I’ve been super excited to bring you my latest Packly review, and even more so when I realized that the brand is offering a free pack when you make your first purchase of $7.50 or more.
Packly is a mystery box card rip platform that – for the time being, at least – specializes exclusively in Pokémon cards; I think that’s an important caveat to clear right off the bat. You’ll be pulling 10 cards per rip each time you buy a new pack, with the option to buy, sell, or trade any cards you gain.
Packly is one of a new breed of mystery box sites that’s swept the US in recent years, giving its members the chance to rip legit collectibles and trading card sets. To be honest, I wasn’t all that familiar with the brand coming into my Packly review, but I have to say, it delivers a pretty compelling experience.
Of course, my first thought – like you – was this: is Packly a legit mystery box site that I can trust? So, I went searching for answers, and here are some of the (encouraging) details I turned up…
Packly lets you rip trading card sets using a virtual currency known as Gems. You’ll start by purchasing packs of Gems from the Packly store, where 100 Gems equate to $1, and can then accrue more by choosing to bulk sell back any cards you don’t want to keep.
Here’s a quick tutorial…
Register for a new Packly account via the link on this page.
Take a look around and familiarize yourself with its mechanics.
Use the daily bonus to collect your first free Gems – I got five when I first joined.
Purchase Gems in the Packly store. You’ll receive a free pack on your first purchase of $7.50 or more – more on this later.
Browse packs and rip open any you like. You can then choose to keep or sell your pulls, shipping any cards you want the physical version of via your account page.
The whole point of joining a platform like Packly is having the chance to pull eye-popping collectibles that you’d do anything to get your hands on. Sure, the mystery element is thrilling in itself, but you’ll want to know that there are some genuine value-add collectibles waiting in the brand’s card packs and sets.
So, let’s lift the lid and take a look at some of the features and set types you can expect at Packly.
Are you into Pokémon? Then you’ll love what Packly has to offer across its library of available card packs.
Pokémon is very much Packly’s bread and butter, with the beloved trading card game accounting for the majority of packs I was able to rip on the platform. Of course, that’s great news for Poké fans, but, personally, I would like to see a little more variety in the future – perhaps with the introduction of Magic: The Gathering, Yu-Gi-Oh!, and some sports card packs like NFL, NBA, and soccer collectibles.
Packly uses a five-tier system to rate the value of its trading cards – including Common, Uncommon, Rare, Epic, and Mythic. Really, you’re holding out for any cards that fall into the latter three camps, as that’s where the Gems and keepers usually are.
When you rip a pack, you’ll pull 10 cards; I like that, as other comparable mystery box sites often only let you reveal one at a time. You can also review every single card in a pack before you rip, with a breakdown of the potential pull rate of hitting, say, a Rare, an Epic, or a Mythic card.
I think Packly does a pretty decent job of allowing members to filter through its available card packs. For instance, you can prioritize packs by how popular they are to rip, along with their value and how new they are.
Packs range in price from 600 Gems to 1400 Gems, so that’s $6 and $14 per pack in real cash-value terms. After tapping a pack, you can select how many you want to rip from 1-5, as well as toggle on/off a useful autosell feature, which automatically dumps common and uncommon cards from your binder, giving you their Gem-equivalent value in return.
I was keen to see whether there’s a permanent Packly bonus offering for new and returning members, since promos are never a guarantee on mystery box sites. In this case, there was, so let’s take a closer look at what’s available…
This is probably as close to a welcome bonus as you’ll get at Packly, but it’s a welcome treat all the same. When you buy your first pack valued at $7.50 or more (happily, the majority of packs I encountered were priced at 750 Gems), you’ll instantly receive an additional mystery pack. I guess it’s a BOGOF-style promo, available exclusively to new Packly members who’ve never held an account before.
Log in at Packly every 24 hours to pick up your free Daily Reward. You can pick from three mystery bonus packs containing prizes worth 5 to 375 Gems.
The Packly streak bonus gives you a boost to your daily pack odds when you log in on consecutive days. Log in for 28 days straight, and you can max the streak bonus at 10%.
Collect XP at Packly to progress through the brand’s awesome 100-tier loyalty program. Each new level brings progressively better rewards, and I found that XP comes thick and fast as soon as you start ripping card packs.
Invite friends to join you at Packly, and you could unlock a 2.5% bonus on every Gems purchase they make on the platform. This is a simple yet rewarding program that, to my knowledge, has no upper limit on the number of friends you bring aboard.
Packly’s clean, modern interface is a breeze to navigate, and I do like that its “How it Works” hub is never out of reach – great news for beginners. The graphics and visuals are straight-up impressive, too, and I felt genuinely engaged when watching my latest pulls revealing themselves one by one.
Although there’s no Packly app right now, it does offer a surprisingly reliable mobile experience. You can pull cards on screens of any size, and I’ve often found myself browsing new packs on my iPhone.
Purchasing Gems at Packly happens via Stripe, a payments interface that does help keep things streamlined. You can easily link your Stripe account to a wide number of payment methods, so, personally, I think Packly’s integration with this service was a stroke of genius.
Meanwhile, it’s worth noting that it’s impossible to withdraw Gems at Packly; once you’ve purchased these, they can only be used in exchange for card packs. What you can do is have cards shipped to your address to keep, something that Packly promises will happen within 14 days. All its cards are shipped in near mint (NM) condition where possible, and you can track the status of your orders via the “Withdrawals” page.
There’s no live chat function at Packly, which is a bit of a bummer; I was only able to reach out to the brand via email, and I didn’t receive a particularly speedy response via this channel. As alluded to earlier, there is a decent tutorial and FAQs section that you can scour for detail, while the integrated forum is a nice touch for chatting with fellow rippers.
Packly certainly stands out from other mystery box sites based on the quality of its collection and the fact that you can pull 10 cards at a time. I’m also a big fan of its promotions and rewards, which should incentivize new and regular members alike.
What I’m not so hot on is the brand’s customer support, as well as its slight lack of collectibles variety. A Packly app wouldn’t go amiss, too. Slight gripes aside, though, Packly is pretty darn awesome. Fancy it? Get started via the links on this page.
Claim a free pack when you make your first purchase of $7.50 at Packly.
You can purchase $1 worth of Gems (100) right up to $1000 worth of Gems (1,000,000).
It should be! If you need help with the legal status of Packly, check over the brand’s T&Cs.