Card Breaking Terms

Personal– A break for a single person.

Pack War- Pack Wars is a game where you are randomly assigned a pack from a sealed hobby box and you battle against other players to see who will win the whole box. The individual with the highest valued card will take home all of the cards. The most recent comp from 130point.com will be used in determining the winner.

Wax– Sealed box.

Filler– A “filler” is a type of “mini break” that allows you a chance to get into the actual break for much cheaper. A filler helps fill a break quickly.

Team Break– This is also referred to as “Pick Your Team” because you purchase the spot for a single team, receiving the cards for only that particular team. The PYT break is especially appealing for team collectors since you are paying a fraction of the cost for hobby cards and not dealing with the unwanted cards from your rival team or teams. Because some teams have more cards in a particular set, or simply better players, individual team prices can fluctuate a decent amount.

Division Break– The Divisional Break can be set up like either the Pick Your Team or Random Team Break. If you are looking for more than just one team, this a great group break to obtain sets from different divisions. For instance, say you collect the Dallas Cowboys but you also like some of the other division teams. By selecting the NFC East Division, you will receive all of the cards for the teams in the NFC East.

Hit Draft– On a Hit Draft Break if there are 20 cards in a case you take all 20 participants and use the randomizer to set the draft order. Whomever is in the first position after the random will get to pick first out of the 20 cards that have been opened, with 2nd, 3rd, and so on picking in numerical order until the 20th and final pick. Hit drafts can also be run where there are fewer buyers than cards in the box and the last person will receive multiple cards. The attraction to this is you pay 1/20th of the cost for a chance at getting the top pick out of a particular case (generally high end). You also have the ability to buy/sell/trade your picks with the other collectors in the room.