REJOICE!!! The Year of the Raven is finally upon us! And with every new year in the Hearthstone calendar comes the release of its first new expansion, in this case it's the Witchwood. I recently bought 70 packs as a pre-order priced at 50 USD and added 10 packs bought with Gold for a grand total of 80 packs. So if you ever found yourself on the fence on those sweet pre-order deals that Blizzard likes to dish out before the launch of a new expansion, let me share with you what 80 packs got me and let me know if it was worth it or not.
In case you've never played Blizzard's card game based on World of Warcraft lore, there are 4 rarity levels broken down as follows:
- RARE - At least 1 Rare or better in every pack
- EPIC - Average of 1 in every 5 packs
- LEGENDARY - Average of 1 in every 20 packs
Additionally, the chances of pulling a card with higher rarity increases with every pack opened in tandem. This is what the community likes to call the "pity timer" or the Mercy of RNGesus. So for 80 packs, I'm hoping of getting 4 Legendary Cards and 16 Epic Cards.
Here are screenshots of some of the more notable packs I pulled:
And that's pretty much it. By the numbers, here's a breakdown of the rarities I pulled:
LEGENDARY: 3
EPIC: 13
RARE: 91
COMMON: 393
My most pulled card was Black Cat (16 copies) from the commons and Paragon of Light (6 copies) from the rares of the set.
So there you have it. Is it worth shelling out the 50 USD? Not for me this time, but the best you can really do is just bust open packs and pray to RNGesus. Sure, I'm a bit salty now but it's a new year and a new meta and I want to take that Baku and Chameleos out on a spin and get over it. The game is still fun and props to Blizzard for really making story-based content shine in a digital card game. I'm optimistic that the year of the Raven will be another wild and wacky year and this Witchwood expansion sure does look like it's one of the wackiest I've ever seen.