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Poor card ratio for wave 3
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UKver2.0
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Fuseunderground wrote:
UKver2.0 wrote:
You should be getting three times the silvers in wave 3 only packs, right?


No because the ratios are the same.
You do however get 3 times the number of wave three cards (i.e. 100%)


Yeah, I didn't mean three times the silvers, but three times the number of wave three silvers. So if you were getting 1 wave three silver in 12 1-3 wave packs you should get 3 wave three silvers in 12 pure wave 3 packs or whatever.

Cause I was under the impression that silvers were being distributed at a higher ratio in wave three than in the previous two waves (higher than the 6 to 10 difference in number of silvers per wave would suggest). It seemed that there were a lot of posts where people got 3 or 4 wave three silvers per box and only one, if any, wave 1/2 silver. Why wouldn't the ratio of wave 3 silver to wave 3 card not translate to silver card to pack for pure wave 3 packs?

PostPosted: Thu May 04, 2006 2:08 pm
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Flynn
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 		Now that I'm away from prying eyes (not to mention people who wouldn't be too impressed with me counting cards when I'm supposed to be working Laughing ):

12 Red, 5 doubles, 7 different
12 Orange, 5 doubles, 7 different
12 Yellows, 5 doubles, 7 different
12 Greens, 5 doubles, 7 different
10 Blue, 2 doubles, 1 triple, 6 Different
10 Purples, 3 Doubles, 1 triple, 5 Different
2 Black, 2 Different
2 Silver, 2 Different

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poozleModerator
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Flynn wrote:
Now that I'm away from prying eyes (not to mention people who wouldn't be too impressed with me counting cards when I'm supposed to be working Laughing ):

12 Red, 5 doubles, 7 different
12 Orange, 5 doubles, 7 different
12 Yellows, 5 doubles, 7 different
12 Greens, 5 doubles, 7 different
10 Blue, 2 doubles, 1 triple, 6 Different
10 Purples, 3 Doubles, 1 triple, 5 Different
2 Black, 2 Different
2 Silver, 2 Different


Lol, nice to see a sort of view, I'm off to perplexcitytrades when its back up to finish the rest of my red-blue collection Smile

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Sh1ft
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 		Wow. Ordered 4 packs from Insound here in the US (cheaper than thinkgeek after shipping) and every last one of the cards was pre-release 0.5 wave!

Bye bye Insound, hello again ThinkGeek!

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Fuseunderground
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UKver2.0 wrote:
Cause I was under the impression that silvers were being distributed at a higher ratio in wave three than in the previous two waves (higher than the 6 to 10 difference in number of silvers per wave would suggest).


The ratio changes (reduce reds and oranges, increase blacks and silvers)
were implemented for all 'Season 1' [not pre-release] cards.
Which means the lower colours will be (1 of each on average) in every pack.
But silvers are more likely.

Either way if you only need Wave 3 cards get the 'Wave 3 only' packs,
if not get the standard 'Season 1' packs.
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UKver2.0
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Fuseunderground wrote:

The ratio changes (reduce reds and oranges, increase blacks and silvers)
were implemented for all 'Season 1' [not pre-release] cards.
Which means the lower colours will be (1 of each on average) in every pack.
But silvers are more likely.


Thanks. Smile

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mcboyt
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 		I bought 12 packs from Firebox this morning--the site said "Limited Edition Pure Wave 3"--but I figured they'd be sold out by now, if it actually is a limited edition. Any word on how long the limited edition packs will be offered?

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Juxta
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 		They'll be there until they sell out...

Apart from that Dunno

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BethThomlinson
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 		Card ratio for Wave 3
I just got the 8 packs of pure Wave 3 cards I ordered from Firebox. Just 1 black and 1 silver.

My ratios:

Red 8 (3 new, 5 dupes)
Orange 8 (5 new, 3 dupes)
Yellow 8 (4 new, 4 dupes)
Green 8 (2 new, 6 dupes)
Blue 7 (5 new, 2 dupes)
Purple 7 (6 new, 1 dupe)
Black 1 (0 new Sad , 1 dupe)
Silver 1 (1 new, 0 dupe)

Well, at least I got lots of the other cards I needed. That's 26 new of 48 cards. It pays to order from UK when you can get pure Wave 3.

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rlp6028
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 		I opened 2 booster boxes in an attempt to finish off my silver collection. I forget the lower color breakdown, but in 72 packs I got:

17 Blacks
9 Silvers

This was from a wave 1&2 and a Wave 123 box

Needless to say, I have a lot of dupes now, so if you want to trade....

www.perplexcitytrades.com/rlp6028

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