This week's giveaway looks awesome. Wanted to thank birdbeaksd for running it. Its been good to help bring me into the game more, and nice to add some new cards to my deck.

As most of you know im still pretty new here and as such, i wasn't around in the beginning of alpha and didn't get any packs or contracts. Starting out i was very confused, and asked my friend many questions to help fill in the gaps. So i learned you can buy packs, and get a set number of cards. Then use them to create a game deck to play a series of scenarios. Once your scenario ends, the cards return and you can try different ones. More cards means you have more ways to play.
Contracts were different in that instead a set number of cards, you were actually getting a card generator. That would create you a new card (from that series) every week, forever. This will allow you to become one of the few sellers of these cards. I also hear some cards are upgradeable, so duplicate cards can be used to improve the ones you are using, making your deck more powerful.

Beta will give us more game play, more depth to our decks and new cards. But for me im looking foward to my 1st chance to have my own card generator :).