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Originally Posted by not2secure4u
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Well - until very recently Conflux packs were worth 4 tix, and I'm sure they will be again soon though atm they are only worth 3.8 to the bots.
Alara Block constructed 2-man queues cost 2 tix to enter and give 1 conflux booster as prize, so you only need to win 50% of the time to break even. Anyone better than average makes tickets gradually. Even with packs at 3.8 you only need to win 53% of the time to win overall.
Daily events in constructed formats are event better. Prize payout is:
1st Place 24 booster packs (8 ALA, 8 CON, 8 ARB)
2nd Place 18 booster packs (6 ALA, 6 CON, 6 ARB)
3rd & 4th 12 booster packs (4 ALA, 4 CON. 4 ARB)
5th - 8th 6 booster packs (2 ALA, 2 CON, 2 ARB)
Total 90 packs. Usually they start with close to the minimum of 24 players, costing 6 tix so total 144 tix taken in entries. If your finishing position is totally random and uniformly distributed then you are getting over 3.75 packs on average for 6 tix, when they are worth about 14 tix.
It's easy to go infinite on Constructed.
You need to play a hell of a lot though, as even if you assume buying one single deck is a 'sunk cost', you need to win enough tix to buy the playable cards from every future set as well.