TCG Card Shop Simulator Card Rarity and Collections Explained

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TCG Card Shop Simulator Card Rarity and Collections Explained

A look at all the TCG Card Shop Simulator Card Rarity that you can get in your playthrough.


TCG Card Shop Simulator lets you live out your TCG store dream, without the financial burden attached.

Card rarity is a key part of any TCG collecting, so you'll not be shocked to know that TCG Card Shop Simulator (TCSS) has this system of rarity as well.  Below we'll go over the different types of card rarity, along with how each pack type and pack collection works.

TCG Card Shop basic pack
A basic pack full of common cards featuring two 1st editions

TCG Card Shop Simulator Card Rarity

To start off, we have 4 types of card rarity before we get into the “luck” side of things.

– Common (Blue) – found in Basic packs
– Rare (Yellow) – found in Rare packs
– Epic (Pink) – found in Epic packs
– Legendary (Red) – found in Legendary packs

These are the marks you'll see on the cards themselves, similar to what you see on Magic and Pokemon in real life. They appear on the bottom right corner of the card. As you can see, the system is fairly simple, really they just denote what pack a card came from, rather than being a real “rare” bit of pack luck.

Non-Foil Cards

Non-foil cards come in a number of different styles as listed below:

  • Basic cards: Standard card, no border, no flash just basic stuff
  • 1st Edition cards: Special cards that feature a 1st Edition stamp on the card under the image (seen above)
  • Silver Edition cards: The first rare type and will have a Silver Edition under the card image similar to the Gold Edition shown below
  • Gold Edition Cards: Gold Edition as shown below is the top of these types of rares
  • Ex Cards: EX cards, as shown in the foil section below are the last of the standard rare cards and feature unique art
  • Full Art Cards: Full Art, again shown below on the foil section the Full Art is the best of the card types you can get with cards being valued well into the high double digits or event triple digits if foiled
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common gold edition
Gold Edition
Basic Common Foil
Basic Common Foil

Foil Cards

Foil Basic cards: Basic foil card
1st Edition Foils: A 1st Edition Card with foil design
Silver Edition Foils: A Silver Edition card with added foil
Gold Edition Foils: As above but in Gold
EX Edition Foils: EX cards with added foil shine
Full Art Foils: The best of the “normal” cards a Full Art Foil

TCG Card Shop full art
TCG Card Shop full art Card
EX Card
EX Card

Ghost Cards:

Ghost card

– Ghost Full Art Card: The ultimate card in the game, and one we are yet to get. These can come in foil and non-foil, with achievements attached to getting them. These always seem to be full art cards but with an even more special look.

TCG Card Shop Simulator Rarity Calculator

Thanks to ninewiki for this, but we had to share, as it's simply the best example we have found:

Card Type Basic 1st Edition Silver Gold EX Full Art
Base 1 in 1.51 1 in 6.03 1 in 13.88 1 in 26.65 1 in 105.53 1 in 421.05
Foil 1 in 28.66 1 in 114.65 1 in 263.71 1 in 506.32 1 in 2005.01 1 in 8000

 

Card Type Base Rarity Foil Variant Probability
1st Edition 20% 1%
Silver 8% 0.4%
Gold 4% 0.2%
EX 1% 0.05%
Full Art 0.25% 0.0125%
Ghost (Normal Pack) 0.1% 0.005%
Ghost (Destiny Pack) 0.2% 0.01%
TCG Card Shop Simulator Card Rarity and Collections Explained
David Hollingsworth
David has written for games media outlets for the last ten years. With his first major esports role being with Esports News UK covering mostly UK League of Legends. David is also a member of the British Esports Association and is an advisor to them on World of Warcraft Esports. More recently David has worked for Esports Insider and Red Bull as an esports journalist. David later became Editor at ESTNN and now leads the current team.