I'll reply here to both you and @enginewitty, since my comment wasn't clear and left both y'all with the wrong impression.

One of my biggest complaints about the crypto space is that any time someone says "sell" they're accused on lacking faith or FUD. When in reality selling can just be shorthand for making better investments in the same system. So I wasn't advocating cashing out of SL, but that you could have invested your same resources in a slightly different way and come out ahead.

So instead of using your vouchers and buying presale packs, you could have sold those vouchers and waited to re-invest that money in cards. Then you could have bought exactly the cards you opened and still had $1,000 of value from selling vouchers. You could then use that extra value to e.g. go buy 100 more packs, buy 3000 SPS for more vouchers in the second phase, etc.

Because you thought of your vouchers as free, and not as a commodity with value, you made a decision that led to less value. And yes, opening packs is fun, and if you value that at $1000 then good on you. But to come here and say you had a positive ROI is misleading. People like @arrliinn saw this and think you made money, when you did not.

PS: On a personal note, I'm sorry about the HUGE downvote you received. I was initially smug when I saw that, thinking someone else was calling out your misinformation. But it looks like it's some petty vindictive bullshit, which I don't like. Downvotes should be for weeding out low effort content or misinformation, not to carry out grudges. It's a small gesture, but I've removed my 0.002 hive downvote in solidarity.