Anyone had any issues with mostly duplicated sealed boxes from different cases? My experience has left me uncertain whether to bother collecting next season.
I got 5 boxes a couple of weeks back, probably from the same case at a newsagent and had a few cards prior. After opening those boxes, we needed 102 more golds and 51 more silvers plus a few of the other cards.
I purchased another sealed box plus a single pack on the weekend from a different newsagent and not a single gold or silver card was required from the time the original boxes were opened, only new cards we needed were a captain code and the wildcard. On average we should have got 1 in 4 silvers and 1 in 2 golds based on the amount of cards still required (51 silvers and 102 golds). My 9 year old was disappointed to put it mildly after opening the 36 packs.
Ignoring the silvers and just using the golds example 0/18 cards when 102 different gold cards were still needed. The chances were slightly better than 50/50 of getting a gold. The odds of tossing a coin and getting the same result 18 times in a row are 262,144 to 1.
Odds increase further 0/36 when 51 different silver cards still required, a slightly better than one in four shot of pulling a new silver, but again all duplicates.
What are the odds when the silvers are added? More chance of winning the lottery.
I got a call back from Teamcoach who looked into the issue and said they were happy with their random sequence packaging and I was unlucky.
