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Originally Posted by 2002halos
You're not understanding how it works.
In the gold pack you pay 5000 for 1 gold card, plus 5 chances at good cards.
In the standard pack you pay 1000 for 1 bronze card, plus 5 chances at good cards.
So if you spend 5000 on each, you have 25 chances for a good card with 5 standard packs or 5 chances with 1 gold pack.
The only reason to buy a gold pack is when you start out and need a guarantee you'll get a gold. It's a good way to build a solid team quick. But if you really have a lot to spend, go standard any time.
As it is, it sounds like you had above average luck with the standard packs. Do you recall how many you opened to assemble the lineup you mention?
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A lot. I don't know the number but I was continually selling my $25 and $5 cards I was getting to build up enough to purchase a standard pack. I did start off paying about $50 and purchased quite a few gold packs but the players like Ruth, Aaron, Musial, Lindor, Arenado, Wagner, Brown all came in standard packs, not gold packs. Story came in a gold pack and I must have gotten at least 5 Trevor Storys in those gold packs so I immediately sold 4 of them and bought 4 standard packs. I have never gotten a player from the auction block simply because the good players cost more than I was willing to pay. I've been able to get many standard packs through winning PP from awards along with selling cards at their standard PP to build up enough PP to purchase more standard packs.
You are right that I didn't understand how the packs worked. My dismal performance the first two seasons for my team shows that but I kept getting rid of players, even top players like Goldschmidt who didn't perform well to purchase more standard packs until I got the team I now have. Certainly the long way around to building a winning team but I got there nonetheless.