1189990:Well, I also have no OP Constructed events until Continentals with FOH, but we really enjoy Constructed Battlegrounds and I can't wait to try something new out in July. I do feel for you though GTB.
Cheers.
The lack of constructed tournaments is just part of it. .
Last year for regionals in Southern CA got 160 EA Punctures, 80 EA Invoke the Nethers and 5 EA Rescue the Survivors.
This year SoCA gets 64 EA RoB:Rok'dars, 4 EA Gut Shots, 4 EA Invocation, and 2 EA Alexi Barov.
The quantity has obviously gone down but the quality has as well imo.
In addition the top prize for Battle Grounds are rarely impressive and even when it is good stuff there is no marketing about it or notice to players. At most something may go up the Friday of a Marquee weekend. Rarely do we we see a card like EA Myriam, EA Vex or EA Rak come through BGs.
Personally I see very little reason at all to purchase product at this time.
I purchased zero boosters of BoG and got almost every card I needed through drafting, sealed, trading and single purchases. So far I have spent about $50 in singles and if I got another $40-50 in singles I would have all the blood cards I need. I did need to trade for 2 Talisman of the Alliance for my Continental deck but this is a
TRADING card game afterall.
Most likely even if I get two boxes at the price I usually get em (bout $55 each for new release) I will probably still need to spend another $60-70 on singles.
Crafted cards are allot more miss then hit so no need to buy product to get the craft cards.
My luck on loot cards has always been horrible; only once have I cracked a rare loot and that was during a draft. I have purchased over 50 sealed booster boxes of product so that is amazing.
Currently have more UDE points then I will ever need. Have stacks of point cards still not redeemed.
We had a continental this last weekend so now I am excited about constructed but guess what...in a week we go back to sealed anyways.