Card value and cash value

The price of a pack, the value of a card, and its sellback amount are three different numbers.

Number	Meaning
Pack price	What one opening costs before separate transaction fees.
Recorded card value	The inventory valuation used by this pack system.
Insured value / buyback amount	93% of the recorded market value, rounded down to the cent.

A simple example

You pay $5 to open a pack. Your card has a recorded value of $3. You can keep the card, or the gross sellback calculation is $2.79. A higher-value pull would produce a different amount; neither is promised by the pack price.

Expected value is an average, not a promise

Expected value combines all possible values with their probabilities. The catalog builder targets market value near 102% of pack price, but the actual inventory mix and rounding determine each pack's calculated result.

For illustration, 102% multiplied by a 93% sellback rate is 94.86% before cent rounding and fees. A market-value target above the pack price does not imply a positive cash return.

Actual release-plan figures vary by pack. A target is neither the live measured return nor a guarantee for a session, batch, or individual opening.

Next: Read the odds or see the sellback calculation.