Box mapping

[Taysby]

What are your thoughts on box mapping?

And do you know of a website that does it for free?  I want to do it with my own box.

[Agarrita80]

What's box mapping?

[Agarrita80]

Sounds interesting, what if it doesn't work?

[Wally]

I thought all that was just theory.

I mean, what's stopping the machine from random packing the boosters in the box?

Also do you know of one for modern masters set? Lol

[Monrodesign]

I thought all that was just theory.

I mean, what's stopping the machine from random packing the boosters in the box?

Also do you know of one for modern masters set? Lol

I didn't believe it until I watched it on YouTube, makes me kind of skiddish to buy single packs at LGS'

[Wally]

Links?

[Gorzo]

From what I've heard, box mapping is a thing of the past. Wizards changed their randomization patterns to combat mapping. I want to say they changed things around Zendikar? But this is all from conversations I've had with friends and players, which is hardly imperial evidence or factual data that I can back up, and I've never cared enough to research it. My LGS is solid. I know the owner pretty well, certainly well enough to know he'd never do anything so low as to map value away from customers. And that's why his business is doing well.

[Xaol]

From what I've heard, box mapping is a thing of the past. Wizards changed their randomization patterns to combat mapping. I want to say they changed things around Zendikar? But this is all from conversations I've had with friends and players, which is hardly imperial evidence or factual data that I can back up, and I've never cared enough to research it. My LGS is solid. I know the owner pretty well, certainly well enough to know he'd never do anything so low as to map value away from customers. And that's why his business is doing well.

I wish. They did change their printing/randomisation methods, but dedicated box mappers quickly caught on.

[Dudecore]

I was always under the impression they changed this, like Gorzo stated. I haven't seen any evidence of box mapping being a thing - I guess it's possible.

Could you supply videos?

[All-Mana Mania]

It is true. People do it all the time on youtube and they get the card the app says. BUT i do not reccomend it. Just because it takes the fun out of pack openings

[Slenderbro]

It may sound like kinda a dick move, but i used to use this to buy packs that had a high percent chance to have stuff i wanted.

My buddies open a lot of boxes. While we're sitting around setting up cameras to film it, i map the box using the app. He opened the first pack and the app told me that  {Voice of Resurgence} had an 80% chance of being in a pack on row 2. I offered 10$ for that one pack, pulled a voice, and sold it for 30$ to another guy at fnm.

It does work, but it doesnt say EXACTLY what you will get in every pack in the box. It's all percentages. The app was worth the buy because atm i'm 60$ up just from buying specific packs.

People are inclined to accept when you offer 10$ for a pack.  :-)

[Monrodesign]

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=yh1Q3WLe_iE&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dyh1Q3WLe_iE

[Monrodesign]

http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=yh1Q3WLe_iE&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dyh1Q3WLe_iE

You do have to open roughly 5-6 packs before the app calculates which cards are in which packs tho.

[Dudecore]

That's quite interesting. While slightly unfortunate. I was under the impression that they'd sufficiently randomized rares, put them into a hopper that spit them into packs.