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    Meltdown Format

    Those of you who have had the pleasure of playing a Meltdown event in person will attest to how much fun it is and how it's a good mixture of luck and skill.

    Well, this format will soon be coming to the digital game, so I wanted to give you a heads-up on it.


    How it works

    In the sealed version, you open 4 booster packs and make the best deck you can using one of the heroes you pulled and any of the other non-hero cards, completely ignoring faction and class restrictions. The minimum deck size is 30, including hero.

    I've made a simulator, so you can try out the deckbuilding part now.



    Tips for Players

    As if I'm going to give tips at this point! I made this thread for people to share their experiences so far and speculate on what the best deckbuilding strategies will be when it goes live.



    Discuss away!

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    Can i keep the cards?
    Does it cost to play the format as boosters are needed?
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    Quote Originally Posted by darkCROSSBOW View Post
    Can i keep the cards?
    Does it cost to play the format as boosters are needed?
    There will be two versions:

    Quick Meltdown - you get 4 packs to make a deck, you build your deck and face a random opponent who also got 4 packs. At the end, you do not keep the cards. It is 100% free.

    Tournament Meltdown - you buy 4 packs to enter with your SC, you build the deck, you play the tournament and you keep your cards (and prizes).

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    Quote Originally Posted by GondorianDotCom View Post
    Quick Meltdown - you get 4 packs to make a deck, you build your deck and face a random opponent who also got 4 packs. At the end, you do not keep the cards. It is 100% free.
    Will this be a Best of 3 or build one deck, play one game then start over? Is it Ranked (or does it rank into account when matchmaking)? Can we play custom Meltdown games?

    Quote Originally Posted by GondorianDotCom View Post
    Tournament Meltdown - you buy 4 packs to enter with your SC, you build the deck, you play the tournament and you keep your cards (and prizes).
    8 players? Best-of-3s?

    Really looking forward to trying this!
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    Quote Originally Posted by GondorianDotCom View Post
    There will be two versions:

    Quick Meltdown - you get 4 packs to make a deck, you build your deck and face a random opponent who also got 4 packs. At the end, you do not keep the cards. It is 100% free.

    Tournament Meltdown - you buy 4 packs to enter with your SC, you build the deck, you play the tournament and you keep your cards (and prizes).
    This sounds awesome!
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    Quote Originally Posted by GondorianDotCom View Post
    There will be two versions:

    Quick Meltdown - you get 4 packs to make a deck, you build your deck and face a random opponent who also got 4 packs. At the end, you do not keep the cards. It is 100% free.

    Tournament Meltdown - you buy 4 packs to enter with your SC, you build the deck, you play the tournament and you keep your cards (and prizes).
    Something tells me that the Quick version will see exponentially more use. I think it might even take over the normal game.

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    Quote Originally Posted by asianskunk5 View Post
    Something tells me that the Quick version will see exponentially more use. I think it might even take over the normal game.
    Yeah. That's a totally awesome free game.
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    Quote Originally Posted by GondorianDotCom View Post
    Well, this format will soon be coming to the digital game, so I wanted to give you a heads-up on it.
    Describe "soon"

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    Hmm... just a weird question - think there will be an opportunity for a 'booster draft' version of this in the tournament method? As opposed to a straight up booster grab?

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    Quote Originally Posted by GR3NADE View Post
    Describe "soon"
    I would be a fool to give a date!

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