Cards worth disenchanting?

[volkanik]

Anyone have a good list of all the worthless cards in Hearthstone that would be worth disenchanting? And please don't respond by saying "you should only disenchant golds if you have x2 copies of that card already". I'm not a completionist, I'm looking to clean my collection of all the crap cards.

[ComputerNerd]

You can't always say a given card is good or bad, for changes to balance or the meta can have a significant affect.
Generally focus on a smaller number of decks at once, and disenchant those which are not needed.

[runedhill]

Most people thought Harrison Jones was one of the top 10 worst cards in the game, now look at it. Practically required at a high ranking.

Don't DE anything unless you've got more than you can put in a deck.

[Mormolyce]

It entirely depends on the classes you play and the builds you make. Almost any card can be good in the right circumstances.

[kaiadam]

Here's a list of disechantable (I think) cards that I have never seen used in earnest in five seasons of playing at legendary rank. (1x means I've never seen more than one copy of that card in play). Obviously changed cards only reflect current state.

Warrior

1x brawl
Commanding shout
1x gorehowl
Rampage

Warlock
Bane of Doom
Blood Imp
Corruption
Demonfire
Infernal
Felguard
Pit Lord
Sacrificial Pact
Sense Demons
Summoning Portal
Twisting Nether
Void Terror

Shaman
Ancestral Spirit
1x Bloodlust
1x Doomhammer
Dust Devil
Earth Elemental
Far Sight
Totemic Might
Windspeaker

Rogue
Betrayal
Headcrack
Kidnapper
Master of Disguise
Patient Assassin
1x Sprint
Vanish

Priest (may not be fully accurate subject to low representation)
Divine Spirit
Innerfire
Lightspawn
Mass Dispel
Mind Vision
Mind Games
Prophet Velen
Shadowform
Temple Enforcer

Paladin
Blessed Champion
Eye for an Eye
Humility
Repentance

Mage (may not be fully accurate subject to low representation)
Blizzard
Cone of Cold
Counterspell
Ethereal Arcanist
Ice Barrier
Ice Block
Ice Lance
Kirin Tor Mage
Pyroblast
Spellbender
Vaporize

Hunter
Bestial Wrath
Explosive Shot
King Krush
Snake Trap
Snipe
Tundra Rhino

Druid
Bite
1x Force of Nature
Ironbark protector
Mark of Nature
Moonfire
Naturalize
Savagery

Neutral
Alarm-o-bot
Ancient Brewmaster
Ancient Mage
Angry Chicken
Archmage
Bloodsail Corsair
Booty Bay Bodyguard
Captain Greenskin
Captain's Parrot
Core Hound
Cult Master
Dalaran Mage
Darkscale Healer
Deathwing
Demolisher
Dragonling Mechanic
Dread Corsair
Elite Tauren Chieftain
Emperor Cobra
Fen Creaper
Flesheating Ghoul
Frost Elemental
Gelbin Mekkatorque
Gruul
Gurubashi Berserker
Hogger
Hungry Crab
Illidan Stormrage
Jungle Panther
Lightwarden
Lorewalker Cho
Mad Bomber
Malygos
Mana Wraith
Master Swordsmith
Millhouse Manastorm
Mind Control Tech
Mogushan Warden
Nat Pagle
Nozdormu
Onyixia
Pint-sized Summoner
Priestess of Elune
Questing Adventurer
Ravenholdt Assassin
Sea Giant
Secret Keeper
Silverhand Knight
Silvermoon Guardian
Southsea Captain
Southsea Deckhand
Spiteful Smith
Stranglethorn Tiger
Tauren Warrior
The Beast
Thrallmar Farseer
Tinkmaster Overspark
Venture Co. Mercenary
Windfury Harpy
Wisp
Young Dragonhawk
Youthful Brewmaster

[runedhill]

Here's a list of disechantable (I think) cards that I have never seen used in earnest in five seasons of playing at legendary rank. (1x means I've never seen more than one copy of that card in play). Obviously changed cards only reflect current state.

If he's asking this question, what happens at legend rank is irrelevant because he is obviously not at that rank.

[Beat5beat]

If he's asking this question, what happens at legend rank is irrelevant because he is obviously not at that rank.

As true as that is, his list is not useful anyway. There are a lot of cards on his list used in competitive play. And since the op won't know which are which, the overall list is useless even though it contains many cards which can be disenchanted.

Additionally the game is still very young, new ideas of play which incorporate different cards can still be found. On top of this Blizzard can change any card at any time if they feel it is underpowered or overpowered.

[kaiadam]

If he's asking this question, what happens at legend rank is irrelevant because he is obviously not at that rank.

Well, no, but it's not like being at a lower rank suddenly makes a card better. If it has never been used seriously by the best players, or so rarely as to be insignificant, then chances are it's safe to disenchant.

There are a lot of cards on his list used in competitive play.

If, as the previous poster mentioned, by the question, the OP is not near legendary, then competitive decks, which may be formulated to counter specific other decks that may appear, are even less relevant. Also, I can't think of any cards used in recent tournaments that are on that list, although there are some borderline usable cards there.

Additionally the game is still very young, new ideas of play which incorporate different cards can still be found. On top of this Blizzard can change any card at any time if they feel it is underpowered or overpowered.

Obvious caveat for cards with unique effects that may change value with the meta. Also, the number of bad cards that were made decent in the history of Hearthstone beta can be counted on the fingers of one hand, literally. The only one I can think of right now is UTH, actually, were there more?

[xenogear3]

Where did he get that list?
I suspect it is the most used card list

[Nikkaszal]

If, as the previous poster mentioned, by the question, the OP is not near legendary, then competitive decks, which may be formulated to counter specific other decks that may appear, are even less relevant. Also, I can't think of any cards used in recent tournaments that are on that list, although there are some borderline usable cards there.

No, that's the point - the metas at high and low rankings are vastly different due to the availability of cards, so some which may not see much play at high rankings are still viable - even great - in lower rankings when they're not countered or made redundant.

EG a shaman at low ranking can absolutely run double Earth Ele in his deck, because not everyone is rocking BGH's. Rogues can and will still use Questing Adventurer along with Conceal. Stuff like that

[r3d3mpt10n]

The list isnt useful at all, Just because one person hasnt seen them at his rank, doesnt mean they arent in play...

as for "cleaning up" your deck list, d/e cards that you personally dont use... although its better to keep them as you may eventually change your deck to include some.

[Ryft]

I tend to disenchant class cards for classes I have no intention playing in the forseeable future.

In my case that is Priest & Paladin. Maybe Rogue.

[kaiadam]

Where did he get that list?

I mentioned this, but those are cards I personally have not seen in about a thousand high-ranked games.

No, that's the point - the metas at high and low rankings are vastly different due to the availability of cards, so some which may not see much play at high rankings are still viable - even great - in lower rankings when they're not countered or made redundant.

EG a shaman at low ranking can absolutely run double Earth Ele in his deck, because not everyone is rocking BGH's. Rogues can and will still use Questing Adventurer along with Conceal. Stuff like that

The metas are different less due to card availability and more due to player and deckbuilding mistakes. Earth elemental is simply a bad card through and through, whether it's used at rank 1 or 20 or whether the other guy has a BGH or not. In tournaments, your opponent is matched ahead of time, and you've already scouted out his deck classes and know most of the cards he runs. On the other hand, whether you're rank 1 or 20, you're still facing a nameless mass of opponents who could be running any class, any deck, any card. These two simply cannot be compared - in one situation, you're attempting to build a deck that has a higher than 50% weighted average win rate against all possible decks, in the other you're trying to build decks to snipe one another's known decks, etc.

Just because a card gets punished less for being used at one ranking versus another doesn't make it a good card to use. It still has the inherent weaknesses, your opponents are simply not exploiting it enough. It's like the old dressing adage - you deckbuild and play at the rank you want to be, not the rank you're at. Unless you want to remain at your current rank, right?

The list isnt useful at all, Just because one person hasnt seen them at his rank, doesnt mean they arent in play...

As useless as you think the list is, it's a fair stretch more useful than essentially every other post, which are all more or less either saying "don't de anything but duplicates" - which the OP specifically mentioned he didn't want to hear - or disagreement with my list.

Is it a perfect list? of course not, I've only played a thousand or so ranked games, and people come up with new ideas all the time. Just yesterday I came across a rogue deck that made a good argument to use Malygos, and if I made that list today, Malygos wouldn't be on it. On the other hand, if they aren't in play at legendary ranks, chances are the card is not good to play. Should everyone go and disenchant everything I listed? Of course not. Even if a card is bad, it may be the best alternative to a good card that a player doesn't have. This list is for the guy who has most cards, but needs dust for the ones he doesn't, and wants some ideas on what to toss.

Regarding the list itself, I'm fairly sure people disagree with it because they run or see others run cards on it and need to validate their decks. It's not exactly an opinion piece, it's a fairly straightforward list of cards I don't play with or against, that's all. Take from it what you want.