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Why completing a card set gets harder fast

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The Coupon Collector's Problem mathematically proves trading card games are scams. If there are fifty distinct cards in a set, buying fifty packs will not finish the set. As your collection grows, the statistical probability of drawing a new card collapses. To complete a large set, the number of random purchases required mathematically scales infinitely worse than your initial estimates.

Why completing a card set gets harder fast
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