People value hard pulls, I only have 11 cards and have rarely even had four pulls in a 2-year span. As I do not play the game as hard as others, I do not put a value on mine.
When others are scooping up cards by the armload for those signup bonuses, what value do they have in a year? In five years? My Cap QS is a prime example of that. $200 sign up years ago. And now I use it once a year to keep it active. For me, as I do not value hard pulls, Nusenda card was for the long-term. I have had it going on 2 years (Sept.) and maxed out home improvement both years. Probably around $1k each year as well along with around $600 or so per year on the dining out side each year. That is $6,200 in almost two years. What will that number be in five years? Ten years?
I get your point but it only equates in the short term and if the categories are filled by other cards. Especially when Disc and CF change their categories from year to year.
DoC is awesome, but that article is 3.5 years old. I took mine out since that article came out and wrote my summary here shortly after.
