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The UDE points redemption program having been closed for many weeks may soon be back to temporarily allow those with accumulated unused points a chance to redeem for in-game items. Scarse details are known, and it still may not be possible to add UDE points to one's account, but it appears that Blizzard are sympathetic to their customers with unused points in their UDE accounts.
We are speculating that the [Tabard Lost & Found] may be a special in-game item purchasable with these points rather than the broad number of items currently available. We'll continue to monitor the situation closely.
It has been over 10 days since the release of the WoW TCG expansion Wrathgate and as usual the prices have steadied to indicate where they will stay for a while. Typically the best prices can be found between now and another 10 days as large dealers and players look to sell off their excess stock.
The common loot [Landro's Gift Box] in particular has been a very popular, the best seller of a common loot by a clear margin we have ever seen. Cryptozoic have designed a winner because the chance of a premium mount loot, although very small, gives players an exciting redemption.
And finally UDE points on crafting cards are no longer available with the Wrathgate expansion. It may be possible that a similar program may be created by Cryptozoic in the future and we'll be sure to mention it if any news comes of it.
The 24th of May marks the eve of the official release date of the latest WoW TCG expansion, Wrathgate, or as Cryptozoic prefer, Wrath Gate. Boxes have already been delivered to major shipping warehouses and large dealers are already receiving their ample supply ready for official distribution on the 25th.
From early reports on the redemption of [Landro's Gift Box], it appears that the baseline loot inside is one of the six existing consumable loots. If the card image is to be taken literally, the occasionally appearing non-consumable loot inside will be from the first three WoW TCG expansions, starting with Heroes of Azeroth and finishing with Fires of Outland. Of course we are ready to be proven wrong and will welcome any information to the contrary.
We will do our utmost to keep "Instant Buy" stock of both the [Landro's Gift Box] and the [Instant Statue Pedestal].
On the 29th of April UDE disabled the ability to enter point codes and even more significant, the ability to redeem said point codes for in-game items. The image here highlights what visitors are now greeted with when they attempt to enter UDE points.
Most sensible observers knew that the UDE points system would one day close, but not many would have predicted it would be so soon. Although it is possible that this is only temporary as UDE say, we predict it is unlikely that it will return in the hands of UDE. The best outcome for those with unspent points is that all account data will be transferred over to Cryptozoic for use later on when they restart a similar redemption program again.
Then again, this could well be a planned shutdown as the [Tabard Lost & Found] is likely to be inside random [Landro's Gift Box], the consumable loot available in the Wrathgate expansion releasing on the 25th of May.
In about one month's time (25th May) Wrathgate will be officially released and three new loot cards will be widely available. The image shown here is of the desirable and rare [Blazing Hippogryph], which we have found out will change depending on your riding skill. As per usual, this mount will be tradeable in-game, and we expect the amount of gold per trade to be comfortably over 100k.
An image of the [Instant Statue Pedestal], also from Wrathgate, can be found in our Chatbox until the next nice image we find replaces it.
We continue to receive reports that in-game items from the UDE points program are running out of stock. To date, [Landro's Pet Box], [Tabard of Brilliance], and [Tabard of the Arcane] are no longer available for any region and our opinion is that they are unlikely to be restocked into the UDE points program. Those with UDE points unspent should be looking to redeem soon as it is unknown as to how long UDE will keep their points redemption program active.
Good news is that the next expansion "Wrathgate" has gotten an official release date of May 25th. The new WoW TCG franchise holders Cryptozoic Entertainment have said that Wrathgate will primarily focusing on the epic "Battle of Wrathgate" in Dragonblight. The in-game consumable loot within this expansion, [Landro's Gift Box] is likely to contain random UDE tabards with very lucky players also receiving a TCG mount.
With Cryptozoic looking to make a strong start with their recent acquisition we expect pre-release tournaments to be heavily supported. We'll report more details as the release date get closer.
After much anticipation since Blizzard shared their last newsbite about the future of the WoW TCG, today Blizzard announced that Cryptozoic Entertainment will be continuing the successful WoW TCG licence.
In the next couple of months Cryptozoic's priority is to rebuild and strengthen the WoW TCG tournament and support program across the globe. During this time in May, the next expansion Wrathgate will also be released bringing with it the usual three new loot cards already discussed in our previous news story.
Early indications are that Cryptozoic's personnel are either ex-Blizzard or ex-UDE employees with strong ties to the parent Blizzard company. The future of the WoW TCG game is looking very promising with a strong commitment evident from both partner companies.
Firstly, full loot codes successfully purchased with "Instant Buy" are found in the "Invoice History" within your checkout page. In future we will email this helpful detail.
Those who have visited our chatbox within the last couple of days would have read that we have added all the new TCG loot from the Wrathgate and Icecrown WoW TCG expansions.
- [Landro's Gift Box] which likely contains [Tabard Lost & Found],
- [Instant Statue Pedestal],
- [Blazing Hippogryph].
Above are the Wrathgate expansion loots, due when Blizzard finally make their announcement as to the new direction the WoW TCG will take. Of particular interest is the [Tabard Lost & Found] which suggests that Blizzard has known for quite a while that UDE at some point will no longer be providing the UDE point code loots.
This image contains the first serious clues as to what the next two expansion loots will be. Wrathgate, the next expansion will contain: Landro's Gift Box, Instant Statue, and Blazing Hippogryph. Icecrown expansion about three months later: Paint Bomb, Portal Stone, and Rhino Mount. Feel free to make comments and guesses in our chatbox about these new loot items.
Blizzard will hopefully make an announcement soon on how they plan to continue their successfull TCG franchise, with all indications that there will be a increasing integration with the MMO.
We often receive enquiries on how accurate our rarity figures are because UDE have never detailed the distribution of loot in booster packs / boxes / cases. Real world experience on opening cases gives us an accurate picture on what makes them so special and desirable.
Firstly definitions and sizes. A loot card, when found, replaces the hero card inside a booster pack. There are 24 booster packs within an expansion box, and there are 12 expansion boxes to a case.
Assuming no tampering of factory sealed cases, TCG expansions Heroes of Azeroth, Through the Dark Portal, Fires of Outland, and March of the Legion:
- Common loots are found 2 per case, or 1 in 6 boxes,
- Uncommon loots are found 1 per case, or 1 in 12 boxes,
- Rare loots are found 1 in every other case, or 1 in 24 boxes.
For every TCG expansion since then:
- Super commons, 20-21 per case, at least 1 per box,
- Uncommons, 2 per case, or 1 in 6 boxes, some rare cases have 1, where other rare cases have 3,
- Rares, 1 per case, or 1 in 12 boxes, some rare cases have none, while other rare cases have 2.