Astral Pack 4 Set Review

It's time for a quick Set Review of the newest Astral Pack! There's a lot to love about Astral Pack 4. I'm going to give some quick opinions on each of the three subdivisions of rarity within the set, then follow it up with some cold hard math and a finalized rating. But first, here's a refresher of the set list:

Ultimate Rare
001 Dandylion
002 Maxx "C"
003 Necrovalley

Super Rare
004 Blackwing - Gale the Whirlwind
005 Blackwing - Kalut the Moon Shadow
006 Consecrated Light
007 Swift Scarecrow
008 Crimson Blader
009 Break! Draw!
010 Spellbook of Wisdom
011 Spellbook of Eternity
012 Fire Formation - Tensu
013 Soul Drain

Common
014 Wings of Wicked Flame (OCG import)
015 Morphing Jar #2
016 Magical Merchant
017 Lonefire Blossom
018 Fossil Dyna Pachycephalo
019 Tytannial, Princess of Camellias
020 Scrap Beast
021 Ma'at
022 Mavelus (OCG import)
023 Reasoning
024 Archfiend's Oath
025 Black Garden
026 Scrapstorm

Ultimate Rare
I think all of the Ultimate Rare choices are pretty good as usual, since it's kind of a hard part of the set to really make any huge mistakes with. All you have to do is choose three cards that are relevant in some way that haven't been Ultimates already, and Konami did a great job of that once again. I'm not sure if the Dandylion reprint will really appeal to people that much, but at least you only need one copy of it as opposed to playsets of Maxx "C" and Necrovalley.

Super Rare
Consecreated Light and Break! Draw! are pretty random, but other than that all of these cards are highly relevant in some way.

Common
Even the Commons this time around have many more relevant cards than they did before. The only one I can spot that's completely worthless is Ma'at, and even he has a reason to be reprinted since they're revising him to include the term Excavate. It would've been better if Scrap Beast was Scrap Chimera instead, but either way, these are all pretty solid choices. I'm especially excited about common Tytannials. THIS is how you make an Astral Pack!


Alright, so here's a final list of every card in the set that I think was a good or at least decent choice:

001 Dandylion
002 Maxx "C"
003 Necrovalley
004 Blackwing - Gale the Whirlwind
005 Blackwing - Kalut the Moon Shadow
007 Swift Scarecrow
008 Crimson Blader
010 Spellbook of Wisdom
011 Spellbook of Eternity
012 Fire Formation - Tensu
013 Soul Drain
015 Morphing Jar #2
016 Magical Merchant
017 Lonefire Blossom
018 Fossil Dyna Pachycephalo
019 Tytannial, Princess of Camellias
020 Scrap Beast
023 Reasoning
024 Archfiend's Oath
025 Black Garden
026 Scrapstorm

That's a whopping 21 of the 26 cards in the set, about 80.1%! That is a new record high rating for Astral Packs here on the blog. The first three boosters got these percentages:
AP01 - 48%
AP02 - 32%
AP03 - 50%

So if you were wondering, yes, Astral Pack 4 really is worth the hype. Make sure to get your piece of the action before the print is up!