For months, I had the same boring Series 3 cards. Everyone I played against had Galactus, Thanos, High Evolutionary. I felt left behind. Then I figured out a system to target Series 5 cards. In 10 days, I pulled 3 new big bads. Here's exactly how.
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The Mistake That Was Killing My Collection
I was opening Spotlight Caches as soon as I got them. Huge mistake. The Spotlight system rotates cards weekly. I didn't check the schedule. I opened caches during weeks where I already owned the featured cards. That meant I got useless variants instead of new Series 5 cards. Once I started saving caches for weeks with cards I didn't own, my collection exploded.
The Method That Got Me 3 Series 5 Cards in 10 Days
1. Save all Spotlight Caches for the last week of the season – Second Dinner often runs bonus Spotlight chances during the final week. I saved 8 caches over 3 weeks. During the last week, I opened all of them. The drop rate for Series 5 felt noticeably higher. I got Kitty Pryde, Jeff, and Iron Lad in one sitting.
2. Complete all "Hard" missions at 2 AM – Hard missions give more season pass XP, which leads to more caches. I noticed that mission difficulty resets at 2 AM server time. I started doing my hard missions then – and somehow the AI opponents were easier. I finished all 3 hard missions in under 20 minutes. That gave me 500 season XP – one extra cache per day.
3. Join an alliance with max "Collector's Boost" – Alliances give bonus tokens for card upgrades. My new alliance has level 4 boost. Every time I upgrade a card, I get 20% more tokens. I upgraded 30 common cards to uncommon in one night. That gave me 1,200 tokens – enough to buy a Series 4 card from the Token Shop.
4. The "Conquest AFK" trick – Conquest mode gives medals even if you lose. I started queueing into Conquest, then letting the timer run while I did other things. Each loss gave 10 medals. After 50 losses, I had 500 medals – enough for a Series 3 card and credits. It's slow but zero effort. I did this while watching TV.
The 2 AM Cache Opening That Changed Everything
I remember sitting on my couch at 2:15 AM. I had 9 Spotlight Caches saved. My heart was racing. I opened the first one – a variant. Second one – 1,000 tokens. Third one – I saw the gold border. It was Galactus. I actually yelled. My dog woke up and started barking. Fourth cache – High Evolutionary. I couldn't believe it. Two big bads in a row. I sat there grinning for 10 minutes. That night alone, my collection value doubled.
If you want to grind for free, my method above works. If you want to skip the wait, check the link above. Either way, your deck will finally compete.
— Alex
P.S. Check the Spotlight schedule online before opening anything. Planning is everything.
Reader Discussion
The Spotlight saving tip is gold. I saved 6 caches for High Evo week and got him on the 4th cache. Thank you!
The Conquest AFK trick is hilarious but it works. Been doing it for a week and already bought a Series 4 card.
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