Arabian Nights print run
Moderators: cataclysm80, hammr7, l0qii, Apocalypse2K, berkumps, dragsamou, mystical_tutor, pp
- berkumps
- Legendary AA Coffin Puppet Master
- Posts: 2192
- Joined: Fri Dec 08, 2006 1:56 am
- Location: Ontario, Canada
- Contact:
Arabian Nights print run
So I'm trying to figure out how many of each Arabian Night rare (ie. U2) was printed, and I'm getting confused, so I was hoping some could look at my logic and tell me if it seems, well, logical.
Print run ~5 million cards printed in 11x11 sheets of 121 cards. Each uncommon sheet had 33 U2, 17 U3, and 1 U4 (Oasis). 2*33 + 3*17 + 4*1 = 121, so at least something works out.
5,000,000 / 121 = 41,322.314... <-- not an even number, so it must not be 5 million cards on the dot. Let's assume 41,322 sheets printed. This means there was 4,999,962 cards printed.
Each booster pack had 2 Uncommons and 6 Commons. Therefore 25% of the total cards were uncommons, or 10,330.5 uncommon sheets (still not a round number, this is getting annoying).
#U2 = 2 (cards per sheet) * 10,330 (uncommon sheets) / 33 (different U2's)
#U2 = 626.06
#U3 = 1822.94 (using similar logic as above)
What this is telling me is, that an Arabian Nights Ebony Horse is almost twice as rare as an Alpha rare (known to be ~1100 of each). I just can't believe that this is so, which is why I seek your help.
Also, there has to be a way to do the math such that I only get whole numbers, but I can't figure this out.
Thoughts?
Print run ~5 million cards printed in 11x11 sheets of 121 cards. Each uncommon sheet had 33 U2, 17 U3, and 1 U4 (Oasis). 2*33 + 3*17 + 4*1 = 121, so at least something works out.
5,000,000 / 121 = 41,322.314... <-- not an even number, so it must not be 5 million cards on the dot. Let's assume 41,322 sheets printed. This means there was 4,999,962 cards printed.
Each booster pack had 2 Uncommons and 6 Commons. Therefore 25% of the total cards were uncommons, or 10,330.5 uncommon sheets (still not a round number, this is getting annoying).
#U2 = 2 (cards per sheet) * 10,330 (uncommon sheets) / 33 (different U2's)
#U2 = 626.06
#U3 = 1822.94 (using similar logic as above)
What this is telling me is, that an Arabian Nights Ebony Horse is almost twice as rare as an Alpha rare (known to be ~1100 of each). I just can't believe that this is so, which is why I seek your help.
Also, there has to be a way to do the math such that I only get whole numbers, but I can't figure this out.
Thoughts?
Wants: http://www.magiclibrarities.net/forum/v ... hp?p=44424
Foreign Promo Search List: http://www.magiclibrarities.net/forum/v ... hp?p=86504
Foreign Promo Search List: http://www.magiclibrarities.net/forum/v ... hp?p=86504
- l0qii
- Legendary Unfindable Title Moderator
- Posts: 1792
- Joined: Mon Aug 04, 2003 7:56 am
- Location: PA
- Contact:
4999720 / 121 = 41320
41320 / 4 = 10330 (25%)
That's 10330 uncommon sheets.
Each sheet contains 66 U2's, 51 U3's and 4 U4's
10330 * 66 = 681780 U2's total
681780 / 33 = 20660 of each U2
10330 * 51 = 526830 U3's total
526830 / 17 = 30990 of each U3
10330 * 4 = 41320 Oasis
These are nice round numbers and are the largest ones under 5m that work
41320 / 4 = 10330 (25%)
That's 10330 uncommon sheets.
Each sheet contains 66 U2's, 51 U3's and 4 U4's
10330 * 66 = 681780 U2's total
681780 / 33 = 20660 of each U2
10330 * 51 = 526830 U3's total
526830 / 17 = 30990 of each U3
10330 * 4 = 41320 Oasis
These are nice round numbers and are the largest ones under 5m that work
- berkumps
- Legendary AA Coffin Puppet Master
- Posts: 2192
- Joined: Fri Dec 08, 2006 1:56 am
- Location: Ontario, Canada
- Contact:
This makes far more sense. Thank you for correcting my math before I decided to hoard what I thought were 626 AN Island of Wak-Wak's!l0qii wrote:20660 of each U2
Wants: http://www.magiclibrarities.net/forum/v ... hp?p=44424
Foreign Promo Search List: http://www.magiclibrarities.net/forum/v ... hp?p=86504
Foreign Promo Search List: http://www.magiclibrarities.net/forum/v ... hp?p=86504
- mystical_tutor
- Legendary Old Fart Magic Player
- Posts: 3056
- Joined: Mon Dec 10, 2007 3:02 am
- Location: Colorado Springs
It is comforting to see that someone else is number challenged too. Peter tried to tell me how to calculate how many Alpha rares there were and remembered the math about 5 min.berkumps wrote:This makes far more sense. Thank you for correcting my math before I decided to hoard what I thought were 626 AN Island of Wak-Wak's!l0qii wrote:20660 of each U2
Gary Adkison
Father of a former Wizards of the Coast janitor.
Knowledge is proud because it thinks it knows so much; wisdom is humble because it realizes it knows so little.
Father of a former Wizards of the Coast janitor.
Knowledge is proud because it thinks it knows so much; wisdom is humble because it realizes it knows so little.
Here is a summary from older sets:
http://www.crystalkeep.com/magic/misc/rarity-info.php
But nobody knows exactly the print runs, especially from all newer sets :-/
http://www.crystalkeep.com/magic/misc/rarity-info.php
But nobody knows exactly the print runs, especially from all newer sets :-/
- mystical_tutor
- Legendary Old Fart Magic Player
- Posts: 3056
- Joined: Mon Dec 10, 2007 3:02 am
- Location: Colorado Springs
- mystical_tutor
- Legendary Old Fart Magic Player
- Posts: 3056
- Joined: Mon Dec 10, 2007 3:02 am
- Location: Colorado Springs
-
- Legendary Lost Ace of Atlantis
- Posts: 992
- Joined: Sat Aug 08, 2009 7:32 am
- Location: Austin, Texas
- Contact:
Thanks for link !pp wrote:Here is a summary from older sets:
http://www.crystalkeep.com/magic/misc/rarity-info.php
But nobody knows exactly the print runs, especially from all newer sets :-/
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 81 guests