Angelfire is out. Even distribution?

I just finished opening the 2nd and 3rd cases, which were from a different seller than the first.

After the 2nd, I missed 5 rares. After the 3rd, I missed 4. The 3rd case gave me exactly one extra rare. But at least that was the Copper Dragon, which is simply awesome. I still miss the Mounted Paladin, Mina, Chain Devil and Ogre Mage. Off to eBay.

The distribution in all three cases was perfect, btw. No dupes or anything.
 

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These seem to be the rules:

Commons:

4 of each common in a case with very, very few exceptions.
There is significant correlation between certain commons and the picture on the booster cover. For example, if you buy a Hezrou picture booster, you'll likely get a dwarf raider.

Uncommons:

You'll likely get 1 or 2 of each uncommon in a case, though in rare instances there have been cases with 0 or 3 of a certain uncommon.
There is supposed to be 1 large uncommon in every booster.

Rares:

You are very likely to get 12 different rares in a case, though occasionally there is a repeat.
There is no correlation of rares between cases, so you're unlikely to get a complete set just by buying 2, 3, or 4 cases.

Seeding:

The seeding for uncommons and commons appears to be as follows (meaning that you're supposed to get 1 from each of the following groups, plus a rare, in each booster you open):

Commons:
Group 1: 1, 29, 44 (Caravan Guard, Wild Elf Raider, Kobold Soldier)

Group 2: 31, 42, 51 (Dwarf Mercernary, Hobgoblin Impaler, Abyssal Skulker)

Group 3: 30, 50, 57 (Xeph, Skeletal Archer, Ophidian)

Group 4: 3, 38, 60 (Dwarf Raider, Direguard, Wrackspawn)

Uncommons:
Group 1 (larges): 13, 20, 28, 32, 37, 53, 54, 59 (Werebear, Large Air Elemental, Weretiger, Blackscale Lizardfolk, Chraal, Feral Minotaur, Fiendish Dire Wolverine, Troll Slasher)

Group 2: 4, 12, 18, 24, 40, 43, 49, 56 (Dwarf Wizard, Village Priest, Elven Swashbuckler, Talenta Halfling, Flamebrother Salamander, Imp, Vargouille, Magmin)

Group 3: 2, 5, 7, 22, 25, 27, 34, 52 (Cleric of Dol Arrah, Justice Archon, Spiker Champion, Longstrider Ranger, Thorn, Wand Expert, Scorpion Clan Drow Fighter, Bugbear Champion of Erythnul)
 

Ok, final tally after a case + 3:

Rares

Hezrou (2) Nice trading material
Red Slaad (2) Ditto
Large Copper Dragon Sweet!
Efreeti Sweeter!
Djinni Sweet again!
Ulmo Lightbringer The shame of going through life named Ulmo...
Divine Crusader of Corellon Ok, not a big fan of humanoid rares...
Archmage Except this one...
Trumpet Archon Pretty Nice...
Barbed Devil Deviliiscious...
Orc Wolf Shaman Eh...
Celestial Pegasus Pretty Nice...
Thri-Kreen Barbarian Perfect for the Dark SUn game I never want to run...


Uncommons

Werebears (3) Just enough for Goldilocks...
Weretigers (2) Here, kitty, kitty...
Troll Slashers (2) Can never have too many trolls (unless you're a PC)...
Chraals (2) eh...
Fiendish Dire Wolverine Now, my Celestial Dire Badger has someone to fight...
Feral Minotaurs (2) Feral, indeed! Did you see the size of those horns?
Large Air Elementals (2) See Troll Slashers...
Blackscale Lizardfolk No joke, I once played a S'sressen (Arcanis lizardman) named Blackscale...Weird...
Cleric of Dol Arrah Pretty cool...
Thorn Wtf!?!
Hobgoblin Impaler Ok...
Imp Very nice...
Bugbear Champion Decent...
Spiker Champion Decent...
Dwarf Wizard Solid...
Magmin Eh...Should have been a Common...
Talenta Halfling Decent...
Scorpion Clan Drow Decent...
Wand Expert Decent...Troll Slasher won't like him in the Minis game...
Vargouille Pretty Good...
Longstrider Ranger Decent...

Commons

What do you expect...they're Commons!

All in all, I like what I got and Angelfire is a pretty good set...
 


Kae'Yoss said:
I always use eBay, or maybe the Maxminis boards to finish the set. Around here, There aren't many people who play at all. No shops to sell singles, either (except commons/uncommons), so I'm forced to use the internet, anyway. My first choice is ebay.de, then ebay.com. I usually can get the missing rares in one place of the other for reasonable prices.

Looked like you were saying it would only take about $40 to get a complete set of rares. But you have bought three cases, which probably a couple hundred bucks.

This time around, I'm buying a complete set off eBay. All rares, 2 uncommons, 6 commons for $230. I think that's the money-saving move.
 


Morpheus said:
Orc Wolf Shaman( I'm getting tired of humanoids as rares) :(

I've been tired of humanoid rares since Abberations where every freaking pack I opened had another stupid humanoid. If I weren't addicted, I would have given up.

But I have to say Deathknell was better and Angelfire seem even better. I finished opening my case last night and got exactly four of each common, one or two of each uncommon, one large uncommon per box (which totally rocks), and most of my rares were not humanoid.

I did get the orc wolf shaman. It should have been an uncommon. On the other hand, I got two trolls which in the past would have been rares, so I'm pretty happy with my pull.

But I have a bone to pick with the commons: Two dwarves? Two out of twelve? In an angel set?

And what is up with creating a whole new monster as a common? There should be a rule against that. Commons should be things you commonly need, not an entirely new creature you've never heard of.

Of course, I'm approaching this from an RPG point of view. Those who use the minis for the game may have different complaints.
 

2 cases, no duplicates within a case, and I'm missing six rares.

Gotta get a stone giant or two. I wish giants weren't rare -- kind of hard to run Against the Giants with only one or two of each kind. :)
 

I bought a case (12 boxes) and got all but 12 of the figures. I was very pleased with the spread.

I didn't get a slaad, or a djinn or an efreet, so that made me sad, but I got every other figure I wanted so that made me happy.

The archons look much better up close. the suprise is the Celestial Pegasus, looks lame on-line but looks fantastic in person. Really nice paint job, the feathers on the wings of the pegasus and all the archons have a great look, color and texture.

The copper dragon is really sweet too. I really like this set!

Also the feral minotaur looks really great.
 

I bought 2 cases and got all but 6 of the rares, my friend bought 2 cases and got all but 6 of them as well.

We also had a friend buy 1 case. Amongst the 3 of us (5 cases) we are still missing Trumpet Archon, Gaele Eldron, and I think one more that I'm not remembering.

Seems from this thread that you can expect 6 duplicates in 2 cases.
 

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