Chandra disapointology pack

Bil
Bil Posts: 831 Critical Contributor
edited January 2021 in MtGPQ General Discussion
I just received the rewards of the colors of Magic event and i Can hardly hide my disapointment.

While everything has been made to Make us players think that the rewards would be packs from the New Chandra spellbook set ... The rewards are in fact a 3-cards red Booster ... With a very limited set of cards, an thus an higher chance of duplicates.

Seriously ... Not even a 5-card booster?  

Oh... I was about to forget that half the cards are from origins (that most of us already own since ages) ... And have nothing to do with chandra's lore ... what a scam ...

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  • Tremayne
    Tremayne Posts: 1,673 Chairperson of the Boards
    @bil - I wondered about those packs. Can you recall the names of any MP or mythics in the pack?

    As you can tell I didn’t qualify for the higher prizes, since I overslept this morning.
  • Volrak
    Volrak Posts: 732 Critical Contributor
    The packs can drop around 70 different uncommon+ cards from ORI, M21, and ZNR.  Only 3 cards in a pack, but drop rates are similar to From the Vault packs, so chances of getting high rarity cards out of these are much better than from normal 5-card packs, despite having fewer cards.

    Chance of dupe doesn't depend on how many cards are possible in a given pack, but on how many of those you already own.

    I was hoping they would at least contain some PMA cards too, but I was not surprised that Chandra Anthology packs are different to PMA packs, because the pack name is not the same.  It seems PMA packs are the only way to get PMA cards (for now).
  • Bil
    Bil Posts: 831 Critical Contributor
    edited January 2021
    The MPs were Goblin goliath, obsidian fireheart and Warren instigator (not sure about this one).
    As far as mythics are concerned i remember spark masticore, hangarback Walker, double vision, brash taunter ... don't remember the rest which reflects how exciting was that list to check.

    I must confess i just took a Quick look at it when i realized there was nothing from the New MPA cards and i already owned almost all the cards in the booster.

    However, a significant detail that deserves to be noticed IS that the droprates are higher than usual ones. If i remember well the MP droprate was around 4% ...

    Among the lot of filler cars you Can find some elementals (which was expected in a Chandra booster) ... But Also several goblins and constructs ... That arent really linked to chandra in terms of story, except the fact she Comes from kaladesh and IS a red Walker.


  • Bil
    Bil Posts: 831 Critical Contributor
    edited January 2021
    Volrak said:

    Chance of dupe doesn't depend on how many cards are possible in a given pack, but on how many of those you already own.
    Obviously, but the chance of owning every card is lower in a wider pool of cards. Isnt it?
     If we assume the conditions are the same in terms of number of opened packs and droprates, of course.


    I noticed the names were diferent beetween PMA and the reward boosters ... And i thought they might be diferent ... But i never would have expected SUCH a diference.

    Besides, i took the fact those anthology packs were only available in very restricted number for the highest ranks in the leaderboard as a sign of a valuable reward. The simultaneous release of both packs, a Chandra Walker and and the event made the rest of the trick.
  • jtwood
    jtwood Posts: 1,285 Chairperson of the Boards
    Wow, so this event is 100% unaffiliated with the PMA set/theme.
    When they announced all of this, I thought they were related.
  • Scydrex7
    Scydrex7 Posts: 53 Match Maker
    jtwood said:
    Wow, so this event is 100% unaffiliated with the PMA set/theme.
    When they announced all of this, I thought they were related.
    Well, both mention Chandra, JT. That's a relation right there ;-)
  • QuiksilverHg
    QuiksilverHg Posts: 128 Tile Toppler
    Agree with OP. Complete disappointments. How could anyone think these would be exciting to open? A single PMA card would have been better. Or give something with non-dupe protection 
  • Stormcrow
    Stormcrow Posts: 462 Mover and Shaker
    Yep, the rewards being rubbish is yet another reason that this event should definitely NOT have an entry fee.
  • MoreChombli
    MoreChombli Posts: 1 Just Dropped In
    Glad to see things are still exactly how I left them
  • Bil
    Bil Posts: 831 Critical Contributor
    edited January 2021
    MoreChombli said:
    Glad to see things are still exactly how I left them
    To be honest, a lot of efforts have been made in terms of design, creativity, game mechanics or bug tracking and fixing.

    But, even if it gets better, there's still a lot to do about communication in order to give players a Real feeling of comfort and transparency.

    For what it's worth, i am overall very respectful (and as thankful as a customer can be) for the general direction and dedication of the team. However, the small things still tend to provoke disapointment where the global dinamic create great expectations.

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