What you need to deal with is: Interpreting the release details of Azuki Elementals: Does the manual opening image mechanism bring higher premium space?

Original author: WaTell (Twitter: @0x Watell)

Azuki has publicly released many details about the new series launch. In this tweet, there is one word that is not very noticeable - available. If you, like me, use the built-in Google translation on Twitter, you may see the information as "will be announced immediately after the sale ends," but the true meaning of this sentence should be "will be announced immediately after the sale ends and is available."

At this point, you may say: it's just one extra word, nothing major. But just like a horseshoe nail can influence the outcome of a war, one word can have a huge impact on the largest NFT game in recent times, as it may indicate the game mechanism behind Azuki Elementals: "higher rarity = higher premium space brought by manual reveals."

To facilitate understanding, we choose a very similar project for comparison: RENGA.

RENGA is a typical case in the "Manual Reveal" project, with a total of 18 blind box types. The rarest "One Of One" blind box has a price difference of up to 10 times compared to the most common basic blind box (during the most active trading).

One Of One sold for 22 ETH

Normal blind box sold for 2 ETH

These two transactions can clearly demonstrate how much premium space the high rarity blind boxes can bring to the holders. Based on this, we must also acknowledge that the appeal of rare blind boxes to the market is multiplied - everyone wants to know how cool the NFT behind the remaining blind boxes is:  

Exquisite 1/1 reveal → whales start showing interest → spend a high price to buy high rarity blind boxes.

So it's obvious that for those who want to participate in this "squid game": buying a four-star blind box clearly offers a larger space for future profits. 

After all, the profit brought by opening a Grail / Holy Grail is very scary, and for projects like Azuki, there are plenty of whales willing to pay for it, so our assumption is fully valid.

Does that mean buying regular blind boxes is not meaningful?

Of course not.

In the tweet from location tba, it is explicitly mentioned: "All levels of blind boxes have a chance to open a Holy Grail." This design is very wise. Just imagine how much purchasing power would be stirred up if you drew a 1/1 NFT in a one-star blind box?

Above is my opinion and speculation on this Azuki Elementals Sale.

It must be emphasized that high rarity blind boxes are very expensive, so do not blindly invest in costs that you cannot afford, as that can be very dangerous.