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Have Bliz stopped selling card backs for cash now?

I remember a few years back, they started selling specific card backs during certain seasons in the in-game store (like the pumpkin one at Halloween, etc)

Since they implemented the ability to buy older card backs with gold, have they now stopped selling them for cash as well? 

I was holding out getting some of the ones I missed with Gold, and I thought I'd be able to get them with cash at some point. I've not seen one for sale in this manner for a long time now though. 

I've googled this topic a bunch, and can't find any info on the matter... wondered if anyone here knows what's up?

Thanks. 

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  • I remember a few years back, they started selling specific card backs during certain seasons in the in-game store (like the pumpkin one at Halloween, etc)

    Since they implemented the ability to buy older card backs with gold, have they now stopped selling them for cash as well? 

    I was holding out getting some of the ones I missed with Gold, and I thought I'd be able to get them with cash at some point. I've not seen one for sale in this manner for a long time now though. 

    I've googled this topic a bunch, and can't find any info on the matter... wondered if anyone here knows what's up?

    Thanks. 

  • I dont think it was announced. But pretty much yeah, right after it was made available to be bought from the collection manager its simply never on sale for real money anymore, or at very least I havent seen it on sale for a long time.

    Although, technically you can just use up gold for card backs and buy packs with real money runestones, like at the start of expansions. That way you're using real money to buy card backs, in a manner of speaking.

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      I dont think it was announced. But pretty much yeah, right after it was made available to be bought from the collection manager its simply never on sale for real money anymore, or at very least I havent seen it on sale for a long time.

      Although, technically you can just use up gold for card backs and buy packs with real money runestones, like at the start of expansions. That way you're using real money to buy card backs, in a manner of speaking.

      Thank you. 

      This is what I have started doing now (I didn't notice I could at first, so spent all my Gold from welcome back quests on packs)

      I got June and July from 2020 so far (the Blue version of the Emerald Dream and the "Rising Up" which is Bread)

      I got that new Baker Brann skin, so the Loaf of bread Cardback was perfect to go with this, the colours even line up as well. 

      I think next I will get "Legion" as I missed that one due to thinking it would be in the WoW special edition, and was always pretty down over missing it. 

      All in all though, I guess it's more fair that they do it this way, as then everyone can have a chance at getting ones they have missed. I'd still have bought the cash ones though as well. 

      With this info though, I will have to pick up the old Halloween one and the Yogg Sarron one as well. I was hoping to be able to get them with cash. Only ones I caught when they were a few pounds each was the C'thun one, the Cupcake and the Thrall one. I kept checking back, but must have missed the others. 

      being able to buy them all with gold gives me yet another reason to keep playing the game as well, though. Although I'm sure a lot of veterans were not happy about this change, it must be healthy for the game, as it gives people something to work towards. Also newer players won't have to look at the collection book and see all these awesome designs they missed... used to kill me seeing all the previous ones I'd never get to own.