I basically have a maximum of 4000 dust at my disposal.
To create the following decks I need:
Miracle Rogue - x2 Preparation, Bloodmage Thalnos (Optional), Edwin VanCleef (Optional) = 800 + 1600 +1600 = 4000
Handlock - x2 Twilight Drake, x2 Molten Giant, x2 Mountain Giant, x1 BGH, x1 Faceless Manipulator = 2600
Experimental Zoo Lock - Murloc Warleader, Coldlight Seer = 500
Shaman Deck - Al'Akir the Windlord, Bloodmage Thalnos = 3200
Miracle and my current Shaman decks could potentially see the use of a Bloodmage Thalnos = 1600
The Black Knight could see some use in a Handlock and maybe even a Zoo deck = 1600
For Miracle, not sure how potent it can be if I switch Bloodmage Thalnos for a Kobold Geomancer and Edwin Vancleef for a Questing Adventurer.
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((This is a pretty long rant please bear with me!))
At the moment I play a Zoo control deck but it has been falling out of the meta. It seems almost every deck I face is built with the basis of surviving the initial onslaught. I also have a functional Control Shaman that I play from time to time. In addition, I play apDrop's version of the Backspace Aggro Rogue which runs x2 Coldlight Oracle, Arcane Golem and Leeroys.
I've been stuck at Rank 10 with Zoo this season and I want a reliable deck that I could play to Legendary.
I could spend all the dust on Edwin VanCleef, Bloodmage Thalnos and x2 Preparation to basically have the full version of Kolento's miracle deck which has been proven to climb up to the top. I haven't played Miracle before though.
However, as Edwin is rogue-only legendary, I'm not sure if that's the best use of my dust. I do have Questing Adventurer which I heard is a neat substitute.
I'm considering a Bloodmage Thalnos (Usable in some Rogue decks and my Shaman deck). Or perhaps any combination of the following cards that I think could improve my Zoo deck vs today's Meta:
- The Black Knight (For when I move towards a Druid deck, also to trial in my Zoo deck vs. Druids)
- Lorewalker Cho (Apparently a 'gimmicky' legendary that works wonders vs Freeze and Miracle, but only for my Zoo)
- x1 Big Game Hunter (Also to counter Druids)
- x1 Murloc Warleader (To trial a Murloc-mixed Zoo deck)
Considering DE-ing for even more dust:
- Lord Jaraxxus
- Millhouse Manastorm
Thoughts are appreciated, thanks!