Buyer's guide
How a break works and what happens to your cards.
01 What a break is
Sealed boxes of cards are opened on camera. The teams are split into spots and sold separately, and every card goes to whoever holds the spot for that team.
You are buying a team's cards out of these boxes — not a named card, and not a guaranteed value.
02 The seven formats
The format decides whether you choose your team or it is drawn.
| Format | How you get a team | Know before paying? |
|---|---|---|
| PYT | You choose it. Popular teams cost more. | Yes |
| Random | Every spot costs the same; teams are drawn. | No |
| POGO | You pick one team, the draw adds a second. | You know one |
| DIVY | A whole division, every team in it. | Yes |
| Random DIVY | A division, drawn. | No |
| Personal | Everything in the boxes is yours. | Yes |
| Numbered spots | No teams — card games like Pokémon. You pick a number, and the cards are dealt to the numbers on camera. | Nothing to know |
A mixer has more than one sport in it. On the Claims Sheet, spots reading team drawn at break time have not been decided yet.
03 Claiming a spot
Open a break and press Claim. The spot is yours from that moment, not from when you pay. Two people cannot end up with the same team.
On a Random break there is nothing to pick — every spot is the same until the draw — so you choose how many spots instead. Some breaks limit how many one person can take; the page says so when they do.
Pay to lock breaks say so on the page — an unpaid claim expires and the spot reopens. Otherwise your spot is held until you pay.
Cart shows what you are holding and the total.
04 Your account
- You need one to claim a spot — a username, an email and a password.
- Signing in emails you a code as well as asking for your password. If it does not arrive, check spam.
- Remember me on this browser keeps you signed in and skips the code next time. Your password is still needed. Do not tick it on a shared computer.
- Account is where you change your details, your password, and forget any remembered browsers.
05 Paying
Payment happens off this site, by PayPal or Venmo. You get a QR code and a link with the right amount already in it.
Once you have sent it, press I've paid. It shows as fully paid when the breaker confirms the money arrived. One press covers your whole cart.
06 Getting your cards
Paid cards sit in your stack until you ask for them. There is no hurry — a stack ships as one parcel, so waiting is cheaper.
| Separately | $14.00 |
| In one stack | $7.00 |
Press Ship my stack in My claims and confirm the address. When it goes out you get an email with the carrier and tracking number.
The front page shows recent big hits — if one is yours, that is your name on it. Replays in the top bar has every break we have opened on camera.
07 The draw
For Random spots, the teams are assigned by a draw once the break fills.
The draw runs from a stored seed, so it can be re-run later and checked against what was recorded. It can only happen once.
The Provenance page in the footer sets out what this site can and cannot prove.
08 If something looks wrong
Use Something wrong on this page? at the foot of any page — it files a report with the page and break already attached.
- A spot you claimed is gone. On a pay-to-lock break an unpaid claim expires. Check My claims.
- You paid but it still says you owe. Press I've paid if you have not, then give the breaker a moment.
- Your sign-in code has not arrived. Check spam, then ask for another.
- The team is not what you expected. Say so in a report — a drawn break can be checked.