Packs

Packs are the main way for users to obtain our trading cards. You can read more about the different card types on the Card Types page.

There are currently four types of standard card packs you can buy in the CBL Portal using your Currency (and optionally also 1-3 Boosters):


 * Basic Packs (100 tokens, 0-5 GC, optional booster use)
 * Lottery Packs (200 tokens, 0-5 GC, optional booster use)
 * Special Packs (300 tokens, 0-5 GC, optional booster use)
 * Retro Packs (300 tokens, 0-5 GC)

Basic Packs
These are the cheapest pack option available. These packs dish out 3 cards for just 100 tokens, but only distributes cards of the Base, IF, SIF, and XIF types.

Their main advantage is in allowing you to build up your album quickly and giving you more options to trade with other users for the cards you really want.

Lottery Packs
These are, as you might suspect from the name, the biggest gamble amongst the pack options. You receive only one card, but you have the chance of receiving any card that's been created, including Special Cards that are only seasonally available in other packs.

Special Packs
These are the most commonly purchased pack, for a reason. You arguably get the best of both worlds: 3 cards like in Basic Packs, and the chance of Special Cards instead of only Base-XIF cards, though at a slightly higher cost.

Retro Packs
These are the only pack type that contain Retro and Playboy cards at a reasonable rate. The only other way to get these two card types is via Lottery Packs, although the drop rate for them in those packs is very low.

Drop Rate tables
Below are the card drop rates for each pack (as of March 19th, 2023, so there may have been some changes as of the time you may be reading this). You can always see the most up-to-date pack odds on our Discord in the #card-discussion channel, or on the Portal in the pack info section when you go to buy a pack.

Where you see multiple card types in a given row on a drop rate table, the corresponding percentage is evenly distributed amongst each card type, i.e. in a Special Pack bought with 0 Gold Coins, there is a 1% chance each of getting a UK card and a USA card (listed as 2% in the table).

Note the 6-8 GC parts of the Special Pack drop rate table. As explained at the bottom of the table itself, this happens if a Booster is used, and it results in a Special Card downgraded to an XIF. You can read more about this mechanic on the Boosters page.

Seasonal Packs
Seasonal Packs are only available for a limited time. You receive a much higher chance of getting Card Types that are featured for the season, as well as often other drop rates for specific special cards. It's up to you if you want to keep buying the standard packs, or get Seasonal Packs while they are in rotation.

Some examples of Seasonal Packs that we often have had:


 * Summer Packs (300 tokens, 0-5 GC)
 * Equinox Packs (300 tokens, 0-5 GC)
 * Valentine Packs (300 tokens, 0-5 GC)
 * HWN Packs (300 tokens, 0-5 GC)
 * XMAS Packs (300 tokens, 0-5 GC)

Voting off-season packs with CX cards
When the CBL voting season is in one of its off-seasons - typically taking a break from the main-league voting on the Subreddit for a few weeks - we sometimes run special CX Packs, where the drop rate of CX Cards is high. Often, the CX Cards will not drop at all in the other packs, and sometimes we also have PL Cards drop at a very low rate in these packs.

Gifting Packs
When buying a pack, you have the option to buy the pack as a gift to another user. Make sure to enter the user's reddit username and not their discord tag.

All content of the pack will go to the giftee, but it will be credited to the user who bought the pack, so make sure to tell your giftee what you got them!

Raffle Ticket chances
If you buy a Special, Seasonal, Retro, CX, ... (all 300+ tokens packs, so anything but Basic or Lottery) pack with 5 GC and the pack generated 3 IF-cards, you are entitled to 1 Raffle Ticket. This will be handed out by a mod / vol at their earliest convenience.

If the pack contains a Base-SIF card of one of that week's Bonus Celebs, you will be entered in a drawing to win a Raffle Ticket. If it is a XIF card you will automatically win an RT. This will all be handled automatically in the backend and will be delivered to you during the Bonus Celeb announcements.

In case of a gifted pack, the RT will go to the giftee.