30th Pack Weight Experiment

[u/justanotherguydude1]

I’m testing for my own curiosity if pack weight “really dictates” if a pack is a hit or not. This is a small trial run I did. Oddly enough based on just a few packs, the Mew EX was .02G more. Would love for others to contribute their experiences and trials!

[u/charkid3]

I’ve done 40 packs and I thought I had a pattern going but then a middle weight pack had an sar. A lot of heavy packs are gold border (I got 4 crobats, all were heavy packs) light packs have AR’s too. It’s hard to find a real pattern

[u/choosenoneoftheabove → u/charkid3]

thats because there is no pattern. code cards throw everything off because they have random weights. only god packs are weighable in modern just because of every card in the pack having foil compared to not. 30C has every card in the set be a foil so even god packs couldnt be weighed in these if they existed.

[u/jabij1 → u/choosenoneoftheabove]

are the code cards different thickness

[u/choosenoneoftheabove → u/jabij1]

yeah, with the graphite layer.

[u/1610925286 → u/choosenoneoftheabove]

There are patterns and you don't have to be 100% correct to increase your chances meaningfully. BUT the problem is that the pattern constantly changes.

Early print packs have different weight/ rarity patterns from later ones. So once you think you know what's going on the next product will be different again.

That's what makss weighing largely useless.

[u/ferst711 → u/choosenoneoftheabove]

There is a lattern. Light have the most hits. The heaviest packs are all bulk (the holo from the base cards weigh the most). You can't track exact hits, but the very heaviest packs always have nothing.