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How card-rip packs actually work, what the payout terms really say, and what 5,204,224 sampled pulls tell us that the odds tables don't. Every figure here is computed live from the same data as the rankings, so nothing on this page goes stale against the boards.
How it worksSeptember 6, 2026
Two ways out of a pack — and the one number that tells you which to take
Rip a pack, get a graded slab. You can sell it straight back, or pay to have it shipped. Which is better isn't a matter of taste — it's one division, and the answer is usually not what people expect.
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Market watchSeptember 5, 2026
Four rip sites added sports packs in ten days — here's what's coming out of them
Courtyard, Phygitals, Slabz and Tilt Rips all moved into sports cards between 25 August and 3 September. We watch every operator's catalogue, so we caught all four. Here's who did what — and what the first pulls looked like.
ReadMethodologyAugust 3, 2026
Why we rank packs on the typical rip, not the average
One card can carry an average. It cannot carry a median. That difference decides which pack sits at the top of our board — and it changes the answer completely.
ReadAnalysisAugust 3, 2026
Some packs pay out better than the site says they will
We started sampling live feeds to catch packs that underdeliver. The more interesting finding was the packs whose own published odds sell them short.
ReadExplainerAugust 3, 2026
What “cash out” actually means on a card-rip site
Every site has a way to turn a pulled card back into money. They are not the same way, and the differences are worth more than most of the odds tables.
ReadBehind the ratingsAugust 3, 2026
How we measure a card-rip site
What we collect, what we compute, and the specific things we refuse to do with the numbers.
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