{"id":3424,"date":"2025-04-08T15:08:53","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T13:08:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/codes4tcg.live\/?p=3424"},"modified":"2025-05-11T08:14:13","modified_gmt":"2025-05-11T06:14:13","slug":"dusting-scorer-v2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/codes4tcg.live\/en\/2025\/04\/08\/dusting-scorer-v2\/","title":{"rendered":"PTCGL credit farming – Dusting Scorer v2"},"content":{"rendered":"

I developed my own Pokemon TCG Live dusting simulator\/scorer @ dust.4tcg.live<\/a> because:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. I wanted to understand the topic, to give good recommendations on which PTCGL codes to buy.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. TrustYourPilot’s TCG Live economy videos are genius, but people reported different numbers in comments (OBF being 41k-43k).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Pokedata simulator seems great but stopped with „Temporal Forces“.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    I called it a Dusting „Scorer“, because it picks up the idea of TrustYourPilot’s video, to factor in code prices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Bug on Pokedata<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

    I was a bit shocked when I found out that some of the numbers we all looked at, were really skewed.
    Looking at pull tables on pokedata, I realized that upgrade slots hit high rarities far too often. Those are typically slots 1-3 that have a very low chance to hit a high rarity card.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    This error has higher impact on sets where those „Upgrade Cards“ have a low count, creating an unrealistic amount of dust. Thus sets like e.g Celebrations and DetectivePikachu are not impacted.
    I had a brief chat about the suspicion on Bluesky and the author confirmed that this is „probably a bug“.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    SET<\/th>Upgrade Cards<\/th>Pokedata<\/th>Dust4TCG<\/th>Difference<\/th><\/tr>
    TEF<\/td>56<\/td>50<\/td>47<\/td>– 6%<\/td><\/tr>
    OBF<\/td>33<\/td>57<\/td>43<\/td>– 25%<\/td><\/tr>
    PGO<\/td>30<\/td>89<\/td>65<\/td>– 27%<\/td><\/tr>
    SHF<\/td>27<\/td>71<\/td>55<\/td>– 23%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    Experiment with SHF<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

    I chose shining fates because I have plenty of codes from this set, not much redeemed (13 cards for expanded) and the numbers are not overlapping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Only 1% of my dustings runs could barely reach the minimum I got on pokedata.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Shining Fates is especially interesting because it only has 1 RainbowRare card (Alcremie VMax), hitting a ridiculous amount of 7-32 times in my testing runs on pokedata.
    Statistically you should expect to hit 6.4 of this card.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    <\/th>Pokedata<\/th>Dust4TCG<\/th><\/tr>
    Min<\/td>60990<\/td>47105<\/td><\/tr>
    Max<\/td>83645<\/td>66650<\/td><\/tr>
    Avg<\/td>71000<\/td>55000<\/td><\/tr>
    99% below<\/td><\/td>60625<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

    My Result<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

    Credits: 52590
    Rainbow Rare Pulls: 6<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    I know, it is just 1 sample of a 400 pack opening.
    But given all the evidence, I think my numbers seem more reasonable.
    Let me know if you have feedback. I have plans for its future, but for now I think it serves good already.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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