What I read, if you don't have the card back already, that's what you get. If you have it already you get the card pack instead. Doesn't entice me to play this week for sure.
I can confirm that on my main account for which I already had the Year of the Mammoth Card Back, I received the standard classic pack. But on my alternate F2P accounts, I was given the mammoth card back instead since I didn't already have it on those accounts.
I don't see why you should be forced to take a card back instead of the pack. For those of us that didn't get the 5 ranked wins last month, I think that just shows we didn't care enough about the card back to go through the hassle of winning 5 games in a months' time. The flavor text of the card back still says it's the ranked play reward for March 2018, which is somewhat disingenuous on Blizzard's part.
That said, if going forward Blizzard wants to give the option of offering old ranked card backs in lieu of weekly pack rewards that wouldn't be the worst way to give a chance for those that missed out. Each week, the tavern brawl chest could show you the card back being offered, such as Highmaul (October 2015) for example. If you don't have that one and want it, you select the card back option and forgo the pack option for that week's brawl. This should only be an option for the old monthly card backs, obviously something like Heroic Naxxramas shouldn't be offered.
Give HS players a diamond ring and they'd complain about the box you put it in. I'm so old I can remember when Tavern Brawl didn't exist and you didn't get an extra pack every week. Bet you would've opened like 3 gold legendaries too, bummer dude.
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Why did I get card back instead of card pack?
What I read, if you don't have the card back already, that's what you get. If you have it already you get the card pack instead. Doesn't entice me to play this week for sure.
Lamezzard. What relevance is? Now I get ranked 5 win I will get a card pack? Cmon blizzard..
I was hoping it to be so
I can confirm that on my main account for which I already had the Year of the Mammoth Card Back, I received the standard classic pack. But on my alternate F2P accounts, I was given the mammoth card back instead since I didn't already have it on those accounts.
I don't see why you should be forced to take a card back instead of the pack. For those of us that didn't get the 5 ranked wins last month, I think that just shows we didn't care enough about the card back to go through the hassle of winning 5 games in a months' time. The flavor text of the card back still says it's the ranked play reward for March 2018, which is somewhat disingenuous on Blizzard's part.
That said, if going forward Blizzard wants to give the option of offering old ranked card backs in lieu of weekly pack rewards that wouldn't be the worst way to give a chance for those that missed out. Each week, the tavern brawl chest could show you the card back being offered, such as Highmaul (October 2015) for example. If you don't have that one and want it, you select the card back option and forgo the pack option for that week's brawl. This should only be an option for the old monthly card backs, obviously something like Heroic Naxxramas shouldn't be offered.
Give HS players a diamond ring and they'd complain about the box you put it in. I'm so old I can remember when Tavern Brawl didn't exist and you didn't get an extra pack every week. Bet you would've opened like 3 gold legendaries too, bummer dude.