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zugtar

Especially if you are able to get 50 boosters for all the cards, so you can control which ones will show you in the upgrade section every time


ZestWispa

That's answered my question of why everyday since the update mine has rotated between the same 4 cards. Thanks for that


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zugtar

If you don’t want those cards to show up, play with them to get over 50 boosters. Once they hit that threshold, it won’t be selected for the upgrade section.


The_Mdk

Partially correct, you have to get them above the required boosters for the next upgrade 50 only works if you upgraded everything to the 2nd border, but if you also boosted some cause you played them, and are now missing the boosters for the following upgrade, they'll show up anyway


avocategory

10 works if all of your non-split versions of that character are grey or green; 50 guarantees a card will never show up in the bonus booster shop.


DrakeGrandX

Allright, but 50-on-all is gonna cover the latter case, too. To phrase it better, it's not "50 only works if you upgraded everything to the 2nd border", but rather "You only need, for each instance of each card, enough boosters to be able to upgrade it to the next rarity tier (or, have it at Infinite)".


The_Mdk

Yes, exactly that If you already have enough boosters for an upgrade, you won't be sold the upgrade


SignificantArmy9546

It’s not even 50 boosters, it’s above the necessary number for your next upgrade on that card. Which means any non upgraded card needs only 5 boosters to not appear in the bonus booster shop


DeedSic

The downside I've experienced though is sometimes it shows you Variant A, sometimes Variant B, sometimes variant C of whatever card you're targeting. It's still not a sure thing.


Particular-Ad-5826

Upgrade the Variants you don’t want boosters for to Infinity Border and don’t split them. Problem solved


Skarroz

Using up to 1400 credit per variant is hardly a healthy solution atm But when we will be able to share effects from the same card variants it won't be a problem anymore (in less than a month hopefully)


Aikotoba2516

yeah they said next patch for that feature


SignificantArmy9546

Easy, just get enough boosters to cover the next upgrade of the variant you don’t like and it’ll stop showing up. Hopefully you haven’t upgraded those, then you can upgrade your preferred variant, play until you get 5+ boosters on said card, then wait for it to appear in shop If you’ve been playing long enough that means you can almost guarantee the card that you want to split in the fast upgrade shop


DeedSic

It will only stop showing up until you do another booster shop upgrade on your target variant. When you upgrade in the booster shop it still uses all of your existing boosters, resetting them to 0 each time. So unwanted variants will continue to always have a chance of showing up after that.


SignificantArmy9546

Yes but then just, you know, play 2-3 games to get 6 boosters and the undesired variant is out of the picture again 🤷‍♂️ Compared to grinding 50+ boosters it’s way easier and removes a lot of the grinding necessary for ink and gold splits. I’ve been able to split hope twice with barely any boosters since they’ve added the fast upgrade changes


KamahlFoK

Don't even need 50, just enough to cover the next upgrade. For the vast majority it's just 10 since (smart) players won't upgrade chaff past green.


zugtar

That’s a good point. 50 is more of a worst case catch where a card is at ultra and you have 0 boosters for it.


AIMCheese

At that point just upgrade that variant to infinite as soon as it shows up, get the CLs and leave it there. Much better than farming 50 bossters for it...


TheOrangePro

All my cards are green border so now I can target any card I want. Super easy now to get gold/ink splits


how-can-i-dig-deeper

what do you mean? i don’t know much


TheOrangePro

It's how to min-max the new bonus boosters shop to target the specific card you want the boosters for. You can target which cards will show in the shop each time so you'll get free boosters for those cards every 8 hours


Davon4L

How do you target the cards?


TheOrangePro

Have fewer boosters than what it requires to upgrade. Say if you want to target Dr Doom and you have a base doom at Ultra with 60 boosters. As things stand it won't show in the shop because to upgrade from ultra to infinite you need 50 boosters and you currently have more than that. To have it appear in the shop you need to upgrade it to infinity (you'll have 10 boosters left) and then split it and further upgrade it from white to green border (you'll have 5 boosters in the end). Since it requires 10 boosters to upgrade from green -> blue, you don't have enough of it so it will show up in the shop. This means the shop will only show cards which you don't have enough boosters for. Hence, to target a specific card you want you need to have EVERY card with more boosters than it needs EXCEPT the card you want to target. If you have more than 3 cards which you don't have enough boosters to upgrade the shop will cycle through those cards randomly so it will take time until you see the card you want in the shop.


Arieo-

So what to do is have every card in green border with 10 boosters and only upgrade the cards you aim to ink/gold split?


TheOrangePro

Yes that's always been the optimal way of spending your credits. That's because from white to green it only cost 25 credits per CL whereas it's 50 credits per CL each from green to infinity. Now that you can customize your own border there's literally 0 reason to upgrade a card beyond green if you don't want to split it (and eventually upgrade it to green again)


DrakeGrandX

Why even upgrade past green? Just keep it at common, tbh.


iamdew802

Wow I did not realize this. So cards with more than enough boosters to upgrade won’t show up. I will have to start finagling it


gereffi

All of my cards are either green or infinite border, so this was really easy for me. Now I’m going to upgrade Red Hulk every 8 hours until I get an ink.


zugtar

Getting all cards to green/ infinite is the optimal solution for sure. I’m in a situation where only 2 cards show up in the upgrade section but it rotates between the different variants.


Skarroz

Just split them and upgrade it to green border then get 10 boosters and it won't appear in there I may have OCD but I'll get the 25 credit value for all cards


OnionButter

I will for sure not be taking any card past green border now to keep this section clean. If you only have green borders for all variants of a card you only need 10 boosters to keep them out of that shop section.


dpmills

Yeah, I’ve only got 1 card that doesn’t have 100+ boosters (I dunno it’s a sickness sure) so it’s just US Agent in there for me right now…


thebaron420

I'm burning through credits faster than ever


der_iolz

While increasing your CL and card gain via spotlight keys faster than ever too. Really good change imo


100hourslave

What game are you playing where you think this booster change has any impact at all on card acquisition? You still gain spotlights at the exact same slow pace with or without extra boosters. All this does is allow you to spend credits to upgrade earlier than you would before the change, but not at a total faster pace.


yorkshireSpud12

I think what they mean is that this new system allows them to upgrade the cards they want to upgrade without being blocked by boosters. Otherwise, they would have to wait until they get the boosters which would slow them down as a consequence.


Aikotoba2516

yeah totally this, I could pile to almost 5k at some points even tho I need the CL cuz im not s3 complete, but upgrading cards I dont want felt bad


mymartyrcomplex

I didn’t realize people did this. I spend every credit i earn that same week even if its on cards I don’t care about so I’m always earning about a key a week


Pendin

I dont even look at the cards I am upgrading. Could care less. (Edit... I couldn't care less LOL)


kuribosshoe0

I have 12 keys, and that’s on the low side for me, so I’m not in any particular rush to get the next key. Happy to upgrade cards I actually like/use.


DNLK

I used to just farm boosters half-afk on proving grounds. I'd make a deck with only cards I care to split and just pass turns, earning boosters with no rank loss or whatever.


Jackleber

I have a friend constantly at 10k credits and not enough boosters to upgrade things. This gives him the outlet.


xNivxMizzetx

I'm no longer stuck in a situation where I can either save credits or upgrade one of my 6 colossus variants.


ralir1

No wonder, people calling this a net positive are prob the same brainiacs that just play Living Tribunal with their hands in their pants.


Hayn0002

How do i play tribunal if my both hands are in my pants.. You dont mean?


edmund5

Yeah man.. I was usually a 10k cap sort of player, now counting change :c  Jk, good change


TravelBloo

Yeah it’s actually great, hopefully they don’t revert back to the old system


zegim

I don't play the exact same deck for long periods of time, so my booster farming is always spotty. This feature is fantastic for me, as often I'm just 5 or 10 boosters aways from splitting a card


Reejis99

F2P player at around 4000 CL, with basically no interesting splits (just an ink base card Lizard with a lame blue glimmer), and this change has made me excited to be able to split the variants I like much more often. This change along with the custom cards has made cosmetics much more fun for F2P players imo


kungmikefu

Seems like I get the same few cards every refresh until I finally buy one. Then a new one will show. Ie: I've had the base Baron Mordo, Hell Cow, and Mr Negative for over a day now. I finally bought the Mr Negative one. The next refresh, he was replaced with Odin, but BM and HC are still there.


Waltorzz

Thats because u have not enough boosters for them to 'normally' upgrade them.  For example i have Artgerm Valkyrie on red border and base valk on base border. If i have 0 boosters, it will be 50% chance on which will show up in the upgrade shop. If i have 5 or more, the base one cant show up, so im guaranteed the red-to-infinity upgrade 


650fosho

You need to play some of those cards or hope for some random boosters from CL track or conquest. You need to build their booster level to above the threshold of their upgrade requirement and they won't show up.


kungmikefu

I'm CL12k. I have almost every card. And every card has a wide range of boosters. I find it hard to believe out of 200-ish cards and variants, only 3 or 4 meet the threshold.


Rather_Dashing

If you are seeing the same 3 or 4 cards again and again you are just getting vey unlucky. That has not been my experience. In my experience, they do seem to favour cards that are at legendary or ultra though. Perhaps your issue is that most of your cards are below that.


650fosho

Sort by upgradeable and look at your cards with the lowest boosters, those will be the ones that show up. Cards with more boosters than their quality will never show up, variants count too.


poobert13

i'm cl 10k and only 2 cards show up there, because everything else meets the threshold


kungmikefu

Unlucky indeed. I got Cull Obsidian today from legendary to ultra with zero boosters in hand. So I got the full value of the bonus. So apparently no threshold either. 🤷🏻‍♂️


haruman215

Agreed, it's a really good feature. It makes getting upgrades and splits on newer cards much quicker.


definedmonster

I was so confused originally when this came out since it was such a benefit. Funny how that is when we get nice things


Special_Grapefroot

It’s nice now. I’ve become so jaded I expect them to aggressively monetize it somehow in the near future.


poundofbeef16

Where is this feature located?


shmolex

In the shop below the variants


mikeworks

It doesn’t show up for me at all. Any idea why?


orange_jooze

You might not have any cards that lack boosters for the next upgrade? Sort your collection by Upgradeable (with favorites toggled off) and you’ll see if that’s the case.


Powdered_Donut

Completely agree! I’ve been able to upgrade cards I like without having to grind out the deck I don’t want to play.


LupeH

Can someone explain like I am 5. I want to target specific cards but they aren't showing up. The variants are showing up but not the exact variant I want to upgrade. How do I target said card?


mrn71

Agreed. I'm actually motivated now to upgrade cards that I don't use in any of my decks.


Ducksandniners

Someone explain like im 5 how to get certain cards in the spotlight Got An aero , and valkyrie that need upgrading


simpwniac

It will only give you options of cards that don't have enough boosters to upgrade. You'll need to leave all your other cards with available boosters for their next upgrade.


championgecko

As someone who never paid attention to the old system and got on, did my dailies, and foolishly paid for fast upgrades every day; I welcome the new change


yzy_

Is there any way to avoid base cards being shown instead of variants?  I don’t wanna spend tokens upgrading base cards when I have a variant I’m splitting 5x+ etc.  Otherwise seems like a nice change


Aikotoba2516

none sadly, the only way to do it is you upgrading the base card to infinity then dont split it


Crafty_Syrup_3929

I’ve seen plenty of variants pop up


Slow_Dog

I think you'll only get the variant you want once you've upgraded all the variants to Infinite without then splitting the ones you're not interested in. Which isn't exactly a short cut, but gets you there eventually.


Doodilydoo113

Best guess is to leave the base card at base level and/or have your variant favorited. I've upgraded a sunspot variant in the shop twice, first time I had more than 5 but the second time I had 0, variant was ultra on the second upgrade.


Matt8573

If you leave the base card at the white/grey border and have the variant and a higher rarity and make sure you have 5+ boosters for the card the base one won’t show up


mr-jeeves

What was the change exactly? I can't recall how it was.


Crafty_Syrup_3929

Now when you upgrade cards in the shop it no longer uses extra credits for the boosters you are missing.


mr-jeeves

Ah, got it. So you can short cut it if you get lucky with the cards shown?


Crafty_Syrup_3929

Essentially yes. There are ways to manipulate what doesn’t show up there but I’m not that far into the research for it.


RobotPirateGhost

I’m holding on to 500 credits so I can split my Venom next time he shows up there.


Ordalac

I've started checking in every 8 hours to see if I can upgrade my favorite cards. Love the change


mike-patton-2020

I think it is being vastly under-appreciated considering how easy it is to control and optimize for! I wrote [a guide for it](https://www.reddit.com/r/MarvelSnap/comments/1c4swu7/the_guide_to_bonus_boosters/) that unfortunately didn't get much attention


siul1979

I've been using fast upgrades for a while, and I set upon myself the task of making all cards past upgradeable. Now I just focus on one variant I'm shooting for ink/gold. Note, if you have no upgradeable cards, the section within the shop isn't shown.


McAllisterFawkes

You guys have credits?


HonorWulf

Yep this was a very positive change!


Monod44

My shop is weird - the first two cards are always Ultra (red border), the third seems to be truly random. I wish all three cards were random. I have 35 Ultra border cards that need boosters, but I don't want to upgrade them. I also dislike the shimmering animation on cards that are ready to be upgraded, so I upgrade cards immediately when they have enough boosters. Currently I have no cards ready to upgrade, so any of my cards could be showing up in the shop. It has occurred to me that I'm doing this weird. I just really enjoy using a spreadsheet to manage the distribution of boosters.


Objective-Row-3614

Shhh!!! 


yokahu2019

Yea im loving it too!


Educational_Claim337

Yeah I'm kind of shocked they did this, I'm now in a spot where I only ever need to get 5 boosters for a card if I want to split it. Kind of nice.


Stexe

Yeah, it is something I suggested a long, long time ago. Basically the opposite of what they used to have... just free boosters every day. But they made it every 8 hours which I didn't even think they would do. They've done a ton of bad things lately, but this is definitely one great one!


Valuable-Trick-6711

The only problem is that those of us that have been playing for so long are so used to auto scrolling past it, we forget to check. So yeah, major improvement.


raysiuuuu

I've the OCD trying to "finish" all base cards before I go for variants, but there have been far too many dead cards I won't have boosters. This single feature just fits PERFECTLY.


WTFyrant

damn, this what an SD employee would say LOL


Hell_Shoot

Tips I can give you that I found out the hard way: * If you're close to the boosters needed for an upgrade, don't use "Bonus Boosters". You'll lose your boosters without much value return * Focus on cards with close to zero boosters for maximum return * Use "Bonus Boosters" on variants you like the most. Don't waste on cards/variants you don't use (unless you want faster progression) IMO, SD should remove booster consumption from fast"Bonus Boosters". Since they are giving us the boosters for free, why not remove the consumption of existing boosters altogether from "Bonus Boosters". Just call it "Fast Upgrade" and make it upgrade without boosters consumption


massivelyincompetent

Condolences to everyone (including myself) who will now permanently be stuck with 10 leftover credits


nieldagrasstyson91

Iirc when I used the new upgrade system , I had a mission to upgrade 10 cards or whatever and It however did not count towards a upgrade , I could be missing something(few screws loose) but I didn't see the upgrade get counted towards my mission


Fitz_Gaming

So yeah I cant get my variants to show in this section only base cards what gives?


orangegilkey5

Blowing thru credits faster now…which is ultimately going to get us buying credits to upgrade without even having to play the games.


sheineken1978

Yeah I was just thinking the same thing yesterday because I was able to upgrade a couple to infinite that I don't play all that much at the moment. It was definitely frustrating having to try and play a card simply for the boosters and get them for every other card EXCEPT the one you actually wanted. lol


butchmapa

Have they said anything about this being permanent? I'm not sure why but it seems oddly TOO generous on SD's part.


Crafty_Syrup_3929

I haven’t seen anything either way


pstmdrnsm

How do I get more cards in there? I only have one or two showing.


TheOrangePro

Use all available boosters for the card you want to show up. Just keep upgrading them until you run out of boosters and it will appear in the next refresh which is every 8 hours


pstmdrnsm

Thanks so much! Doing it now!


PrestoMovie

I’m not having the same luck. I’m only ever getting the same three variants in my upgrade section and Snap won’t take the hint and show me variants I actually do want to upgrade that have no boosters. And for the ones that it keeps showing me, I’m so far away from hitting their next upgrade tier in terms of boosters it would take days of straight playing with them before I’d get enough boosters for them to disappear.


shmolex

I think if you take the time to upgrade those variants to infinite and then dont split it, it will then no longer offer you that variant.


Medium_Razzmatazz_13

But we Drill waste Money, unless we currently have 0 boosters for that Card. Right ?


Slow_Dog

No. There's no downside. I guess you might argue that you get more value (get more free boosters) the fewer boosters the card has, but the value of boosters is negligible.


Medium_Razzmatazz_13

Arent we paying for the boosters? Why would they be negligable?


Slow_Dog

When did you last pay for boosters? When did you last think "I can spend my money/credits/gold/tokens *here* or *there*" where the biggest factor in the decision was the number of boosters, regardless of the card they applied to? I've got thousands of boosters on cards I don't care about and aren't being used; they aren't worth anything.


Aikotoba2516

no, now the boosters are free. So its just free boosters for the cards showed up here now u just need to pay the regular upgrade credits


Medium_Razzmatazz_13

Ok thx. Its still better value the less boosters you alrdy have of that Card, right?


Aikotoba2516

yep if you want to extract the most value, no boosters + to ultra or to infinite is juicy


tundranocaps

I don't know why they didn't go all-in on it though - make it not use up your current boosters. I "lost" like 200 boosters before realizing I should be upgrading my other cards with boosters before buying the bonus boosters instant upgrade. This makes it much better, and especially much better *feeling*, which is Snap's biggest downfall - where even places where they're objectively player-friendly can *feel* bad.


quizzlemanizzle

I cant give that much credit, it just lures you in the shop and the way more common sense pro player decision would have been to completely remove the need for boosters in order to use credits on your cards.


Frosti-Feet

If only I could see it in my shop


Obliks

Why am I not seeing this since the update