Actual Elite Pack worth an invest? (9th April)

Parasith
Parasith Posts: 20 Just Dropped In
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Is the actual Elite Pack worth to invest in?
I saved 1800 gems and "Omniscience" is tempting... But what about the other cards, are there other good cards inside?

Ah and i already have "Slaughter Pact" and "Hour of Promise  so there is a chance to get dupes :-(
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  • khurram
    khurram Posts: 1,090 Chairperson of the Boards
    If you are going for just omniscience the chances are that you are going to be severely disappointed. 

    Take a shot on an elite pack only if you are prepared for the worst.
  • Parasith
    Parasith Posts: 20 Just Dropped In
    khurram said:
    If you are going for just omniscience the chances are that you are going to be severely disappointed. 

    Take a shot on an elite pack only if you are prepared for the worst.
    Worst would be 4 dupes lol

    I am not sure if the other MPs and Mythics are worth to invest 1600 gems. 
  • FindingHeart8
    FindingHeart8 Posts: 2,731 Chairperson of the Boards
    I took 1 shot and got Hour of Revelation.  I think I'm good not trying again :/
  • madwren
    madwren Posts: 2,259 Chairperson of the Boards
    It's a trap!
  • Bil
    Bil Posts: 831 Critical Contributor
    edited April 2018
      This one is cursed ... I pulled 6 age of revelation from it the first time it was on sale. Then i pulled the most useless masterpiece ever ...         Armagueddon to get it duped one week later from a basic booster .... 
      Generally speaking there are only 4 very good cards among the 16 mythics/MP and there going to rotate out in less than 2 months.
  • speakupaskanswer
    speakupaskanswer Posts: 306 Mover and Shaker
    I don't understand why there is so much rotation and not just different options. I was really looking forward to trying my luck at an RIX pack again but now I just have to sit on my jewels until it comes around again. HoD is really the last thing I want to use my jewels now.
  • ZW2007-
    ZW2007- Posts: 812 Critical Contributor
    edited April 2018
    Parasith said:
    Is the actual Elite Pack worth to invest in?
    I saved 1800 gems and "Omniscience" is tempting... But what about the other cards, are there other good cards inside?

    Ah and i already have "Slaughter Pact" and "Hour of Promise  so there is a chance to get dupes :-(
    You already have two of the best cards in the pack. I suggest saving your jewels for either XLN or RIX elite packs, or saving them for DOM.
  • babar3355
    babar3355 Posts: 1,128 Chairperson of the Boards
    Yeah, I think this is a very bad pack to spend jewels on.  Not only are your odds of a great card very low, but it will be one of the cards to rotate out of standard in the near future.
  • IM_CARLOS
    IM_CARLOS Posts: 640 Critical Contributor
    You can earn 400 jewels in around 10 days. So, why not try the slot machine? Omni isn't in EP very often an I missing almost every Hod non-craftable (!) exclusive. 
  • Mburn7
    Mburn7 Posts: 3,427 Chairperson of the Boards
    IM_CARLOS said:
    You can earn 400 jewels in around 10 days. So, why not try the slot machine? Omni isn't in EP very often an I missing almost every Hod non-craftable (!) exclusive. 
    I did that and got a dupe mythic.  I should have known better, I own all of the non-exclusive mythics (about half the pack) and no masterpieces, so I was guaranteed  a dupe
  • IM_CARLOS
    IM_CARLOS Posts: 640 Critical Contributor
    Had also a dupe myth last week and a dupe some week before. At least a dupe rix mp. But i will try tomorrow anyway (373 jewels  now). 

    If you try you can lose, but if you don't try you can't win. 

    Maybe I change my mind tommorow. ;) 
  • IM_CARLOS
    IM_CARLOS Posts: 640 Critical Contributor
    So I did and pulled a non dupe exclusive. Now missing only 4 of them. Not Omni but at least no dupe again.

    Had every non-ex. before, imminent doom and 2 of th MP. So I would call it luck. 
  • zolesz
    zolesz Posts: 45 Just Dropped In
    Well I spent 800 gems on two elite packs just two get 2 of Hours of Devastation. I already had it before, so practically traded those gems to 1000 mana orbs. Not happy. :neutral:
  • HomeRn
    HomeRn Posts: 330 Mover and Shaker
    Spent 400 jewels on this since I don't have any of the 5 MPs on display - pulled Choke (which means I did in fact hit the 1 in 5 chance for any MP!).

    It might not be Omniscience, but hey - at least I can find a way to make Choke work...!
  • babar3355
    babar3355 Posts: 1,128 Chairperson of the Boards
    HomeRn said:
    Spent 400 jewels on this since I don't have any of the 5 MPs on display - pulled Choke (which means I did in fact hit the 1 in 5 chance for any MP!).

    It might not be Omniscience, but hey - at least I can find a way to make Choke work...!
    If you figure it out, please message me =)
  • IM_CARLOS
    IM_CARLOS Posts: 640 Critical Contributor
    Best use is probably to discard it for Oliv or pull of tommorow. 
  • HomeRn
    HomeRn Posts: 330 Mover and Shaker
    babar3355 said:
    HomeRn said:
    Spent 400 jewels on this since I don't have any of the 5 MPs on display - pulled Choke (which means I did in fact hit the 1 in 5 chance for any MP!).

    It might not be Omniscience, but hey - at least I can find a way to make Choke work...!
    If you figure it out, please message me =)
    @ba@babar3355 I'll give you a hint as to how I'm using it: which PWs are able to drain mana by themselves that can use Choke?
  • khurram
    khurram Posts: 1,090 Chairperson of the Boards
    HomeRn said:
    babar3355 said:
    HomeRn said:
    Spent 400 jewels on this since I don't have any of the 5 MPs on display - pulled Choke (which means I did in fact hit the 1 in 5 chance for any MP!).

    It might not be Omniscience, but hey - at least I can find a way to make Choke work...!
    If you figure it out, please message me =)
    @ba@babar3355 I'll give you a hint as to how I'm using it: which PWs are able to drain mana by themselves that can use Choke?
    Throwing it with a PW is one thing. We are interested in the actual deck you would run it in.
  • TheF3C3SK1ng
    TheF3C3SK1ng Posts: 31 Just Dropped In
    Every single time i have spent purple (something around 10 x 100/120, and 3 x 400) it has been a dupe full stop

    Now I know not to spend them unless i need orbs, because, it just a conversion from purple to orbs, which, yes, will at least get me a non-dupe, and keep me from rage-quitting/uninstalling

    these purple things are the biggest scam in the game.

    The one exception when I received anything new from them was when I had zero possibility for a dupe.

    Every other time, even the 400's yielded a dupe.

    I think though, that if you are a paying player, you will get better results. (This is NOT a complaint. it SHOULD be this way, at least a little bit anyway, as long as it stops short of straight up PTW)

    I know, they say it's all random and blah blah blah, but I'm not buying it. Purples are for VERY new players (as in 'you have no cards, here is a way to get at least a mythic' ) or for old dogs to trade in for orbs.
  • HomeRn
    HomeRn Posts: 330 Mover and Shaker
    khurram said:
    HomeRn said:
    babar3355 said:
    HomeRn said:
    Spent 400 jewels on this since I don't have any of the 5 MPs on display - pulled Choke (which means I did in fact hit the 1 in 5 chance for any MP!).

    It might not be Omniscience, but hey - at least I can find a way to make Choke work...!
    If you figure it out, please message me =)
    @ba@babar3355 I'll give you a hint as to how I'm using it: which PWs are able to drain mana by themselves that can use Choke?
    Throwing it with a PW is one thing. We are interested in the actual deck you would run it in.
    Currently working with Kiora in a mana drain/denial setup with blue gem converter supports.  Kiora's first is great for getting drain/ramp when you need it to slow something down and her third is the win condition.  I usually pair this up with Sphinx's Tutelage for additional slowdown, alongside Spell Swindle to guarantee the first card gets drained (and to trigger Storm the Vault to flip in most cases).  Harbinger of the Tides is an obvious must have, alongside Kopala, Warden of Waves to hamper removal spells.  Shefet Monitor makes a great add due to it's sheer flexabliity, while Perilous Voyage allows for cheap bounce/removal for something that might slip through the cracks (or a full hand stopping the Harbinger...).

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