you ever get because it's a pointless and dark road to go down financially if you start getting addicted to golden decks. 

As far as what to craft for zoo, sea giants are a big yes. Gormok isn't necessary but he's very good. Try playing budget lists first and once you get a feel for the deck finish them off with expensive legends.

Quote from Minh_85 >>

Well, they took forever to add deck slots because it's confusing, so adding more arts for cards that have the same effect is confusing for new players.

 

Blizzard could introduce a new reward system to entice players to complete heroic Adventures: Alternate art for the cards from each wing. It would require an investment in art but that's not a lot for 16 cards or so. I think this would be a reward players actually care about because it is very clear in gameplay. Cardbacks are boring and they aren't very hard to get. Alternate art on cards is cool. MTG has this as a reward for attending certain events and achievements for judges and FNM promos etc. 

This would be a good investment for blizzard to look into because players need certain cards to beat certain bosses on heroic, thus requiring more packs bought and opened. This would also give them a reason to make the adventures more difficult and possibly larger. It's a chance for players to customize their decks further as well. Would be totally optional not a requirement to get the cards just a different art. 

Just an idea, could be fun.

Rogue is a very good control deck if you are good at the game. There's multiple strats and none of them handle things like shaman or warrior very well but I think the best is the one running cold blood + faceless combo and vancleef. If you really enjoy playing the game and thinking every time you play then rogue is the only class. 

Also freeze mage is difficult and fun to play. Control warrior may be the strongest but it is very straight forward all you do is gain armor and kill whatever you see. This is fun for me but may not be much fun for you. Spec some games or watch some streamers. Reckful plays both rogue and freeze mage most of the time. Forsen plays control warrior and reno mage. Reynad plays rogue. Amaz plays priest. I'd peep those a bunch before you commit to anything.

Quote from Maukiepaukie >>

I think tempo is both stronger and faster to climb, plus it's easier (not much though)

As said before Grommash Hellscream is basically an autoinclude in any warrior deck.

I dont run it but my list is tight cuz of the resurrect rng. For control priest you probably need Justicar. I'd ay dont play control though. It's much easier to buidl toward winning the game rather than not losing. So many decks beat up control right now it just makes better sense to try and win the board or go face.

 I made this and it actually works. Lots of fun to play, seems to beat most decks. Try it out.

Reread op and I see you dont own these legends. Guess you can't build it :(

Quote from peggy2391 >>

It plays the same as the current Elise Warrior :P

Quote from Ihmo >>

 Well get used to still be kicked by shaman, zoo and midrange hunter then. You'll be glad to have shieldbearer against these, I'm sure. Plus, 10 armor has amazing synergy with shield slam, where you might not be able to pool armor the whole game against midrange/aggro. Trust me, there will be no such thing as a control heavy meta.

Quote from furiousferret >>

I'm not sure why some think Hogger, Doom of Elwynn is bad.  Its a bigger Imp Gang Boss that spits out 2/2's.   

For reference, something like this or better is what we're all up against. http://www.hearthpwn.com/decks/484903-rough-cthun-druid

@OP: I'd lose the c'thun strat altogether but if you really want to keep it then I'd say yea Arcanite will get you a lot more action and Malkorok is probably good assuming you don't have my RNG. Crazed Worshipper is also very poor in stats tbh fam. Other 5 drops are going to run that over in one or two hits you don't have deathsbite to get multiple pings and even if you did, you wouldn't run Fen Creeper, right? Like the difference between warrior c'thun and druid/priest is that you HAVE to get c'thun in order to win. Those other classes have such high stat minions that they can just body you for the win they don't even need to draw the bomb. 

Like look at your combos with Brann. You have shieldbearer and c'thun and emperor. Odds are very good you won't ever brann + cthun so you have at best turn 10 brann + emperor or brann + shieldbearer. 3 4/6 taunts is good but its not insane on the same turn as Deathwing and Cthun for your opponent who's running a dedicated cthun strat. Disciple is a great card but even with brann, 4 damage to one target and 4/5 in stats for 2 cards at 6 mana? Doesn't seem like its doing enough when shaman gets a fucking 7/7 for 4.

Trust me, I fell in love with warrior and I'm desperate to find a solid cw list for standard, but based on the available cards I'd say if you want a control deck that uses cthun as a finisher try rogue. Again not trying to shit on your deck idea just trying to help you avoid crafting shit you will find out sucks after :/

Forsen reviewed the cards again yesterday on stream. One thing he said about Ancient Shieldbearer stuck with me. "In a control meta, your health pool doesn't matter that much, the stats on minions and effects do. This is a 6/6 for 7 that essentially does nothing when you aren't under threat of being killed. It's not good." 

Assuming agro is dead and the meta shifts to control I agree with him. This isn't a strong enough card for 7 mana. Gaining 10 looks great now because we're used to having our shit kicked in for the first half of the game. Vs druid c'thun and priest c'thun decks this minion is way understatted, she'll just die for free and you'll end up losing the 10 armor you gained trying to get the board back. It sucks because I'd love to run emperor in cw but it just doesn't look strong enough.

Quote from KitsuneRTC >>

i'm basically stating that i feel dragonhawk charge will just be a new meta tool