Returning player reward

"Hi I recently started playing hearthstone again after a few years hiatus. I just learned about the free deck for returning players. I was wondering if I still apply. I only have been playing for a month after a long time of not playing will there be an exception for players like me?
Enisler

Hey there [Redacted], I’m Specialist Game Master [Redacted]! Thanks for taking the time to reach out to us today. It does look like you had an extended break from the game, but I’m afraid you don’t quite qualify for a free deck as a returning player. ^^ You would have had to be inactive for at least 4 months, and only started playing after March 17 - it does look like you started playing again at the beginning of last month. As much as I’d love to help out in this situation, I’m afraid we simply don’t have the tools to even provide something like this, so the free deck promotion isn’t one that we can offer. Thanks again for contacting us, I hope you enjoy the rest of your day!
Me-
Was there anyway of knowing about the promotion, I only came back for battlegrounds and played some wild. There’s nothing I could get for returning?"

Hi, this is a conversation I had with one of your support specialists. They requested I bring my concern to the forum since there was nothing they could do on their end to resolve my issue. I understand the date for the free deck but I had a years long break from the game and only came back to try battlegrounds. Honestly I feel a bit cheated since if i knew about the promotion I just would have waited a bit longer to start playing again. I remember reading on twitter that you would take players like me into consideration. Give me a response when you can, thanks.

Edited by Blizzard

They gave lots of details on playhearthstone.com/blog, but even then some things were unclear and there have been lots of repeated questions. But since you returned before March 17, the criteria are strict and unfortunately won’t get a deck. Be sure to check playhearthstone.com/blog in the future for updates.

Now if they made a deck purchaseable with gold, that would help those players who don’t meet those specific criteria …

I personally wouldn’t need the starter deck as much, since I have lots of cards and decks already, but there are players out there that feel cheated and could definitely use a starter deck with Year of the Dragon cards…