Hi everyone, long ago Magic player just now getting back into it after about 20 years away. Loving it!
In retrospect, I should have just bought a UM Booster Box, but had been randomly picking up 3 pack blister packs off and on from Target (weirdly prices ranging from $30 to $49). Each pack I was amazed at the quality of the cards inside - great mythics, rares and foil mythics and rares too. Then, with Target inventory gone, I decided to do one more little tranche of buying and picked up 8 boosters from an online store. Not a huge thing, but still over $100 spent. Opened each one and everything was crap! Each foil was a common. One crap mythic. Each rare was pretty much the lowest demand/weakest rares. It was such a different experience than every other pack I had opened up to that point. These were loose boosters not the 3 pack blister.
So, I'm wondering about the things I've seen mentioned but havent researched since I've been back about box or pack mapping. Is it possible when buying loose packs of recent sets for them to have been somehow sorted out from strong to weak? Is there a lesson that you should either not buy loose boosters or only from certain online shops? Just looking for some general insight and guidance on how this all works nowadays.
Hi everyone, long ago Magic player just now getting back into it after about 20 years away. Loving it!
In retrospect, I should have just bought a UM Booster Box, but had been randomly picking up 3 pack blister packs off and on from Target (weirdly prices ranging from $30 to $49). Each pack I was amazed at the quality of the cards inside - great mythics, rares and foil mythics and rares too. Then, with Target inventory gone, I decided to do one more little tranche of buying and picked up 8 boosters from an online store. Not a huge thing, but still over $100 spent. Opened each one and everything was crap! Each foil was a common. One crap mythic. Each rare was pretty much the lowest demand/weakest rares. It was such a different experience than every other pack I had opened up to that point. These were loose boosters not the 3 pack blister.
So, I'm wondering about the things I've seen mentioned but havent researched since I've been back about box or pack mapping. Is it possible when buying loose packs of recent sets for them to have been somehow sorted out from strong to weak? Is there a lesson that you should either not buy loose boosters or only from certain online shops? Just looking for some general insight and guidance on how this all works nowadays.
Thanks!
I do not like buying loose boosters online. Too many potential ways (sometimes real or imagined) to cheat me, the customer.
this is what is called variance. Your sample size is far too low to call foul. I bought 30 loose packs of this , between single packs and 3 packs. I wasted money on 24 of the packs. Thats right. litterally only 6 packs had cards inside them worth 14 usd or more.
Hi everyone, long ago Magic player just now getting back into it after about 20 years away. Loving it!
In retrospect, I should have just bought a UM Booster Box, but had been randomly picking up 3 pack blister packs off and on from Target (weirdly prices ranging from $30 to $49). Each pack I was amazed at the quality of the cards inside - great mythics, rares and foil mythics and rares too. Then, with Target inventory gone, I decided to do one more little tranche of buying and picked up 8 boosters from an online store. Not a huge thing, but still over $100 spent. Opened each one and everything was crap! Each foil was a common. One crap mythic. Each rare was pretty much the lowest demand/weakest rares. It was such a different experience than every other pack I had opened up to that point. These were loose boosters not the 3 pack blister.
So, I'm wondering about the things I've seen mentioned but havent researched since I've been back about box or pack mapping. Is it possible when buying loose packs of recent sets for them to have been somehow sorted out from strong to weak? Is there a lesson that you should either not buy loose boosters or only from certain online shops? Just looking for some general insight and guidance on how this all works nowadays.
Thanks!
I do not like buying loose boosters online. Too many potential ways (sometimes real or imagined) to cheat me, the customer.
my buddy got burnt from a MMA 2015 boy he bought from Ebay when the set was new but that set was way too easy to repack
I suggest to the OP to check for signs of glue or damage on the pack before being quick to judge. Otherwise the sample size is too small and probably more of a coincidence rather than a sign of repack
Incredibly, I stopped in at a local shop and picked up one random UM booster pack. Put it back, picked up another. Ended up with a Liliana!
Anyways, my original question was more about box or pack mapping within a box. Definitely more comfortable with a local shop when buying loose boosters though.
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In retrospect, I should have just bought a UM Booster Box, but had been randomly picking up 3 pack blister packs off and on from Target (weirdly prices ranging from $30 to $49). Each pack I was amazed at the quality of the cards inside - great mythics, rares and foil mythics and rares too. Then, with Target inventory gone, I decided to do one more little tranche of buying and picked up 8 boosters from an online store. Not a huge thing, but still over $100 spent. Opened each one and everything was crap! Each foil was a common. One crap mythic. Each rare was pretty much the lowest demand/weakest rares. It was such a different experience than every other pack I had opened up to that point. These were loose boosters not the 3 pack blister.
So, I'm wondering about the things I've seen mentioned but havent researched since I've been back about box or pack mapping. Is it possible when buying loose packs of recent sets for them to have been somehow sorted out from strong to weak? Is there a lesson that you should either not buy loose boosters or only from certain online shops? Just looking for some general insight and guidance on how this all works nowadays.
Thanks!
Especially in the big stores people open packs, remove the good cards and bring the bad packs back, to get their money back.
If that is a common issue in the store you get real problems quickly, but personal in these stores doesnt really care for that anyway.
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I do not like buying loose boosters online. Too many potential ways (sometimes real or imagined) to cheat me, the customer.
my buddy got burnt from a MMA 2015 boy he bought from Ebay when the set was new but that set was way too easy to repack
I suggest to the OP to check for signs of glue or damage on the pack before being quick to judge. Otherwise the sample size is too small and probably more of a coincidence rather than a sign of repack
Anyways, my original question was more about box or pack mapping within a box. Definitely more comfortable with a local shop when buying loose boosters though.