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Thanks to Boozor for  sharing a great article on going infinite in Arena!  Be sure and check it out, because he has some great suggestions for both new and veteran Hearthstone players.

How to Become an Infinite Arena Player - by Shadybunny

As promised, I finished up my video on how to get started in Arena (posted at the start of the thread).  Be sure and check it out and I hope you enjoy it!

I believe it's already live on EU and Asia servers, but I think NA still has about 3 more hours, according to their announcement:

Log in between Oct. 24 at 11:00 a.m. PDT and 10:00 p.m. PDT on Oct. 30 to receive one Whispers of the Old Gods card pack and an Arena ticket.
Log in between Oct. 31 at 12:01 am PDT and 10:00 p.m. PST on Nov. 5 to receive one Knights of the Frozen Throne card pack and an Arena ticket.

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Don't forget, the Hallow's End event begins today and will offer the Dual Class feature in Arena for the next 2 weeks (Oct 24 - Nov 6).  You will get to choose a class, then select a Hero Power from a different class.  Your card pool for your draft will offer cards from both classes!  Each week you will also get one free Arena run, so there's no excuse not to try it out.  It sounds like a lot of fun, so be sure and give it a try before this limited-time event goes away!

Quote from Sinti >>

Good job!

Tho i have a few suggestions/nitpicks :)

• Getting Started with Arena "banner": kinda sucks how blurry the image actually is :/ i mean its negligible, but i felt like pointing it out :o
• What is Arena?: "After your deck is complete, you will play against other players with the same win/loss record", id use the word "similar" (or better yet "same or similar" to cover all bases) not "same", cause its not always the same and it feels like a misinformation kinda.
• What is a mana curve?: mby add the "mana curve for 12-rogue deck" pic under this section, not above ;-) Actually, now that i see it, probably add all the pics under their respected paragraphs, not above them.
• How do I know which cards to pick?: mby also include the link to a lightforge tier list, since adwcta is no longer associated with HA and as good as HA is for a regular user, it aint as accurate as it would be under his guidance.
• Card suggestions: druid - id replace Moonglade Portal with Wrath (or at least Starfall); paladin - replace Grimestreet Protector with Aldor Peacekeeper (i mean rly? hes not in top5 ?:D); the rest is fine, i mean not ideal, but its hard to choose just 5 cards to showcase :)
• Also, mby highlight in bold all the "HERE" external link gateways, it feels like it aint showing enough and it is being lost in the text.

Ok, thats all :))

Alright, I've finished all my edits and the revised info is posted at the start of this thread.

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I hope you enjoy it and I should have my video ready sometime this weekend or early next week.

I know I've been saying that I was going to do an update here since the end of April and it's finally coming!  I'm trying to get this finished up in between working on Adventure guides.  I'm mostly finished with the new layout and currently working on the video guide to go with it.  Stay tuned!

Quote from Indrafatmoko >>

HI any chance the Common key cards section be updated for recent sets (or at least latest set)? After all they are the most common picks you will make. I have a few suggestions and I think they are still suitable here (helpful enough and not being too elaborate).

 

The rewards are determined once you finish, so you should get Knights of the Frozen Throne packs once it goes live and you finish an Arena.  If you test it out be sure and let us know the outcome!

Quote from brockles >>

 Is it possible to have this list updated? It says the last update was mid 2014.

 

AbusingKel was nice enough to give us an updated list of top classes for Arena.  You can check it out HERE!

I am planning to do a major update with a video guide too, but I've got several other projects to finish first.  It is coming though!

Quote from Tusina >>

Is every pack's chance of being reward 1/3 or are probabilities weighted differently? What is expected value of amount of drafted commons/rares/epics/legendaries in single draft? Is every card of rarity of pick as likely to get chosen for pick or does card set, neutral/class or basic/common affect chances to get chosen?

Quote from SithLordOfSnark >>

If this thread is still being watched, the rewards are now any pack from the three expansions, at random.

Quote from BrokenSynapsis jump

I thought the the pack reward was supposed to be a random expert pack between GVG and the Basic set? And then when the Grand Tourney packs come out, those would get added into the mix as well for the pack reward?  I could be wrong so please correct me if I am. :)

The rewards won't change until The Grand Tournament is released, so for now it's a pack of Goblins VS Gnomes.