r/ArenaClub

UPDATE: number has been chosen. Thanks everyone for guessing!

Hello assuming anyone can use this code and not locked to my account....

Pick a number between 1-50 and I'll give it to the closest person. Will keep this open for an hour. Have to use by 10am PST 5/21/26. good luck!

Used firstpack20 and ended up getting hit with 25% premium right back for customs... ArenaClub support said they cant ship it back to the vault either, said theres a chance customs dispose it if i refuse to pay.

I say the notification for 15% off but didn’t see what the code is. Anyone have it?

I think I’ve figured out a pretty major weakness with Arena Club’s AI grading system, specifically when it comes to low-pop patterned cards like Pulsars, Discos, cracked ice, etc.

My theory is that the AI simply doesn’t have a large enough data set for some of these cards/patterns, especially lower population parallels. Because of that, it seems to struggle distinguishing actual surface damage from the card’s intended design.

I’ve noticed multiple cases where the AI flags “surface scratches” that, to the naked eye, look like they’re just part of the refractor/pattern interacting with the player image or lighting. On cards with non-uniform patterns like Discos or Pulsars, the surface reflections change all over the card, and I think the AI is misidentifying those visual distortions as defects.

What makes me think this is a real issue:

• I’ve seen cards get perfect subs across the board except for surface
• The “surface issue” often can’t even be located clearly in-hand
• The problem seems much more common on certain patterned parallels
• I’ve compared some of these “surface scratches” to the exact same cards graded by PSA and found PSA 10s with the exact same marks/patterns the AI flagged. Since those cards still gemmed, it’s fair to assume those weren’t actually scratches
• Traditional grading companies have years of human familiarity with how these patterns naturally look under light

I’m honestly considering running an experiment:
Crack a batch of AC slabs that got dinged only on surface, then resubmit them to PSA to compare results.

Not saying PSA is perfect either, but I’m curious whether this is an actual blind spot in AI grading or if I’m completely off base.

Also, if anyone else is interested in helping with the experiment or has cards that were graded by both AC and PSA, please let me know. Would be interesting to gather more data and see if there’s actually a pattern here.

Anyone else notice this with certain parallels?

Should I keep or throw it back into the wild? $55 rip

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I just got an email for the 100% percent buyback promotion. I was planning on buying the most expensive Pokémon pack, but was wondering how I get my money back on my credit card just in case I don’t make a profit.

Have anyone else recieved the email for the risk free offer and then when you purchased a pack, you did not get your purchase price back as an offer? I just did a $2500 pack after getting the email and was only offered $1350 and admittedly I'm a little panicked. I reached out to show proof of when the email came in and when I made the purchase so now I'm just waiting. Has anyone else successfully had the risk free honored when it didnt work? Thanks!