What I Learned Making My Third Team Diamond Master Set…

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(…apart from it now being glaringly obvious MUT 24 amplifies my OCD tendencies.)

I finished my second Team Diamond Master Set last week, and then realized I was doing it all wrong. For the time spent, I made few coins. I finally came to this realization:

Making the Master Set is a means to an end, but not the end in itself.

There are so many opportunities to make real coins along the way. There are many zero-risk flip opportunities (if it doesn’t sell at auction, you’ll use it in the set). However, you’ll never do this efficiently by navigating the set structure. You’ll have to learn how to filter cards and recognize opportunities directly from the Auction House menus. I was astonished at the speed at which I could find items I needed at the lowest going prices.

Just watch out for those Platinum Jake Elliotts! I thought I was getting a bargain at 50,000 coins. It’s hard to see the coins graphic on items displayed in the Companion App, and you won’t be able to use those in the sets.

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Question. What's the point in grinding team diamond sets still?

Only a few of the players are usable in competitive play with GOM and Playoffs.

Main appeal I could see is the 3x team chem for a TT, outside of that what's the point? Doesn't it cost more to build these players anyways?

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chicagohodl said:

Question. What's the point in grinding team diamond sets still?

Only a few of the players are usable in competitive play with GOM and Playoffs.

Main appeal I could see is the 3x team chem for a TT, outside of that what's the point? Doesn't it cost more to build these players anyways?

Some of the sets are fairly profitable, but It is a grind. It is in some respects better than it was early on. The sets don’t bring in as many coins now as they did in December, but they also cost far less, with a few exceptions. Getting a little short of 3m coins at the end with the master set more than makes up for the sets that lose coins in the making.

But the point of my post was actually in line with your argument: The process of making the sets reveals opportunities to make additional coins flipping set cards. There are still many players making these sets.