Rarity Buys?

K, so i have become fairly obsessed with my card raritys and keeping them nice and mint, and theyre now like my version of gold and precious gems. So does any1 know where i can buy varieties of any card rarity, from somewhere as simple as a common foil card all the way up to ghost rare and gold ultimate rares? I would LOVE to know because im obsessed and am getting nothing from websurfing xp

Well, there are several card stores online, like troll and toad, where you can buy the different rarities easily, but depending on where you live, you may want to order from somewhere that is closer to your area.

As far as card buying goes, online is usually much cheaper. That is, if you're willing to look for deals and wait for the card to come. Although if you go to a local shop you get the cards right away and there's a possibility that they have local players gathered and you can play against them. The social aspect at a locals is always better than on DN.

Thanks. Do you know of any particularly good sites that has the certain cards available. I just searched troll and toad online and it seems they have a site for selling cards as well, but anywhere else you may know of? Also ive never been EXACTLY sure on the order that rarities go in(i somewhat know just not positively), obviously i know commons are at the bottom, but could you help me out with that?

Common (C): Common cards have no special quirks to them. No holofoil, no fancy lettering, just your standard card. They also come in three flavors (note that there is no visual way to determine if a Common is under any of the below rarities):

Normal Common : Your standard common card, and the easiest to find.
Short Print Common: As the name suggests, these common cards are printed in short supply, and while more common than the other rarities, they aren't as common as your typical commons.
Super Short Print Common: Much rarer than the Short Print commons, but more rare than the other rarities.
Rare (R): Rare cards are regular Common cards with their names printed in silver foil. These are the most common rarity of card to find next to Common cards.

Super Rare (SR): Super Rare cards have the card art printed in a holographic foil.

Ultra Rare (UR): Ultra Rare cards are a combination of Super and normal Rare cards, with foild lettering and holofoil art, except that the name is printed in gold foil instead of silver.

Secret Rare (ScR): Secret Rares (also known as Promo Rares) are the same as the Ultra Rare cards, except that the foil on the name is holographic silver, while the holofoil art is polarized, giving a cross-hatched look to it.

Ultimate Rare (UtR): Similar to the Ultra Rares, except that both the art, borders, and card 'buttons' (depicting the card type and, with monsters, their level) are embossed in a relief effect. These cards are generally reprints of Super and Ultra (and in the English game, normal Rare) cards of the recent sets, within those recent sets (meaning that you can sometimes get an Ultra Rare card and its Ultimate Rare counterpart in the same set). Be careful with these cards, as their unique printing also makes them thinner and flimsier than normal cards.

Parallel Rare (PR): Simply an Ultra Rare card with the same polarizing effect of a Secret Rare over the ENTIRE card. These cards are the trickiest to find, as they're only printed as certain promos, and their appearance can also be mistaken as being fake.

Starfoil Rare (SFR): Starfoil Rare cards are similar to Parallel Rare cards and were introduced to TCG with Battle Pack: Epic Dawn. These cards have a sort of outer-space pattern. The 5th card in every pack of Battle Pack: Epic Dawn is a Starfoil Card and every card in the set is available in this type.

Ghost Rare (GR): Ghost Rare appears to have a very shiny silver lettering, much like a Secret Rare, with some colors removed from the card image, and the entire card appears to be holographic. The overall effect of these changes is a pale, "Ghost-like" appearance to the card art, especially when scanned. (I have a ghost rare stardust. The thing's shiny enough you can use it as a mirror).

Gold Ultra Rare (GUR): Gold Ultra Rare has gold lettering and a holographic foil image like an Ultra Rare, but also has a holographic gold image border, lore text border, and card border. On Monster Cards, the Level Stars are embossed in gold foil, similar to what is found on Ultimate Rares.

ghost rare = 3d

Nice, Lloyd, I might suggest you "copy-paste" the rarity guide into a post in the classrooms, it can be a sticky if you wish.

i have a ghost rare card. got it in a pack and its sitting in my nike shoe box

for my crystal beast deck i have 3 different rarities of sapphire pegasus it took some work but i managed to track down an ulti rare