Digital Card Central

This is one of those games that requires attention multiple times a day in order to be among the top players. That doesnt mean you cant have fun playing once a day. Its just going to be impossible to compete at the top. The reason is that you have to be able to switch your guys in and out for at least each part of the day’s schedule to be successful.

The goal is to have your players in your lineup capable of scoring points at all time. If its 7pm and you have everyone from the day games in your starting 9, you are missing all those points from the night game. Because you are only limited by the play count that refreshes every few minutes, the rest of the switches are unlimited.

To take advantage of the way the best people in the game play, you have to watch the games as they are played. Most of the top players will switch out their players when their team is not active on the field, and put them back in when they ready to hit or pitch. It requires a watchful eye of the scoreboard, and also a very large collection.

For most of the highest scoring fans, they accumlate up to 9 of each player, colored border boosts preferred and use multiple cards at once. If Mike Trout is up with the bases loaded and none out, you can imagine they are switching in 9 Trout cards to potentially score the maximum amount of points a batter or two before. You almost have to speculate because of the 60 second warmup timer, and its possible you wont get them in on time.

As a result, this is why Pitchers are the most popular cards – they score for a full inning and can be switched out after 3 outs are recorded. However, if they get rocked, its a double edged sword – you wont be able to get them out in time.

If you have any questions, dont hesitate to reach out.

Its going to be a big day today in the app, as its likely that the foam fingers will be delivered for weekly performances (COINS!), as well as the limited edition cards that come with them. If you havent played HUDDLE, these cards are given out to the fans that scored in the top 500.

Here is what they looked like in Football:

Although these havent been given out before in BUNT, they are cards that lots of people will want. If you were lucky enough to break the top 500, you will now own a card that has some serious trade value.

My advice would be to judge quickly if you want the card or not. If not, its time to trade it away – and do so quickly. Most of the cards will be from the people who score 101-500, which means there will be at least 400 copies of it. You should be able to get a nice insert for it, or at least some nice SRs. Do not let it go cheap.

I got one each week during last HUDDLE season, and it started the trades that I eventually built for some Signatures. This is going to be awesome. You wanted to know why I said gameplay in the app was so important? This is why.

Using 1:1 messaging is a great way to test the waters for a trade before you make an offer. It can also save your user rating along the way.

If someone has a big card that you want to take a stab at, they may not be willing to trade it the way you want to offer. Although Topps is in the process of developing a “NOT FOR SALE” button that we can use to not allow trades on our cards, its not there yet.

A 1:1 message is a bit complicated, so here is how it works:

• Find a card that both you and the seller have
• Make a trade offer where you give that card and they receive that card
• Offer the trade and go back to your trade screen overview with all your offers
• Look for the new offer and click on the comment bubble on the right hand side of the offer
• Type your message and wait for the seller to respond
• New responses will push the offer to the top of your list

This is also a great way to ask questions and communicate directly with other users in the game. Its a the only true messaging tool so use it wisely.

Been getting a lot of questions on Twitter and in game about packs and how to buy them successfully to capitalize on each part of the app. Here is what I would suggest.

7th Inning Stretch – 10,000 Coins (7 cards)

Newbie friendly? rating: Weak

This pack is one that you will almost have to buy coins to purchase. When a new sig comes out, they are inserted into these packs only. If you are new and still building your collection, do not save your daily bonuses for these packs. Only buy them if you spend money to get more coins. They have promises of top inserts, but they are still tough odds. I have walked away empty handed many a time.

Best Odds High Five – 5,000 coins (5 cards)

Newbie friendly? rating: Weak

This pack is tempting at 5000 coins, but I am not someone willing to pay an extra 1000 coins for a better chance at an insert. If you are looking to buy a pack early on in your Bunt career, there are better packs for you to buy that will get you more cards.

High Five + Inserts – 4,000 coins (5 cards)

Newbie friendly? rating: Below Average

If you have a nice base card collection and you are looking to really start to chase the good stuff, this is your home base. If you buy a coin bundle, these are nice packs to buy too. If you are just starting out, these are not the packs to buy, even though they promise better cards.

Solo Shot + Inserts (1 card)

Newbie friendly? rating: Weak

This is like the candy aisle at the grocery store. We all want to buy one because its there and we can afford it. STAY AWAY. For a collector with no cards, this is the worst investment you can make in your collection. Im adding this to my write up because I know its the one pack you can afford every day and I want to make sure you dont buy and waist your coins.

The Niner – 1500 coins (9 cards)

Newbie friendly? rating: Best

This pack is awesome for newer players because your daily bonus covers one per day. Not only will it give you 9 cards, but you can pull the Silver SCR 1.75x Boosts. These cards help tremendously in points scoring and have trade value too.

High Five – 1000 coins (5 cards)

Newbie friendly? rating: Above average

If you dont have enough money for the Niner, I would stick buying this pack as long is takes to build up your collection. Although its tempting to buy the bigger packs as a new user, having the patience to build from the ground up will be better. Scoring points in the game is much more helpful for getting nicer cards than anything. Plus, base cards are still very valuable. I had a guy offer me a SR Gold for 3 base cards last night. It happens.

When to Buy

There is a pack sale or a coin sale at least once per week per a recent Q&A with Topps, so it may even be in your best interest to wait for one of those before buying. Otherwise, wait until at least 7pm to buy any packs to make sure you get the new inserts for the day if you are purchasing those packs. Sigs usually hit packs on tuesday if you are looking for a time to buy coins.

Saving

If you are a new player, spend your daily bonus every day. Build up your collection and trade like mad. Those On Deck cards are worth a bunch of coins for people, so they will want them. Only trade them if you get something very nice in return – that is the point of the set.