Good morning my fellow Praetorians!
It's ya boy, CaptainDingus :)
Today, I want to reflect on something and get the community opinion! Maybe I can stop doing whatever it is that I'm doing to mess things up lol
If you have been following me for any time or reading any of my posts then you know, I have a knack for being unlucky... or maybe I am just dumb.
Today I will highlight what I mean by that... and hopefully you can help me more gooder!!
As many of you know, I came in at the tail end of Untamed... which means I am one of the people who spent AN ASS LOAD OF MONEY on Chaos Legion for the Airdrops... and there was a whole thing about that where the RNG was royally screwing me over - #SaltySaga
So, here we are... Riftwatchers and Rebellion later... Let's look at some of the promo cards from Chaos Legion and their prices... 馃槹
Card 1: Dr. Blight
As you can see from this screenshot - Dr Blight had 20,566 Total BCX* Printed.
Currently there are 7,806 Cards in Circulation and 22 available for sale...
*BCX = Base Card X or Each individual card = 1 BCX, so 3 BCX = 3 Cards Combined.
Dr Blight, by the numbers:
Total BCX Minted: 20,566
Cards in Circulation: 7,806
Available for Sale: 22
High Bid: $7.00
Market Value: $7.796
Low 1BCX Price: $11.996/BCX
Low MultiBCX Price: $7.796/BCX or $85.76 for 11BCX (Max Level)
What this means is, if you wanted to buy 1 copy of a Level 1 Dr Blight, the price is about $12...
If you wanted to buy a pre-combined copy for higher level play, you could buy a Max Level aka Level 4, with 11 Combined Cards... for $85.76 or $7.796/BCX
Dr Blight should be the rarest card and the hardest to get... not to mention one of the MOST USED cards... so it should have the highest value of all the Chaos Legion Airdrop Cards... at $12 & $7.796... Yikes.
Card 2: Baakjira
Ahhh yes, Baakjira the Great Whaley Kraken of Magik Karp likeness... This big floppy meat shield is quite useful and used A LOT... So lets see what the values are...
Baakjira, by the numbers:
Total BCX Minted: 34,974
Cards in Circulation: 11,096
Available for Sale: 23
High Bid: $1.06
Market Value: $1.098
Low 1BCX Price: $1.30/BCX
Low MultiBCX Price: $1.098/BCX or $3.293 for (3 BCX).
Low MaxBCX Price $1.181/BCX or $12.99 (11BCX)
Great overprinted Kraken is more like it... 34,974 BCX 馃樀
Card 3: Lily Shieldpaw
Let's get the final Airdrop from Chaos Legion out here... the much anticipated Dragon Summoner... the cute, fluffy and VERY OFTEN PAIRED WITH THAT STUPID GRIMARDUMB SMITTY 馃槨馃槀馃槀馃槀馃槀
Lily Shieldpaw, by the numbers:
Total BCX Minted: 20,621
Cards in Circulation: 7,717
Available for Sale: 23
High Bid: $2.747
Market Value: $3
Low 1BCX Price: $3.29/BCX
Low MultiBCX Price: $3.117/BCX or $9.35 for 3 BCX
Low MaxBCX Price: No Max Level for sale...
Interestingly, with similar Mint #'s to Dr Blight, the price is WAY less... and is not even the most expensive CL Card at the moment... for some reason, that's Immortalis at the time of this writing.
Why bring this up... Because many of us who came online with Chaos Legion on the Horizon came on at the end of the Bull in 2021... and boy oh boy did we dump DUMB money into CL and other cards like Kron/Valnamor/Yodin etc...
Since then... everything tanked... naturally. #BearMarketThings
But... as many pointed out... CL was way. Way. WAAAAAAAAAAY overprinted... and there just weren't... aren't enough players out there to soak up all the BCX... which means card values tanked and with that... there wasn't a lot of available cash for me to put into Riftwatchers or Rebellion Pre-Sales.
Not to mention being a little hesitant from getting burned by the Molten Lava that was/is the Airdrop Values for these "Super Duper Sought After Cards" from CL...馃ぁ
So... did I buy Riftwatchers or Rebellion Packs in Bulk... Nope. I was tapped out from CL and BearMarketThings... So I bought what I could here and there...
But lets see what prices of some of those Promo/Airdrop cards are worth...
Riftwatchers Promo Card: Oshuur Constantia
Oshuur Constantia, by the numbers:
Total BCX Minted: 10,678
Cards in Circulation: 3,143
Available for Sale: 8
High Bid: $8.011
Market Value: $6.333
Low 1BCX Price: $20.00/BCX
Low MultiBCX Price: $6.333/BCX or $38 for 6 BCX
Low MaxBCX Price: $6.809/BCX or $74.895 for 11 BCX
Definitely a higher Single BCX price than Dr Blight but even with HALF of Mint by comparison... Dr Blight has the edge on Multi/Max BCX cards...
Max DrB: $85
Max Oshuur: $75
Still pretty meh for Airdrop $'s... Compared to investment $$$...
Riftwatchers Card 1: Ancient Redwood
I picked the angry tree because it is the RW Airdrop card with the LOWEST Value...
Ancient Redwood, by the numbers:
Total BCX Minted: 5,818
Cards in Circulation: 2,026
Available for Sale: 9
High Bid: $2.511
Market Value: $2.636
Low 1BCX Price: $3.922/BCX
Low MultiBCX/MaxBCX Price: $2.636/BCX or $29 for 11 BCX (Max Level)
As you can see, the lowest priced Riftwatcher Airdrop Card comes in with a few noticeable #'s when compared to CL AD cards...
A. 5,818 Total Minted!
B. 2,026 in Circ!
Super Low #'s compared to Baakjira's 35k Minted... 馃檭
C. Value: High Bid... $2.50 and 1BCX... $3.922 compared with Baakjira's $1.06 High Bid and $1.30 Low BCX...
Still not super excited about these Airdrop Prices but the LOWEST Riftwatcher Airdrop is almost as much as the HIGHEST CL Airdrop - Lily Shieldpaw with her $2.747 Bid/$3.29 1BCX...
Oof... That hurts my soul a bit... but hey... let's see what the HIGHEST RW Airdrop Card is going for...
Riftwatchers Card 2: Inevitable
Inevitable??? More like UNAFFORDABLE!!! HOLY CRAP!!
Holy cow - look at that!!! The fifth and final RW AD Card was Inevitable and look at these prices!!!
Inevitable, by the numbers:
Total BCX Minted: 3,857
Cards in Circulation: 1,549
Available for Sale: 17
High Bid: $16.751
Market Value: $19.167
Low 1BCX Price: $45.66/BCX!!
Low MultiBCX Price: $19.167/BCX or $115 for 6 BCX
Low MaxBCX Price: $27.182/BCX or $299 for 11 BCX - 馃憖馃憖馃憖馃憖馃憖
That's what I'm talking about!! That is a GREAT REWARD for buying into something!!! Let's see what Rebellion looks like...
First of all... Rebellion came with TWO PROMO CARDS... That's SICK right there!
Rebellion Promo 1: Mantaroth (L)
Mantaroth, by the numbers:
Total BCX Minted: 5,182
Cards in Circulation: 1,366
Available for Sale: 13
High Bid: $25.001
Market Value: $31.941
Low 1BCX Price: $35.49/BCX
Low MultiBCX/MaxBCX Price: $33.182/BCX or $365 for 11 BCX (Max Level)
Oh dear Lord... I hate that I missed this... Dang CL scaring me away from it...
But hey... it's not like the other Promo Card could be valuable as well... RIGHT???
Rebellion Promo Card 2: Grimbardun Smith (R)
G Smith, by the numbers:
Total BCX Minted: 46,738 - see... TONS of them printed!!
Cards in Circulation: 6,871... Woah... lots of combined cards
Available for Sale: 81 ha... gonna be cheap
High Bid: $2.551
Market Value: $2.609
Low 1BCX Price: $2.75/BCX
Low MultiBCX/MaxBCX Price: $2.609/BCX or $299.99 for 115 BCX (Max Level)
Hold up... HOLD. UP... WHAT THE HELLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL?!?!?!
You're telling me... the RARE Promo Card... with 46k BCX Minted... is $2.75/BCX... where the LEGENDARY CL Airdrop Grum Flameblade by comparison is $.50?!?!?!
Damnit man... that's CRAZY!!!! If I had bought RB Pre-Sale instead of CL... I'd BE IN THE GREEN...
But wait... let's look at Rebellion... they did things a little differently... they did "Conflicts" instead of Airdrops and that turned out to be a pretty awesome idea!!!
Rebellion Conflict Card: Kei
Kei, by the numbers:
Total BCX Minted: 4,869
Cards in Circulation: 1,296
Available for Sale: 24
High Bid: $4.50
Market Value: $4.80
Low 1BCX Price: $6.167/BCX
Low MultiBCX Price: $6.00/BCX or 18.00 for 3 BCX
Low MaxBCX Price: No Max Level for sale...
Kei was kind of a disappointment as far as usability goes... and the price reflects that...
Even with low Mint #'s... it just doesn't command big $'s...
Let's check out a few more... and HOLY CRAP... LOOK AT THESE $'s (in summary):
Rage: $22/BCX
Venka: $35.00/BCX!!!
Lorkus: $21.78/BCX!
Tofu: $66.00 PER BCX!!!!!!!! With a Max Copy for $750!!!
Nidhoggr is the final RB Conflict card and not even out yet... and I bet it will be INSANE!!!
Had I participated in the RB Pre-Sale instead of the CL Pre-Sale... I guess things would be different...
Damn... I picked the wrong Pre-Sale... and missed out BIG TIME... That's all I screwed up and lost money on... right???
I didn't participate in a few "Promo Events" because of $$$... but then they had the "Halving" event... so I bought into that...
How did that play out for me... well let's see...
My thoughts: Two Promo Cards... A Legendary and a Rare like Rebellion... This should be good! Halving is super cool - Halfling Alchemist!! I bet these will hold value!!
Promo 1: Baron Fyatt (L)
Baron Fyatt, by the numbers:
Total BCX Minted: 6,421
Cards in Circulation: 2,106
Available for Sale: 23
High Bid: $2.011
Market Value: $3.99
Low 1BCX Price: $3.99/BCX
Low MultiBCX Price: $4.00/BCX or 24.00 for 6 BCX
Low MaxBCX Price: $4.091/BCX or $45 for 11 BCX
So... I paid 343,750 DEC for a Max Copy of Baron Fyatt... which is now worth 56k DEC...
Ok... well the other Promo Card must have been worth something... right?
Promo Card 2: Henchling Enforcer (R)
Henchling Enforcer, by the numbers:
Total BCX Minted: 31,048
Cards in Circulation: 4,866
Available for Sale: 78
High Bid: $.36
Market Value: $.414
Low 1BCX Price: $.499/BCX
Low MultiBCX/MaxBCX Price: $.414/BCX or $47.61 for 115 BCX
Oh wait... that means... my 359,375 DEC I spent for the max copy of this guy is worth... 59,819 DEC...
That means... I spent... 700k DEC or at $.70/1k DEC... $490 on these two guys... for a current value of... $92...
HOW DO I KEEP BUYING THE BAD ONES...
So what did I do... Of course I skipped the "Hall of Legends 1 and 2" because that's a TON OF DEC AND WILL PROBABLY SUCK JUST LIKE BARON FYATT...
Sanctus and Night Stalker both ~ $2.00+/BCX vs $.41/BXC 馃槨
Elanor Bravefoot cost 50k DEC/BCX or 550k for a Max... Eleanor is actually PROFITABLE RIGHT NOW... 馃あ
Gold Foil Eleanor... should one have purchased 11 BCX and gotten a guaranteed GF Eleanor... $439-$500... GODDAMNIT THAT MEANS ELEANOR WOULD HAVE BEEN FREE!!!!!
Delya... not quite as valuable... $33 each or 455k DEC for a Max Copy... which would have yielded a GF... for $279... SON OF A...
In Closing, a question:
HOW DO I SUCK SO BAD AT BUYING THE GOOD PRESALE AND PROMO CARDS
I seem to be 0 for the ENTIRE TIME...
I bought CL... womp womp
Skipped RW... ehhh...
Instead went to Splinterfest... while it was fun... holy fuck it was an expensive trip... 2 tickets for everything and all... at least I got Two Titles and 2 Max Copies of Lux Vega!
Skipped RB... JESUS... ><
Skipped Zyriel... grrrr...
Bought Fyatt and Henchling... DAMNIT
Skipped Eleanor/Sanctus... FUCK MY LIFE
Skipped Delya/Night Stalker... WHY?!?!
HOW AM I ALWAYS BUYING THE WRONG ONES... I just want to BREAK EVEN on something at SOME POINT... IS THAT TOO MUCH TO ASK?!?!?
Anyways... please help me NOT BUY the wrong one next time... I can't fucking afford to keep taking L's... and going to Splinterfest(s)...
I mean... let's not even bring up Pack Values of CL vs RW vs RB 馃挬
So... next time we have a Pre-Sale or Promo Card... I'm going to run a Community Poll!!
Lmaooooooooooooooooooooooooooo (plz halp) 馃槶
That's all I have for you today folks!! Thank you for reading and I would LOVE for you to join me in game!!
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Cheers 馃嵒,
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