Old Murk-Eye

Designation: Tempo Play

Replace with: Chillwind Yeti or Stormwind Knight

Reasoning: Old Murk-Eye, unlike Leeroy, has more health, and no drawback. So he is used a board stabilizer, or early rusher, instead of a finisher. The Stormwind Knight has the Charge and health of the Murk-Eye. The Chillwind Yeti, while lacking the charge, has closer attack level equivalent.

Captain Greenskin

Designation: Tempo Play

Replace with: Spiteful Smith

Reasoning: Both solid body creatures, with benefits to your weapon.

Elite Tauren Chieftain

Designation: Unknown

Replace with: Unknown

Reasoning: There Ain’t No Party like an Elite Tauren Chieftain Party.

Harrison Jones

Designation: Removal Effect

Replace with: Acidic Swamp Ooze

Reasoning: The main focus here is destroying your opponents weapon, so the Ooze is a solid choice.

Cairne Bloodhoof

Designation: Tempo Play

Replace with: Boulderfist Ogre

Reasoning: See Boulderfist Ogre Section below.

Gelbin Mekkatorque

Designation: Tempo Play

Replace with: Spending some money in the store

Reasoning: Support the game you enjoy, even if it is a small amount, and get your pretty golden promotional Gelbin Mekkatorque to play with. Simple as that! (offer expires while you wait, operators are standing by. - the golden version is a pretty beta only goodie for helping test the ingame store) Pfft, who needs a placeholder…

Hogger

Designation: Tempo Play

Replace with: Silver Hand Knight or Fen Creeper

Reasoning: Sure it doesn’t have taunt, and it certainly doesn’t make one every turn, but with the Silver Hand Knight you are still getting a 4 / 4 and a 2 / 2 on short notice. If the purpose is to hold back a horde of minions, the Fen Creeper makes a similarly sized Taunt critter to deal with.