Results of 145 Saved Free Packs Opening from Yesterday, Saturday 5/14/2022

Thought I'd share the results of saving up about 1.5-2 months worth for free packs to a total of 145 packs.  

The majority are from daily saved packs, twitch packs and weekly solo battle packs for getting in legendary.  Managed to save some from the last Gridiron Gauntlet and draft promo as well.  

Starting Totals

6,742,577 Coins and 650 Training

Pack Opening Results

I opened the packs in groups and noted down only the highest pull to come out of the like packs for reference.

21 Hail Mary Packs at 4 cards per pack = 84 cards added to my binder, Highest Pull was an 88 Sugar Rush

70 Midfield Packs at 5 cards per pack = 350 cards added to my binder, Highest Pull was an 93 Draft and Redux

16 Redzone Packs at 6 cards per pack = 96 cards added to my binder, Highest Pull was an 92 Free Agent, Super Bowl and Legend

27 Twitch Packs at 4 cards per pack = 108 cards added to my binder, Highest Pull was an 95 Draft

1 Get an 84+ Pack at 1 card per pack = 1 card added to my binder, Highest pull was an 86 totw

1 Pro Fantasy Pack at  5 cards per pack = 5 cards added to my binder, Highest pull was an 86 Super Bowl

1 Gridiron Pack at  5 cards per pack = 5 cards added to my binder, Highest pull was an 86 Bo Knows and Super Star

1 Elite Pack at  6 cards per pack = 6 cards added to my binder, Highest pull was an 91 Gridiron Guardian

2 Touchdown Packs at  7 cards per pack = 14 cards added to my binder, Highest pull was an 89 TOTW, Campus Hero and Flashback

1 NFL Draft Pack at  5 cards per pack = 5 cards added to my binder, Highest pull was an 95 Draft

4 All Pro Packs at  6 cards per pack = 24 cards added to my binder, Highest pull was an 93 Zero Chill and Legend

698 Total cards were added to my binder from the opening of 145 packs.

Turning mediocre luck into Gold

With all of the players added to my binder, even though they weren't great with no GT pulls and nothing over a 95, I went and check out sets that I could do as I had been meaning to finish Team Champion Zeke, I was able to complete 2 Team Diamonds and get him on my squad.

I then QS every card that was 90 and above except for Draft Cards because I know those will be needed for Rookie Premier sets most likely if they bring that program up in a month or so.

After QS every card above 90 from my pulls, I had around 100k training for TVP rerolls.  I rerolled in groups, meaning I rolled all training until exhausted, then reviews the pulls to identify what I should put into sets and what I should QS and reroll further, I probably did this about 4 rounds for a total of 350k Training rerolled at the end.

Out of that 350K training in rerolls I was able to complete Charles Haley Full UL for my squad since I need to replaced LE Too Tall to make room for CB Too Tall.  

I also ended up pulling and building 6 Rare Strategy Cards which is a value of 300K coins but I'll save for the new season in case they introduce new rares that may be decent to reroll the rare fantasy sets for.

I have also been selling all PUPs and all pulls that are above training value, i.e. going for 2.5 or more at this moment, I don't intend to sell everything as I'm holding quite a bit of cards in my binder to build any 99 UL I want for free and to also have cards ready for the Rookie Premier sets.  I'd say I've only sold like 50 cards at most out of the 698 I added in yesterday.

Where the Squad is today

I bought 3 GTs yesterday, WR Too Tall, WR Collin Johnson and SS Mike Evans, still considering whether or not I want to get CB Cordarelle Patterson to replace Night Train.

I was able to power down and resell WR Moss, WR Amari Cooper and CB Trevon Diggs as a result of replacing them on the squad with GTs.

Here's a link to my current lineup - https://www.mut.gg/lineup-builder/a2b40cf3-1151-48b2-a2b0-961228925efb/

I intend to go after the remaining GTs of CB Westry, FS Chinn, SS Hendricks, HB Vea and FB Perry as must haves, I could maybe go for WR Deion, QB Henry/Romo depending on their stats but they aren't must haves with Deion being small compared to other GT WRs and we have free GT Brady.

Ending Totals

6,708,615 Coins and 45K Training

In Summary

I'm basically at my same coin stack that I started with before opening all packs and I have added Full Legend UL Charles Haley, Team Champion Zeke, GT WR Too Tall, WR Collin Johnson and SS Mike Evans to my team.  I have enough binder cards to build a full 99 UL once I see one I want come out and enough cards to probably complete most of the Rookie Premier sets once those are out in a month or so.

My pack luck is never the greatest but being able to look at the market and make moves can turn seemingly mediocre luck into great additions for the team.  I intend to just keep building the coin stack to next Saturday when the new ULs release and reroll the training I have for the new GTs and ULs.  I have no reason to not believe I will be above 6,800,000 coins by next week as I still have quite a few PUPs to sell to clear out of the binder, not really selling much of anything else at this point.

Hope all got a kick out of this post and seeing the results of opening so many packs even with boosted odds.  The tables are against us, it's better to take what we can get for free and turn it into what we actually want then it is to gamble.  I only take very calculated risks and I'd say based on what I saw from TVP, it is very low risk at this point with training being cheap and the market being inflated.

Great thread, thoroughly enjoyed the ride. Was it worth saving all the packs for this moment instead of opening as you got them or opening on UL LTD weekends? This is fully subjective as odds wouldn't have been that different, though curious if the lack of good pulls was that disappointing?

I got super lucky with my TVP yesterday, pulled 99 LT, 98 Haley, GT CGJ, and GT Carr. Overall, made about 1M in coin through the TVP. Glad I only saved my packs from the last 2 weeks instead of holding everything for months. The serotonin release from disappointing weekly pulls keeps the sadness low, hah

It was fun reading this

Thanks for taking the time to share this. I like seeing how others do with different packs so I know which ones I should be focusing on.

jeffj199 said:

Great thread, thoroughly enjoyed the ride. Was it worth saving all the packs for this moment instead of opening as you got them or opening on UL LTD weekends? This is fully subjective as odds wouldn't have been that different, though curious if the lack of good pulls was that disappointing?

I got super lucky with my TVP yesterday, pulled 99 LT, 98 Haley, GT CGJ, and GT Carr. Overall, made about 1M in coin through the TVP. Glad I only saved my packs from the last 2 weeks instead of holding everything for months. The serotonin release from disappointing weekly pulls keeps the sadness low, hah

I feel it was worth saving them.  Being able to upgrade my team with just over a million coins in players and still have enough strategy cards to cover 300K as well as enough binder players to create any full 99 UL I want which could potentially turn into 400-500K coins if I time it right as well as having enough cards left over for Rookie Premier sets is a huge dub.  Especially considering it wasn't hard to save up since no UL LTDs came out for the Cowboys theme team, I'm at 60/50 Cowboys currently and in prime position to add every GT I want while still keeping 50/50 Cowboys going which is huge.  Had good UL LTDs come out for the squad, I probably would have opened sooner.  I only opened yesterday when I saw the market was inflated and GTs were flying around, prime time to take that calculated risk even though I didn't pull big.

Awesome to hear you had great luck and were able to make a million on TVP, that's really good and better luck than I could ask for haha.

Staff WizzLe said:

Thanks for taking the time to share this. I like seeing how others do with different packs so I know which ones I should be focusing on.

Yeah for sure.  I'm not one to tell anyone what to do with their money but thought it could help some in seeing just how many packs it takes to actually make a dent in the market and build up your team.  You would think this late in the year EA could throw us a bone and boost the odds way more than what they're at right now but I guess not lol.  

Glad you and everyone else enjoyed reading the thread and getting what you want out of the results I have shared.

Moderator Sevein131 said:

Thought I'd share the results of saving up about 1.5-2 months worth for free packs to a total of 145 packs.  

The majority are from daily saved packs, twitch packs and weekly solo battle packs for getting in legendary.  Managed to save some from the last Gridiron Gauntlet and draft promo as well.  

Starting Totals

6,742,577 Coins and 650 Training

Pack Opening Results

I opened the packs in groups and noted down only the highest pull to come out of the like packs for reference.

21 Hail Mary Packs at 4 cards per pack = 84 cards added to my binder, Highest Pull was an 88 Sugar Rush

70 Midfield Packs at 5 cards per pack = 350 cards added to my binder, Highest Pull was an 93 Draft and Redux

16 Redzone Packs at 6 cards per pack = 96 cards added to my binder, Highest Pull was an 92 Free Agent, Super Bowl and Legend

27 Twitch Packs at 4 cards per pack = 108 cards added to my binder, Highest Pull was an 95 Draft

1 Get an 84+ Pack at 1 card per pack = 1 card added to my binder, Highest pull was an 86 totw

1 Pro Fantasy Pack at  5 cards per pack = 5 cards added to my binder, Highest pull was an 86 Super Bowl

1 Gridiron Pack at  5 cards per pack = 5 cards added to my binder, Highest pull was an 86 Bo Knows and Super Star

1 Elite Pack at  6 cards per pack = 6 cards added to my binder, Highest pull was an 91 Gridiron Guardian

2 Touchdown Packs at  7 cards per pack = 14 cards added to my binder, Highest pull was an 89 TOTW, Campus Hero and Flashback

1 NFL Draft Pack at  5 cards per pack = 5 cards added to my binder, Highest pull was an 95 Draft

4 All Pro Packs at  6 cards per pack = 24 cards added to my binder, Highest pull was an 93 Zero Chill and Legend

698 Total cards were added to my binder from the opening of 145 packs.

Turning mediocre luck into Gold

With all of the players added to my binder, even though they weren't great with no GT pulls and nothing over a 95, I went and check out sets that I could do as I had been meaning to finish Team Champion Zeke, I was able to complete 2 Team Diamonds and get him on my squad.

I then QS every card that was 90 and above except for Draft Cards because I know those will be needed for Rookie Premier sets most likely if they bring that program up in a month or so.

After QS every card above 90 from my pulls, I had around 100k training for TVP rerolls.  I rerolled in groups, meaning I rolled all training until exhausted, then reviews the pulls to identify what I should put into sets and what I should QS and reroll further, I probably did this about 4 rounds for a total of 350k Training rerolled at the end.

Out of that 350K training in rerolls I was able to complete Charles Haley Full UL for my squad since I need to replaced LE Too Tall to make room for CB Too Tall.  

I also ended up pulling and building 6 Rare Strategy Cards which is a value of 300K coins but I'll save for the new season in case they introduce new rares that may be decent to reroll the rare fantasy sets for.

I have also been selling all PUPs and all pulls that are above training value, i.e. going for 2.5 or more at this moment, I don't intend to sell everything as I'm holding quite a bit of cards in my binder to build any 99 UL I want for free and to also have cards ready for the Rookie Premier sets.  I'd say I've only sold like 50 cards at most out of the 698 I added in yesterday.

Where the Squad is today

I bought 3 GTs yesterday, WR Too Tall, WR Collin Johnson and SS Mike Evans, still considering whether or not I want to get CB Cordarelle Patterson to replace Night Train.

I was able to power down and resell WR Moss, WR Amari Cooper and CB Trevon Diggs as a result of replacing them on the squad with GTs.

Here's a link to my current lineup - https://www.mut.gg/lineup-builder/a2b40cf3-1151-48b2-a2b0-961228925efb/

I intend to go after the remaining GTs of CB Westry, FS Chinn, SS Hendricks, HB Vea and FB Perry as must haves, I could maybe go for WR Deion, QB Henry/Romo depending on their stats but they aren't must haves with Deion being small compared to other GT WRs and we have free GT Brady.

 

Ending Totals

6,708,615 Coins and 45K Training

 

In Summary

I'm basically at my same coin stack that I started with before opening all packs and I have added Full Legend UL Charles Haley, Team Champion Zeke, GT WR Too Tall, WR Collin Johnson and SS Mike Evans to my team.  I have enough binder cards to build a full 99 UL once I see one I want come out and enough cards to probably complete most of the Rookie Premier sets once those are out in a month or so.

My pack luck is never the greatest but being able to look at the market and make moves can turn seemingly mediocre luck into great additions for the team.  I intend to just keep building the coin stack to next Saturday when the new ULs release and reroll the training I have for the new GTs and ULs.  I have no reason to not believe I will be above 6,800,000 coins by next week as I still have quite a few PUPs to sell to clear out of the binder, not really selling much of anything else at this point.

Hope all got a kick out of this post and seeing the results of opening so many packs even with boosted odds.  The tables are against us, it's better to take what we can get for free and turn it into what we actually want then it is to gamble.  I only take very calculated risks and I'd say based on what I saw from TVP, it is very low risk at this point with training being cheap and the market being inflated.

Future MOTW right here 👆

I enjoyed reading your results. Honestly kinda bummed for you that you didn’t get any great pulls even with so many pack openings. But I’m glad you were able to turn it into some upgrades for your team!

SlowAndSteady said:

I enjoyed reading your results. Honestly kinda bummed for you that you didn’t get any great pulls even with so many pack openings. But I’m glad you were able to turn it into some upgrades for your team!

Ha, yeah, no need to be bummed, still got a solid coin stack and my team is right where I want it.  Just wanted to show everyone the results and let them do what they will with the info.  I think we all know the odds are against us when it comes to packs, but to see it this late in the game with so many packs on a weekend where odds are boosted hopefully highlights just how bad the odds are.

I'm not a gambler at all so just make use of what we are given through normal gameplay, it's easy to play the market and boost your team up as long as you have the time to grind and take advantage of every reward thrown our way.  Have to make your own luck so to speak.

Way to spend the time experimenting and writing that up. Interesting results. 

Now what makes me take it beyond that experiment in terms of curiosity, is if you had done this since the start of the game back in August/September. 😏

haha, Well I did it at different points since August for sure.  That's how I've built up my team to what it is as well as my coin stack.  Basically you can take the results and apply it to each month in MUT for me haha.  My luck hasn't really changed much, in that it is pretty bleh but I usually turn it around by whatever sets or cards are hot based on the market in that moment in time.  

Every promo my goal is to upgrade players while ensuring I keep my coin stack the same or have it going up much like what I did with yesterday's splurge, spent what should have been over a million coins and made it all back just as fast.  Makes upgrade the team very easy when you do it that way.  Just takes discipline which I know can be hard when everyone is chasing the new shiny to get those dubs :)

Moderator Sevein131 said:

Ha, yeah, no need to be bummed, still got a solid coin stack and my team is right where I want it.  Just wanted to show everyone the results and let them do what they will with the info.  I think we all know the odds are against us when it comes to packs, but to see it this late in the game with so many packs on a weekend where odds are boosted hopefully highlights just how bad the odds are.

I'm not a gambler at all so just make use of what we are given through normal gameplay, it's easy to play the market and boost your team up as long as you have the time to grind and take advantage of every reward thrown our way.  Have to make your own luck so to speak.

Very well said. I do a lot of work through sets and the auction house all year to get the team that I want. I do gamble a little at times but my team is taken care of first and I understand how to build my coin stack back up when needed. 

It’s just kinda crazy to me that you opened 145 packs for a total of 698 cards and your best pull was a 95 Draft card that was probably selling for like 25k coins a week ago.