All images in this post are my own screenshot from Gods unchained or taken from here, or sourced.

Spoils of War comes to the Battlepass

In this battlepass a new set of cards is added to all battlepass packs exclusively (including future battlepasses). Details about the spoils of war set can be found in the link provided. The breakdown is basically that these cards have a chance to be dropped in Battlepass packs (for a full breakdown click here). This creates a unique desire for meta cards around battlepass participation within gods unchained. There usually would be a promo card in the battlepass, but now there is a whole miniset that is going to be eeked out over time on top of that. The battlepass is now sortof a must get for hardcores, or at least a "must monitor the secondary market" for hardcores. I know I try to get the 300 gods track every month I actually have enough time to play, and will now continue to do so indefinitely it seems. The shine prison adds an extra layer.

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What does this mean for Gods Unchained?

This means there will be an entire submeta of cards for those engaged with the game enough to farm the battlepass, and those who aren't able to engage with the battlepass will miss out and have to buy them from the secondary market. In theory this mini-set will increase the overall desire for the Battlepass for hardcore fans, I know it certainly has for me personally. The designs of the new cards are fun and add interesting things to a few tribes that haven't been touched in a really long time. Most notably light anubians, and war olympians.

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The spoils themselves are meta strong

Above are the cards that will be available in the "Spoils" set. I personally don't see a single card in this set that is chaff, it's a really strong and desirable miniset with a lot of strong interactions and fun/quirky ones too. I'm honestly impressed with these designs that bring forgotten subarchtypes back to the forefront of people's minds. Things like light anubians, deception atlanteans, etc. This set is super fun and makes me want to buy battlepasses just to get them. Excellent job.

Talking Tidbits: Design Funnels etc.

As much as I love this set I wouldn't be a gamer worth my salt if I didn't cover the potential issues with a set like this, one in particular being "design funnels". If to much of a requirement is put into this limited set it could cause issues, cards can be strong but they need to either have a very extended print run or be distributed to enough people where the meta changes appropriately the way you would like it to. Or conversely NOT be distributed to enough people to have any sort of significant meta impact. Overall I am more a fan of anything that makes the game feel fresh, it's getting pretty boring trudging through the same matches against the same decks day in day out.

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Thanks for reading, commenting, liking, and even just not punching through your monitor. You folks rock and are what make it worth posting. We'll see how this set develops and I'll do a tier assessment of where I value each of these cards after I do some content creation (videos). Stay tuned all you amazing people, I'll see you folks in Eucos.