Guaranteed rares in new packs

PastrySpider
PastrySpider Posts: 127 Tile Toppler
edited March 2017 in MtGPQ General Discussion
I just wanted to confirm whether a change in language was intentional. Previously, packs said a "Guaranteed rare or better". Now the new packs say a "Bonus rare". Is the guaranteed card always a rare or can it be a mythic? This is important for folks who are not rare hunting as it significantly changes the value of the 5 packs.

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  • E1Q1G6
    E1Q1G6 Posts: 50 Match Maker
    PastrySpider wrote:
    I just wanted to confirm whether a change in language was intentional. Previously, packs said a "Guaranteed rare or better". Now the new packs say a "Bonus rare". Is the guaranteed card always a rare or can it be a mythic? This is important for folks who are not rare hunting as it significantly changes the value of the 5 packs.

    Very poignant question as if there is no chance for that to be a Mythic there's even less incentive to buy those packs. I bought one of those packs and the only rare I got was the "bonus rare" which was of course a dupe. Any information on that Brigby ( I see that you're reading the post)?
  • Brigby
    Brigby ADMINISTRATORS Posts: 7,757 Site Admin
    Great question! I'll pass that question along to the developers, and I'll update this post when I get a response.
  • MightyKrakyn
    MightyKrakyn Posts: 64
    That is a VERY GOOD question, one I had been considering myself. I haven't heard of a single person getting a mythic as one of their guaranteed rares. I bought 10 premium packs and not a single one of my guarantees were mythics. We didn't even have that bad of luck with big boxes. If you dropped a hundred dollars, at least one of them was a mythic on the guaranteed.
  • majincob
    majincob Posts: 732 Critical Contributor
    It seems pretty obvious they removed the upgrade chance since they want you to grind for iso8.png to get the mythic packs.
  • Yawgmoth
    Yawgmoth Posts: 67 Match Maker
    We had guaranteed rares in some BBs before, I haven't heard of those being occasionally upgraded to mythic.

    My guess would be: if those guaranteed rares have a chance to be mythics instead, the chance is probably similar as the chance for rarity upgrade of a QB reward, which is about 1 in 100 or even worse.

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