15795 Steem Monster Cards is all you need
Do you get the feeling you'll never reach a maxed set in Steem Monsters? We'll I can assure you, you're not alone. You see with the Steem Monsters Beta release Combining Cards is now a lot harder, albeit still cheaper.
But how hard is it?
We let's do a little math... (And for the giggles we'll exclude the promo cards as the release quantities are a bit of a joke)
So here is what you'll need to combine to a set of max level Steem Monsters Cards and play with the big fish.
Commons - 24 x 505 = 12120
Rares - 23 x 121 = 2783
Epics - 17 x 46 = 782
Legendary - 10 x 11 = 110
Grand Total = 15795 Cards
And let's say you were really lucky with your pack opening and got exactly the cards you needed from boosters.
So that's 15795 / 5 = 3195 packs
And at $2 each you could spend theoretically $6318 to reach you goal.
OK, so obviously there has to be a better way and there is. It's called the PeakMonsters.com marketplace and there are some real bargains right now.
In fact, if we do the math with some average card price we'll see a completely different outlay.
(I'll assume an average and realistic price)
Commons - 12120 x $0.05 = $606.00
Rares - 2783 x $0.13 = $362.00
Epics - 782 x $0.50 = $391.00
Legendary - 110 x $5.00 = $550
Now some cards will be cheaper and others more expensive but you should be able to get the full maxed set for around - $2000 which is a lot cheaper than buying boosters.
And with Gold Foil Legendary Cards at record lows, the dream of finding and selling one for $500 are long gone.
Now these are all estimates and it is fun opening Booster packs, but I'm certainly not getting the cards I've been hoping for.
So maybe it's time I face facts and start selling my Steem Monsters Boosters instead of opening them. ( If you're interested let me know on discord)
The numbers rarely lie.
Just my thoughts for the day. So what are yours?
Good observations. I think a lot of monsterhodlers are running back to steem looking for a moonshot; planning to grab more beta boosters with the proceeds.
Yeah, I've never really looked at the pure numbers, but that's a lot of cards.
Obviously, stopping at level 9 commons saves you about 4800 cards just in commons, so I guess there is that. :-D
Most commons I've looked at only get one extra life between 9 and 10; so it's hardly groundbreaking.
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It's a wait and see steem is expensive right now lowering demand for cards except the cheapest ones or enough to get to 3 stars since combat takes longer now. This may change when gold foil and higher tournaments appear and campaign lot of stuff in the pipeline so it's a chill time to be in a low.