Why are HOU cards still in the Free Booster?

Firinmahlazer
Firinmahlazer Posts: 417 Mover and Shaker
edited November 2018 in MtGPQ General Discussion
Is this an oversight or intentional?

There are currently 1242 cards in the free booster pack. 

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  • fiirst
    fiirst Posts: 438 Mover and Shaker
    edited November 2018
    :shrug:

    tbh, when 3.0 arrived. i was going to browse new EP and i saw blue ribbon at free booster. i am totally disappointed. :disappointed:
  • wereotter
    wereotter Posts: 2,070 Chairperson of the Boards
    I can give you the reason the devs will probably give along with what's probably the actual reason.

    Devs likely stated reason, to give newer players the ability to obtain legacy cards.

    More likely reason, it's easier to add cards in than to take cards out.

    We've been wondering ever since Hour of Devestation rotated why the cards remain in the packs.
  • Firinmahlazer
    Firinmahlazer Posts: 417 Mover and Shaker
    wereotter said:
    I can give you the reason the devs will probably give along with what's probably the actual reason.

    Devs likely stated reason, to give newer players the ability to obtain legacy cards.

    More likely reason, it's easier to add cards in than to take cards out.

    We've been wondering ever since Hour of Devestation rotated why the cards remain in the packs.
    New players really can't even benefit though. With such a large pool you have poor odds of getting an HOU card let alone a decent one. I hope that's not the official argument because it not a very good one :-/
  • Feden
    Feden Posts: 79 Match Maker
    As a somewhat newer player, I have to take a different side on this one.  To me, these packs would be much better if they had all legacy cards.  I have the vast majority of common/un from HOU to GRN, but am still severely lacking in pre-HOU.  Skewing toward standard would be fine/make sense, but if there's some legacy there I'd definitely appreciate all legacy there.
  • Furks
    Furks Posts: 149 Tile Toppler
    They should either have all legacy sets in them or none, this is just weird
  • Gabrosin
    Gabrosin Posts: 259 Mover and Shaker
    Definitely weird to see HOU cards still showing up in these boosters.  I'd be fine with keeping Legacy cards there, but at least add in all the other Legacy sets if we're gonna do that.  I'd actually much prefer all-Legacy freebies, as I'd be much more likely to open new cards that way.

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