Editions and Sets in Splinterlands
Splinterlands cards are categorized by edition and set, each with unique characteristics that impact gameplay and availability.
Alpha Edition
- First edition, released in May 2018, marking the start of the game.
- Included 59 core cards (Alpha Core) and a limited subset of promotional cards (Alpha Promo).
Key Features:
Alpha cards grant a 10% bonus to Rshares when used in battles.
Only 300,000 Alpha boosters were produced, available occasionally on secondary markets such as Hive-Engine or Atomic Hub.
- Alpha Promo: Includes 4 exclusive dragon cards (2 summoners and 2 units) with Gold Foil variants, released through the game's first Kickstarter project.
- Game Mode:
All Alpha cards are playable in ranked battles in Wild mode.
Beta Edition
First large-scale edition, with nearly 1 million booster packs sold.
Introduced new cards such as Neutral (no element) units and additional Epic and Legendary units.
Beta Edition subsets include:
Beta Core: 79 core cards.
- Beta Promo: 6 exclusive promo cards.
- Beta Reward: 48 units and 1 summoner, earned by completing daily quests.
- Essence Orb: Promotional mini-set with 25 cards in limited packs (200,000 created).
Main features:
Grants a 5% Rshares bonus in battles.
Introduced 5 epic and 5 legendary summoners for the main elements, obtainable through airdrops and packs.
Beta Promo: Included exclusive cards obtained through the SeedGerminator promotion and the Mystery potion.
Essence Orb: First mini-set within the edition, with cards of varied origin.
- Game mode:
All Beta cards are playable in ranked battles in Wild mode.
Pack summary and availability
There are two types of potions to improve the odds when opening booster packs:
Alpha: 300,000 packs created, extremely rare today.
Beta: 900,000 packs and promotional subsets such as Essence Orb (200,000 packs).
Both editions offer unique bonuses and can be found in secondary markets or through filters on the in-game market page.
Source: Much of the information is found in the Spliterlands documents as well as the images
I am still trying to pick up good deals on Alpha cards when I see them!
Someone just bought all the cheap Alpha Legendaries though :(
I did snag a nice Epic recently - check this guy out!!
Oh excellent purchase, if the alphas are very expensive because they are the first editions
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