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Originally Posted by TecatePete

Has anyone tracked the numbers to see what the average re-sale value of a pack is? I know it's basically a given that it's a loss to buy packs, but I'm curious just how much. My gut would say somewhere around 500-600 pp in value, but I could be way off. I'd be curious about the Gold Packs too if anyone has done all this

Assuming the card odds shown on the pack purchasing screen are accurate, the average value of a pack just from the minimum guaranteed price you can get from instant sales is slightly under 500pp. Since the only difference between a Standard Pack and a Gold Pack is the single guaranteed card, the Gold pack minimum sale is obviously 975pp higher.


I haven't gone any further with the calculations yet, but based only on the ratios of the odds of pulling a particular tier of card vs. the minimum prices as compared to the baseline iron... most of the value is in the Gold+ cards, so you have to open a lot of packs to get that average value. I suspect that also means that the real average value is close to even or higher, given the number of top-tier cards that go for far above minimum. (But the gold packs couldn't possibly make up for the premium associated with buying them, since the golds are frequently sold near minimum value as a result of the existence of gold packs. Based on what I've seen in the auction house, I'd venture a guess that the lack of silver packs makes silver cards better payouts proportionally than gold.)