I am trying to figure out which card set is the best set to buy a pack for from a statistical point of view. This assumes you are not gunning for a particular card, but want to be best prepared for the next HOT deck.
I think that the only rule we have to go on is that we are guaranteed to get a full set of epics (purples) before we get dupes of those. I am not sure how the "mercy" rule works.
Therefore, my thinking is this: forget about getting legendaries for now and try to complete your epic and below collection.
First priority: classic packs, as those cards are much less likely to get retired. Unless you are only missing one or two epics that you know are pretty useless.
Second priority: which sets are going to go out of circulation next.
Third priority: which set do you have the least epics in.
All of this assumes you are not shooting for a particular epic, which seems pretty frustrating with the packs full of duplicates I keep getting in witchwood...
Given these goals, I'm having a bit of a time using the Hearthpwn tools to automatically count my missing epics per set. Using the "my collection" item under my user name, the tool provided doesn't seem to allow one to search by rarity.
I would put higher priority on sets that are rotating less soon, because you'll have them in your collection for longer. In this case that probably doesn't apply, because the power level of witchwood isn't super high
Highest power levels are Frozen Throne and Un'goro for standard sets. You can craft most the better cards out of Kobolds cause the power level is super skewed for that set.
I also would wait before going whole hog on Witchwood due to it having a fairly low power level compared to the other sets. You're better off crafting choice cards for decks you want to try out. If the next expansion comes out and that expansion ends up with low power level cards too, then you should feel safe bout buying more Witchwood cause that likely means Blizzard wants a lower power-level as a whole for standard the next year, which I hope is the case.
Can you currently play the decks you want to? If so, save your gold/dust for the next expansion.
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Shudderwock means driving a clown car in circles around your opponent while he swings his sword at you. Half the time he chops you and your car to pieces. The other half you park on his legs and 40 clowns come out one by one, trampling him to death.
I want to log on and try out new decks easily, so my goal when I buy a pack is to collect the most unique cards.
edit: for example, I don't have any primordial glyphs and that hamstrings me when I see a new deck on the "hot list" that uses them. I'd like to PREVENT this through buying packs so that I have to craft the least number of cards possible.
I am trying to figure out which card set is the best set to buy a pack for from a statistical point of view. This assumes you are not gunning for a particular card, but want to be best prepared for the next HOT deck.
I think that the only rule we have to go on is that we are guaranteed to get a full set of epics (purples) before we get dupes of those. I am not sure how the "mercy" rule works.
Therefore, my thinking is this: forget about getting legendaries for now and try to complete your epic and below collection.
First priority: classic packs, as those cards are much less likely to get retired. Unless you are only missing one or two epics that you know are pretty useless.
Second priority: which sets are going to go out of circulation next.
Third priority: which set do you have the least epics in.
All of this assumes you are not shooting for a particular epic, which seems pretty frustrating with the packs full of duplicates I keep getting in witchwood...
Given these goals, I'm having a bit of a time using the Hearthpwn tools to automatically count my missing epics per set. Using the "my collection" item under my user name, the tool provided doesn't seem to allow one to search by rarity.
I would put higher priority on sets that are rotating less soon, because you'll have them in your collection for longer. In this case that probably doesn't apply, because the power level of witchwood isn't super high
Highest power levels are Frozen Throne and Un'goro for standard sets. You can craft most the better cards out of Kobolds cause the power level is super skewed for that set.
I also would wait before going whole hog on Witchwood due to it having a fairly low power level compared to the other sets. You're better off crafting choice cards for decks you want to try out. If the next expansion comes out and that expansion ends up with low power level cards too, then you should feel safe bout buying more Witchwood cause that likely means Blizzard wants a lower power-level as a whole for standard the next year, which I hope is the case.
Can you currently play the decks you want to? If so, save your gold/dust for the next expansion.
Shudderwock means driving a clown car in circles around your opponent while he swings his sword at you. Half the time he chops you and your car to pieces. The other half you park on his legs and 40 clowns come out one by one, trampling him to death.
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I want to log on and try out new decks easily, so my goal when I buy a pack is to collect the most unique cards.
edit: for example, I don't have any primordial glyphs and that hamstrings me when I see a new deck on the "hot list" that uses them. I'd like to PREVENT this through buying packs so that I have to craft the least number of cards possible.