In this post I will show where to play to get the most soulbound cards over time, depending on how much SPS you have staked.
Soulbound cards are currently obtained exclusively from reward chests. With the new SPS-dependent reward system, there is more to think about than just the issue of winning matches in the highest possible league.
If you dont have enough SPS staked, you will get very few reward chests in the higher leagues. Therefore, it is sometimes better to play in a lower league, if the goal is to obtain the most reward cards.
Reward points are league capped: This means that playing gold league at 2900 rating gives the same rewards as playing at 2800 rating.
SPS rewards are also relevant for any player. However, since the SPS reward pools are unpredictable, it is much harder to analyze where to play for optimal SPS rewards. In this post, we will completely IGNORE sps rewards, and focus solely on soulbound reward cards.
Assumptions
- 50% win rate
- 24 battles per day
- 12% guild bonus
- 5% average win-streak bonus
- 10% average focus card bonus
- Season chest type is the same as daily quest chest type
- Most battles are played near the top rating in each league
(Many players play with season chests from one league higher than where they play most of the season. For card collection, this strategy is not always optimal. I will explore the advantages and disadvantages of this in a future post)
Optimizing card farming
The following table shows which league to play in to maximize your card farming depending on the amount of SPS you have staked. You want to play in the league where your SPS is within the range listed below:
| League | Ideal staked SPS range |
|---|---|
| Bronze | 0 - 4000 |
| Silver | 4000 - 6500 |
| Gold | 6500 - 27000 |
| Diamond | 27000 - 97500 |
| Champion | 97500 - infinite |
If your SPS is higher than the range reported for the league, you want to go to the next league up. Similarly, if your SPS is lower than the range, you want to drop down to the lower league.
The different cards and foils have different drop rates in each league. I have combined these by considering how many of each it takes to obtain a level 10 card. This is the same as saying that regular foils are worth 1/400 (common), 1/115 (rare), 1/46 (epic) and 1/11 (legendaries), and gold foils are worth 1/38 (common) 1/22 (rare) 1/10 (epic) and 1/4 (legendary)
Dont confuse these numbers with dollar values please, they are just indicating the relative values of card rarities
Fastest regular foil collection completion
In order to complete the regular foil collection, the main hurdle is to complete the legendary cards. There are 12 legendary cards, and each card takes 11 bcx to complete. The fastest way to obtain all the regular foil legendary cards is to play in the range shown in the table below:
| League | Ideal staked SPS range |
|---|---|
| Bronze | 0 - 1300 |
| Silver | 1300 - 6000 |
| Gold | 6000 - 39000 |
| Diamond | - |
| Champion | 39000 - infinite |
Fastest gold foil collection completion
The gold foil collection is also limited by the time it takes to collect the all the legendary cards. 12 legendary cards, and 4 bcx each. The table below shows where to play to obtain them the fastest:
| League | Ideal staked SPS range |
|---|---|
| Bronze | - |
| Silver | 0 - 2700 |
| Gold | 2700 - 13500 |
| Diamond | - |
| Champion | 13500 - infinite |
In order to complete the gold foil collection the fastest, we never want to play Bronze or Diamond. If we go above 13.5k staked SPS, we jump straight from Gold to Champion league. Note that with this low amount of SPS in Champion league, it might be difficult to obtain even a single chest, so it is likely not a good idea. Still, the chance of gold foil legendaries is so much higher that it is still the most efficient if you are able to obtain a chest a day.
Rarity-specific card farming
Regular foils
Regular Foil Commons
| League | Ideal staked SPS range |
|---|---|
| Bronze | 0 - 5000 |
| Silver | 5000 - 8000 |
| Gold | 8000 - 37000 |
| Diamond | 37000 - 360000 |
| Champion | 360000 - infinite |
Regular Foil Rares
| League | Ideal staked SPS range |
|---|---|
| Bronze | 0 - 9000 |
| Silver | - |
| Gold | 9000 - 25000 |
| Diamond | 25000 - 485000 |
| Champion | 485000 - infinite |
Regular Foil Epics
| League | Ideal staked SPS range |
|---|---|
| Bronze | 0 - 1200 |
| Silver | 1200 - 6000 |
| Gold | 6000 - 39000 |
| Diamond | - |
| Champion | 39000 - infinite |
Regular Foil Legendaries
| League | Ideal staked SPS range |
|---|---|
| Bronze | 0 - 1300 |
| Silver | 1300 - 6000 |
| Gold | 6000 - 39000 |
| Diamond | - |
| Champion | 39000 - infinite |
Gold foils
Gold Foil Commons
| League | Ideal staked SPS range |
|---|---|
| Bronze | - |
| Silver | 0 - 8000 |
| Gold | 8000 - 15000 |
| Diamond | 15000 - 35000 |
| Champion | 35000 - infinite |
Gold Foil Rares
| League | Ideal staked SPS range |
|---|---|
| Bronze | 0 - 800 |
| Silver | 800 - 8000 |
| Gold | 8000 - 10700 |
| Diamond | 10700 - 39000 |
| Champion | 39000 - infinite |
Gold Foil Epics
| League | Ideal staked SPS range |
|---|---|
| Bronze | - |
| Silver | 0 - 2700 |
| Gold | 2700 - 13500 |
| Diamond | - |
| Champion | 13500 - infinite |
Gold Foil Legendaries
| League | Ideal staked SPS range |
|---|---|
| Bronze | - |
| Silver | 0 - 2700 |
| Gold | 2700 - 13500 |
| Diamond | - |
| Champion | 13500 - infinite |
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