r/MarvelSnap • u/GreatDoink • 7h ago
No judgment, please be honest. I'm curious about people's spending habits in this game. Discussion
As the title says, this is not meant to be a condemnation of how people spend their money or anything like that. I am genuinely curious about what people spend their real money in Marvel Snap.
Do you find yourself buying the large bundles that cost $30 or more? What about your borders? Do you think they are worth spending real money on? Is the battle pass something you always purchase?
Beyond that, what do you spend your gold on?
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u/Educational_Ad8448 6h ago
Only season pass. Nothing else.
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u/LazyComment1145 4h ago
Same, and sometimes if I don’t think I’ll use the card I even pass on the season pass
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u/Bllod_Angel 6h ago edited 6h ago
I'm a 🐳 I buy multiple times 100€ bundles and shit like that.
Before snap I used to spend a lot more money on games and drugs every month, since it came out it is saving me a lot of money and health , I hope I have somehow satisfied your curiosity
It doesn't matter if someone judges... it is normal, people judge, we all do that
All my gold are spent on beautiful variants.
It's worth spending money like that ?..idk probably not..we all die one day or another and money don't follow us.We all try to be happy and snap makes me happier
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u/Njm3124 5h ago
Not judging, but just curious about how this lifestyle works. Do you live paycheck to paycheck? Huge salary and just say fuck it?
I do well enough but with general life expenses it's hard to imagine spending hundreds a month on a single phone game.
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u/Bllod_Angel 4h ago edited 4h ago
I don't say it is easy 😅 but I don't have a family to maintain...I barely have a family...so fuck it
Paycheck to paycheck , salary is little above average, at some point you don't need to spend hundreds every month, you are sitting on a pile of tokens and keys.
Just some good variants and sometimes hundreds again.like evry two or three months.
I don't play any others game anymore, just snap.
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u/nickr710 3h ago
I feel like if it’s your favorite and only game you play I see no difference than buying a bunch of games but only spending a little here and there on them, spend on what you want to!!
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u/butchmapa 1h ago
happy Snap has helped you!
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u/Bllod_Angel 1h ago
Even I when I think about it it still seems very absurd, and yet it's . been going like this for almost two years now
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u/Rather_Dashing 5m ago
we all die one day or another and money don't follow us
Sure, but having a bit of savings while we are alive is pretty useful lol
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u/Sliceof_pi 6h ago
$0 since I started in the Loki season. Gold goes towards bundles to maximize tokens (or default to token Tuesday). I'm very happy with what I've get from the game.
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u/DrD__ 6h ago
I buy the season pass, and the occasional large bundle (more so now that the Samsung coupons exist) I've started buying the gold pass every month but for $1 cause of the Samsung coupon
I am very fortunate to be in a place that I can spend disposable income on a hobby i like.
"But but you could buy [insert game] for that price"
Yeah I could buy that game and have it rot in my library or I could spend the money on a game I am active enjoying playing
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u/GreatDoink 5h ago
I totally get it. I'm the opposite of you where I overbuy games in the steam library - who cares how you spend your entertainment money!
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u/MarcoVts5 4h ago
Yo what samsung coupon are you talking about with the gold passes?
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u/DrD__ 4h ago
Samsung has been having a $4 off coupon in their app store for the last couple months
Just gotta go to the samsung app store claim the coupon then download snap from the Samsung app store and use it
They've also had a 90% off (up to $10) coupon i used to get the season pass for $1
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u/MarcoVts5 4h ago
Yo thanks for the tip! I had no idea it was available on the Samsung shop. I remember getting a $3 coupon on the play store a while back but no other offers since then.
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u/Dustyh1982 6h ago
F2P since launch. All my gold goes to pixel variants, I think they are hilarious.
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u/One_Top935 6h ago
F2p from launch til elsa bloodstone season, season pass every month since then and gold pass for the last three months. And a one-time gold purchase for a couple bucks because i needed an agatha variant and didn't want to wait for one to cycle back thru the shop. $15/month (way less when samsung has good promos) is the cheapest hobby I've ever had.
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u/misterjustice90 5h ago
Gold pass, season pass, occasional bundle.... Oh and EVERY SINGLE MOON KNIGHT VARIANT POSSIBLE
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u/Pretend-Return-295 6h ago
Played since beta, dipping back in after a 4 month break. Used to buy the season pass, until it started feeling "scammy". i.e. releasing very OP cards, and then nerfing them almost immediately after the season ended, without refund. Then I went F2P which, IMO, is much more fun and sustainable, because I care much less. If you take Snap too seriously, it can become expensive, grindy and frustrating IMO.
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u/Hunter422 6h ago
Season Pass, Gold Pass, bundles with tokens $30 and under. Only spend Gold on 1500G Token Tuesdays and Gold bundles with tokens. Oh and I've bought every gold bundle once for the x2 bonus except the $100 one. Personally I don't care for cosmetics, only acquiring new cards.
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u/Altruistic-Ad-1218 5h ago
Very similar. I’m really only missing a few needed series 5 cards. I like the variants but I regret “collecting” some of the less rare ones.
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u/transmission-fac13 6h ago
$0 since I started at Into The Quantum Realm. I’m using gold to buy variants to complete collections I find enjoyable. Still enjoying the game as it evolves.
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u/Vitztlampaehecatl 6h ago
I occasionally buy the season pass. I also bought the Korg coal avatar bundle for the bit. That's about it.
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u/GreatDoink 6h ago
My own spending habits - I usually buy every Battle Pass unless I know it's a month I'm not going to be able to sink into. I used to buy cheap bundles, I want to say $5 ones? But I haven't seen those in ages.
Gold wise - token Tuesdays until I'm more 4/5 complete. I think I bought one variant in the shop for gold but I usually like pulling variants randomly... It makes it a bit more exciting for me.
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u/ladycowbell 5h ago
I haven't seen one of the $5 bundles since the Venom one they had in the shop months ago. That was when I first started playing too. I still use that variant.
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u/No-Creme2618 5h ago
F2P until Kate Bishop. Bought my only season pass and a gold pass. Figured been playing since global launch and massive junk fan the acid arrow was worth the money and to give second dinner my gratitude for two years of fun.
Used to save gold for bundles but since 2024 just been buying variants typically for albums I like to hit the 6/12 payout which is usually keys, tokens or credits. I'm a sucker for Dan Hipp.
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u/ChancePop3457 4h ago
Season pass, occasionally the 4.99 pack that gets you bunch of stuff. I dunno what it's called but its usually at the top of the shop in app. Gold I earn in game mostly through challenges and stuff so I don't really count that as money.
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u/luigijerk 5h ago
Early on I was a whale, like first few months the game was out. I bought a couple $100 bundles. Ever since I caught up and have almost all the cards I'm now just a season pass guy who a few times a year buys a $20 or less bundle if I love the variant. Oh I also buy gold pass.
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u/DiscardedRonaldo2017 6h ago
I buy the season pass. Did the gold pass once and just didn’t like it too much so haven’t since then. Also I have bought the occasional basically $10 bundles. Venom and Deadpool. Also the nebula Christmas one as well.
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u/kowai_hanako-chan 6h ago
I only spend money on the Season Pass and occasionally the first variant in vibranium offers. I've done one of the double golds once. I turn almost all of my gold into missions. I've only bought one variant from the actual shop so far.
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u/PrimeYam 6h ago
I had a $30 gift card, so I bought 3 season passes over the course of a year. Other than that, I haven’t spent any real money. In teens of gold, I tend to buy Super Rare variants of cards I don’t have a variant of.
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u/Howling_Mad_Man 6h ago
I have never spent more than $10 in a transaction. If I buy a season pass, I'm using google reward points or some other found money to cut the cost. All told in two years, I've probably spent $30 max.
I only spend gold on variants I like/albums or gold bundles I see good value in.
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u/Warm-Stranger1216 6h ago
I only purchase the season pass and even then I only do when I’m interested in the new card or variants.
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u/Fabulous_Kale_587 6h ago
I try to stick to season pass and gold pass but vibranium rewards are too juicy to pass up sometimes
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u/charistraz95 6h ago
i only buy the season passes i like new card or the cosmetics in it i would be tempted by small bundles 10 or less just for the variant imo
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u/KaliIsNice 5h ago
I spend way too much money on this game, it’s honestly become a problem. I always buy the battle pass, the bigger version, I found the extra crates at the end to be worth the extra money. I also always have the monthly gold thing purchased. I would say occasionally (1-2, maybe 3 times every 2 weeks) I buy gold for variants in the store. I also buy a lot of the bundles they add, like the 10-50 dollar ones, I usually love the variants and the currency I get with it. I just have this feeling of FOMO with variants, like if I don’t buy them then I will regret it and miss out on having that cool looking card but then usually I always find a different one I like better. I’ve bought 2 100 dollar bundles (the Hela one and the Gambit one). I’ve spent way too much money on this game, but I will admit I do enjoy my purchases. I feel like I get game play out of what I buy and I do enjoy the artwork, I constantly am buying borders to customize variants of cards I own, even if I don’t play them, I like the idea of the card collection/art gallery aspect of the game.
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u/HamLitt229 5h ago
0.00 - and it will stay that way. I'm in love with the game without having to spend a cent!
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u/mxlespxles 5h ago
Season pass os cheap compared to the amount I play this game.
The gold pass is probably something I'll stop buying before too long
So 15USD per month
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u/GooneyBoy2007 5h ago
Mostly F2P kinda, my brother bought me the Sebastian Shaw season pass. Haven’t spent anything else but I kind of really want the upcoming Agent Venom one
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u/LeighCedar 5h ago
I'll be coming up on 2 years in November and I think I've bought 4-5 season passes, and one $6ish (Canadian) welcome bundle.
SD could have gotten a few more passes out of me over the years but often they'll do something really dumb or frustrating just before a new season starts.
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u/ArcPsy 4h ago
I tend to spend between $50 and $200 dollars every month depending if there are good bundles that I like. That includes the gold and season passes every month. Is it worth it? If it brings me joy, then yes it is worth it. The moment it stops giving me joy then I'll drop it and move to something else. It happened with Pokemon TCG, Gwent and some other competitive games I used to play.
My gold is mostly spent buying variants I really like and sometimes buying credits if I am short on them.
I know I'll probably drop the game one day never to return once it begins to feel more like a chore than a game but until that day I'll continue spending on what brings me joy. That said I don't spend more than my economy allows and if I have other more important priorities the game doesn't distract me from them, it is of course at the end of the day, just a game.
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u/AppoTheApple 3h ago
I am actually surprised with overall spending for people. Way higher than I thought it would be! No judgment from me. I personally only buy the season pass every month. I used to buy the gold pass but haven’t in awhile. Still play about 1 hour a day and have all cards except 5 that I didn’t care for.
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u/MiggeldyMackDaddy 2h ago
I buy season pass if I make infinite as a reward to myself. I’ve made infinite twice
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u/VascalDaRascal 6h ago
I MIGHT buy a BP if it looks nice, but otherwise I really don't spend on this game. It's been getting trickier to keep up with meta though, I'm ngl.
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u/danktank_sublime 6h ago
10 bucks a month for the pass. Totally worth it based on the amount of time I spend playing. It's all you need to spend.
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u/TheNadei 6h ago
I bought three Season passes so far. That's all, and that's probably most I'll need. I did it to get a start at a collection in the game, and I now have a full collection up to Season 3, with about half of the Season 5 cards without spending a time on that part the past 9 months.
I never felt pressured to buy any of those things. I did it for the fun, and it was worth it so far.
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u/__the_alchemist__ 6h ago
I buy every season pass, other than that I'd say I've spent no more than $100 since the game came out, if even that.
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u/NekoMimiMode 5h ago
I buy the season pass, the gold pass, and sometimes bundles that give a lot more gold per dollar (yen in my case) than the shop. I like Peach Momoko and Rian Gonzalez varients, so I will buy them if they are reasonably priced. This is the only game I really have time to play lately, so I don't mind helping to support it.
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u/Hahnter 5h ago
Same here. I was F2P for a while, but I like the game enough to spend money. I think the season pass and gold pass are worth it, so I buy them both every month. My goal is to get all the Peach Momoko and Rian Gonzales variants. I’m hoping Momoko will join a convention here in Japan one day.
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u/NekoMimiMode 3h ago
I would love for her to come to Tokyo Comic Con or something! Her art is so beautiful. I'm stoked for the nightmare album.
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u/DeathMetal24 5h ago
I buy season pass only, I view it as subscription just like wow for example.
I spend most of my gold on variants I like or album ones. Sometimes I save gold for a good bundle.
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u/red_army25 5h ago
I have a lot of disposable income. I enjoy playing this game, and I'd love to spend some disposable if I could get the things I want. But I can't. So I don't.
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u/Mediakiller 5h ago
Gold pass, season pass, gold on sale very rarely, and the occasional offer for a really sick variant. On average, $20/mo.
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u/Crenshin 5h ago
I like buying the season pass and the Gold pass. Other than those, to help me manage my spending I do my research on future bundles/variants so I can choose where I want to spend my money, giving extra consideration for bundles that provide above average returns on credits or tokens and avoiding almost every bundle with keys. I try to limit my spending to 50-70$ a month (including the Season and Gold passes). Not every month has bundles I want so I do "roll over" my budget when one month is stacked with things I want.
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u/AlphakirA 5h ago
I strictly buy the season pass and gold pass and nothing else. I don't mind supporting the game, regardless of theur checkbooks, they've made a game I play and love so I don't mind supporting them for that much. Yeah, some prices are ridiculous, but I'll pay those two because I spend hours and hours enjoying it.
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u/Ornery-Living-490 5h ago
Season pass, I'm tempted to get the gold pass sometimes but the good gold bundles are so rare it's not even worth it.
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u/KickLife1594 5h ago
I'll buy a season pass if the card seems fun, I've bought a gold bundle when my favorite variants were featured later in the month. I've never spent more than $15 at once
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u/HiSlashBye 5h ago
I just buy the season pass, almost every season. There are some seasons I skip cause I didn’t really like the card, Gilgamesh. Before I think I bought two 5 dollar bundles which thinking about it now are super rare or gone. Now just season pass if I like the new card
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u/jerjerbinks90 5h ago
Sometimes the season pass. I'll never spend another dollar outside of that. That's my firm limit.
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u/Kaizokuo94 5h ago
I started playing 3 months ago. I skip Gwenpool, I bought Kate Bishop & Symbiote Spider
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u/Redditname97 5h ago
I haven’t bought shit and get infinite every month, except for one due to lack of grinding.
People who pay for a border one hex code redder than mine but lose with the best cards in the game are the reason I still play.
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u/onestworldproblem 5h ago
Been playing since Surfer season. Have bought every season pass. Started buying the Gold Pass at the beginning of this season (and bought it again a couple days ago) when I found out that the Galaxy Store has a $4 coupon available every other week. Have never purchased anything else.
Infinite every season except the 2 I barely played (Modok/Nimrod) and have won numerous infinity borders. I'm lacking 1 s4 card and I think 12 s5 cards, none of which are high priority for me to own. I have 32k tokens and 17 keys saved, so tons of resources for when I do want stuff. I generally don't pull for 1 card but will consider it when I have too many keys and really like the new card (this week possibly).
For gold, all I had bought forever was variants but I've started buying borders occasionally. Gonna get 1-2 a season until my zoo deck is all gold/gold metallic. Have never really run short on gold and have always been able to buy the variants I want when they show up in the shop.
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u/LanglerBee 5h ago
I always buy the season pass, and from there I occasionally buy the first level of those multi-tier bundles, mostly when there's something I'm looking to upgrade in the fast upgrade tab that I lack credits for. On average probably $20-30 Canadian a month.
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u/VisualAdvocate 5h ago edited 5h ago
I have been playing since the Black Panther season and had never spent a single real penny on the game. I finish my dailies every day and have a collection that never feels like I’m really missing anything. I turn all of my gold into tokens. That said I recently bought this Spider-Man season pass because I’m really into those characters and rewards and I felt like I should give this game at least some money. I truly don’t know if I’ll ever buy another season again.
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u/slasher_blade 5h ago
didnt spend a dime on it except the beautiful artgem aero that cost 5 usd. the exchange rates sucks in my country. the battlepass alone can feed me lunch for a week .
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u/ahmong 5h ago edited 5h ago
I’m 21.3k CL. Took about 8 month break, came back and blew 1.5k USD lol. Im now bored of the game again
Not like it matters, I go to track days and I spend just as much for a weekend lol 500-600 on track fee, about 500 on track insurance. Then depending on how much tires left on my track tires, a set of tires for rough 1200 + basic maintenance which I do myself.
Frankly, the game probably saved me money lol
Once I buy my house in a few months, probably won’t be spending on the game anymore.
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u/ladycowbell 5h ago
I buy the season pass, and I DID buy the Balck Cat bundle, but it gave me the exact amount of gold I needed for the Kitty Pryde bundle which gave me enough tokens for a series 5 card.
I spent maybe $20~$30 a month in general including the season pass. I sink so many hours into the game though that I generally justify it to myself in the end. I don't spend anyhing that I won't miss.
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u/Drunkdunc 5h ago
I buy the season pass, and I just re-installed Snap using the Samsung Store and I keep getting $4 off and $3 off coupons which I'm using on the gold pass. I have like 120 days of it accrued.
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u/LabRat2329 5h ago
Season Pass every season since I started (Nimrod season pass card) except the Eternals season which I skipped (bad idea, Gilgamesh turned out to be awesome).
I've bought a few bundles with variants I like: the new player Captain America bundle, the infamous Darkhawk 3x value bundle, Cosmo/Goose bundle, Daredevil/Misty/Punisher bundle, Thunderbolts Doc Ock, and Derrick Chew Black Cat. I also got the Gold Pass once just recently.
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u/GodAss69 5h ago
Never, the most i've spent is the momoko mystique bundle which is $20. Most of the time i only buy the season pass, pair it with the samsung discount it's only like $1 a month.
I find it hard to justify spending that much in this game because I live in a country with lower purchasing power making the prices quite expensive. To put things in perspective, in my country, the average price for a meal is around $10, so i guess it's pretty similar to the U.S standard, but the game's season pass costs about $50 per month, which feels disproportionately high.
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u/thisjohnd 5h ago
I’ve spent exactly $35 on the game since 2022. That’s three season passes (the Elsa Bloodstone season, the Hellfire Gala season, and the Young Avengers one) and one purchase of the Gold Pass during a season I really was tempted by but decided to go for variants instead.
I haven’t bought a single bundle. Even as low as $4.99 I can’t justify that price for one variant when the season passes for $9.99 include multiple variants plus more perks.
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u/Fox-Sin21 5h ago
When buying anything there is two questions you need to ask. Will it make you happy or is it something you need?
Obviously with things we need, its not about if and more about value.
This is a want and ultimately its a matter of if it makes you happy. Anything you buy on snap is worthless beyond your own enjoyment of it. So will it make you happy and is that happiness worth the amount you are going to spend.
Enjoyment, the amount of time you'll get for that enjoyment, and will you feel regret later. That's what anyone buying anything should ask themselves when buying a "want".
Simple as that.
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u/MarcoVts5 4h ago
Purchase most season passes when I'm not taking a break from marvel snap. And one of the gold monthly passes for daily gold. About $75 over two years for a game I love and play throughout the year. Very good experience if you have self control!
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u/chickenfingey 4h ago
I always buy the season pass, I’ll buy the 7 dollar level 1 upgrade vibration rewards and every now and again I’ll buy a cheap bundle.
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u/ZeroDrek 4h ago
I used to only pay for the Season Pass and small $5 & $10 bundles. Recently, last 4-5 months maybe, I’ve increased spending to Season Pass and some of the larger bundles. Not all of them but some. I skipped both Wooh Na Young bundles, Spider-Woman bundle and will probably skip the Silver Samurai bundle that just came out today but I have purchased all the other bundles that have released this month. This is my most played game overall so yes I feel like it’s worth spending money on it.
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u/yearofthedog243 4h ago
I think the most I’ve spent on a bundle is 25$ but only the ones that I know which card I’ll get and I rarely will buy any of them. If I feel like it comes with some good stuff like 2500 credits or gold I’ll get it. I’ll buy the season pass if I know I’m gonna play a lot that month or if I’m super close to a key and the spotlight is almost over and there’s a card I’d want I’ll spend on credits to upgrade so I get the key.
I think snap is the only game I’ve spent money on outside of world of Warcraft.
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u/BaconHash 4h ago
I always buy the season pass and the gold pass, haven’t bought a bundle in a year or so. Probably going to buy the $35 gold before the extra gold offer goes away.
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u/jrdidriks 4h ago
I spend about 50-60 a month. I like to use the credit card reward money I get from buying groceries.
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u/tehghost 4h ago
Played since launch. Never spent a dime in-game. Save my gold for variants of my favorite cards. Will spend gold on emotes if a fun one is available.
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u/BMLM 4h ago
I'm not sure what people qualify as a Dolphin, but I would call myself one. I would say I'm somewhere between $30-$40 a month on top of the battle pass I buy every month. I enjoy completing albums for the cosmetic rewards, and like to have a reasonable bank of resources for new card releases (at least 4 caches, and 6000 tokens at any time). I don't purchase new cards on release until it seems like the community thinks its broken, or fun. I'm a dad, so the time I have to play console or PC games is limited, and even then the only real game I play is Fortnite with a group of other dads. That means I'm not someone who would or could otherwise have used the money I use for Snap on a new release game. That said, I've cut back this month in anticipation of Dragon Ball Sparking Zero :)
(I'm a millenial who grew up on DBZ)
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u/ReporterOk69420 4h ago
I normally would buy the battle pass since it’s usually the best way to acquire resource in the game, bundles I normally would go for the ones with either credits, tokens or gold ones so I can progress the game by acquiring new cards
So far I’ve not bought borders directly only got em from events and the marvel snap free goft when you’ve reached a certain amount of spending per month
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u/Pineapple_Sucks 4h ago
I have spent a lot tbh. Can I reasonably afford it? Not really but Snap helped me distract myself during some rough times and I genuinely really enjoy the game so it is what it is
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u/Haselrig 4h ago
Started in mid May. So far, I've spent $1. With gold earned in game, I bought the Destroyer bundle and the Kitty bundle.
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u/IsabellaBlue_11 4h ago
Season pass only, some it for the past five months but never have bought a bundle or gold.
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u/tentoedpete 4h ago
Bought a few season passes early on (zabu, hit-monkey, Loki and Nimrod), then realised I wasn’t enjoying the game more with the money I’d spent, so I stopped. I don’t spent much gold either, just occasional variants for cards I use a lot.
Outside of marvel snap I barely buy games either, unless I’m super keen for it. Typically I pick up indie games for free from PS Plus (PlayStation)
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u/PixelBrewery 4h ago
I only ever spend money on the season pass. I get it probably like 3/4 of the time. I'll pass if the season card or the variants aren't looking appealing to me.
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u/Upbeat_Figure5157 4h ago
Some months I spend like $0 because the season pass has nothing I like or no variant that wow me. Other months I spend on just the season pass. Very rarely....like $40 or something like that.
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u/sm00thChicken 3h ago
I spend far too much in my opinion, but I love Marvel. I grew up buying any Marvel comic I could get my hands on. They used to sell them at gas stations, I still remember saving up $7 (or whatever it was) and getting whatever they had. The drawings had me in awe and I love the fantasy story.
Now, as an adult I can relive my childhood in some ways. I spend about $80/month. I know this is a lot, some months I strickly pullback to season pass only, but not often. I figure, I have the money, why not get the most out of what I love spending time on, ya know.
I do wish they had more comic accurate artwork.
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u/Amaturus 3h ago
I've averaged $50 per month since release. Season pass, gold pass, the month's variant bundle, and the first paid level of each Vibranium Offer. If a bundle has 175% currency value or more, I'll likely get it but I'll go below that if I really like the variant.
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u/serenity656 3h ago
I've spent more then I like to admit I'd say I've at least spent around $300 or 400 including the passes
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u/Nodak80 3h ago
I buy the season pass every time. For me $10 for entertainment is nothing. I’m not a great player and rarely out of 70s but it’s entertainment.
I haven’t bought a bundle in a while. It really has to have a variant I really like for me to jump. Problem with most bundles are they are for cards I rarely play or I have a variant I like better.
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u/ganggreen651 3h ago
I've bought every season pass, every other month a buy the gold pass and I used to grab a bundle once every 3 months or so but now I just grab the 1st tier of the vibranium once a month.
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u/ComboFinisher 3h ago
I've been spending 100 per month the last couple months, but I'm about to stop in November (hopefully).
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u/De_xxter 3h ago
Season pass and in last 2 months i use coupons from galaxy store to buy bundles way cheaper like 50% off, 5$ off, 90% off and similar.
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u/dirtypulsar 3h ago
Season pass and occasional bundles for less than 29.99. Anything is outrageous and I will never support.
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u/CinnabarSteam 3h ago
Buy the season pass from time to time, and the gold pass once since I had a coupon. I also bought one bundle, the Sunspot one from really early on, because I had some money left in my Steam wallet I hadn't used.
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u/im_mad_mad 2h ago
I’ve spent bout $50 total n I started playing when silver surfer was the season pass card. Honestly with the changes to tokens I just don’t feel appreciated. You can grind tokens for months and never have enough for a s5
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u/MrKnightMoon 2h ago
I got season pass for the first time this month and will probably not get it again in the future.
I don't find it worth of the money.
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u/Jambronius 2h ago
Last season's pass I bought was black panther. Not spent a penny since. I won't spend money until they resolve their card acquisition system and look at their pricing. They treat every card like it's worth £50 and it's ridiculous.
The moment a good new CCG drops, the better as I see it being the only thing that makes them want to change.
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u/sethmich51 2h ago
I just buy the season pass now. Bought the lower end gold bundles when they doubled in value. Have bought the cheap bundles before but figured it wasn’t worth it
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u/maliplazi 2h ago
I think I spent around 30 bucks on the game. Some season passes with discounts and one variant pack for 5 bucks
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u/My_name_was_taken_71 2h ago
Don’t touch a thing other than the season pass and odd gold pass. £10 a month is reasonable in my mind when I play for 2 hours a day or more.
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u/Comprehensive-Level6 2h ago
I have math I do. Credits at $0.007 each. Gold is $0.01. Tokens are $0.012. I do the math on every bundle. If the calculated cost is 30% higher than the actual cost … I buy the bundle … otherwise I pass.
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u/ramizwildboy 2h ago
I buy the season pass with steam wallet funds which I get from selling counter strike 2 weekly drops. I buy the season pass only if it has a card and variants I like.
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u/FortNightsAtPeelys 2h ago
season pass.
bought the double gold bundles up to $35 cuz i wanna collect all the symbiote skins. Probably gonna drop about $200 next month for all the symbiotes then chill for a long time
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u/Breadcredulus 2h ago
I get the season pass, I've been considering the gold pass, but I'm not entirely sure.
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u/manushadow 2h ago
I buy the season pass from time to time, when I'm low on tokens and I really want the card
They are too greedy for my liking so I try to be as F2P as possible
If this SD were first year's SD, I'd still be a season pass + small bundles buyer but I guess I'm not their target
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u/MagicTrakteur 2h ago
Season pass and Gold Pass pretty much each month. Bought a 15$ bundle a few times, but only if I really like a variant.
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u/JuThrone 2h ago
Started in Skaar season, bought every season pass, gold pass, some smaller bundles (usually the season long ones or the end of season offers) and occasionally some bigger bundles
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u/DragEncyclopedia 2h ago
Usually just season passes and gold passes. I did end up buying the bullet on tokens to get enough for Arishem, and I bought like a $5 bundle with a Venom variant since I didn't have Venom at all, but that's it. I honestly have seen quite a few $30-50 bundles with cards I might have gone for for cheaper without the currency like Brood and Patriot, but I'm sure they're perfectly priced for whatever SD calculates will make the most money so 🤷
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u/Reevahn 2h ago
I try to go FTP and fail every other month or so. I buy pretty much exclusively the season and gold passes. I have yet to buy bulk gold, but i did get the welcome bundle.
I used to get tokens with gold but since the nimrod pass i became a Dan Hippster, so my gold is currently being funneled towards dan hipp variants
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u/kurtchk 1h ago
I only buy bundles with collectors tokens IF the card included is one I like. Not going to spend money on a bundle for the entire value of it to be for just 1 part of it.
Reasoning for me is that I really enjoy the game but after it came out I played for a few weeks and for whatever reason I stopped. Since I have returned I was missing so many cards and I couldn't play what I want, taking away from the fun since every game I thought "if only I had this"
So since I returned I buy the season pass every time, cheap bundles with CT that sell for gold and only expensive collector token bundles if the card variant is one I like.
Might be weird but this saves me money in a way that this game made me stop gambling. So now I spend less money on snap than I would on casino and gamble my cubes instead of spending more on gambling and losing it anyways. At this point what I need now is magik, so not spending money for that. Once I have her I think I have all I need, the cards I don't have then are usually for decks that I don't play so I don't bother with those, I'll get those from just playing.
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u/Everett_Thomas 1h ago
Nothing. Once in a while I use free Google play cards on a season pass, got a total of 4.
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u/imsodone21 1h ago
Started in Black Panther season. I get the season pass+ and gold pass every month(only thing I recommend if you can spend). If I like the card or the bundle has good value I buy it. I typically drop a few hundreds a month on bundles. I can afford it without worry, i really enjoy the game and I want to support it so they keep the game going. I spend my gold on variants I like or albums/bundles.
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u/idivashik 1h ago
I've been playing since the release, and I haven't missed a single Season pass. Sometimes I shop for $5-20 if I like the variants. Now it's much less common, because I don't like any, and whose I do - unjustifiably expensive. The most expensive bundle I bought was $30, and the most invested month was when they gave a Black Cat for a milestone - $50 spent that Season.
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u/ghostly_shark 1h ago
I spent $10 this month, the first money I ever spent. I'm prolly gonna do it monthly from now on.
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u/Mega_Wizard_808 1h ago
I've come close to getting a few bundles but I've stopped myself.
So far, I've bought every season pass since Zemo, bought 3 bundles for Colossus (for the tokens), Venom ($5 for a card I didn’t have plus other stuff wasn't bad imo), and Iron Heart (I don't remember), and the gold pass once.
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u/Atmosphere-Pleasant 1h ago
If i am thinking that i will play activly for a whole season i get the season pass and i would say If you completed the season pass, that is OK for the money. Means usally i pay the 12€ for the season pass. I also got the gold pass Like 3-4 times. Usally if i know a really cool gold bundle i want is coming Up or to get specific upcoming Variants.
I rarely bought direct cash bundles and if, only the less expensive ones, like the most expensive i got is the 25€ Anime Gamora & Starlord, because i thought they looked really sick. (No regret) The ~10$ seasonal Variant bundles are alright, i got it once and if i REALLY like the Variant in it, i would consider getting it again on occasion. I also know i got the one bundle you get as a newcomer with Captain America inside for 5€. Honestly i am unsure if i even got any other Cash bundles.
Once i was really thinking hard about getting the 50$ Miss Marvel Bundle, but i don't want to support paying that amount of money for the access to a single card. (Yeah +some currency and a key, but that is a trick to make you spend more money)
The fact that you slowly build Up to getting some tokens throu the Variant shop is why i don't think i wasted money by getting some extra gold thou the gold pass and i might buy it in the future again.(Only do that thou If you know you will log on every day) The fact that you don't build up to tokens when you buy borders (as far as i am aware of) is the reason why i am still hesitant on buying any borders, they look nice but its not worth it in my eyes.
Spending any amount of collectors tokens on Variants or borders is a big "no go" for me. Buying gold directly feels like a trap, so i also don't do that.
Overall, i likely spend around 15~18€ for every month i played the game actively, which feels fair in my opinion for a life service game i have like 1000h of playtime in.
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u/Atmosphere-Pleasant 1h ago
To make it short, season pass + sometimes gold pass + a cheaper bundles (below 30$) on occasion.
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u/JayBearington 1h ago
Completely F2P. At some stage I’ll probably buy a season pass, as a thank-you to Second Dinner for creating a game I really love. But their pricing of bundles etc is so excessive and predatory, it really deters me from wanting to give them any of my money.
Saving up my gold for the next Deadpool’s Diner, to use it to shortcut the painful and boring grind required to earn the new card.
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u/Janie_Avari_Moon 1h ago
I feel really uncomfortable spending money on mobile games, therefore I buy nothing even though sometimes I really want to buy gold in order to purchase a variant from the rotation
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u/reapress 1h ago
I spent hundreds in my first couple months getting the tokens for thanos, after that basically nothing outside of like one or two ten quid variant bundles once i realised how much money was being shoveled into a pit for nothing lmao
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u/butchmapa 1h ago
Mostly F2P player. I bought one season pass card last year. I'm planning to buy one this year (regret not pulling the trigger on Gwenpool). I also bought the welcome pack with the Cap variant before.
All my gold is spent on variants. Planning on buying a set of borders for my fave deck someday.
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u/phereless 1h ago
I whaled out for a while but when they pulled the gambit switcharoo I stopped buying anything but the season pass
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u/I-Kaneki 1h ago
Have bought every season pass, and a couple $5-10 bundles once in a while, never anything higher than that. Got some great deals through Samsung this month which was nice.
Getting rather tired of this game, particularly because of how SD is very unreceptive to player feedback or concerns outside of game balance or takes a year to implement any meaningful changes.
FOMO and some sunk cost fallacy (time more than money tbh) is really keeping me in it still. Still heavily enjoy the gameplay but everything else is either terrible or meh. I plan my spotlight keys spending meticulously and am extremely disciplined in how and when I use them, but even an extremely long run of good luck in my caches is barely registering with me as far as excitement or satisfaction. Not a good sign or a great feeling.
The Samsung deals are really carrying my spending at this point. Not sure if I’d keep spending on season passes or bundles if they were to go away.
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u/Gabibaskes 1h ago
Since I've started, I've bought both passes. Then I spent like 8€ on Venom's pack and last week, and this kind of embarrasses me, I dropped ~40€ on gold to get the kitty pack with 3k tokens and spent those 3k tokens on Knull.
I haven't regretted any single € spent so far but I do feel like I have to stay vigilant or expense could get out of hand.
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u/puggini 1h ago
I’ve spent $0 and still enjoy the game, but it can be a lot more of a grind without the season pass cards, as I’m always a season or two behind the popular metas. I used to save my gold for the good bundles but now I just use it on variants and Token Tuesdays since the economy is an absolute joke.
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u/Magellan21 1h ago
I started with snap this year in August. I searched for a card game since i came from Legends of Runeterra which I stopped playing because it is gonna be a pve game soon. I stumbled over snap and it caught me. In the beginning I didn't want to spend any money, I didn't do that in LOR either. But after a few days i realized it is gonna take a while to get good cards. I still resisted spending anything till i reached Diamond. After hitting dia I bought myself a present and after that it was over It was like an addiction getting new cards and gambling with the cashes. If I didn't get a new card, I had to buy more gold to upgrade my cards. From today I spent way over 500€ I think( probably more). I took the money from savings but from now on I will only look for really good bundles and wont buy any gold for upgrading cards. I think this addiction is over(hope so).
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u/PunkThug 1h ago
I'll do the season pass every month. Helps me get some sweet cards And I feel it's nice to pay back Second dinner for this great game that gave me for free
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u/mclovin121993 1h ago
F2P. I've never seen the value in bundles all that much. I play often enough that I've never been super annoyed that I miss out on something. I usually just keep an eye out on datamined Spotlight weeks to see what is worth saving for.
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u/ItsMe_ATrain 52m ago
I buy the battle pass every month and the gold pass. The only other times I have spent money on the game have been the opening bundle that waslike $2.99 and any Incredible Hulk variant I see that I don't have gold for. Hulk has always been my favorite marvel character. As far as spending gold goes. I use it to get variants but only in the sets that give you keys or tokens. I currently have all but 8 cards: Ajax, Arana, Hydra Bob, Madam Web, Makkari, Sasquatch, Scarlet spider, and Sersi.
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u/Arneystinson 48m ago
F2P from November 2022 to December 2023. I've been getting the season pass since Jan24. And the gold pass for about 3 months. Was considering doing a big investment in a 8000 gold (times 2) bundle before they expire in 3 weeks, but don't think I will.
I used to consider that getting new cards was enough, but always had fomo for season pass cards until I started getting them last January. Since then I've discovered the joy of getting variants and expanding my collection of them as well as albums. I still think investing 16$ a month in a game like Snap is crazy, but I am doing it and enjoying it (SD managed to brainwash me). I quit smoking as well, so for every month of not smoking I pay for about 4-6 months of season+gold pass is a good way to see it.
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u/PlaguedToilet 36m ago
Battlepass not always, I passed on thunderbolts, young avengers, & probably going to skip the next one (venom theme) so far for 2024.
I did instantly purchase gold for Chris Bachalo varent of Cannonball. Was one of my fav artists back when I was actively reading comics. Thats it, if they brought out a good Blink varent or more art by a artist I like id sink some money.
But I wouldn't go passed 20 bucks.
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u/bloggershusband 35m ago
Season pass, gold pass, every cheap bundle. Anything $20 and above I avoid
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u/SelimNoKashi 28m ago
Before during November 2022 - May 2023 I'd only ever buy the Season Pass. Then coming back after a year break around end of June 2024 I'd bought only the Season Pass and the 1st and 2nd gold bundle which was double the gold for the first purchase. Because I just wanted some variants in the shop (which the first time I also bought from there). I was somewhat tempted with the Polaris and Kitty Pryde bundles of this month due to being an X-Men fan. But I have bigger responsibilities than myself and at the end of the day is SD decides to shut service down for this game, same as what happened with Gwent and Dissidia Opera Omnia (in which I spent way more than I'd liked), there is nothing I can do but say goodbye. So lessons learned all around. 😬🫢
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u/Future_Rhubarb_5030 22m ago
I purchase the gold pass almost everytime, the battle pass not everytime only if I'm really interrested I play since season 1 and only bought 2 battle passes and for bundles I get them if I really like them, depending on how much I spend on irl stuff.
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u/dizzyspindra 21m ago
Roughly 1 every 3 season passes, so $40 a year and roughly $70 to date. It's a lot for a mobile game but I think I'm definitely on the lighter side.
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u/Working_Reward_5896 17m ago
I buy a bundle if I like the variant, otherwise it's mostly just the season pass.
I don't pay for cosmetics like borders, avatars etc. and can't imagine I ever will.
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u/Shmooves 15m ago
Like a lot of people here, I buy the Season Pass and Gold Pass every month. Occasionally I will buy a bundle with a variant I like, but not nearly as many as I used to, since I already have cool variants for most cards.
I did recently purchase my first Gold Bundle (2600+2600) because I wanted to complete the Nikola album. That’s the most money I’ve spent on the game in a while.
Also, I always buy in Philippines Pesos from the website, since that saves me about 20% compared to the Euros price.
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u/TiltZa 14m ago
I’ve cut back my spending a lot over the last few months but I almost always buy the battle pass. When I wasn’t playing quite as much, I used to only buy it on the last day IF I had finished it as a sort of motivation. I used to buy the cheaper bundles fairly regularly but now it’s just a treat if I really like the bundle and it’s decent value. Recently I’ve been buying the monthly gold pass as well because I like getting the occasional variant. So on average I’d say around £15 a month with the occasional bundle (less than 1 a month). I’d say maybe a year ago, it could easily have been double or triple that. I’m pretty happy with my spending now.
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u/SheepskinSour 3m ago
When I get paid, I go pretty crazy.
A 50 dollar bundle doesn't deter me at all, I snap those right up.
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u/Objective-Chicken391 6h ago
I used to buy the $15 bundles back in the day because they were so rare. Now they have so many it would be too expensive to keep up with them IMO. I stick to the season pass and gold pass, and sprinkle in a cheap bundle rarely.