Sidenote: The chances of you losing just because your opponent has Zilliax and you don't are very low. There were most likely many other factors that caused you to lose which you either didn't see, or don't want to see.
Ha ha, true!
But you know, it just feels like it because I have lethal on board and then Zilliax comes down and saves the day. I still think it's one of the most versatile cards to have in my collection right now.
Oh definitely, Zilliax is one of the best standard legendaries right now that fits into nearly every deck. Certainlya wise choice to craft.
Either compare your legendaries with a meta report and see which ones aren't included. Or post your legendaries and rares here so that we can help.
Sidenote: The chances of you losing just because your opponent has Zilliax and you don't are very low. There were most likely many other factors that caused you to lose which you either didn't see, or don't want to see.
Note: What I'm about to write below concerns wild. Priest's state in standard is abysmal because of its terrible classic set. If Blizzard want to fix priests awful standard state during the start of each year, they should either buff some of their classic cards, or introduce some new, strong, not broken classic cards.
People saying priest only has a single archetype in wild are plain wrong. What needs to happen for priest to shy away from their resurrect bullshit is a nuke. Nuke big priest, nerf it so hard that no one will ever want to play it again and the actual priest mains will show the rest of the community that the class is far from a one trick pony.
Control priest is still a strong deck that could easily reach tier 2 depending on the meta.
And dragon inner fire priest is a dark horse in my opinion. The deck has already been tier 1 multiple times but has always had an extremely small sample size. Not because of its matchup against big priest. But, in my opinion, because people just don't want to play priest because everyone dislikes the class in wild because of a single deck. And because of that, people will never see that there are still other strong priest decks and thus the only priest deck you ever see is big priest. Kind of a vicious cycle, really. And the only solution is a big, fat kaboom on Barnes and the resurrect cards.
Financially, I think it would be better for Blizzard to create new cards, rather than readding wild cards back to standard. It incentivices people to buy more standard packs, as opposed to the people who still have their dirty rats and explosive sheeps.
I would heavily prefer them to put some more effort in these classic replacements though. The last batch was mostly just a bunch of uninspired "add a random card to your hand" cards.
Does the elemental 'win' you situations more as the 6/5 body, or the 3dmg battlecry, what do you think?
It's both. The 3 damage could give you that last bit of burst damage or tempo you were looking for AND you get a 6/5 body. It's a great topdeck in the lategame.
Edit: that's why I run both one fire elemental and one Aya, cutting the aforementioned windfury.
Not only is the matchmaking not rigged, you just happened to be unlucky, but only three games as a sample size and you think the game is rigged? That amount is beyond low and completely negligible.
I'd say that depends on the meta. If there are decks that can have a reasonable answer on the turn that specific crazy shit happens, I'd be fine with it. Problems arise when decks can have a massive board which can't realistically be countered by any deck (a Darkest Hour warlock highroll in wild for example). That deck can create a board at turn 5 or 6 which cannot be answered. That, in my opinion, isn't healthy or fun.
A wide board on turn 2 or 3 with 2-3 statted minions can still be countered by a Hellfire, so I can live with a "highroll" like that.
Did it specifically state 'oh, by the way Zilliax is a no-go. Not now, not ever.'? No? Then Zilliax is still a high value card from TBD.
He stated: "I'm missing these four epics, which one should I craft?". Last time I checked Zilliax wasn't an epic, nor was it mentioned anywhere in the OP.
The card is -just- good enough to play in bomb hunter. Buffing it will only make the deck stronger, yet it's already one of the strongest decks out there. I think the card is fine as it is.
Archivist Elysiana, in my opinion, is a horrible card. She's only run in control decks. And because she's run in those decks, every single control deck is forced to run her, despite her not being of any use in any other matchup. If a control deck does not run her and they're matched up against a control deck that does run her, the player who doesn't have Elysianna instantly loses due to fatigue.
So what we end up with are control mirror matches that take even longer than they should to begin with. Only to eventually be decided by 'who gets better cards from Elysiana'.
TL;DR: She is pretty much useless in any matchup that isn't control vs control. If you don't run her, you will lose every control mirror match. It's up to you and the decks you face on ladder if you want to include her or not.
Archivist Elysiana is pretty much required for control warrior and control shaman, and arguably for bomb warrior too. Without that card the former two decks would lose all mirror matches due to hitting fatigue a lot faster.
Chef Nomi only really sees play in some tempo rogue lists and nomi priest (which isn't a good deck).
Neither of them are must-crafts unless you want to play warrior or contorl shaman, I'd say.
I'm on my phone so can't easily link decks but for the wild side of things:
Jade druid is a great control-style deck.
If you want a combo druid deck then basically anything with Aviana/Kun is still somewhat useable, although significantly weaker. I believe the Togwaggle finisher is the most consistent one.
For Hunter I would suggest Dane's reno hunter or Renojackson's deathrattle hunter.
For Shaman Shudderwock shaman is still a viable combo deck. Malygos shaman could also work.
For Warrior you can try either odd warrior or Dead Man's Hand warrior as control decks. The former being a much better ladder option.
Oh definitely, Zilliax is one of the best standard legendaries right now that fits into nearly every deck. Certainlya wise choice to craft.
Either compare your legendaries with a meta report and see which ones aren't included. Or post your legendaries and rares here so that we can help.
Sidenote: The chances of you losing just because your opponent has Zilliax and you don't are very low. There were most likely many other factors that caused you to lose which you either didn't see, or don't want to see.
Note: What I'm about to write below concerns wild. Priest's state in standard is abysmal because of its terrible classic set. If Blizzard want to fix priests awful standard state during the start of each year, they should either buff some of their classic cards, or introduce some new, strong, not broken classic cards.
People saying priest only has a single archetype in wild are plain wrong. What needs to happen for priest to shy away from their resurrect bullshit is a nuke. Nuke big priest, nerf it so hard that no one will ever want to play it again and the actual priest mains will show the rest of the community that the class is far from a one trick pony.
Control priest is still a strong deck that could easily reach tier 2 depending on the meta.
And dragon inner fire priest is a dark horse in my opinion. The deck has already been tier 1 multiple times but has always had an extremely small sample size. Not because of its matchup against big priest. But, in my opinion, because people just don't want to play priest because everyone dislikes the class in wild because of a single deck. And because of that, people will never see that there are still other strong priest decks and thus the only priest deck you ever see is big priest. Kind of a vicious cycle, really. And the only solution is a big, fat kaboom on Barnes and the resurrect cards.
Financially, I think it would be better for Blizzard to create new cards, rather than readding wild cards back to standard. It incentivices people to buy more standard packs, as opposed to the people who still have their dirty rats and explosive sheeps.
I would heavily prefer them to put some more effort in these classic replacements though. The last batch was mostly just a bunch of uninspired "add a random card to your hand" cards.
Duel links is the one that doesn't have the whole link summoning bullshit, right?
I mean... you got matched up with that "extremely bad player". What does that say about you then...?
I love it when Big Priests get destroyed. Even more so when they're running godawful lists like that guy you were facing.
Nice work.
It's both. The 3 damage could give you that last bit of burst damage or tempo you were looking for AND you get a 6/5 body. It's a great topdeck in the lategame.
Edit: that's why I run both one fire elemental and one Aya, cutting the aforementioned windfury.
Why aren't you running the good even shaman list? (Minus the windfury)
Not only is the matchmaking not rigged, you just happened to be unlucky, but only three games as a sample size and you think the game is rigged? That amount is beyond low and completely negligible.
I'd say that depends on the meta. If there are decks that can have a reasonable answer on the turn that specific crazy shit happens, I'd be fine with it. Problems arise when decks can have a massive board which can't realistically be countered by any deck (a Darkest Hour warlock highroll in wild for example). That deck can create a board at turn 5 or 6 which cannot be answered. That, in my opinion, isn't healthy or fun.
A wide board on turn 2 or 3 with 2-3 statted minions can still be countered by a Hellfire, so I can live with a "highroll" like that.
He stated: "I'm missing these four epics, which one should I craft?". Last time I checked Zilliax wasn't an epic, nor was it mentioned anywhere in the OP.
So again: That wasn't an option.
That wasn't an option.
The card is -just- good enough to play in bomb hunter. Buffing it will only make the deck stronger, yet it's already one of the strongest decks out there. I think the card is fine as it is.
Don't you ever kick the, or any, for that matter, dog.
Your decks never disappoint. Good stuff!
Archivist Elysiana, in my opinion, is a horrible card. She's only run in control decks. And because she's run in those decks, every single control deck is forced to run her, despite her not being of any use in any other matchup. If a control deck does not run her and they're matched up against a control deck that does run her, the player who doesn't have Elysianna instantly loses due to fatigue.
So what we end up with are control mirror matches that take even longer than they should to begin with. Only to eventually be decided by 'who gets better cards from Elysiana'.
TL;DR: She is pretty much useless in any matchup that isn't control vs control. If you don't run her, you will lose every control mirror match. It's up to you and the decks you face on ladder if you want to include her or not.
Archivist Elysiana is pretty much required for control warrior and control shaman, and arguably for bomb warrior too. Without that card the former two decks would lose all mirror matches due to hitting fatigue a lot faster.
Chef Nomi only really sees play in some tempo rogue lists and nomi priest (which isn't a good deck).
Neither of them are must-crafts unless you want to play warrior or contorl shaman, I'd say.
I'm on my phone so can't easily link decks but for the wild side of things:
Jade druid is a great control-style deck.
If you want a combo druid deck then basically anything with Aviana/Kun is still somewhat useable, although significantly weaker. I believe the Togwaggle finisher is the most consistent one.
For Hunter I would suggest Dane's reno hunter or Renojackson's deathrattle hunter.
For Shaman Shudderwock shaman is still a viable combo deck. Malygos shaman could also work.
For Warrior you can try either odd warrior or Dead Man's Hand warrior as control decks. The former being a much better ladder option.