Quote (Airwaves @ Jul 29 2015 07:57pm)
even amaranth didn't answer and she's usually the most helpful person on the forum
I didn't answer because you wouldn't like the answer given and you would consider it to not be helpful. Therefore I decided to not give an answer but since you feel like nobody has given you an answer:
TL;DR - Unlike you really enjoy arenas, this game is P2P or budget.
Budget decks are OK. You cannot build the decks that you want to play. When I first started I was stuck with budget zoo and wanted to play Miracle Rogue but I needed 2 Preps.. Edwin.. Malygos.. Leeroy all these expensive cards when I barely had anything. I consistently disenchanted EVERYTHING to make Miracle Rogue. There was absolutely NO WAY I could make it though. I had to spend money and I did. I used to play all these budget decks and I would set a dust cost range on Hearthpwn to help find the cheap decks. Eventually I spent enough money that I'm usually upset when my deck isn't at least near fully golden.
1. Play with budget until you can afford to buy packs
2. Grind arenas with your gold (3-4 wins will at least break even on the gold spent, if not reward more)
3. If you don't have expansions, especially Naxx, you have to spend money. Gold takes too long.
There are PLENTY of decks that are very budget that can make legend.