In this article, we will look at whether or not buying divine order packs is a good investment or not. The way we will look at this is examining trial of the gods cards and where they have gone since those packs were eliminated. I would love it if Gods Unchained let you sell packs on the secondary market but have not been able to locate anywhere that this is done. Please comment below if you know of anywhere as that may be another possible investment opportunity for divine order packs.
Trial of the Gods went out of print and off the market in and around May of 2021. This is the time period we will look at when examining the cards and will focus on common cards as those are the cards you are more likely receiving in a pack. Packs are a little bit of a lottery ticket so there is obviously large swings in value based on luck. Here are three well known cards and where there value has gone from a year ago until now and what we can garner for divine order cards going forward.
Jaguar Staff
A very powerful card that has seen its place in the meta over the course of the past year since trial of the gods was put out of print. Price currently stands at $4.43 and started out in April of 2021 at around $1.50. This would be an ROI of close to 200%. A unique card like the jag staff is not going to be in every pack so let us look at some less meta defining cards from this expansion set.
Nokkvi Pillager
With the aggro play from war, this card has not seen as much consistent play as other twin strike creatures from war. I used it early on in my game play with good success as a finisher paired with divine shield. The card started April 2021 around $1 and currently sits at .80 cents currently. Not the same investment return as the jag staff that is for sure. The pillager has been up as high as eight dollars at one point during the boom at the beginning of the year but time will tell whether we see that again.
Olympian Guard
Olympians saw a little boost with the core refresh however have recently dropped back down in the meta along with the light god as a whole. This card was around $1.50 in April of 2021 and is currently sitting at $2.31. ROI is approximately 50% on this card. A second card with a value increase but not quite the same as our jag staff we introduced first.
Let us add some context and final conclusions on the data we just presented. As always, the meta and usability of a card will always drive the overall value for the long term. Cards available is also important to consider as trial of the gods commons are around 25,000 on token trove compared to near 100,000 for divine order cards. 4x the print number will present a difficulty in having the same investment grade potential for divine order cards compared to trial of the gods.
Lastly, every trial of the gods card has gone up in value at some point since last year. That is very promising for divine order and possibly the best data point to look at when thinking about buying packs. Without the ability to know what cards are in the packs and most likely getting more common than any other rarity, having a positive return to all cards is really a great thing to see. The only downside to present that would prevent this from happening to divine order is if there is a relative decrease in player base which seems unlikely given crypto is down across the board and unique player numbers have been remaining steady over the past month.
In conclusion, investing in divine order packs seems like a relatively safe investment if you believe in the overall potential of Gods Unchained. As mentioned before, creating an ability to put packs on immutable or another marketplace would further solidify the safety of these packs.
With DO being 4x supply of TOTG, I don't see prices going up for a while. GU has been bleeding a ton of players right now.
I agree. Definitely a long term play until crypto as a whole goes back up. Thanks for reading!