If there was one card you should EVER craft, it’s Golden Leeroy Jenkins; a comprehensive guide on how to flex on ’em – January 10, 2020 at 06:06PM

What do we know about Golden Cards? Basically, they are the Hearthstone equivalent of holographic cards. With their animated portraits and double crafting cost of a normal cards; they are that little bit of cosmetic flair that you don’t have to pull out your wallet or preorder anything to obtain. What’s nice about Golden cards is that they’re obtained by just opening packs. Any pack you open might have the chance to give you one of these beautifully animated cards. They’re a fun reminder that you were extremely lucky and managed to pull THIS specific cards as a shiny, against all odds; It’s in your collection as a reminder of that.

But how often do you notice when your opponent plays a golden card? For me, it’s not very often. At most, I may hover over the portrait or notice it’s golden and say “Oh, golden common/rare class card.” Which is perfectly fine, after all nobody really has an objective to having a golden card, but what if you could? Golden Legendaries really are a testament to either pulling a card against unbelievable odds or crafting a card that is so special to that player or deck that they would spend 2400 dust, the equivalent of 24 Hearthstone packs, or $35 USD just to craft it. When your opponent plays a Golden Legendary, it really is a status symbol. After all, someone who would willingly dust an ENTIRE decks worth of cards for a single Golden probably either has an enormous collection or really is someone that really takes pride in their hearthstone deck.

Golden cards as status symbols are nothing new for Hearthstone players. Popular streamer, Kripparrian has released several videos highlighting his 30-card all legendary golden deck. A monumental status symbol for someone with a collection that big. Sometimes crafting Golden cards are use for a negative status symbol. /r/Hearthstone regularly makes bets on upcoming announcements and future updates where users promise if they are wrong about a prediction, they will publicly craft a Golden Millhouse Manastorm, Nat Pagle, or Gruul. Terrible classic legendaries that have almost never seen play.

Now let’s talk about Leeroy Jenkins. A legendary neutral minion card, from the Classic set. a 5 mana 6/2 with charge that summons 2 1/1 Whelps for your opponent. Based after the most iconic World of Warcraft player of all time, and a defining video of early 2000s internet meme fame; Leeroy Jenkins is a globally recognized symbol for World of Warcraft. As a Hearthstone card, Leeroy has seem more competitive play through the years than any other single neutral classic legendary. It’s widely recommended through several guides as a safe first-craft for new players due to it being neutral, thus used by any class that utilizes closing out the game for that last 6 damage.

Now let’s talk about how to flex on ’em: no other legendary wins the game quite like Leeroy.

Blizzard through the years has been really adamant about reducing the ability to deal disgusting amounts of damage to your opponents face in a single turn. Sure, there will always be Fireball, Lava Burst, Kill Command. 3-4 mana spells that typically just win the game when your opponent gets two in hand. But those cards aren’t legendary; they’re just common and classic cards. They can finish the game, sure, but any direct damage spell to the face can win the game is hardly out of the ordinary. That’s why Leeroy is special. It’s not just a recycled magic attack that you can find in any fantasy game; It’s THE Leeroy Jenkins!

He gets played, you get to hear his iconic battlecry, your opponent thinks “Oh sh*t, Golden Leeroy, and you hit for the last 6 damage to win the game. Personally, as someone who has won dozens on dozens of games with him, I really believe no other finisher will bring you as much satisfaction. It’s not just winning, it’s sending a message. When your opponent has played countless other players that day that are as forgettable as the last, wouldn’t you like to stand out and say

“I’m the one that topdecked the Golden Leeroy Jenkins.”

In conclusion, I have found no other Hearthstone Card will bring as much joy as Golden Leeroy Jenkins. Admittedly, there will be times that you will not get close enough for lethal and your beautiful Golden Leeroy, in all it’s glory, will sadly sit in your hand when your opponent gets the best of you. But despite that, there has never been a card has made me laugh maniacally as my screen then drawing a Golden Leeroy Jenkins to win the game.

Thank you so much for reading this. I didn’t anticipate using an hour out of my day to write a semi-joke guide about a Hearthstone card, but here we are. It’s important to ask if you do take my advice, please don’t emote spam if you’re going to win with Golden Leeroy. As cool as it is to win this way, the usage of Golden Leeroy should be used with dignity and not for BMing. I hope you liked it, at least for the joke. I never have put this much effort into a reddit post before so I hope that’s worth something, otherwise to the 3-4 upvotes that I receive for this. Thank you folks as well. <3