Origins of Promo Cards

[tnexus]

Hi, I know a lot of the Promo cards were release promos, but a few aren't. Does anyone remember where Dark Asteroid and Astro Prince came from?

[redbluefire]

I'm trying to find that out myself. Here's the list of other cards' sources:

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1 P 1   Ginkan    Retail incentive Oct 2003 PC 1 P 2   Goil Menhir    Contagion First Tournament Weekend Oct 2003 Monster 1 P 3   Mu Guardian    Retail incentive Oct 2003 Monster 1 P 4   Gate Hacking    Retail incentive Oct 2003 Event 2 P 1   Kaochin    Level Up! Tour 2004 PC 2 P 2   Angolmore    Retail Incentive Feb 2004 Monster 2 P 3   ΔHidden, Forbidden, Holy Ground    Distortion Release Weekend Feb 2004 Field 2 P 4   Girl in White    DGMA Premier Series Qualifier 2004 Event 2 P 5   Net Slum    DGMA Territorial Open Championship 2004 Event 3 P 3   Sphinx Menhir    Retail Incentive May 2004 Monster 4 P 2   Clubs    Retail Incentive Jun-Jul 2004 PC 4 P 3   Diamonds    Retail Incentive Jun-Jul 2004 PC 4 P 4   Hearts    Retail Incentive Jun-Jul 2004 PC 4 P 5   Spades    Retail Incentive Jun-Jul 2004 PC

Source: http://web.archive.org/web/20080515025500/http://decipher.fanhq.com/TCG/CardLists.aspx?gameID=9&listID=3

[shadecerule]

I was actually just going to post about this. You'd think they'd be a little more common than they are, since they're promos.

[arcifer]

As far as I remember, they were prizes in the final run of tournaments before the game was discontinued.

The dothack wiki makes mention of this for Astro Prince (which I'm pretty sure was the first place prize).

Quote:

The rarest ENEMY card is also one of the overall best monsters in the game. It boasts a strength of 3, the maximum Destiny of 5, is storable, has no play requirements, and has a decent reward. Its Reward makes the user skip hand reconciliation, meaning the user can choose not to draw extra cards if he or she has less than 5 cards or choose not to discard cards if he or she has more than 5 cards.

http://dothack.wikia.com/wiki/Astro_Prince_(ENEMY)

If anyone knows any other way that they were obtained, feel free to correct me.

Other than those, the promotional Helba 2.0 oversized card (4M1) was given at select conventions as advertising for the new expansion set. The card isn't even mentioned on the wiki because of how rare it is, but if people are interested here, I can take a picture of it beside a regular Helba 2.0 and post it.

[redbluefire]

arcifer wrote:

As far as I remember, they were prizes in the final run of tournaments before the game was discontinued. The dothack wiki makes mention of this for Astro Prince (which I'm pretty sure was the first place prize). Quote: The rarest ENEMY card is also one of the overall best monsters in the game. It boasts a strength of 3, the maximum Destiny of 5, is storable, has no play requirements, and has a decent reward. Its Reward makes the user skip hand reconciliation, meaning the user can choose not to draw extra cards if he or she has less than 5 cards or choose not to discard cards if he or she has more than 5 cards. http://dothack.wikia.com/wiki/Astro_Prince_(ENEMY) If anyone knows any other way that they were obtained, feel free to correct me. Other than those, the promotional Helba 2.0 oversized card (4M1) was given at select conventions as advertising for the new expansion set. The card isn't even mentioned on the wiki because of how rare it is, but if people are interested here, I can take a picture of it beside a regular Helba 2.0 and post it.

Please do!

[arcifer]