The instant buyback is a guaranteed sell-back option attached to every pull. It sets a floor on the value of every card you open: you can always sell a pull back for USDC at a known percentage of its insured value, within 3 days of pulling it.
How the buyback works
Pull a card
The moment a card is revealed, its 3-day buyback window starts. The buyback percentage and the resulting USDC amount are shown on the card.
Sell it back
From the card page or your Collection, choose the buyback option and confirm. You can filter your Collection with “Buyback only” to see which cards are still within their window.
Receive USDC
The buyback amount is paid to your wallet in USDC. The card leaves your Collection and returns to the machine pool it came from.
How the buyback percentage is calculated
The buyback pays a percentage of the card’s insured value. The percentage scales with the card’s value: 85% minimum, rising to 93% for high value cards. Current scale at launch:
| Insured value | Buyback rate |
|---|
| Under $100 | 85% |
| $100 to under $1,000 | 90% |
| $1,000 and above | 93% |
The 3-day window
The buyback is available for 3 days from the moment of the pull. After the window closes, the guaranteed buyback for that card expires. The card remains yours: it stays vaulted in your Collection, and you can still list it on the marketplace at a price you set, or ship it home.
The buyback window cannot be extended or reopened. If you intend to use the buyback, do it within 3 days of the pull.
Buyback and insured value
The buyback percentage applies to the card’s insured value, a reference value assigned by Collector Crypt. The insured value is the basis for buyback calculations. It is not an insurance policy, and it can differ from what the card would fetch on the open market. See Collection for the full explanation of insured value.
What happens to bought-back cards
Cards sold through the buyback return to the machine pool of the pack they came from, where they can be pulled again by other users. This is how machine pools stay stocked over time.
Buyback in Turbo mode
When Turbo mode is active, Common pulls are sold automatically at the machine’s buyback rate the moment they are revealed. The mechanism and the rate are the same as a manual buyback; only the timing is automatic. 
