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Quote from Neko_Tamo >>

Like supposedly everyone is getting a full classic set for free. Does this mean those of us who already have a full set can just DE it all and have our collection replenished by the change? If not then does it mean a guy who starts playing a day before the change won't get a full collection for free but a guy who starts the day after will. Would suck to be the former guy then :P

Also the cards we will get with Core set, are they ours to keep? If so I could DE my copies of the only (so far) known Core card, Shadowform, and get it back for free. Or maybe they will disappear at the end of the year leaving us with only the cards we had to begin with.

It is rather confusing, but potentially that is a lot of dust. Though I am probably misunderstanding it :D

PS. Ideally provide sources along with your claims so I can verify them.

 I think basically everything you said and assumed is wrong.

There will be a dual process:

1) the current Basic and Classic set will be renamed "Legacy" and will be moved to Wild. You will not get any dust for this move, as it is part of the usual and expected move of sets to Wild, which never give dust either.

2) there will be an introduction of a "Core" set. This set will be free. This set will not be able to be disenchanted. This set will contain copies of cards from the Basic and Classic set, as well as cards from Wild, as well as totally new cards.

This Core set will last for the whole year, and then next year, when rotation of sets to Wild happens again, the Core set will be replaced by a new Core set of free and temporary cards.

IF you choose to disenchant the Legacy card set, you will gain some dust, but lose those cards in every game mode, EXCEPT the free, temporary copies that are part of the Core set. When that Core set changes however, you may, or may not have access to those cards again. That totally depends on what cards will be part of the replacement Core set.

I hope this solves some of your very damaging understandings and questions.

Quote from boltzmann >>

Even Quest Warrior YEP. Definitely working Kappa.

Quote from Voldie >>

Even Warrior based on Genn Greymane but with 1 cost quest. Something shouldn't work here, isn't it?

 Yeah, that's on me for not paying attention near the end of the article. I just picked the most upvoted deck, and had this vague sense of "Not seen that before..." and then moved on, without realizing the obvious dumbness of the deck.

No dessert after dinner for me today as punishment for this oversight. :P

Also, obviously replaced the deck now.

The one Brawl a year where I kind of wish I hadn't dusted my Patches for full value way back when.

Or first expansion: Horde
second expansion: Alliance
third expansion: Battle for Azeroth, Hearthstone edition.

So, massive battle between the 2 sides. :O

If you have played WoW, on the Horde side, at low level, then you almost certainly will know the terrible sound of the Quilboar dying. *shudder*

That's the one thing I hope they DIDN'T bring over.

Disclaimer: I don't know the answer to the question posed in the OP.

The DH got introduced with 2 card sets:

a 10 card Basic set: https://www.hearthpwn.com/cards?filter-premium=1&filter-set=2&filter-class=16384&display=3

and

a 20 card Initiate set: https://www.hearthpwn.com/cards?filter-premium=1&filter-set=1500&display=3

The Initiate set was supposed to be a replacement for the Classic set and the 3 active Standard expansions that other classes had access to, but DH did not. It was already announced on introduction that with the upcoming rotation that the Initiate set would be replaced with an Evergreen set that would be a more permanent replacement. It gave the team a year to look at balance and see what holes needed to be filled in the DH set.

As it turns out, the whole idea of a Classic or evergreen set is going away, so with it goes the DH Initiate and Basic sets, replaced, just like every other class, with the new Core set.

So I don't know what Blizz will do exactly with the Initiate set. It's not part of Legacy, but it IS getting replaced. Where it ends up is a good question, to which I have no answer.

You just made me remember that Arcane Golem used to have Charge. The good old days. xD

Good thread btw. Very cool to see the old decks back.

Q&A day 2, that should be good. 

Quote from brother >>

I probably should have clarified this beforehand, but as a standard-only player, meaning that whatever core cards get phased out won’t be relevant to me as they’ll be replaced by new ones, then disenchanting classic cards would really just be free dust. 

With Classic now being a thing, there's every chance that Blizz will experiment with more similar game modes. I;d hate to have dusted my collection if Blizz suddenly announces they'll do a Classic mode for unnerfed Whispers of the Old Gods expansion and every card you had and every deck you had is now usuable again.

Blizzard is also announcing a new game mode somewhere (supposed to come out in the current expansion's time frame) which may or may not use cards from all sets. Duels already uses cards from (potentially) all sets. Blizzard has every reason to make sure that old cards stay somewhat relevant and not just in Wild.

It means cards retain some value and people don;t just do what you do and actually buy card packs instead of dusting a bunch and crafting. It also means people are more likely to invest in some old packs if there's a bunch of cards they need from certain expansions.

You are free to dust away obviously, but limiting yourself to playing Hearthstone JUST in Standard constructed seems like a way to grow bored much more quickly and leave yourself with far fewer options.

And dusting is SUCH a waste of resources. You get back so little compared to what it costs in the first place. To me personally, I;d rather have the option to use the cards again at some point then get the measly little bit of dust back.

Quote from Buck365 >>

Also any compensation at all?

 Nope.

And about dusting the collection: You only get to USE the new Core set. After the year is over and the rotation happens we will get a new Core set and the old one just evaporates. Dusting cards you own cause they are in the Core set means that 1 year later you might suddenly be 50+ cards short. 

Dusting cards is almost always the wrong choice, unless you have more of them than you can use.