Blizzard is giving in-game cash back for a $25 Hearthstone card

Blizzard Entertainment will refund customers in-game money if they purchase the special version of Drek’Thar in Hearthstone. Because the map has been made weaker, the developer gives compensation to everyone who owns the map, including the ‘regular’ version of Drek’Thar.

Anyone who purchased Drek’Thar’s cosmetic Diamond variant for $25 or 3,000 Gold will receive Hearthstone Patch 23.2.2 automatically deposited 3000 Gold into their account. Blizzard always compensates players when a card receives a nerf, but normally that is with Dust, the card crafting currency. Also in this case, everyone with the normal version of Drek’Thar will just get Dust back for the card, unless it’s the paid Diamond version. With Gold only packs can be purchased, not directly new cards of your choice.

The Diamond version of Drek’Thar was part of a special promotion in the month of April. Therefor Blizzard received via Reddit, among others much criticism; according to critics, 25 euros or the in-game equivalent of 3000 Gold would be far too expensive for a card that differs only in appearance from the regular Drek’Thar. Especially since other Diamond cards can be earned by completing in-game challenges.

What is little controversial is the fact that Drek’Thar did indeed have to receive a nerf. Decks with this card were found according to HSReplay statistics have an abnormally high win rate. By building a deck around this Legendary card, two extra minions could be summoned relatively easily until the recent update. That has now been reduced to one extra minion.

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Update, May 21 at 1:50 PM: The intro of the article has been tightened to clarify the reason for returning the in-game money for the card. The first paragraph has also been tightened. Thanks to Rainbow.