Grinding for Cards... New Thoughts!

[bripod]

As I was grinding away at AI3 last night (I have to switch up from FG's every now-and-then or I'll go postal) it occured to me that there is a finite set of cards that I will be able to gain from AI3... 13 decks with a fixed group of cards. So it's pretty easy to figure out which cards you actually CAN obtain from them...

(124 unique cards - 13 RARES)
Here are the cards obtainable from AI3:

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4sa 4t9 4vc 4vd 4ve 4vk 4vl 4vm 4vo 4vp 4vq 50u 52g 52h 52j 52k 52n 52p 52q 52r 52t 52v 55k 55l 55m 55n 55o 55p 55q 55r 55s 55t 55v 560 561 576 58o 58r 58u 58v 590 592 593 594 595

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5bs 5bu 5bv 5c0 5c2 5c4 5c5 5c6 5c7 5c8 5de 5f0 5f3 5f6 5f7 5f8 5fa 5fb 5fc 5i4 5i7 5i8 5i9 5ib 5id 5ie 5ii 5l8 5lb 5le 5lf 5lh 5li 5lk 5ll 5mq 5oc 5oe 5og 5oj 5ol 5on 5oo 5op 5pu 5rg 5rh 5rj 5rk 5rl 5rp 5rq 5rr 5rs 5rt 5t2

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5uk 5ul 5un 5uo 5up 5uq 5ur 5us 5uu 5v0 5v2 61o 61p 61q 61r 61s 61t 61u 61v 620 621 623 624

So, I decided to hit AI2 and see what's up with that... guess what? I started winning cards OUTSIDE of the 122 listed above... hmmmmm, kinda gets one to thinking...  So, I did another little study... and here's what I found out... (12 decks)

(83 unique cards - NO RARES)
Here are the cards obtainable from AI2:

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4sa 4t3 4t4 4vc 4vd 4ve 4vf 4vg 4vh 4vi 4vj 52g 52i 52j 52k 52l 52m 52n 52o 55k 55l 55m 55n 55o 55q 58o 58p 58q 58r 58s 58t 5bs 5bu 5bv 5c0 5c1 5c2 5c3 5f0 5f1 5f2 5f3 5f4 5f6 5i4 5i5 5i6 5i7 5i8 5ia 5l8 5l9 5la 5lb 5lc 5ld 5le 5lf

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5oc 5od 5oe 5of 5og 5oh 5rg 5rh 5ri 5rj 5rk 5rl 5uk 5ul 5um 5un 5uo 5up 5uq 61o 61p 61q 61r 61s 61t

Do you see what I see? There are 32 cards in the AI2 list that are NOT in the AI3 list! 

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4t3 4t4 4vf 4vg 4vh 4vi 4vj 52i 52l 52m 52o 58p 58q 58s 58t 5c1 5c3 5f1 5f2 5f4 5i5 5i6 5ia 5l9 5la 5lc 5ld 5od 5of 5oh 5ri 5um

OMG!!!  Look at some of those cards!!!! That's some serious stuff in there folks...

That means that there are 156 unique cards that can be obtained by simply grinding AI2 & AI3... and lemme tell ya... that kinda puts a whole new spin on AI2 dosen't it?... Makes perfect sense for peeps to grind AI2 just for those free cards... especially newbs like me...

Just thought I'd share what I'd been working on today. Hope it's of interest to someone. If ya like it, share the love... 
peace.

13 Rares available from AI3   (Trident & Eternity are NOT available from AI3)

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4vl 52q 55s 58v 5c5 5f7 5ib 5lh 5li 5ol 5rs 5ur 61u

*7 Oct 2012 - Fixed deck images. Added Miracle to AI3 list*
*6 Nov 2012 - Added Morning Star to AI3 list*
*3 Dec 2012 - Added AI3 Rares Image*

[oblivion1212]

actually, ai2 has eternity and other rare stuffs.. it's surprising how i got 2 eternities from ai2, none from ai3, none from ai4, and 2 from fg (decked out lionheart 2x)

nice job though 

[Xenocidius]

AI2 decks (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php). No, AI2 does not have any rares. AI1 can, however, as the cards are random.

[TheSpiritWolf]

Fire Fly queen and Owl's eye from ai3. Um Time weapon and Pharaoh all so from ai3.

[bripod]

I have never seen any deck/card used in AI2 or AI3 other than what is posted in these 2 posts...

AI2 Decks:
http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,18000.0.html (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,18000.0.html)

AI3 Decks:
http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,17934.0.html (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,17934.0.html)

props to Majofa for all the hard work on those 2 posts!!!

peace

[bripod]

Wow! It's funny how many cards I've won off AI2 in just an hour... 8 new cards that I didn't already have and at least a dozen that I did have...

[oblivion1212]

AI2 decks. No, AI2 does not have any rares. AI1 can, however, as the cards are random.

sorry, my bad XD

[Toge111]

Well, there's only two spins and the money difference compared to AI3 would allow the player to just buy the cards they would have gotten from AI2.

[bripod]

If you win the card then you are saving the money for upgrades... and you're prolly gonna be doing some grinding somewhere anyways... AI2 is almost a joke to any decent deck...

[omegareaper7]

If you win the card then you are saving the money for upgrades... and you're prolly gonna be doing some grinding somewhere anyways... AI2 is almost a joke to any decent deck...

Ai 2 is a joke with a decent deck, hell, ai3 is.

[pvpmister]

Nice work. I got a miracle from ai3 once though

[Djhopper :)]

Nice work. I got a miracle from ai3 once though

This is perfectly possible, as you can see from this AI3 deck:

by Djhopper :)

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5l8 5l8 5l8 5l8 5l8 5l8 5l8 5lb 5lb 5lb 5le 5le 5lf 5lf 5lf 5li 5ll 5ll 5ll 5ll 5oc 5oc 5oc 5oc 5oe 5oe 5oe 5ol 5ol 5oo 5op 5op 5op 5pu 5pu 5pu 5pu 5pu 5pu 8pq

AI3 Decks:
http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,17934.0.html (http://elementscommunity.org/forum/index.php/topic,17934.0.html)