Rising Star: Buy a Raven or Buy Boosters?

Yesterday I put some feelers out to the community to buy a 'Raven' card and was offering 200 HIVE.

If you don't play Rising Star you may be shocked that an NFT is worth this much. This is not the most expensive card but I deem it to be one of the 'big three', the other's being 'Trenton Lundy’ and the big one..., ‘John’.

...'there's only 34 Raven's in existence. Only 150 will ever be issued. I already own two of them'...

Nobody was willing to sell me a Raven at 200 HIVE though I was offered one for 275. This wouldn't be the first Raven I have bought, my other one also cost me 200 HIVE.

Inflation has arrived on Rising Star. Fuck it, I thought.., I will buy 200 HIVE worth of packs and see if I can get a Raven or close to the value of this one card.

You can buy 23 packs of Rising Star Boosters for 100 HIVE, so I cracked 23 yesterday and 23 today.

This is the analysis of the contents.

Target - (Raven) 7500/7500 (Skill / Fans)

250 / 50 slobberchops got R4 Female Rapper, Coffee Cup, SkillBoost1 250 / 550 slobberchops got R10 Touring Coach, Coffee Cup, XPBoost10 250 / 550 slobberchops got R7 Vintage Synth, FanBoost1, i5 Cheap Mic 250 / 850 slobberchops got R11 Range Rover, SkillBoost1, SkillBoost1 250 / 850 slobberchops got R12 808 Drum Machine, Can Of Petrol, SkillBoost1 250 / 850 slobberchops got E1, i3 Cheap Keyboard, Risky Whiskey 250 / 1850 slobberchops got E2, FanBoost10, FanBoost1 500 / 1850 slobberchops got R5 Male Rapper, Pizza Box, XPBoost50 750 / 1850 slobberchops got R5 Male Rapper, i5 Cheap Mic, Can Of Petrol 800 / 1850 slobberchops got R9 The Songwriter, FanBoost5, i3 Cheap Keyboard 800 / 2350 slobberchops got R10 Touring Coach, i14 Cheap Sax, i1 Cheap Guitar 825 / 2350 slobberchops got R14 Cowbell, i1 Cheap Guitar, 11 Record Producer 825 / 2350 slobberchops got R14 Cowbell, i14 Cheap Sax, FanBoost10 825 / 2850 slobberchops got R10 Touring Coach, i14 Cheap Sax, i9 Cheap Decks 825 / 2350 slobberchops got R6 Congas, FanBoost1, 7 825 / 2350 slobberchops got R15 Retro Groovebox, SkillBoost1, i2 Cheap Drum Kit 1325 / 3350 slobberchops got E5 Headbanging Singer, FanBoost1, FanBoost50 1325 / 3650 slobberchops got R11 Range Rover, Pizza Box, FanBoost1 1575 / 3700 slobberchops got R5 Male Rapper, i4 Cheap Bass, 11 Record Producer 1625 / 3700 slobberchops got R9 The Songwriter, First Rehearsal Room, i3 Cheap Keyboard 1625 / 3700 slobberchops got R15 Retro Groovebox, SkillBoost1, i16 Cheap Cello 1625 / 3700 slobberchops got R14 Cowbell, SkillBoost1, FanBoost1 1625 / 3700 slobberchops gotR7 Vintage Synth, i16 Cheap Cello, FanBoost1

The tally was 1625 Skill / 3700 Fans. Not close to what a Raven gives me. Hopefully, the next lot of boosters would be better.

I got two Epic cards, and one of them an instrument. Headbanging Singer is the best of the Epic people cards and was my best pull.

*...'Headbanging Singer was the best pick, I am not a great fan of instrument cards, whatever their rarity'...

1650 / 3700 slobberchops got R12 808 Drum Machine, 11 Record Producer, i4 Cheap Bass 1625 / 4200 slobberchops got R10 Touring Coach, Coffee Cup, FanBoost1 1700 / 4325 slobberchops got R8 Lead Guitarist, FanBoost50, i2 Cheap Drum Kit 1700 / 4325 slobberchops got R12 808 Drum Machine, i12 RS-303 Bass Line, SkillBoost1 1925 / 4375 slobberchops got R4 Female Rapper, FanBoost1, 8 1925 / 4375 slobberchops got R6 Congas, i15 Cheap Trumpet, FanBoost1 2175 / 4435 slobberchops got R4 Female Rapper, 9 Dodgy Manager, i1 Cheap Guitar 2275 / 4585 slobberchops got R2, 8, FanBoost1 2450 / 4785 slobberchops got R3 Mod, i1 Cheap Guitar, R8 Lead Guitarist 2450 / 9785 slobberchops got L3 Pink Limo, Pizza Box, XPBoost10 2450 / 9805 slobberchops got R13 Pro Studio Mic, 12 The Ego, FanBoost5 2450 / 9805 slobberchops got R12 808 Drum Machine, i16 Cheap Cello, i4 Cheap Bass 2450 / 9805 slobberchops got R7 Vintage Synth, SkillBoost1, i12 RS-303 Bass Line 2725 / 10305 slobberchops got E8 Pop Diva, FanBoost50, 11 Record Producer 2725 / 10305 slobberchops got R7 Vintage Synth, Can Of Petrol, SkillBoost1 2725 / 10605 slobberchops got R11 Range Rover, 6, FanBoost1 2725 / 10605 slobberchops got R15 Retro Groovebox, SkillBoost1, FanBoost1 2725 / 11105 slobberchops got R10 Touring Coach, i4 Cheap Bass, FanBoost1 2725 / 11105 slobberchops got R15 Retro Groovebox, i3 Cheap Keyboard, i1 Cheap Guitar 2725 / 11105 slobberchops got R14 Cowbell, i15 Cheap Trumpet, XPBoost10 2825 / 11255 slobberchops got R2, i12 RS-303 Bass Line, FanBoost1 2825 / 11255 slobberchops got R14 Cowbell, SkillBoost1, i12 RS-303 Bass Line 2925 / 11315 slobberchops got R3 Mod, SkillBoost1, SkillBoost1

That’s a combined 2925 Skill and a whopping 11315 Fans. Great for fans, but woefully short of the 7500 skill I was looking for.

Combined I got 14240 total, just a fraction short of the 15000 Raven would give me.

...**'Having either of these will make your head swell, I will need lots of lessons to correct it, or maybe a lump hammer might do the trick?...*

All those fans are going to be a problem for my ego but can be fixed over time with music lessons.

All in all, I can’t complain. The Pink Limo helped a lot in the second bunch and I have not counted any of the other cards.

In there is a lot of 'Luck' cards, cards that will increase my learning skills in Guitar, Piano, and Drums and skill booster cards, which I can easily sell.

...**'essentials for the budding rock star, and very fluid on the marketplace'...*

Pizza boxes are extremely liquid on the 'used marketplace' and the Cold Slice sold extremely quickly for just short of 5 HIVE.

Do I regret buying these 46 packs? While they are not as good as a single 'Raven' card, with all the extras such as I mentioned above, I feel I did OK.

Opening packs also gives you a buzz feeling, and also a groan seeing yet another Vintage Synth.

No regrets, but you need at least ONE non-instrument Legend to make it worthwhile.

Take your chances or don’t.

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