Quote (Mastersam93 @ Nov 16 2015 11:36am)

I would say it's very diffcult to seriously get into the game without spending some irl money. You should definitely get Naxxramas and possibly the first wing of Black Rock Mountain. If you can, 60 classic packs would do wonders as well, but if you don't want to spend that much it's fine.

There are a few decent decks that you can make without that much dust that do pretty well. I'd say the best 3 cheap decks are:
-Face Hunter
-Aggro Paladin
-Zoo Warlock

I'm not going to post lists for them because there are so many variations, but icy-veins.com has good lists/guides that you should check out.

As far as playing in order to get good and get more cards, I would say just grind out ranked play. This will help you get better at the game and you will earn gold in the process. Spend the gold on packs once you unlock the expansions that you need. You probably just want to get classic packs. The chance of getting the exact legendary you need from a pack is so low that you shouldn't aim for this, instead you just want to try to get good common/rare cards and the classic packs have the best common/rare cards. You can just craft the cards you need from the other expansions.

Arena is something you should avoid because as a newer play you just aren't going to play well enough to make the arena worth it and you will lose gold.

Quote (blunderwonder2 @ Nov 16 2015 06:41pm)

if im just trying to make ONE deck, for one hero/playstyle, what is the shortest way to achieve that? I ask now because i think i did all the ealryish quest things, and im sitting on like 600 gold cause idk what to do with it, ithink i already spent 300 gold on packs and got a few packs for free from doing some of the tutorial stuff.


i realize it could take some time, but if its a cheap deck and I can just sacrifice all the crappy cards ill never use anyway to get their quicker, then im fine with that.

Quote (Mastersam93 @ Nov 16 2015 08:42pm)

Fastest/best way to get one deck is to play ranked play and do your dailies. You get 10 gold every 3 wins up to 10 times a day, so you can always get 1 pack a day. With gold from dailies, occasional pack as a quest reward, and weekly tavern brawl you can get 10 packs a week easily. You should just disenchant all the cards you don't need in your deck and use the dust to craft the cards you do need. The only time you should avoid buying packs is if you need the gold to open up the Naxxramas expansion if you are going to be playing that Hunter deck, which is a very good deck choice.

Quote (blunderwonder2 @ Nov 16 2015 08:15pm)

http://hearthstoneplayers.com/shengs-budget-zoo-warlock-deck/

ive decided on this because im tired of trying to figure it out

you can tell what set a card is from by the backround under the text, thres different icons for each(this is good info for new players, as it saves time in looking up every card to see how you might get it), however the site overlay when you put your cursor over one of the cards, doesnt always show the backround right which is stupid.


so... leoatheb/nerubian egg/haunted creeper/voidcaller are from naxx

imp gang boss is from black rock

imp-losion is from GvG



so now that i have that figured out, i have to get these cards, the rest of the cards are in the classic set. So I should spend my gold on classic packs until i get all the classics, then just turn everything that isnt in this deck into dust, and try to get th eones that are left?


/e




just when im getting some semblance of control... if i go for the hunter deck, what is the best way to get that deck? nice that site actually has the backrounds right

1 gear - goblins vs gnomes - glaivezhooka

1 mountain - black rock - quickshot (first wing?)

2 or 3 other thing - naxus

1 shield - grand thing


can i craft these without spending 100$ to get each of those expansions? I mean by the time i get snake trap and unleash the hounds in classic cards i should have tons of cards i dont need for making dust