Hello Summoners!

This week saw a few more cards being combined, with all the alpha cards becoming rarer in supply - except one monster which saw no new combines, but actually saw an increase in supply, due to people opening old boosters.

First, here's an interesting chart showing the delta in distribution levels between commons, rares, epics and legendary cards.

There's an enormous delta between each rarity in terms of raw card supply, but the interesting part about this chart is that today, the rarest common is at the same level of overall supply as the most common rare from five months ago. The "rarest rare" hasn't cracked that line just yet, but it goes to show just how good an idea it would have been to harvest as many common cards as possible in the past.

Uniquely, individual common cards of a max level hold the overall highest value, and it is likely that these will only increase in rarity as time goes on. There's less and less new-listings of alpha commons on the market each week, and as listed supply is purchased, the price continues to rise.

Based on current market rates, an alpha max level deck is valued at around $1700USD

But what are the rarest of them all?

Commons

Card	Individuals Available
Goblin Shaman	10833
Pirate Captain	11328
Flesh Golem	11667
Crustacean King	11693
Kobold Miner	12275
Sabre Shark	12285
Giant Roc	12330
Fire Beetle	12376
Spineback Turtle	12422
Haunted Spider	12496
Goblin Sorcerer	12629
Divine Healer	12716
Skeleton Assassin	12808
Feral Spirit	12933
Silvershield Knight	13714
Silvershield Warrior	14662
Minotaur Warrior	14746
Rexxie	15664
Spineback Wolf	15744
Animated Corpse	15787
Grand Total	261108

The Goblin Shaman is the rarest common card. It is no surprise regarding the most common common cards, due to their lack of utility in comparison to the other ones - with Rexxie, Spineback Wolf, and Animated Corpse generally not played all that often.

Supply for these has changed a little, week on week.

Rares

Card	Individuals Available
Alric Stormbringer	4951
Malric Inferno	5067
Earth Elemental	5106
Cerebrus	5266
Lyanna Natura	5464
Medusa	5465
Zintar Mortalis	5615
Tyrus Paladium	5808
Stone Golem	6131
Water Elemental	6167
Haunted Spirit	6286
Twisted Jester	6325
Serpentine Soldier	6377
Peacebringer	6431
Silvershield Paladin	7103
Clay Golem	7247
Undead Priest	7280
Stone Splitter Orc	7302
Frozen Soldier	7329
Pit Ogre	7572
Grand Total	124292

Almost all of the Summoners have made it to the top of the list for rarity. Zintar and Tyrus are lagging behind by a significant number in comparison to Alric Stormbringer is by far the rarest summoner. It is interesting to see the Silvershield Paladin being fairly common, given its excellent strength and utility as a stabple of the White Splinter. The same goes for the Undead Priest, which is a staple of the death team, but remains in large supply in comparison to other common cards.

Epics

Card	Individuals Available
Swamp Thing	2578
Air Elemental	2711
Fire Demon	2758
Naga Warrior	2778
Defender of Truth	2819
Magi of the Forest	2835
Mischevious Mermaid	2847
Serpent of the Flame	2971
Screaming Banshee	3108
Dark Enchantress	3235
Grand Total	28640

The Swamp Thing is the most scarce epic. It is no surprise that the Dark Enchantress and Screaming Banshee are the most common, with both of these having limited utility, and are not used on a regular basis in combat. The Swamp Thing has always been a staple of the green team, and remains as such. All the Epic cards prove to be very useful, but there's over 100 more "max" Dark Enchantress cards still yet possible when compared to the Swamp Thing.

Legendary

Card	Individuals Available
Selenia Sky	706
Spirit of the Forest	745
Frost Giant	760
Lord of Darkness	776
Lightning Dragon	777
Gold Dragon	809
Elemental Phoenix	824
Chromatic Dragon	831
Angel of Light	871
Grand Total	7099

Selenia Sky Remains the rarest Legendary Card. She's a summoner, so this makes sense. The Dragons themselves are fairly common, and the Angel of Light is the card with the most plentiful supply as a Legendary, and yet the only card in the game with Resurrect.

Summary

There hasn't been a huge reduction in availability of Alpha Cards this week.

Last Week's Supply: 422,793

Current Supply: 421,139

Difference: 1654. (Less than 1%)