How many cards can you get from crafting?

Magic: The Gathering - Puzzle Quest MtGPQ General Discussion
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I, like many, are pretty happy with the new booster crafting setup. I did the math in a spreadsheet and found that I’ll get about 20 standard set mythics from about 6 months of savings. So much like Bolas, this is one of those where they’ve hit that “just right” balance to get us all excited while not making it easy for people to buy out all of the cards in the game…

If you’d like to do your own math, you can feel free to copy my sheet… MTGPQ Booster Crafting Sheet - Google Sheets

It’s pretty basic, but answers just the questions I wanted to resolve. :slight_smile:

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Thanks! I was just about to do something similar :smile:

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6 mythics or 30 rares or 60 uncommons or 300 commons (newest set). Or, 9 mythics or 45 rares (other standard sets). Or, 14 mythics or 66 rares (legacy). That was kinda fun.

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Yes, in looking closer, I do think I will be getting quite a few rare boosters early on. Scrapheap here I come!

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Some cosmetic changes plus calculate how many orbs you need to complete your collections (except for MP of course)

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i had 107,300 potential orbs traded for 214,600 runes on 1st Jan 2017. :cry: luckily, i have been saving my dupes since. :slight_smile:

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Yesterday I counted my dupes..
44M, 490 R, 2800 U, common probably 4000
So around 150k Orbs.

I don’t know if I go for legacy (Oliv!) or for Standard. With cycling I’m already in good shape for Standard, so probably legacy.

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@majincob nice adds! I’m going to add back later today.

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I’d like to add in the expected orb value of opening each pack based on assumed drop rates. I ran out of time and am stuck all day at work today with no PC access.

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SOI Block?

edit: oh I see; BFZ block is merged with OGW but sheet labeled OGW is for SOI block

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I’ve fixed my sheet. It had some errors around blocks. It now includes the names of sets that are blocked as well. And I’ve added the cool “how much to complete my set?” calculator that @majincob added.

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It works out to around 118 orbs per 5-card pack, assuming all dupes. (I tried to add to the sheet but no permission.)

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It has to be more than 118 for a 5-pack given you get a guaranteed rare which breaks down to 100 runes by itself.

i have ~110k orbs, so 22 mythics. I will likely buy a bunch of Origins and then think about what else makes sense.

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@ElfNeedsFood @majincob

Nice work, thank you!

I apparently have a little more than 300k orbs coming, and need 230k to complete. Stoked!

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@ElfNeedsFood @majincob

Ditto on the nice work guys. I know we all appreciate the effort you took to do this and then share it
with the rest of the players. Thank you so much.

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will give a minimum of (100 + 25 x10) = 350 mana orbs, that’s the guaranteed rare + 25 commons, if one’s luck is really bad, and if there are no changes to the price or constituents of a 300 crystal premium pack.

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A 5-pack means a pack of 5 cards (i.e. a standard booster). Expected value for an all-dupe premium pack is more like 700 orbs.

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I’ve made one last edit to color code areas where values can / should exist and some basic instructions on using the sheet based on questions I’ve gotten.

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Two minor things regarding your sheet (which is a great tool, thank you!)

Your SOI/EMN page has headers for OGW cards.

Also I’m not sure how you want to calculate in the three rare exlusives from KLD. It shows me missing 4, which is correct, but only three of those can be looted from packs as the fourth card is Core Prowler, and it’s impossible to say if those three cards will be about to loot or craft in the future.