Anyone Else Think 300 Cards is a Small Amount

[blaqkmagick]

Now I know this appears to be a QQ thread, but I assure you it's not. I'm excited for this game.
That being said does anyone else think that 300 cards isn't a lot?
I mean when you take into account that there are 9 unique classes with unique cards, it just feels like there won't be that many new cards available from the packs or what not. Is there anyone who has had a chance to play the game at PAX who can tell if it feels small?

[Evil Inside]

They will probably add more as time goes by.

[Wishblade]

Yeah, with 9 classes and all sorts of possibilities for monsters, weapons and such, 300 doesn't sound like a whole lot... But as long as it's fun then whatever, can look forward to more cards in the future.

[Madcaptn]

The rogue deck had I believe 24 cards so let's say you multiply that by 9 that's 216 cards. That leaves 84 for weapons & neutral cards. It sounds about right for now.

[Jeleh]

It's important to remember that 300 cards is what they have for now in the very first showing of the game. It will probably jump in number a significant portion before the game even leaves the beta phase.

[Deleted]

I would not worry. More cards will surely be added as time goes.

[xskarma]

The rogue deck had I believe 24 cards so let's say you multiply that by 9 that's 216 cards. That leaves 84 for weapons & neutral cards. It sounds about right for now.

Mhmm. And with a 30 card deck size, even if you created completely unique decks you'd still be able to create 10 whole decks before needing more cards. That's a whole damn lot.

[Mandible]

You can BUY more cards, so it will be like all other games like that. So they will give plenty incentive for you to BUY more cards . But tbh. as long as its not like the monsterhunting card game from SquareEnix (serious amount of pay to win there) I´m somewhat happy.

[Eldryth]

It's also a good starting point, remember, they will be adding more over time.

[Deleted]

300 is actually fine to start out. Don't forget that there are no resource building cards in this game (aside from some spell cards), so like xskarma said: theoretically there are 10 unique decks to start out with (most likely there'll be 9 viable ones), which is pretty nice.

[Frozen Death Knight]

For a starter card game, it is a pretty decent amount. I mean, heck, the Pokemon TCG I believe did not start out with much more, either, and see where it is today.

Card games like these always make expansions. In a couple of years it is likely that it will have more than one thousand cards if there's a good demand for it, so I'm not too worried, to be honest. As long as the starter edition is decent and fun enough to play, I think it will do fine.

[hulkgor]

Seems pretty good to me for starters. Expect addons and expansions further along, increasing the number of cards. Magic started with few cards aswell, look at it now :P

[Firebert]

300 unique cards for 9 classes means we'll have 367 at least when Death Knights and Monks get added, and I'm sure that number will double such that each class can have an Alliance and a Horde Hero where possible, so that makes 733 unique cards.

Each MTG cycle has 249 base set cards, and around 500 to 600 cards in expansion set, making around 750 to 850 unique cards per format.

It starts small...

[kel]

300 is a good starting point, but no doubt they will add more very soon

[Kent1000]

Theres 600 total from recent blue post which includes legendaries

oops nvm 300ish~

[lakisa]

well knowing blizzard this game will be blast to play with 300 start cards, But than each 6 months you will get new tier set of cards that will be better, and you have to pay or grind for...

[Darsithis]

No doubt more will be added as time goes by. Magic The Gathering...now that's a lot of cards

[Valanna]

I like the amount, it's palpable, as opposed to MTG which has over 20,000 cards I saw somebody mention here. It's nice to be able to have a fully working knowledge of the game without turning it into academia.

[thigan]

Well for once isn't a TCG, so for the first expansion I would say is very good number.

[xskarma]

I like the amount, it's palpable, as opposed to MTG which has over 20,000 cards I saw somebody mention here. It's nice to be able to have a fully working knowledge of the game without turning it into academia.

I agree. I always try to know as much as possible before starting, or at least know as much as possible as soon as I can. 20.000 cards would disencourage me to even attempt to start. This is manageable, and even with expansions it will take a while for it to grow to absurd levels. Although to be honest, I think Blizz would cull cards before they'd let the game become too large for beginners to get into.