The oldest editions of the cards Alpha and Beta👊!

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Editions and Sets in Splinterlands

Splinterlands cards are categorized by edition and set, each with unique characteristics that impact gameplay and availability.

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Alpha Edition

  • First edition, released in May 2018, marking the start of the game.


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  • Included 59 core cards (Alpha Core) and a limited subset of promotional cards (Alpha Promo).


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  • 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.


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  • Alpha Promo: Includes 4 exclusive dragon cards (2 summoners and 2 units) with Gold Foil variants, released through the game's first Kickstarter project.

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  • Game Mode:

All Alpha cards are playable in ranked battles in Wild mode.

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Beta Edition


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  • 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.

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  • Beta Promo: 6 exclusive promo cards.


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  • Beta Reward: 48 units and 1 summoner, earned by completing daily quests.


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  • Essence Orb: Promotional mini-set with 25 cards in limited packs (200,000 created).


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  • 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.


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  • Game mode:
    All Beta cards are playable in ranked battles in Wild mode.

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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

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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!!

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Oh excellent purchase, if the alphas are very expensive because they are the first editions

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