an addition to the no duplicate rule?

Now I have to explain this, but it is something that seems like it can't just be a coincidence.

After opening my initial packs in Scholomance I had opened a bunch of golden rares (about 5 total). Now I never keep golden rares because I don't like to waste extra dust, however, with the no duplicate rule it makes it so a golden rare counts to the limit, meaning you won't be able to open normal copies until after you've collected all the rares in the set. This, I thought, would mean that there is very little chance of getting the non-golden rares from packs to be able to disenchant the golden ones.

However, today I opened my ranked rewards and for some reason I got all of the remaining non-golden rares from the Scholomance set (I had previously opened my last missing one a few days ago). Essentially, what I believe to be the case is that there is a seperate no-dupe counter for your non-golden cards that will go into effect once you've opened all rares of a set and will prioritize all cards that you don't own 2 non-golden copies of. I assume this also applies to commons and epics (and legendaries I guess).

Was this ever explicitly stated? Because regardless it's a very nice QoL feature for those who want to maximize dust and don't care about goldens.

dunno, didn't get my disenchanted rares (from nerfs) so that doesn't count. I think.. I just now am missing one rare I didn't ever had in sholomance so I can report next month if this is something you can get.

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dunno, didn't get my disenchanted rares (from nerfs) so that doesn't count. I think.. I just now am missing one rare I didn't ever had in sholomance so I can report next month if this is something you can get.

I mean I'm pretty sure it's the case because what are the odds of getting 5 specific cards as normals within 5 packs right after completing the rare collection for Scholomance. If that was just coincidence then I must be the unluckiest person in the world, because all that RNG could have gone towards a golden leggy

I think you're right, I noticed the same thing today when I FINALLY got my last rare and started getting duplicates.

The non-dupe rule only applies to non golden cards. So if you happen to only have one golden + 1 normal, you are guaranteed to open that 1 normal card in your packs. Another way of saying it; if you only have golden copies of a rare card, you are guaranteed to open normal copies of them in your packs.

Noticed that in the last expansion, not sure if its explicitly stated. I dont dust goldens unless I really need the dust (my dust bank is so full I dont need to anyway), so its more noticeable to me I guess.

I do believe it was stated somewhere that the rule is:

1) You won’t open duplicates until you have all of that rarity in a set.

2) Once you have 2 of each card in a rarity, 1 if each Legendary, your next cards in that rarity will be any cards you don’t have 2 normal copies of.

So yes, it back fills your golden cards with normal copies once you have all of that rarity.

I have the entire set of Outland thanks to this protection rule, and I opened a Legendary in the Felosophy bundle.  It was Lurker Below, which I have golden of from Pre-order.  So I DE’d the golden copy to craft something later.  My next one would be Lady Vashj as I also have her in golden.  My next Academy epics will be Braggart or Devout Pupil because of this rule.

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The non-dupe rule only applies to non golden cards. So if you happen to only have one golden + 1 normal, you are guaranteed to open that 1 normal card in your packs. Another way of saying it; if you only have golden copies of a rare card, you are guaranteed to open normal copies of them in your packs.

Noticed that in the last expansion, not sure if its explicitly stated. I dont dust goldens unless I really need the dust (my dust bank is so full I dont need to anyway), so its more noticeable to me I guess.

That's not entirely true... Golden cards do count for the non-dupe rule until you collect all cards of that rarity. Only then, the non golden gaps fill up.
I wasn't sure this was a set rule since i've never read something about it but i kept noticing this to happen.

The fact that other players noticed the same thing is proving this rule for me.
Actually a pretty nice feature for all the people who disenchant all their golden cards.

But now that we're on the topic: How does the non-dupe rule handles crafted cards? Will it prioritize those card once you have a full collection?
Or do crafted cards simply count as "opened"?

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But now that we're on the topic: How does the non-dupe rule handles crafted cards? Will it prioritize those card once you have a full collection?
Or do crafted cards simply count as "opened"?

 

Crafted cards are considered "owned", just as if you opened them. I remember Blizzard being very clear about this when this was introduced

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The non-dupe rule only applies to non golden cards. So if you happen to only have one golden + 1 normal, you are guaranteed to open that 1 normal card in your packs. Another way of saying it; if you only have golden copies of a rare card, you are guaranteed to open normal copies of them in your packs.

Noticed that in the last expansion, not sure if its explicitly stated. I dont dust goldens unless I really need the dust (my dust bank is so full I dont need to anyway), so its more noticeable to me I guess.

That's not entirely true... Golden cards do count for the non-dupe rule until you collect all cards of that rarity. Only then, the non golden gaps fill up.
I wasn't sure this was a set rule since i've never read something about it but i kept noticing this to happen.

The fact that other players noticed the same thing is proving this rule for me.
Actually a pretty nice feature for all the people who disenchant all their golden cards.

But now that we're on the topic: How does the non-dupe rule handles crafted cards? Will it prioritize those card once you have a full collection?
Or do crafted cards simply count as "opened"?

 

I can't prove it since I don't keep a detailed history of my pack openings. But I'm pretty sure I've encountered situations where I got a golden and a normal of a certain card, then got the other normal before I got the whole collection of that tier.

But this is one of those things that needs a dev to confirm, so I'll just leave it at that.

All I know is this: duplicate protection has been a great thing for people who play this game. Scholomance Academy is the first expansion where I have essentially all the epics (missing two cards) without having crafted any. I bought both pre-orders, and used gold for a three dozen more packs.  It's been a huge quality of life improvement.

It also allowed me to build out my rares/commons collection in Wild really efficiently a couple months ago - I used gold to buy old expansion packs to broaden my reach in that format.