Definitely not. There are some decks in Hearthstone that revolve around this card like OTK Druid and other similar decks.
Unless you never play such decks then go right ahead and dust it.

You can replace Valeera with Elekk since you want Academic to shuffle cards into your deck. They have their pros and cons but I would lean towards Valeera because I’m bias.

Spectral Cutlass you can’t really do much about it since this deck revolves around it. You have to ask these questions first. Will you play this deck for a long time? Is it worth your dust? Will this card see play in the future? Your dust is extremely important if you’re F2P and in my opinion, you should only craft this card if you’re going to play this deck a lot.

Sap can temporarily replace Vilespine but I highly suggest you get it ASAP. It’s an amazing card for removal and you will find yourself using it in most situations.

Strider is MVP in this deck since you are preparing for the early game. Those 4/4 spiders are extremely troublesome against all decks and will help fight for the board. Like Vilespine, you should craft Striders ASAP as this card is seen in lots of Rogue Decks.

Unfortunately, there is no replacement for Preparation as most of the time you want to combo it with Sprint. A 7 mana draw 4 card is good but you don’t want to waste a whole turn drawing cards. Comboing it with Preparation will allow for more options and leave you with 6 mana left, which will allow you to do other things.

In the order of crafting cards I would suggest: Strider –> Vilespine –> Preparation –> Valeera –> Spectral

You are absolutely spot on! I was in the moment explaining how to put cards into the deck that I forgot to answer the question.
(*ゝω・)ﾉThanks for explaining it much better than I did.

(*≧▽≦) Thank you.

I’m glad you had a fun time with this deck 😀
The potential of each match is huge … unless you vs against aggro decks ｡･ﾟヾ(✦థ ｪ థ)ﾉ｡ﾟ･｡ then just survive!

OMG, thank you for commenting!

The reason I have not updated the decklist is because I wanted this list to act as a catalyst or the basic recipe for this deck. You can add whatever cards into the mix allowing for your own playstyle to shine through. As long as you’re having fun, then it’s all good.

Plus the cards I suggested in the substitution section aren’t budget friendly with Lich King, Elise, Edwin, and other legendaries being suggested. So do understand that I want players to create their own version of the deck using mine as reference 😀

Hahaha, after discussing this matter there is a way to put 80 cards into your deck but the deck in-game caps it at 60. If you want the combo for getting 40 to 80 cards then here it is. First, you play Valeera which gets you your passive. Next turn you use Academic Espionage twice which gets you 20. Do that combo again and get another 20 which equals to 40. Now play another DK hero if you do have one. After that play Tess Graymare which puts another 40 which equals 80 cards in total. However, since the game doesn’t allow decks with a capacity over 60 so THE DREAM IS RUINED. If you ever see this post then please upvote/like this :3