Hearthstone Rise of Shadows: The 6 Best Epics/Legendaries to Craft

It has almost been 2 weeks since Hearthstone's first expansion of 2019, Rise of Shadows. The annual Standard Rotation that came with the expansion has changed up the Standard meta and even the Wild meta. But for many players who don't buy an excessive amount of packs, the question of which Legendaries/Epics to craft comes into question.

Many Legendaries and Epics are often very niche and fit only a specific deck archetype. But there are some cards which see almost universal play and are so versatile they can fit into any decks. Zilliax is one of these cards and he is still a great craft!

Zilliax is a safe craft despite the new expansion

So what cards are worth crafting from Rise of Shadows? Let's take a look at 6 Epics/Legendaries that are worth crafting.

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#6. Keeper Stalladris

Class: Druid

Keeper Stalladris is an interesting effect which manipulates the "Choose One" mechanic. It is much like an older card Fandral Staghelm which was also a cheap and effective "Choose One" combo card. You don't get the amalgamation of the cards but you do get additional cards to play from hand.

Not to mention the mana cost for Keeper Stalladris is very cheap for its effect. Decks with this card have over a 56% winrate according to HSReplay. The Choose One cards will keep coming so this is a much better card to craft compared to the other legendary from the expansion, Lucentbark.

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#5. Darkest Hour

Class: Warlock

Darkest Hour is a card that allows you to cheat mana and bring out your most powerful minions from the deck. It summons the actual minions and not copies. It synergizes extremely well with the new card Rafaam's Scheme. You simply have to destroy your imps and bring out your big boys.

Darkest Hour also synergizes well with Zoo decks. It's especially crazy in Wild where you have large demons such as Mal'Ganis, Voidlord and the now Hall of Famed Doomguard.

#4. Arch-Villain Rafaam

Class: Warlock

Arch-Villain Rafaam is a very flexible card that can be fit into many different deck types. He is a great fit in Zoo Warlock where you can replace your tokens and small minions with powerful minions. Not to mention he is an 8 health Taunt minion which protects you and your board.

He's also a great craft for players who want to try other Legendaries but don't want to craft them. Perhaps the best Legendary you can get from the effect is Princess Talanji, where you can summon all those minions your deck transformed.

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#3. Nine Lives

Class: Hunter

Nine Lives is a cheap and yet very powerful Spell for the Hunter class. Hunter has always had Deathrattle minions and archetypes and veteran players will remember the horrors of Undertaker Hunter.

Nine Lives is even stronger in Wild, synergizing with cards such as Sylvanas, Sneeds and more. In both modes, it's very strong if you get back a Highmane or a Spider-Bomb to your hand while triggering its powerful Deathrattle effects.

Dane has had some really cool Wild decks with Nine Lives

#2. Khadgar

Class: Mage

Khadgar is another card who is a card as well as a Hero Portrait. Khadgar is cheap, 2-cost minion which has a very powerful effect. He synergizes extremely well with the Twinspell card Conjurer's calling, giving you 4 extra minions. This is especially strong if those minions are high cost minions.

It's worth crafting Conjurer's Calling and Power of Creation if you don't have these cards and want to play this deck archetype. Many pros such as Kibler and Kripp have played this deck with a lot of success. Khadgar carries this already powerful deck well because of its cheap cost and powerful effect.

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#1. Archivist Elysiana

Class: Neutral

Archivist Elysiana is a card that has been seeing a surprising amount of play. It is perhaps the best Neutral Legendary from the Rise of Shadows set. The card is a really effective counter against Bomb Warrior, which shuffles explosive bombs into your deck.

She is also very effective during the Fatigue stages where you need answers at a later stage. She has a very fun effect as well, although it may be a little RNG dependent. She is definitely not a "must craft" but she is a great Legendary that will still be good as later expansions drop.