Could it be others are just coming at building steem from a different angle like me? I can't speak for everyone else but my situation is lots of family events going on plus I am using my limited Steemit time to score as many cards as possible. I think when tournaments start a lot of us monster addicts will be back. Right now the value of the cards in those free packs is more than many posts payouts. Since I have little $ to buy steem this is a perfect opportunity to use a shortcut to minnowville. My gold legendary alone would put me almost there. But I think the value may go in the next couple months....