The case break checklist
Everything an organizer needs to run a fair TCG case split, in order. Print this page and bring it to the table — each item maps to a step in Case Split, but it works just as well on paper.
1. Before you buy
- Confirm every participant is in: names, contact info, and budget.
- Agree on the product: which set, case vs box, and where you're buying.
- Collect money upfront, or agree in writing who fronts the cost.
- Pick the admins i.e. who can edit the case and adjust weights.
2. Before you open
Write these down in the case's terms field so nobody can say they didn't know.
- Agree on rarity tiers and weights for this game (defaults are fine, just agree).
- Decide which pulls get a fixed market price instead of a weight.
- Set the policy for bulk and unclaimed cards: stored, sold, or donated.
- Set a claim deadline and a payment deadline.
- Agree how payment happens: Venmo, Zelle, cash, or store credit.
3. During the opening
- Log every non-bulk card as it's pulled i.e. name, rarity, and who keeps it.
- Enter agreed market prices as fixed costs the moment the chase card lands.
- Keep cards physically sorted by participant as you go.
- Photograph the big pulls, it settles disputes later.
4. Settlement
- Confirm zero unassigned cards with a non-zero weight.
- Share the read-only split link so everyone can audit their own total.
- Screenshot the Split panel for the group record.
- Collect payment by the agreed deadline.
5. After the split
- Ship or hand off cards to anyone who wasn't in the room.
- Deal with the bulk per the agreed policy.
- Duplicate the case for next set. Weights and participants carry over.