Card Number

Anatomy of a Card Number
All card numbers follow the following format:



Based on the number for this specific example, this is a double rare Weiß card from the D.C. and D.C.II Booster Pack.

Series

 * AB = Angel Beats!
 * CL = CLANNAD
 * CN = CANAAN
 * DC = D.C., D.C.II, and D.C.II P.C.
 * DG = Disgaea
 * FH = Fate/hollow ataraxia
 * FS = Fate/stay night
 * FT = Fairy Tail
 * IM = THE IDOLM@STER and THE IDOLM@STER Dearly Stars
 * KF = THE KING OF FIGHTERS
 * KW = Kud Wafter
 * LB = Little Busters! and Little Busters! Ecstasy
 * LS = Lucky Star
 * MH = My-HiME, My-Otome, and Sora Kake Girl
 * MM = Puella Magi Madoka Magica
 * N1 = Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha The MOVIE 1st
 * NS = Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS
 * NV = Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Vivid
 * P3 = Persona 3
 * P4 = Persona 4
 * PT = Phantom -requiem for the phantom-
 * SB = Sengoku Basara
 * SE = Shining Force EXA
 * SY = The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
 * ZM = The Familiar of Zero

Side

 * W = Weiß
 * S = Schwarz

Release Pack

 * Weiß
 * Booster
 * 01 = D.C. and D.C.II
 * 02 = Little Busters!
 * 03 = The Familiar of Zero
 * 04 = Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS
 * 05 = Lucky Star
 * 06 = Little Busters! Ecstasy
 * 07 = Phantom - requiem for the phantom-
 * 08 = The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
 * 09 = D.C. and D.C.II P.C.
 * 10 = Toaru Majutsu no Index & Toaru Kagaku no Railgun
 * 11 = Angel Beats & Kud Wafter
 * 12 = Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's
 * Extra
 * 01 = D.C. and D.C.II
 * 02 = Little Busters! Ecstasy
 * E01 = CLANNAD Vol.1
 * E02 = D.C.II P.C.
 * E03 = Sora Kake Girl, My-HiME, and My-Otome Vol.1
 * E04 = CLANNAD Vol.2
 * E05 = Sora Kake Girl, My-HiME, and My-Otome Vol.2
 * E06 = Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha The MOVIE 1st
 * E07 = CLANNAD Vol.3
 * E08 = D.C.II P.C. II
 * Schwarz
 * Booster
 * 01 = Persona 3
 * 02 = Disgaea
 * 03 = Fate/stay night
 * 04 = Shining Force EXA
 * 05 = THE KING OF FIGHTERS
 * 06 = Sengoku Basara
 * 07 = THE IDOLM@STER
 * 08 = Persona 4
 * 09 = Fairy Tail
 * 10 = Melty Blood
 * 11 = Tantei Opera Milky Holmes
 * 12 = Evangelion
 * Extra
 * E01 = Persona 4
 * E02 = CANAAN
 * E03 = Fate/hollow ataraxia
 * E04 = THE IDOLM@STER Dearly Stars

Type of Pack or Deck

 * Trial Deck: The letter "T" appears after the dash, or the number after the dash is greater than 100.
 * Booster Pack: The numbers after the dash are less than or equal to 100 and the letter "E" does not appear anywhere in this portion.
 * Extra Pack: The letter "E" appears anywhere in this portion.

Rarity
Rarity is controlled in each carton, box, and pack. Each carton contains 16 boxes. Booster Pack boxes contain 20 packs, with 8 cards apiece. Extra Pack boxes contain 6 packs, with 6 cards apiece. In certain cases where an extra pack releases a newer volume, one extra card is placed in as categorized as reprinted card from its older volumes. For example, Clannad Volume 2 and 3 Extra Pack.

From highest rarity to lowest, the rarities of cards are as follows.


 * SP (Special): Holo-foil CC/CR cards or cards with signatures. Only 2 of these are included in a booster carton.
 * RRR (Triple Rare): Holo-foil cards, most of these feature new descriptions and art. Only 4 of these are included in a booster carton. (There are no RRR cards for THE IDOLM@STER and Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's).
 * SR (Special Rare): Holo-foil cards, without different descriptions or art. Ten of these are included in a booster carton (There are no SR cards for the three starting series of D.C., D.C.II, Little Busters! & Persona 3)
 * RR (Double Rare): Four (One of each card color) are included per booster box.
 * R (Rare): Fifteen in each booster box.
 * U (Uncommon): Two in each Booster Pack.
 * C (Common): Four in each Booster Pack.
 * CR (Climax Rare): One of each per booster box. So each booster box has one copy of all the CR cards.
 * CC (Climax Common): There are 8 pairs per box.
 * TD (Trial Deck): All Trial Deck cards are this rarity, many of them with parallel U or C rarity versions. There are also a number of Trial Deck only cards.

By Series

 * D.C., D.C.II, Little Busters!, and Persona 3： 4RRR, 4SP
 * THE IDOLM@STER： 14SR, 4SP
 * The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya： 8SR、6RRR、2SP
 * Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's: 8SR, 8SP
 * Fairy Tail: 8SR, 6RRR, 2SP
 * Everything Else： 8SR、4RRR、4SP

Miscellaneous

 * There will always be one SP, RRR, or SR card in each booster box.
 * There will never be more than 2 of the same RR or R rarity card in a booster box.(However it is possible to get more than 2 if an SP, RRR or SR version of the card exists).
 * There will never be more than 2 of the same card in each pack regardless of rarity.
 * Extra packs only contain R or C rarity cards.
 * The rarity distribution of each pack is fixed.
 * For a Booster Pack, each pack will include 1SP/RRR/SR/RR/R, 2U, 4C, and 1CC/CR
 * There are always 2 holo-foil cards in each Extra Pack, either 1R and 1C, or 2C. In the former case, there will be 2R and 4C, and in the latter, 1R and 5C.