Project Lore: All Things World of Warcraft

Since day one, I have been trying in earnest to score myself one of the TCG loot cards. Any of them. Every time I hit Target or see a pack of cards laying around a random EBGames I snap it up in hopes of scoring something. To date, I have been enticed by a few dozen packs of cards, covering all the available expansions. Yet, I have nothing to show for it. Not a Turtle Mount, Paper Flying Machine, nor even the swanky Fishing Chair. I can't really complain though, I simply haven't paid my dues. Even if I had purchased 50 packs of the Fires of Outland set I would only have over a 25% chance to score that chair. Not what I would call gambling odds. Starting March 24, I will have a new expansion pack to fail at collecting. Upper Deck Entertainment's Blood of the Gladiators will offer players - or collectors - a new trio of loot cards. Unlike previous releases, I can't see any of the following cards going for hundreds on eBay, but there is some fun stuff.

Sandbox Tiger - Remember those old horsie things that sat on a giant spring in the playground? They were the things you'd jump on, rear back and forth a few times, get bored and head off to the monkey bars till you fell and went crying to Mom. Well that is what this is, only instead of a horsie, it is a miniature Spectral Tiger.
Center of Attention - This baby enables players to fill one more slot with a purpal - the shirt slot. Center of Attention grants players the in-game Epic Purple Shirt they always wanted. Finally, my character's lust for violet can be completed!
Foam Sword Rack - Like the Owned! card before it, this one is a gag item. Players will be able to toss out the aforementioned rack full of s-words and bonk unsuspecting players with their Nerf quality weapons.

Upper Deck Entertainment's announcement of the loot cards did not include their respective rarities this time. But I don't think that will matter to me. Thanks to coincidental timing, the cards are available for beta testing on the PTR right now! Players who wish to battle it out at 1 DPS, get nostalgic about their favorite rocker or implement the digital "Look At ME" saying, can do so via Landro Longshot and the following codes:

Sandbox Tiger: 1111
Epic Purple Shirt: 2222
Foam Sword Rack: 3333

Being able to play with the loot items before they are launched won't stop me from dropping more money on the booster packs though. I have lived through another Square Root Day, so I am one step closer to my victory over the mathematical world and its bastard child known as probability.

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