Just a quick reminder – patch 24.2.2 was released on September 9, nearly 2 weeks ago. It was a major balance update, with seven cards getting nerfed (and a couple of them buffed), so here’s a reminder that you can still benefit from it if you haven’t already.
After a card gets nerfed, you can disenchant it for its full crafting cost. The grace period ends 2 weeks after the patch – in this case tomorrow (most likely around 10 AM PT / 19:00 CET, since it’s the regular patch time). Keep in mind that it doesn’t apply to cards that are clearly buffed – only cards that were nerfed or remade get this bonus.
Here’s a full list of cards you can Dust with the amount of Dust you’ll get for them:
- Wildheart Guff – 1600 Normal / 3200 Golden.
- Edwin, Defias Kingpin – 1600 Normal / 3200 Golden.
- Magister Dawngrasp – 1600 Normal / 3200 Golden.
- Defend the Dwarven District – 1600 Normal / 3200 Golden.
- Kael'thas Sinstrider – 1600 Normal / 3200 Golden.
- Smothering Starfish – 400 Normal / 1600 Golden.
- Nightcloak Sanctum – 100 Normal / 800 Golden.
In general, you should always disenchant cards that are offered full Dust refunds, unless you’re actively playing it in a deck right now (then there’s no point). Yes, sometimes a card is still good after the nerfs, so you might want to play it in the future. But that’s not a problem – if you disenchant a Legendary card for 1600 Dust, you can just use the same amount of Dust to re-craft it in the future. But if you never use it – that’s extra free Dust that you would never get. I’m often reading arguments like “but what if I spend that Dust on something else in the meantime and then don’t have it when I need to re-craft it” – so what? It means that you got to play another card for a while, so you still got your value, just with a different card. But if you don’t ever play the card in the future, leaving it in your collection is a huge waste.
Also, if you don’t care about Golden cards in your collection, you can always get rid of the Golden and craft a normal version (it’s a good deal because it leaves you with a lot of extra Dust).
