Surprising "Return on Investment" for AKH booster in

Azerack
Azerack Posts: 501 Critical Contributor
in MtGPQ General Discussion
So I finished the personal achievement ribbons in Trial of Zeal just now and opened the one AKH booster pack expecting the usual duplicates...

First card: Loyal Retainers (A Masterpiece?  :o Are you kidding me? Yes, this is my first ever.. :) )
Second card: Bitterblade Warrior (okay, that's gonna be the rest of the pack, because, damn. Masterpiece..)
Third Card: Liliana's Mastery (Duplicate, but stll a Rare in the same pack (and yes I'm hoarding duplicates like a fiend ever since even before Brigby said we should be...)
Fourth Card: Aven Wind Guide (well, that was still great, A Masterpiece AND a Rare..)
Fifth Card: Manglehorn...

The funny thing is I've had several "good" pack openings for that last ToZ pack but this was just crazy and I thought I would post it because I know there's other people out there who haven't yet gotten a Masterpiece (even, like me, with using the Jewels) that, "there IS a Santa Claus" so don't give up hope.

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  • madwren
    madwren Posts: 2,259 Chairperson of the Boards
    Congrats on your first masterpiece!
  • Ohboy
    Ohboy Posts: 1,766 Chairperson of the Boards
    Definitely rigged. I'm tired of defending these obvious "outliers" and succumbing to my lizard brain. 

    No. More. Lies. 
  • Azerack
    Azerack Posts: 501 Critical Contributor
    Not quite sure how that was rigged, but if they can rig it like that at the end of every ToZ, I'm game.. ;)
  • span_argoman
    span_argoman Posts: 751 Critical Contributor
    Azerack said:
    Not quite sure how that was rigged, but if they can rig it like that at the end of every ToZ, I'm game.. ;)
    Ohboy is taking a jab at the other players who open a Premium Pack or 2 and complain about drop rates being rigged when they get only the guaranteed Rare or no Mythics.
  • Steeme
    Steeme Posts: 784 Critical Contributor
    When in doubt about drop rates, consult @Volrak
  • bk1234
    bk1234 Posts: 2,924 Chairperson of the Boards
    Steeme said:
    When in doubt about drop rates, consult @Volrak
    Lambchop can handle this one. 
  • Stormbringer0
    Stormbringer0 Posts: 190 Tile Toppler
    Congrats to your first Masterpiece. Still waiting to pull one myself.

    On a sidenote: I finished ToZ too and in my booster I got a Mythic as well (cruel reality). Coincidence?
  • Thuran
    Thuran Posts: 456 Mover and Shaker
    Congrats! Got my own first masterpiece this week from a random booster: Wrath of god! :) 

    This game really needs a pity timer, like heartstone, though...
  • Gunmix25
    Gunmix25 Posts: 1,442 Chairperson of the Boards
    edited July 2017
     congrats! I got my first masterpiece about a week ago; Vindicate. It's a great feeling.  Loyal retainers is a great and very versatile card. You're going to have a blast testing that out
  • Azerack
    Azerack Posts: 501 Critical Contributor
    @span_argoman - Ahh, okay, now I understand.. I keep missing those outlying whines..er.. conversations..

    @Stormbringer0 - Honestly I have no idea, but maybe it's just us. I always seem to get something nice or at least decent from the ToZ AKH Booster pack. Of course every other 5-card pack I get from other things is just "meh".. But like I said, either way I'm not complaining. :smile:

    And thanks, all, for the congrats. I've been using cycling decks for a while, now, with Dovin, Nissa2 and Kiran, so Nahiri and other W/* might start getting some play, again, too.I mean, I GOTTA play with my masterpiece, right? :wink:
  • mrixl2520
    mrixl2520 Posts: 240 Tile Toppler
    The God-Pharaoh smiles on you! Congrats on the masterpiece and the solid lot of cards!

    I scored a Mox Opal in a daily booster the other day and have been enjoying it ever since. Every time I draw it and cast it I feel like a bad-****. Hope you feel the same way about your Retainers!
  • Houdin
    Houdin Posts: 182 Tile Toppler
    Ohboy said:
    Definitely rigged. I'm tired of defending these obvious "outliers" and succumbing to my lizard brain. 

    No. More. Lies. 
    Yeah!!! I'm with you. Someone pulled a masterpiece.
    Darn those guys who ran statistical analysis on thousands of card drops to mathematically define abysmal drop rates over a huge sample size.
    Total fake news men.

    Oh darn I'm missing the flat earth convention on fox news. Gotta run.

    No.More.Trolls
  • Ohboy
    Ohboy Posts: 1,766 Chairperson of the Boards
    Poe's law might surprisingly apply here. 
  • Azerack
    Azerack Posts: 501 Critical Contributor
    Houdin said:
    Ohboy said:
    Definitely rigged. I'm tired of defending these obvious "outliers" and succumbing to my lizard brain. 

    No. More. Lies. 
    Yeah!!! I'm with you. Someone pulled a masterpiece.
    Darn those guys who ran statistical analysis on thousands of card drops to mathematically define abysmal drop rates over a huge sample size.
    Total fake news men.

    Oh darn I'm missing the flat earth convention on fox news. Gotta run.

    No.More.Trolls
    Just  because D3 paid me X dollars every time I drew a post about getting good cards is no reason to suspect anything of a conspiratorial nature. I'll just be going back to my vault and counting my bitcoins while Ivanka tells me how impressed she is by my hair... 

    No.More.Hairplugs
  • Thuran
    Thuran Posts: 456 Mover and Shaker
    Just remember that they let you do anything, as long as you open masterpieces. Not that you would want to xD

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