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jjjjj5jjjj4 Aug 4, 2013 @ 6:40pm
Pros and Cons of unpacking Booster Packs?
I would suppose a pro would be possibly getting foil cards which are worth about half of the booster packs, but the booster packs are worth more money which can equal more cards. So what are your guys' thoughts on booster packs?
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Salvego Aug 4, 2013 @ 7:04pm 
I'm selling all of them, since I don't want to collect foil badges...
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[NWG] rye Aug 4, 2013 @ 8:29pm 
i unpack just incase!
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jjjjj5jjjj4 Aug 4, 2013 @ 8:53pm 
After thinking for a while I think that selling the pack is almost always better. Unless you can get 2 or 3 foils in 1 pack (Which would be nearly impossible). I think I'm going to always sell them if they have a good price because I can get individual cards I want.
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Spyx Aug 4, 2013 @ 11:37pm 
I got 3 booster packs and in 2 of them was a foil card.
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Kamatsu Aug 5, 2013 @ 12:22am 
What to do with booster packs really depends on what game you got the pack for. Some games booster packs are not worth selling (like they sell for 60-70c), whereas if you open the pack and get a foil card you can sell it for 2-3x what the booster pack sold for, or even if no foil card(s)... 3 normal cards sells for around the same as the booster pack.

I'd recommend checking the prices of normal cards, foil cards & booster packs before you decide what you want to do.

Generally speaking, if your not interested in a foil badge then you will likely get more from selling a booster pack than opening it. since if you can sell a booster pack for ~$1.20-2.00 or more, and normal cards are say ~30c .. selling the booster pack gets you ~4-6 cards vs the 3 you'd get from the booster pack. And in many cases, normal cards are less than 30c... so you'd get more even more normal cards.

Regarding foil cards - if the booster sells for decent amount, you might even be able to buy 1 foil card per booster you sell, depending on the prices of that games foil cards and booster packs. This way your guaranteed 1 foil card per booster, whereas if you open the booster pack... you might get 1 card or really lucky and get 2 (or even 3!) foil cards, but more likely to get no foil cards.

In the end - it all depends on the price for that games normal cards, foil cards & booster packs. Always check.
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