Great to see you, @tsnaks! Well, yes - those are your packs. You came back to a great time as well, since all of the hero artworks are now complete, so the unpacking experience is better than it has ever been before.
The EVM aspect really is just a technical aspect. We're still here on Hive, posting & interacting. At some point, Ethgard might even become chain agnostic, meaning multiple chains, etc.
Setting up an EVM wallet is fairly simple and you don't even need to pay the gas fees directly to claim & open packs. Only when you start doing more advanced actions such as forging items, etc.
But again, great to see you battling!