Just so you know, I strongly suspect that pity timer was always there (or at least it was there much earlier than it was discovered). It was “proven” to exist in late 2015/early 2016, but based on the data from a few months before, so around the time of The Grand Tournament launch. And I remember players suspecting something similar even much earlier – around GvG/BRM. So it was 100% there in the mid 2015, but I do think that it was there ever since the launch.

We had some much earlier data which analyzed thousands of pack openings, but it was focused on something completely different – on the rarity distribution. And given that the rarity distribution proven by those early studies (e.g. from 2014) still holds (with the exception of getting a guaranteed Legendary in the first 10 packs), I think that Pity Timer was also there. People who organized the studies just didn’t know that something like Pity Timer might be there (and it’s hard to prove something that you aren’t even looking for), so they took data from anyone, including people who opened less than 40 packs at the same time (meaning that the data can’t really be used to prove or disprove pity timer existence).

From my anecdotal experience, me or my friends (and I had a lot of friends playing HS when it was still fresh, unlike now :s) never remembered going on a huge streak without opening a Legendary. I do remember hearing stories of people who went on 50+ pack streaks without getting a single Legendary, but it often turned out that the packs were from different expansions (and pity timer only works separately for each expansion).

I made a mistake when recreating a cards (it was originally in Spanish so I had to translate it), it’s fixed now.

You’re right, sorry, fixed it 🙂

April 3, 10 AM PT (19:00 CET).

I was really thinking about doing one for off-meta decks, but the problem is that players are much less likely to have cards for those and they won’t craft them just before the rotation. Plus our schedule was really, really busy anyway. But I might do one next time!

Thanks, you’re right! I shared it on social media 🙂

DIfferent CMs have different areas of expertise – I think that Chris mostly communicates with content creators and sites such us ours. But I guess the entire community will get to know him better during the stream!

Thank you 🙂

Cora is pretty a popular caster/host – you might have not seen her, but you’ve probably heard her voice if you’re watching tournaments, because she’s been commentating a lot of them. And Chris is Hearthstone’s Community Manager 🙂

it’s the only hero to have a minion card

Medivh, Prince Arthas (=The Lich King, but those two are not EXACTLY the same).

I bet we will have more of them too. Characters like Maiev, Tyrande or Khadgar will probably come out sooner or later as the cards.

Yes, they do have to be in your collection at the time rotation hits (so on April 9th) to get the refund.

I THINK that Odd Druid was played early in Rastakhan’s Rumble, but it disappeared completely for a good reason. Still, if you want to play it, check out this early Rastakhan build from Kibler: https://www.hearthstonetopdecks.com/decks/brian-kiblers-rastakhan-odd-druid-ft-gonk-the-raptor/

As for the Odd Priest… I actually have never seen an Odd Priest deck. And that tells a lot. After googling it, it seems that Disguised Toast has tested it recently using the new deck builder tool. You can check out his video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgJBUyxbpdk But the thing is, he was struggling with it at Rank 10… which doesn’t look good.

I agree, I will also miss some of them. Mainly Odd Mage (slower version), Even Warlock and Odd Warrior. Those three were my favorite Odd/Even decks. But the change is healthy for the Standard, so I will get over them quickly. It will open so many possibilities. At this point I don’t even care that much about the new expansion – rotation alone will change THAT much.

I’m not 100% sure, but I think that Golden Baku/Genn do make your Hero Power Golden too.

Because there’s just one card on March 21st (today) and then a longer break until Monday’s reveal stream. Reveal season is usually the period when multiple cards are dropped every day. It starts with a stream showcasing a bunch of cards and then – again – ends with a stream showing the rest of the set.

But it’s just a matter of how you want to call it, to be honest. You could theoretically call the entire period since the first announcement a “reveal season”, but the definition above is most common.

Yes, they did, thanks! Just as I suspected.

You mean that you can’t rate the Rise of Shadows cards 1-5 stars?

Thanks for letting me know, I’ve added it to the post!

Thanks for the suggestion. I’ll make a change log at the bottom of the post and keep track of all the things I add to it, it should make browsing it easier.

Thanks for the suggestion. I’ll make a change log at the bottom of the post and keep track of all the things I add to it, it should make browsing it easier.