16, 5, 25, 6, 36, 7, 49, 8, 64, 9, 81, 10, 100
The pattern is starting at 1 then squaring it. Then, you move to the next number after one, then square it, and so on.
Simple actually. The 1000 is the starting price the -20 is the losing of value per week and the w stands for the number of weeks.
I think they are not always the best deal, but most are. Sometimes they are not good if they opponent has a even lower price then them.