Are Mythic Packs EVER Worth It? | MTG Arena Economy Guide

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Are Mythic Packs EVER Worth It? | MTG Arena Economy Guide

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Are mythic packs in MTG Arena worth spending an extra 30% on to guarantee a random mythic card vs just buying normal packs?
Would you rather have a random mythic card from the latest set, or a rare wildcard instead? What's more valuable to you? Let me know what you think in the comments below...
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@gameschooldadMTG Жыл бұрын

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@jlyxxy8 Жыл бұрын

In my opinion, a rare wildcard is by far more valuable than a random mythic card. Duals are always rare and are necessary for every multicolor deck.

@thisisashan 4 ай бұрын

I feel this way, but I am also a big fan of completing sets simply so I can use them in brawl (and hopefully one day commander)

@jerma-985 Жыл бұрын

As a newbie to the Magic, I'd definitely take a rare wildcard over a random expansion's mythic. As someone who is still learning and building out my collection, knowing I have the flexibility to craft something specific from any set is awesome. Great video man btw! I appreciate someone going into detail on this sorta stuff!

@gameschooldadMTG Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your support! :)

@mysteriousstranger332 Жыл бұрын

I want to wait for march of the machines and aftermath and build a good phyrexian deck with my wildcards

@jerrymcdaniel6643 Жыл бұрын

Yep, not all mythics are equal lol. Arena is very hard to build around so I don't play standard (I also stopped playing it in paper) do to rotation. I mostly play modern in paper but also play pioneer or explorer on Arena

@Rodrigopol23 Жыл бұрын

For new and mid players earning wildcards is the way, I´ve been through 3 set rotations and the amount of playable rare and mythics from each set is so low that building your collection is useless, only specific cards matter and you need 4 of each.

@420troll4 Жыл бұрын

lol. horsesh!t. the soldiers deck is full of rare and mythics. so is enchantments, as are mono red/black/green. so are the 3 colored decks.

@gameschooldadMTG Жыл бұрын

I think there are quite a lot of playable rares in each set. It's sometimes hard to find the right strategy for them, and there are definitely certain ones that you see a lot more than others, but you need to fill out your collection quite a bit if you want to be able to play a variety of competitive decks and fun combos.

@maxboykov6606 Жыл бұрын

Your effort in making these videos is enourmous (seeing this glitch glueing the video), thank you! (for those who don't understand the matter - it takes 10 or even 20 times the time of video to make it)

@gameschooldadMTG Жыл бұрын

Thanks for that!

@TheLordRumfish Жыл бұрын

If a set comes along where you really, truly want most of the mythic cards in it and plan to use them, I would say the value is decent. Most sets aren't like that though. I always feel bottlenecked on rare cards, even compared to mythics, because I so seldom need to craft a mythic.

@barath4545 Жыл бұрын

I kinda agree, having come back to Arena after playing since launch till April 2019. All old rare WC gone very quickly to build just a B and a R deck for standard to have the ability to just win some times. That said, atm, there is a need for Black players to have a lot of mythics - PhyFlesh, Sheoldred are staples in almost any B deck so thats 6-8 mythics there. But yeah in general, G or R, don't need much and hmm U? ... Can't come up with staple mythics, but W has a few angels and stuff.

@l0lan00b3 11 ай бұрын

Idk I spent my mythics on a few key pieces, after taking a break where I missed three set releases, and haven't made them back. Not having those wcs can really lock you out of some powerful cards considering they aren't easy to get.

@pointyheadYT Жыл бұрын

Mythic packs are a must have when you're stuck at 100% completion of your rare's, but missing like 30 of you mythics. Then you've really got no other choice, since playing more drafts or buying normal packs is a complete waste of money.

@gameschooldadMTG Жыл бұрын

That's true if you get to that point with a set (and if you actually want extra copies that you're missing).

@ZephOx_ Жыл бұрын

A dust system would be so cool an would make being F2P way easier, even if it is like 4 dusted cards for one card is worth as bulk rares and mythics are so annoying (For example I opened 4 Hurkyl’s Final Recommision which is trash)

@gameschooldadMTG Жыл бұрын

I got 4 Hurkyls too! I know what you mean, not all cards of the same rarity are worth the same at all.

@renmaddox Жыл бұрын

The problem is that the addition of a dust system would almost certainly come along with adjustments to the other parts of collecting. Either wildcard drop rates would be reduced, pack prices would increase, or something else. The fact that Golden packs were added without making anything else worse is exceptional, in more ways than one!

@ZephOx_ Жыл бұрын

@@renmaddox They found a way to get packs better with Golden Packs so they can find something that every card game does (the dusting system). But ye they would probably make it really expensive.

@reidyo5404 Жыл бұрын

@@ZephOx_ you already know they aren’t ever adding a dusting system when they sell rare wildcards for $10 for 4 😢

@l0lan00b3 11 ай бұрын

@@reidyo5404 the golden packs was a good qol BUT if you really think about it it really is a way to monetize on people that don't do drafts. On the other hand if you don't draft now you've got an equitable bonus for just cracking packs.

@renmaddox Жыл бұрын

Personally, I would rather have the Mythic as I'm only buying those packs if I'm trying to acquire Mythics. Sure, I wouldn't feel too bad getting a Rare wildcard instead, but I'm resistant to spending my wildcards, so don't have a shortage.

@Midknight0122 Жыл бұрын

Rare wild cards are THE currency in MTGA, i have nearly 40 mythic wilds and not even 10 rares, though this is more a representation of the recent sets and the decks i play, however i expect this to be true for a lot of people.

@JO11190 Жыл бұрын

It really depends. Sometimes obtaining a good base of raw cards is better than to get their equivalent in rare wildcards, because at some critical mass point you will be able to reduce your consuption of wildcards too. You can't just focus on obtaining the most rare wildcards possible because your rate of consumption will rise as less "raw" rares you have, the most rares wildcards you'll need to craft them. Ideally you want something that gives you a critical mass of raw rares and then build up a "flex fund" of rares wildcards so that you both have the currency and less pressure to actually use.

@bradensorensen966 7 ай бұрын

Im always at zero on rare wild cards.

@DarkTider Жыл бұрын

Rare wildcard for sure! Considering you easily need 20 rare wildcards to just build the mana base for a given deck...

@JO11190 Жыл бұрын

One for one in a vaccuum, a random myhthic card is better than a rare wildcard. This is because it's easier to obtain a rare wildcard than it is from obtaining a random mythic card. Now. If we get out of the vacuum and consider how fast rare wildcards get used against the rate of obtaining them, we find out that there's a definite scarcity value added to rare wildcards. Comparatively, the rate as wich Mythic rare wildcards get used versus the rate of obtaining them is way lower. This disproportionate use of rare wildcard versus how easy they are to obtain make it that objectively a rare wildcard is better on average than a random mythic card. Especially if you consider the fact that rare wildcard is guaranteed to be useful, versus the likely scenario of you opening an unplayable mythic rare.

@jesuslivesinmytoilet Жыл бұрын

You're easily the most helpful person I've found to help navigate this economy, bro, I just wish you'd sloooow dooowwnn just a hair hahaha 🤙

@gameschooldadMTG Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your support, I'm glad you found the channel helpful. I'll try to slow down a little bit 😁👍

@kcluu9390 6 ай бұрын

Spark Notes: Buy normal packs until you are close to completing the set. When you are close to finishing the set... buy the mythic packs. Its all about how many rares youve maxed out.

@jamcan_badluck Жыл бұрын

I personally would rather have the random Mythic, because that is what I paid for. If I wanted a wildcard, I would fill the track to earn said wildcard. I've been trying to complete this set (One of each copy, anyways, because I only play Brawl, since I only play EDH irl), and I can't use a Rare to help with this goal. I have plenty of Rare wildcards, anyways. It just seems shady to me that a specialized pack geared towards Mythics should have anything to do with Rares. I would've much rather bought a regular pack, and made progression towards the Golden Pack, instead of wasting my gold on these packs. They really should make it much more clear with a confirmation or something, before purchasing these packs.

@MrNo-xl2dq Жыл бұрын

.. maybe random Mythic cards for me if i get only one. But for decks, definitvely normal packs, especially for new players!

@bytecode5834 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the awesome video

@overtone55 Жыл бұрын

I was looking through the most popular competitive decks and since theyre all 2-3 colours, they all include 20-35 rares, where 14 or more are lands (generalized stats). Thats the bottleneck for me if i want to play different decks. The manabase is the hardest

@gameschooldadMTG Жыл бұрын

Those rare lands are definitely important crafts for anyone who wants to play competitive, especially with Standard becoming a 3-year rotating format, which will only make this a bigger issue. You can play those bigger multi-colour decks with fewer rare lands, but you definitely need at least some of them for the deck to function properly.

@maxboykov6606 Жыл бұрын

sry for grammar in previous post, just keep on doing! :)

@BBQRiblets Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your informative videos!

@gameschooldadMTG Жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

@tomramecin6995 Жыл бұрын

I have a question you might be interested in answering. I've watched many beginner videos and I understood that we should save wildcards but I'm wondering when I should start spending them. Sorry if it's a stupid one 😅

@gameschooldadMTG Жыл бұрын

It's one of those questions that doesn't have a clear answer, and it's different for everyone. My general advice would be to save them as much as possible, only use them for specific cards that you know you'll get good use out of, or key pieces for decks that you want to play. Apart from that, save as many as possible because it will help maximise your collection in other ways.

@tomramecin6995 Жыл бұрын

@@gameschooldadMTG Thanks, as a former Gwent player I'm tempted to find a competitive deck online, craft it and then maybe start doing some drafts or something. I think it could pay off in terms of rewards but I might be wrong... Do you confirm it's a bad idea in mtga?

@gameschooldadMTG Жыл бұрын

@@tomramecin6995 There's absolutely nothing wrong with finding a competitive deck online and crafting it for yourself, as long as you've got the wildcards for it. If you find it does take a large amount of any wildcards you have, it's good to have an idea if you'll enjoy playing the deck long term as well, to get the most out of it.

@89qwyg9yqa34t Жыл бұрын

Feeling pushed to do daily quests for so long made me hate the game. At the end of the day, every deck idea that you want to try out is months away and their limited card selection means there are no second options. I already own a lot of cards, so I'm not exactly itching to find ways to spend more money on a version of Magic that can be nerfed. Nerfing cards is what made me stop playing Hearthstone.

@ramchi911 Жыл бұрын

love the content!

@gameschooldadMTG Жыл бұрын

Thanks :)

@TheGodofdeathryuk Жыл бұрын

My philosophie is never buy packs always draft and have fun with your resources

@jerrymcdaniel6643 Жыл бұрын

So what's the best way to get gold on here? Just daily challenges?

@gameschooldadMTG Жыл бұрын

Daily quests and daily wins give you the most gold rewards. After your first 4 wins, the rewards go down a lot, so any more than that won't make much difference to your gold.

@jerrymcdaniel6643 Жыл бұрын

@@gameschooldadMTG i dont have the best decks yet so i doubt i can get the daliy wins lol

@gameschooldadMTG Жыл бұрын

@@jerrymcdaniel6643 you can do jump in events instead to play fairer matches against equal power decks. Or you can just do standard play games. You should be matched against other starters at the beginning to make the matches more fair. You can definitely get a couple of wins with the first decks 👍

@jerrymcdaniel6643 Жыл бұрын

@gameschooldadMTG yeah my deck isn't bad just not optimized. But it works lol it's a wired jundish token deck

@SlapshockPlays Жыл бұрын

@@gameschooldadMTG question - does jump in give current cards as rewards? i forgot coz i stopped playing jump in, cant grind using a prebuilt deck..

@MrNo-xl2dq Жыл бұрын

Hey one question. How to make ward defense for all creatures and lands? Is it possible? Im asking because, i was playing yesterday against one guy who did it, and i could do NOTHING with sorcery and istant cards. Very anoying.. thanks for feedback

@gameschooldadMTG Жыл бұрын

In Standard there are a couple of green cards that can give hexproof to everything, and one Mishra card that gives all your permanents 'Ward - Sacrifice a Permanent'. You could still remove them with a board wipe like Depopulate or Farewell if they have ward or hexproof though.

@MrNo-xl2dq Жыл бұрын

Thank you 😀

@mysteriousstranger332 Жыл бұрын

Good to know :-)

@gameschooldadMTG Жыл бұрын

Glad to help

@msakiblab Жыл бұрын

I will go with a rare wild card 😊

@livingdeadgirl40k Ай бұрын

Noob again, thnx to clarify how this works and whats best value, cheers

@gameschooldadMTG Ай бұрын

Any time!

@knessing7681 Жыл бұрын

I'd already got all the rares and 80% of the Mythics ... So i'm just buying regular packs just to farm gems.

@SharpsBox 7 ай бұрын

Do Mythic packs have a higher chance of a WC?

@gameschooldadMTG 7 ай бұрын

Not that I'm aware of.

@norfemignissius4936 Жыл бұрын

Rare wildcards. I never have enough rare Wildcards.

@Flem100DK Жыл бұрын

Rare wildcard ofc

@petermuller9619 Жыл бұрын

Rare wildcard all day

@alexs6004 Жыл бұрын

I think rare > mythic : )

@jameshillenbrand7082 Жыл бұрын

I would rather have a rare wildcard for sure. Unless you are pulling the best mythic of the set that you just so happen to need

@emanuelwinder1918 Жыл бұрын

Ehm nothing? Use your ressources for drafts!

@Melpheos1er Жыл бұрын

That's debatable if you don't like draft at all. Sure draft will give you more but if you really don't like it at all, you are not enjoying the game.

@mysteriousstranger332 Жыл бұрын

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@Stonesitter Жыл бұрын

Code already taken!

@mysteriousstranger332 Жыл бұрын

@@Stonesitter sadly no answer from that person :-(

@mysteriousstranger332 Жыл бұрын

@@Stonesitter I bought a code for this set a second time but you can use it only once per box

@Stonesitter Жыл бұрын

@@mysteriousstranger332 np. Thanks anyways!

@mementomori6931 8 ай бұрын

and you didn't open a pack till i fast forward your vid

@gameschooldadMTG 7 ай бұрын

Opening packs wasn't the point of this video.

@amanfromthewest7326 Ай бұрын

Who wants to play me #harderthan see you out there

@gameschooldadMTG Ай бұрын

@@amanfromthewest7326 this probably isn't the best way to find a match

@bradensorensen966 7 ай бұрын

Rare wildcards in Mythic packs are better than any rare, mythic, or mythic wildcard the pack could give you. I eventually run out of mythic wildcards. Rare wildcards on the other hand are always at zero. Land bases ruin the rare wildcard.