Forcing a pack buy to get to the AH stinks, but once you get the AH, there is no need for a pack again, unless you want to.
I'm just earning up cards and selling them on the AH. Before I play Super Max or Pack and Playoffs I'm checking the AH for cheap cards and flipping them for quick MT.
Basically, open your collections screen and press A/X on an open spot to search the AH for that card. Look at the buy it now prices for all the cards (there aren't that many for any given card, except for commons from the starter pack) and just look for any that are prices much lower than the rest. These are usually ones with auction times just less than 4, 12, or 24 hours. Buy the cheap one, and immediately relist it just below the average of the rest...ideally at least 500 MT higher than your buy price..
..I do this for maybe 5 minutes before I start playing and can get a good 2-3k. I open Excel and note down which card I want to sell for what. Like this from today...
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950 Brewer
950 Haslem
1000 Deandre Liggins
1000 Elijah Millsap
1000 Harrison Barnes
1050 Deng
1050 DJ Augustin
1100 Connaughton
1200 Dejounte Murray
1300 Tyson Chandler
1400 Bryn Forbes
1500 Hollis-Jefferfson
1500 Sabonis
1650 Denzel Val
2100 Ellenson
2400 Malik Beasley
2800 Will Barton
2850 Al Jefferson
3100 Delaney
3450 Napier
3750 Jamal Murray
There are a lot of people trying to complete collections, so there are bronzes and silvers going for 3,000-5,000 MT. And now with Super Max salaries, there are good cards that were popular in the first couple of weeks that are going for cheap now because their salaries got inflated. Good for challenges/domination/schedule mode.
For me though, I've been focused on Super Max. Only a Sapphire tier, but seeing people's lineups and how they contend with the salary cap has been amazing. Went up against one guy who only had 2 emerald players as starters, then freaking LeBron coming off the bench when I had my scrubs out.
I'm still running the preorder Kyrie, Wade, and Shaq. Just finished the Celtics collection for Reggie Lewis and I finished the Raptors last week for Damon Stoudemire. My bench's sole purpose is to sprint and dunk on people, so based around Gerald Green, Dee Brown, Gerald Green, and Glenn Robinson III.
....oh, and my stretch 4 starter? White Mamba baby, Brian Scalabrine. No one respects his 3 (I think its a 90 rating) so he's good for a few easy ones per game.
I did get based the first round of pack and playoffs with 4 straight wins. It's the draft mode with only 5 players, where the games are 5 minute quarters and no fatigue.....It's fun, and "free" with no contracts used, but the initial rewards are meh. For the 4 games I played, I earned a massive 50 MT from the reward board. (2 25MT cards, then 2 double MT cards for the next time I pick).
Schedule mode is only good right now for the quick and easy contacts (first game) and injury cards (2nd game). I heard the games get tougher later in the schedules, but I just don't have the care to try and play 30 challenges right now....I'd rather play online.