Card ripping glossary: every term, drawn
29 words the apps use, from FMV to oripa. Each has a plain meaning, a dated figure read on public pages and a link to the page that covers it.
By Alexander Korsager · Checked 7 October 2026 · We earn nothing from any app on this site
FMV2 of 27apps name the outside price source their value starts from.
Every term
Search by any name an app uses, or pick a kind. The figure on each card is dated and sourced.
- FMVMoney out
Fair market value (FMV)
Also: estimated value, market value, insured valueThe app's own dollar figure for a card. The sell-back offer is a share of it. It is not a quoted market price, and the app sets it.
2 of 27apps name the outside price source their value starts fromEach app's terms or help pagesRead 7 Oct 2026Fair market value explained - 10084Money out
Sell-back
Also: buyback, instant offer, cash offerThe app's offer to take a pulled card back straight after the reveal, at a share of its own value for the card, less any fee.
84% to 100%of the app's value after fees, across the 17 apps that publish a rateSell-back terms of the 27 apps on fileRead 6 Oct 2026Cashing out, app by app - Money out
Sell-back window
Also: offer window, offer expiryHow long the sell-back offer stays open after the reveal. Once it closes, the app's own rules decide what happens to the card.
15 minutes to 7 daysthe shortest and longest window, across the 16 apps that state oneSell-back terms of the 27 apps on fileRead 6 Oct 2026Keep, sell or ship - Money out
Auto-sell
Also: forced sale, storage limitA rule that sells an unclaimed card back, or returns it, without asking once a set number of days has passed.
1 to 10 daysbefore it applies, across the 9 apps that state such a ruleTerms of the 27 apps on fileRead 6 Oct 2026Cashing out, app by app - Money out
Site credit
Also: credit, balance, coins, gems, bonus fundsA sell-back paid into a balance for spending in the app, not into a bank account. Whether any of it can be withdrawn is a separate rule.
6 of 27apps pay the sell-back in site creditSell-back terms of the 27 apps on fileRead 6 Oct 2026Cashing out, app by app - Money out
Withdrawal
Also: cash out, payoutMoving money out of the app to a bank, a card or a wallet. A separate step from the sell-back, which can carry its own minimum and fee.
21 of 27apps state a way to withdraw money in their own pagesTerms of the 27 apps on fileRead 6 Oct 2026Cashing out, app by app - Money out
Stablecoin
Also: USDC, USDTA crypto token pegged to the dollar, such as USDC. Some apps pay the sell-back in it instead of in dollars.
8 of 27apps pay the sell-back in a stablecoinSell-back terms of the 27 apps on fileRead 6 Oct 2026Cashing out, app by app - Odds
Value bands
Also: odds bands, tiers, distributionOdds published as a chance per price range, not per card. On MNSTR's $50 Starter pack the top band, cards over $500, had a 0.2% chance.
14 of 27apps publish their odds as value bandsMNSTR: Starter pack pageNo commissionRead 7 Oct 2026Card rip odds explained - Odds
Per-card odds
Also: hit rate, pull rate, drop rateThe chance of one named card, published card by card. The most detailed form of odds an app can give.
6 of 27apps publish a chance for each cardPack pages of the 27 apps on fileRead 6 Oct 2026Chase odds calculator - Odds
Average pull value
Also: expected value, EV, RTPThe app's own figure for what a pack returns on average, counted in its own card values. An average over many packs, not a forecast for one.
11 of 27apps state an average or expected value on the pack we readPack pages of the 27 apps on fileRead 6 Oct 2026Pack simulator - Odds
Volatility
Also: risk mode, pack styleA label or setting for how widely a pack's outcomes swing at the same price. On Tilt Rips, a riskier mode moves chance from the middle bands to both ends.
0.29% to 0.75%chance of the top band on Tilt Rips' $25 Loot pack, from its calmest of 3 modes to its riskiestTilt Rips: Loot pack pageNo commissionRead 7 Oct 2026Card rip odds explained - Odds
Dynamic odds
Also: live odds, real-time oddsOdds that move as cards leave the pool. The table you read before buying is a snapshot of that moment.
13 of 27apps say their odds change with inventoryTerms and pack pages of the 27 apps on fileRead 6 Oct 2026Odds and terms tracker - Odds
Provably fair
Also: commit-reveal, verifiable drawThe app locks a hidden value before the rip and reveals it after, so the draw can be re-run. It shows the draw was not altered. It says nothing about how good the odds are.
3apps' published schemes read (Lastpack, BOXED.GG, Phygitals). None was run by usLastpack help: provably fairNo commissionRead 7 Oct 2026Provably fair, explained - Packs and formats
Rip
Also: ripping, pull, openingTo open a pack. On an app the pack is digital and the card behind it is real, held by the app until you sell it back or have it shipped.
27rip apps and sites on file, each read on its own public pagesPublic pages of the 27 apps on fileRead 6 Oct 2026What is card ripping? - Packs and formats
Repack
Also: mystery pack, chase packA pack put together by a seller from cards bought one by one, not sealed by the card's maker. Its contents and its odds are the seller's own.
High, low, averagethe prices Fanatics Live's seller rules say a repack must publish, with its checklistFanatics Live: seller guidelinesNo commissionRead 7 Oct 2026What is a repack? - Packs and formats
Slab pack
Also: graded pack, slab repackA repack that holds one graded card in its case. Arena Club sells its packs under this name.
$25 to $5,000the price range of Arena Club's Slab PacksArena Club: Slab PacksNo commissionRead 6 Oct 2026Best slab packs - Packs and formats
Gacha
Also: gacha machine, gachaponFrom the Japanese capsule-toy machine: pay once, get one random item. Collector Crypt calls its rip product a Gacha Machine.
$25 to $5,000the price range of Collector Crypt's gacha packs, in USDCCollector Crypt: machine listNo commissionRead 6 Oct 2026Collector Crypt review - Packs and formats
Oripa
Also: original pack, オリパShort for “original pack”: a Japanese seller's own repack of single cards. DOPA sells the format in English and describes itself with the word.
$0.25 to $1,000the price range of DOPA's packsDOPA: pack pagesNo commissionRead 6 Oct 2026DOPA review - Packs and formats
Break
Also: box break, card break, group breakA live stream where a seller opens sealed boxes and each buyer gets the cards from the spot they bought, such as one team.
6break formats named on the platform pages we readBreak platforms' own policy pagesRead 6 Oct 2026Card rips vs card breaks - Packs and formats
Rip and ship
Also: personals, personal breakOne buyer, one sealed box, opened live and posted to them whole. Whatnot's break policy uses both names.
1 buyergets every card, where a break splits the box among severalWhatnot: Card Breaks PolicyRead 6 Oct 2026Card rips vs card breaks - The card
Slab
Also: graded card, holder, caseA card sealed in a hard plastic case by a grading company, with a label that carries its grade and a certificate number.
5grading companies' price lists on file (PSA, CGC, SGC, BGS, TAG)Each grader's own price pageRead 7 Oct 2026How to verify a slab 
The cardRaw
Also: ungraded, raw singleA card that has not been graded or sealed in a case. Its condition has not been scored by a grading company.
29raw cards whose value on an app we set against the market priceOffer checker: value tableRead 6 Oct 2026Offer checker- The card
Grade
Also: PSA 10, gem mint, BGS 9.5A grading company's score for a card's condition, usually out of 10 and printed on the slab's label.
$59.99PSA's Standard grading fee for one cardPSA: trading card grading pricesRead 7 Oct 2026Grade, regrade or sell 
CHASEThe cardChase card
Also: chase, grail, top hitThe card a pack is bought for: the rarest and dearest on its list.
0.0005%chance of the dearest card on MNSTR's $50 Starter list, valued by the app at $7,937.23MNSTR: Starter pack pageNo commissionRead 7 Oct 2026Chase odds calculator- The card
Case hit
Also: one per caseA sports-card term for a card inserted about once in a sealed case of boxes, so most boxes in the case do not hold one.
12boxes in most Topps hobby cases, by Topps' own glossaryTopps Ripped: hobby glossaryRead 7 Oct 2026Sports card apps - The card
Hit
Also: hits, big pullA higher-value pull. In sports cards it means an autograph, a relic, an insert or a coveted rookie card.
26.6%of pulls from MNSTR's $50 Starter pack are valued by the app at the pack price or moreMNSTR: Starter pack pageNo commissionRead 7 Oct 2026Biggest pulls, site by site - After the pull
Vault
Also: stash, inventory, collectionStorage run by the app or a partner. The card stays there after the rip until you sell it or have it shipped.
27 of 27apps state that they will ship the card out of storageShipping terms of the 27 apps on fileRead 6 Oct 2026Vault or ship - After the pull
Slab Safe
Also: Collect SafeArena Club's paid floor. A 10% premium at checkout guarantees an offer of at least 80% of the pack price before the premium, or 90% of the card's value if that is more.
$80the offer on a $65 card from a $100 pack that cost $110 with the premium, in Arena Club's own exampleArena Club help: how Slab Safe worksNo commissionRead 7 Oct 2026Arena Club Slab Safe explained - After the pull
Sweat-Free
Also: first-pack buybackThe name of Packz's welcome offer, on a first pack of up to $100: the pack is bought back at its price, with the shortfall paid in bonus funds that cannot be withdrawn.
Bonus fundsthe form the shortfall is paid in, not cashPackz: homepage bannerNo commissionRead 7 Oct 2026Packz Sweat-Free explained
One rip, in the order the words turn up
Five steps from buying a pack to getting something out. Tap a word to jump to its card.
- 1
Buy
You pick a pack and read its odds.11 of 27apps state an average or expected value on the pack we readRepackSlab packValue bandsAverage pull valueVolatility - 2
Reveal
The pack opens on one card.0.0005%chance of the dearest card on MNSTR's $50 Starter list, valued by the app at $7,937.23RipHitChase cardGrade - 3
Offer
The app prices the card and bids for it.84% to 100%of the app's value after fees, across the 17 apps that publish a rateFair market valueSell-backSell-back window - 4
Wait
If you do nothing, the card is stored.1 to 10 daysbefore it applies, across the 9 apps that state such a ruleVaultAuto-sell - 5
Out
Money or the card leaves the app.6 of 27apps pay the sell-back in site creditWithdrawalSite creditStablecoin
The same walk for one named app, with its own fees at each step, is in the how-it-works guides listed under all guides.
In the source's own words
Terms the dataset does not hold were read on a primary page on 7 October 2026. One phrase from each.
| Term | Its words | Page | How it was read |
|---|---|---|---|
| Case hit | “a special card will be inserted 'one per case'” | Topps Ripped: hobby glossary | Through a US page reader |
| Chase card | “chase cards, which are highly coveted by collectors” | Topps Ripped: hobby glossary | Through a US page reader |
| Hit | “A modern hobby term referring to higher-valued chase cards.” | Topps Ripped: hobby glossary | Through a US page reader |
| Raw | “A card that hasn't been graded and slabbed by a third-party service” | Topps Ripped: hobby glossary | Through a US page reader |
| Rip | “To 'rip wax' or 'break wax' is to open a sealed box or case”From the entry for “wax”, Topps' word for an unopened box or case. | Topps Ripped: hobby glossary | Through a US page reader |
| Slab Safe | “at least 80% of the Slab Pack price (minus the premium)”Or 90% of the card's estimated value, whichever is greater. | Arena Club help: how Slab Safe worksNo commission | Through a US page reader |
| Provably fair | “publish a fingerprint of that key so it can't be changed afterwards” | Lastpack help: provably fairNo commission | Opened directly |
| Provably fair | “cryptographically verify that every item you receive was selected at random” | BOXED.GG: provably fairNo commission | Through a US page reader |
| Provably fair | “Every pack opening uses a cryptographic commit-reveal scheme” | Phygitals docsNo commission | Opened directly |
| Oripa | “Japan's #1 oripa app”The app's own description of itself, not a ranking we checked. | DOPA on the App StoreNo commission | Opened directly |
| Volatility | “VOLATILITY LEVEL”A heading on the pack page. The names of its settings were not in the page as served. | Lastpack: Starter pack pageNo commission | Through a US page reader |
| Repack | “including high/low, average price and checklist”What a seller must publish for a repack or mystery box, from its maker's information. | Fanatics Live: seller guidelinesNo commission | Opened directly |
| Vault | “designed and outfitted for the safekeeping of collectibles”A grading company's own storage service, in Delaware. It is not any rip app's vault. Read in the Internet Archive's copy of 27 August 2026. | PSA Vault | Internet Archive copy |
A page reader is a service that loads a page from the United States and returns its text. It was used where a plain request was refused. Every other figure on this page is worked out from the data files behind the reviews and tools.
Questions people ask
What does FMV mean on a card rip app?
Fair market value: the app's own dollar figure for a card, and the number its sell-back is a share of. It is not a quoted market price. 2 of 27 apps name the outside price source their value starts from. The clauses are on the fair market value page.
Is a sell-back the same as a withdrawal?
No. A sell-back turns the card into a balance on the app. A withdrawal moves that balance out, and not every app offers one: 21 of 27 apps state a way to withdraw money in their own pages, and 6 of 27 apps pay the sell-back in site credit. Each app's route out is on the cash-out page.
What is the difference between a repack and a sealed pack?
A sealed pack is closed by the card's maker, which sets what goes in. A repack is put together by a seller from single cards, so its contents and its odds are the seller's own. More in what is a repack.
What does provably fair prove?
That a draw was fixed before you opened the pack and was not changed after. It does not show the odds are generous, or that the card's value is right. We read 3 apps' schemes and ran none. See provably fair, explained.
Sources17
- Topps Ripped: hobby glossary ripped.topps.com
- Arena Club help: how Slab Safe works arenaclubsupport.zendesk.com
- Lastpack help: provably fair support.lastpack.com
- BOXED.GG: provably fair boxed.gg
- Phygitals docs docs.phygitals.com
- DOPA on the App Store apps.apple.com
- Lastpack: Starter pack page lastpack.com
- PSA Vault web.archive.org
- Fanatics Live: seller guidelines support.fanatics.live
- MNSTR: Starter pack page mnstr.xyz
- Tilt Rips: Loot pack page tiltrips.com
- Arena Club: Slab Packs arenaclub.com
- Collector Crypt: machine list gacha.collectorcrypt.com
- DOPA: pack pages dopa-global.com
- Whatnot: Card Breaks Policy help.whatnot.com
- PSA: trading card grading prices psacard.com
- Packz: homepage banner packz.io
Every figure was read on public pages between 6 October 2026 and 7 October 2026. Nothing here has been tested with money yet. Meanings are written by us. Figures come from the apps' own pages on the date on each card, and nothing here feeds a rating: how apps are scored is on the rating method page.