Major News: Two DIFFERENT RARITIES for Tin Promos!

Spoontang · 09-09-2004, 07:53 PM

Check it.

*credit to shobuboy for pointing this out*

You may have seen shobuboy's thread on this, but I'll put it here because there's no proof in the original post there.

It's true. There are tins that contain promos that have Secret Rare Lettering AND Secret Rare foil, NOT the Ultra Rare foil that the first wave of tins had.

The top link is an example of cards that have Secret Rare Text AND Secret Rare Foil.

Here's a fairly good comparison of Blade Knights

SCR Text, Ultra Foil

SCR Text, Secret Foil

My theory on this is that the first wave of tins was messed up, like the first wave of MFC had the wrong art for Dark Paladin. It makes sense, as all the past tins have followed the Secret Rare Lettering/Foil pattern, and it was strange that a new kind of promo was introduced for these tins.

I could be wrong, but it merits discussion.

Yami-B · 09-09-2004, 07:55 PM

I don't think that it was a mistake, maybe it is like a 1/e unlimited thing, the originals look much better. I hope those are the ones I get...

danman227460 · 09-09-2004, 07:58 PM

spoontang seems to be the one all over these things, first new promos for PS2 and GBA yesterday and now this. Next hes gonna find out the pictures of the ultimate rares for us :p. Good work and it seems reasonable to think this because UDE has made many many errors before. I say to the ppl who got the ultra ones and they turn out to be misprints, keep them they could be worth more.
edit- there is never an unlimited run for tin cards, they are always printed as LIMITED EDITION

Spoontang · 09-09-2004, 08:08 PM

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Originally Posted by danman227460

spoontang seems to be the one all over these things, first new promos for PS2 and GBA yesterday and now this. Next hes gonna find out the pictures of the ultimate rares for us :p. Good work and it seems reasonable to think this because UDE has made many many errors before. I say to the ppl who got the ultra ones and they turn out to be misprints, keep them they could be worth more.
edit- there is never an unlimited run for tin cards, they are always printed as LIMITED EDITION

To be fair, credit goes to shobuboy for pointing this out. I reposted it because his thread was full of spam.

cyber ape · 09-09-2004, 08:15 PM

W/e, I couldn't careless the holofoil; 's all good.

Mr. Random · 09-09-2004, 09:00 PM

I would rather want the secret rare foil i would trade 1 ultra rare foil for one secret rare foil

upichie · 09-09-2004, 09:04 PM

Spoontang: Talk about being obsessed with the game! Do you spend all your free time researching, or what? ;)

But seriously, thanks shobuboy. This is very interesting. Hopefully it wasn't a mistake, and we will continue to see more of this new rarity.

Very, very interesting.

~upichie

Daddymoto · 09-09-2004, 09:04 PM

This kind of makes sense because they let the retail stores have them so early, I have to say I am a little dissapointed

upichie · 09-09-2004, 09:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Daddymoto

This kind of makes sense because they let the retail stores have them so early, I have to say I am a little dissapointed

Do you mind further explaining your point? What exactly do you mean it makes sense because retail stoers got them early?

~upichie

Spoontang · 09-09-2004, 09:57 PM

Jeez, with all the uproar over misprints and such, I'm surprised there aren't more responses...

heero · 09-09-2004, 10:01 PM

ok I am confused (as always). The first tins (the ones I bought last friday) are the ones that are misprinted, correct? So if I go an buy tins now they will be the secret rare? Man upperdeck you are confusing the heck out of me. While they were messing up the print why don't they fix the card text while they are at it. I mean come on you print a card and it is already messed up (referring to insect queen)

upichie · 09-09-2004, 10:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Spoontang

Jeez, with all the uproar over misprints and such, I'm surprised there aren't more responses...

I doubt this is a misprint; I just hope they will always have two different rarities for the tine promos.

~upichie

TyranitarsShadow · 09-09-2004, 10:05 PM

Bleh, I got the SCR lettering. I'll have to try and trade mine for the ultra lettering.

upichie · 09-09-2004, 10:07 PM

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Originally Posted by TyranitarsShadow

Bleh, I got the SCR lettering. I'll have to try and trade mine for the ultra lettering.

Weren't the letterings the same, but the picture, on some, was not Secret Rare?

Now I'm confused. :confused:

~upichie

heero · 09-09-2004, 10:09 PM

that link makes it look like they are the secret rare print. The ones I got last week were the secret rare lettering and ultra rare holo.

upichie · 09-09-2004, 10:12 PM

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Originally Posted by heero

that link makes it look like they are the secret rare print. The ones I got last week were the secret rare lettering and ultra rare holo.

That's what I thought. Secret Rare lettering and Secret Rare picture, or Secret Rare name and Ultra Rare picture.

I believe the whole point of this thread was the fact that there was a new rarity printed.

~upichie

MagicWarriorBreaker · 09-09-2004, 10:27 PM

is it random which you get in a tin?

upichie · 09-09-2004, 10:29 PM

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Originally Posted by MagicWarriorBreaker

is it random which you get in a tin?

It is so far unknown. Some theoryies are either random, or possibly sorted like retail and hobby boxes.

~upichie

king_of_games_25 · 09-09-2004, 10:29 PM

i like the new card design but i only just noticed that

heero · 09-09-2004, 10:30 PM

well they couldn't really make it random because the picture can be seen from outside the tin.

upichie · 09-09-2004, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by king_of_games_25

i like the new card design but i only just noticed that

I want a picture of the Ultra Rare picture first, so I can compare and see what I like better. Does anyone have a clear picture of one?

~upichie

upichie · 09-09-2004, 10:31 PM

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Originally Posted by heero

well they couldn't really make it random because the picture can be seen from outside the tin.

I never knew that, I assumed it was similiar to the other tins.

I guess it must be Ultra Rares at retail places then.

~upichie

Spoontang · 09-09-2004, 10:39 PM

Updated the first post with a pic of the SCR Text and Ultra Foil Blade Knight...really good pic.

Jeez · 09-09-2004, 10:39 PM

my theory is if those actually correspont to retail and hobby, ultra rare retail variant should be rarer than the secret rare variant (because of internet preorders and dealers and so on) 1 to 2 ratio just like the set?

Alejandro · 09-09-2004, 10:41 PM

I guess I'll cross my fingers and hope I will get the Ultra rare foil ones. I really want those ones.