Compare card ripping sites

Pick any two to four platforms and put their odds disclosure, buyback terms, valuation source and decision windows side by side. Every figure comes from the platform's own published material.

Card ripping platforms compared, from each platform's own published material, 2026-10-22.
	Clutch Packs	LastPack	Courtyard	Packz	SAJA	Holofoil	Arena Club	Poke-Collect	Underdog Rips	Fanatics Instant Rips	Crown Rips	Tilt Rips	Pickem	Packed	Chalkboard Pulls	Rip Station	Fast Rips	MintPull	Rips by Triumph	SwishX	Gotya	CatchBack	Rare Candy	LETSGO
Packs measured	25 measured	5 price points × 4 collections	92	14	Tiered, in-app	4 types	9 tiers × 9 categories	4	Not published	5 categories	10 reported	~60	Not published	21	Not published	10 listed	7	Not published	Not published	20 listed, 5 collected	10 listed, 5 collected	10 levels × 6 categories	8 collected	Not published
Price range	$25–$2,500	$1–$2,500	$10–$5,000	$5–$1,000	$1–$1,000	$9.20–$26.26, dynamic	$25–$5,000	$9.99–$38.99	“Various price points”	$10–$2,500	$1–$2,500	$0.10–$3,000	$1–$250	Not published	Not published	$25–$500	Not published	Not published	Not published	$25–$500	$15–$100	$5–$500+	$4.99–$499.99	Not published
Odds published	Observed results, on-chain	Full rarity table per pack, summing to 100%	Dollar-range odds, every pack	Dollar-range odds, every pack	Rarity rates published; no value ranges public	Per-card rates, required by §5	Per-card hit rates, no values	Per-tier chances, on the web	Claimed “up front”; we could not read figures	Checklist only, no pull rates	Min and max value only	Top prizes only, no rates	Per-card rates, in-app only	Required by its own terms; in-app only	Shown in-app before purchase	A page exists; every figure read unavailable	None published anywhere	None published; terms warn distribution is unequal	None published; terms warn distribution is unequal	Per-tier rates with target FMVs, on the web	Value bands per pack, on the web, summing to 100%	Bands plus the full card pool, on the web	Value-band rates, every pack, on the web	In-app only, nothing on the web
Expected value	Observed, not posted	“GROSS EV” posted on every pack	Yes, exact, every pack	No, but calculable	“PACK EV 100%” claimed per pack	No, not calculable	No, not calculable	Not yet collected	Phygitals shows an EV per pack; unverified	No, not calculable	No, not calculable	No, not calculable	No, not calculable	No, not calculable	No, not calculable	“Data unavailable — inventory not verified”	No, not calculable	No, not calculable	No, not calculable	Yes, posted per pack, and it checks out	“Average item value” posted per pack	Posted, but 7% above its own bands	No, but calculable	No, not calculable
Return	1.01× over 158,556 pulls	95% posted; bands imply more	95–96% posted	~100% on $25+, our estimate	100% claimed; not independently calculable	Not calculable	Not calculable	Not yet calculated	Not calculable	Not calculable	Not calculable	Not calculable	Not calculable	Not calculable	Not calculable	Not calculable	Not calculable	Not calculable	Not calculable	101% posted; 88% sold back in 24h	~100.5% midpoint; ~90% round trip	97.2% midpoint; $26.00 posted on $25	~98–123%, our estimate	Not calculable
Buyback rate	Not disclosed	100% of FMV, shown on the pack	90% advertised, ~85% measured	90%	100% of value, 7-day window	90% of Holofoil's estimated value	90%	None on the pack	85% per Phygitals; Underdog states none	90% advertised, 84.6% after fees	100% claimed, unverified	90%	90%, 100% on first pack	100%	100%	83% — the lowest advertised anywhere	100% advertised	100% advertised, paid as pack credit	100% of FMV claimed in the FAQ	85–90%, then 75–80%	90% standing offer	90%, or 110% with a paid Boost	Up to 90%, plus a 50% floor	90%, or “up to” 90%
Can the money leave	Not disclosed	Yes — Coinflow or USDC; $10k per 7 days	USDC, path unverified	No — site credit, packs only	Yes — Stripe; deposits need 1× use first	No — credit “cannot be withdrawn” (§4)	Yes — bank or debit via Stripe	Buylist only — credit or PayPal	USDC per Phygitals; unconfirmed on Underdog	No — Fanatics Live credit	Unconfirmed	Yes — US dollars or crypto	Yes — bank card, $2,500 cap	Yes — card, bank, PayPal, Venmo	Yes — ACH via Aeropay	Unconfirmed; “lands in your wallet”	No per its terms — Platform Credit	Sale proceeds only, $250 per 7 days	Yes — debit, bank, PayPal or Venmo	Yes — withdrawn via Stripe	Yes — Wallet, then bank at a $25 floor	Not confirmed — terms unreachable	No — Candy has no cash value (§8.1)	Yes — PayPal, Venmo, card, bank
Who sets the card's value	Market value at the pull, source not named	LastPack; §4.4 “may not match published market values”	Courtyard	Packz	Third-party market pricing services	Holofoil; §8 calls its determination “final”	Arena Club, which grades some cards itself	Buylist, reviewed card by card	Third-party pricing providers, unnamed	Card Ladder, a third party	Crown Rips	“Live market data,” unnamed; cannot be disputed	Pickem's displayed FMV	Packed, semi-automated, locked at the pull	Chalkboard, sole discretion, non-appealable	Rip Station, from recent market sales	Internal platform valuation	“Proprietary system,” may not match market	Triumph, “proprietary”; “may not match published market values”	SwishX, but target FMVs are published per tier	Gotya, “good-faith internal estimate”; no dispute route (§24)	CatchBack, but the pool and its values are published	Rare Candy, sole discretion; calls it “inherently subjective”	Not stated anywhere we could reach
How long you can hold a card	Not stated	5 days, then auto-sold at the purchase-time FMV	Indefinite, vaulted and insured	Not stated	None on the vault; 7 days on the instant offer	30 days, then converted to credit (§10)	Indefinite, vaulted	1 year, then shipped to you free	3 days on Underdog; 30 min to 7 days on Phygitals	Indefinite, free vaulting	7 days, reportedly, then auto-sold	Indefinite, free vaulting	3 hours, then auto-sold	1 day, then returned to Packed	24 hours, then auto-buyback	7 days from each rip	Not stated	7 days, then auto-returned	7 days, then auto-returned at the locked FMV	24 hours at the top rate, then a lower one	None, but 180 days idle converts cards to credit	5 minutes on both paid add-ons	48 hours, then you keep the card	No limit stated
Operator	Not established in our research	Lotus Digital Inc., a Delaware corporation	Courtyard	Packz	Zodiac Games Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation	First Edition TCG LLC, an Oregon company	Arena Club	Poke-Collect, Madison, Alabama	Underdog Sports, with Phygitals sourcing and vaulting	Fanatics	Crown Rips	Tilt Rips	Pickem	Packed	Taild Sports, Inc.	Byzantine Port Technologies Inc. (Panama), under Byzantion Inc. (Delaware)	Fast Rips	Arcane Answers Studio Limited	Triumph TCG, LLC; Google Play lists Triumph Labs, Inc., Claymont, DE	Not named; “Powered by Swish Breaks”	VBR GROUP LLP (London) with Gotya Collect LLC (Wyoming)	Not established; terms hosted on a third-party docs subdomain	Rare Candy Auctions, Inc., a Delaware corporation	LETSGO INTERACTIVE LTD, not named on its own site
Jurisdiction	United States	United States — California law	United States	United States	United States — Delaware law	United States — Oregon law	United States	United States	United States	United States	United States	United States	United States	United States	United States	Panama, under a Delaware parent	United States	Hong Kong	United States — Delaware law	United States	England and Wales	Not established	United States — Texas law	Israel
Age requirement	Not stated	18+, US phone and government ID	18+	18+	18+, one account per person	18+ or local majority	18+	None stated	Not established	18+	18+	18+	18+	18+	18+	18+ or local majority	18+	18+	18+ in the terms; store rating 17+	18+, one account each	18+	Not established	18+	18+
State restrictions	None published	None published; may restrict any jurisdiction	None published	US only	None published; US-operated	US and Canada only	None published	US shipping only	“Not available in all states”; no list found	None published	None published	None published	Excludes MI, MN, MT, NV, WA	None published	Not published	Sanctioned and prohibited jurisdictions only	None published	Excludes Nevada	Excludes Nevada; 50/50 pack limited in IL, UT, NC	None published	None; sanctions jurisdictions only	None published	Excludes Washington	None; warns it “may be illegal” where you are
Trust flags	Expected value published Odds published	Odds published Expected value published Pays cash, not credit Short clock	Expected value published Odds published	Odds published Credit only	Odds published Expected value published Pays cash, not credit Third-party valuations Can confiscate your cards	Odds published Credit only Short clock	Odds published Pays cash, not credit	Odds published Card ships by default Physical storefront	Odds published Expected value published Short clock	No odds published Credit only	No odds published Short clock	No odds published Pays cash, not credit	Odds published Pays cash, not credit Short clock	Pays cash, not credit Short clock	No odds published Pays cash, not credit Short clock	No odds published Non-US operator Short clock	No odds published Marketing conflicts with terms Credit only	No odds published Credit only Withdrawal cap Non-US operator Short clock	No odds published Pays cash, not credit Marketing conflicts with terms Short clock	Odds published Expected value published Pays cash, not credit Short clock	Odds published Expected value published Pays cash, not credit Non-US operator	Odds published Expected value published Sells paid side bets Short clock	Odds published Credit only Keeps by default	No odds published Pays cash, not credit Marketing conflicts with terms Non-US operator
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What these columns actually mean

Four rows carry most of the decision, and they are not the ones the marketing emphasises.

Odds published. Four platforms publish something on the open web. The rest show odds only inside an app, or not at all. If you cannot see the odds before you pay, you cannot calculate anything.
Can the money leave. An advertised buyback rate tells you nothing until you know this. Four platforms pay credit that can only buy more packs, which is not money at any rate.
Who sets the card's value. On most platforms the company paying the buyback also decides what the card is worth. Fanatics is the only one that outsources the number to a third party. Chalkboard's terms call its own figure “final and non-appealable.”
How long you can hold a card. Windows run from three hours to indefinite, and on one platform the clock ends by shipping the card to you rather than selling it. The platforms paying the highest buyback rates have the shortest windows, which is not a coincidence.

Every platform in one line

Clutch Packs — The only platform publishing observed pull results rather than its own valuations.
LastPack — Shows the EV, the odds, the sell-back rate and a per-pull fairness check — on a terms template whose clauses contradict its own FAQ.
Courtyard — Publishes an exact expected value on every pack — the strongest disclosure we have found.
Packz — Full published odds on every pack, built from a single template — but the buyback is credit.
SAJA — 100% EV and a 100% buyback on third-party valuations — alongside terms that can void every transaction and forfeit your cards.
Holofoil — Contractually commits to publishing pull rates, then makes shipping the card the only way value ever leaves.
Arena Club — Every pull is a graded slab, with per-card odds but no card values attached.
Poke-Collect — A real card shop selling digital packs. The only vault that ships you the card instead of selling it.
Underdog Rips — A major fantasy operator entering rips on third-party rails that publish an EV, provable fairness and outsourced valuations.
Fanatics Instant Rips — The largest brand here, and the only one using third-party card valuations.
Crown Rips — A rip feature inside a sweepstakes casino, in closed beta. Lowest disclosed floor we have seen.
Tilt Rips — The largest catalogue and the least odds disclosure, with a good cash route attached.
Pickem — A rip product inside a social casino, with the shortest decision window in the category.
Packed — The only platform whose terms contractually oblige it to publish Value Band odds.
Chalkboard Pulls — The best-documented cash route here, on a valuation its terms call final and non-appealable.
Rip Station — Built an expected-value page and left it empty. The lowest advertised buyback in the category, stated plainly.
Fast Rips — Advertises a 100% cash buyback its own Terms of Use do not describe.
MintPull — A 100% FMV guarantee credited as pack credit, with withdrawals capped at $250 a week.
Rips by Triumph — The largest platform we track. Headlines a 100% buyback guarantee its own §5.5 says it is under no obligation to offer.
SwishX — Posts an expected value, the odds behind it and the card pool. The pack is worth what you paid; the exit costs 12–22%.
Gotya — Says each pack's expected value equals its price. We checked five packs and it does — then the clock is a 180-day dormancy clause.
CatchBack — Publishes the odds, the EV and the whole card pool — then sells you two side bets on the result.
Rare Candy — Publishes value-band odds and a guaranteed 50% floor on every pack — and pays in a currency with no cash value.
LETSGO — The buyback is described as 90% on the website and “up to 90%” on the App Store.

Want to run the numbers yourself?

The pack EV calculator takes whatever odds a platform publishes and returns the average card value, the expected loss per pack and the chance of beating the pack price. For a worked head-to-head on the two platforms that publish enough to compare directly, see Courtyard vs Packz.

Frequently asked

How do I compare card ripping sites?

Compare four things, in this order. First, whether the platform publishes odds at all — only Clutch Packs, SwishX, Gotya, Courtyard, Packz, Poke-Collect and Rare Candy publish anything on the open web, and six publish nothing anywhere public. Second, whether the buyback money can leave the platform: eleven of the twenty-four pay into something withdrawable, six pay credit that cannot, and the rest do not say. Third, who sets the card's value, because a 100% buyback on a number the platform alone decides is worth less than 90% on a checkable one. Fourth, how long you can hold a card before the platform acts — windows run from three hours to indefinite.

Which card ripping site is best?

We do not publish a single answer, because the right platform depends on what you are doing. If you want to calculate before you buy, Courtyard posts an exact expected value on every pack. If you intend to sell every card straight back, Packed and Chalkboard Pulls pay 100% into withdrawable balances. If you intend to keep what you pull, Poke-Collect ships the card to you by default and Arena Club, Fanatics and Tilt Rips vault indefinitely. We leave platforms unrated where the data to rate them is not published.

Why are so many cells on this table blank or unknown?

Because the platforms do not publish the figures. Seven of the twenty-four publish no pack prices on the open web at all, and only nine publish odds there, so no expected value can be calculated for most of them. We leave those cells as “not calculable” rather than estimating. Our methodology explains why an empty cell is more useful than a guessed one.

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