[INFO] Bitcoin Trading Cards: Orange Pill in a Pack

[geophphreigh]

Bitcoin Trading Cards: Orange Pill in a Pack

This is an informational thread about a new set of collectible Bitcoin themed trading cards released by Bitcoin Trading Cards. Information from this thread comes directly from their Website, Twitter, Fan Wiki, and Instagram posts etc. I am in no way related to, supported by, or incentivized by the company/project. I have purchased cards for my own collection. I simply hope to provide some information for the collectors on this forum who may be interested in including them in their collection. Pictures are not mine, they are taken from the Fandom Wiki page and are only for reference and display.

Website: BTC Cards
Twitter: @btc_cards
Instagram: @bitcoin_cards

The project was started by Alladan F. and released cards in 2022. The official launch took place in November 2022 at the Pacific Bitcoin Conference. The project has currently released Series 1: "Celebrating the Pioneers". Future series are in the works (Series 2: FUD Busters & Series 3: Warriors Vs. Villains).

Series 1 consists of 65 numbered cards split into several rarities and several categories (see below).

Basic Card Pack: Cards come in packs of 10. Price = $21. Total of 7,894 packs (78,940 cards).
Boxes: Contain 24 packs. Price = $500. Total boxes limited to 328.
Special Pacific Bitcoin 2022 Packs: Contain Cards #1 and #2 and were only available at the Pacific Bitcoin 2022 conference, not for sale on the website. Total of 1998 packs (19,980 cards).
Total of 9,892 combined packs for an estimated 98,920 total cards produced for Series 1.

   

List of Cards

Code:

1	Limited Edition Bus
2	Limited Edition Surfboard
3	Adam Meister
4	Tone Vays
5	World of Rusty
6	21 Million
7	The White Paper
8	The Halving
9	Satoshi Nakamoto
10	Lightning Network
11	Bitcoin
12	Bitcoin Mining
13	Blockchain
14	Max Keiser
15	Hal Finney
16	?
17	Cypherpunks
18	The White Paper
19	Blockchain
20	Education
21	Unalienable Rights
22	Economics Limited Edition
23	Zimbabwe Dollar
24	Satoshi Limited Edition
25	Bitcoin Maximalist
26	Gold
27	Economics
28	Bull Markets
29	Bear Markets
30	Asset vs Liability
31	Influencers
32	Ludwig von Mises
33	Fredrich von Hayek
34	The Bretton Woods Agreement
35	Gold Standard
36	Monetary History
37	Currency
38	Inflation
39	US Dollar
40	Government
41	Dictatorship
42	Federal Reserve
43	Taxation is Theft
44	Freedom
45	Decentralized
46	Bill of Rights
47	Education
48	Centralization
49	Dollar Cost Average
50	“Why Bitcoin?” Book
51	Fear of Missing Out
52	Fear, Uncertainty, & Doubt
53	The Bitcoin Standard
54	The Creature from Jekyll Island
55	The Marshmallow Experiment
56	Resources
57	Hardware Wallet
58	Bitcoin Exchange
59	Fold.App
60	?
61	bitcointimes.com
62	Geyser.Fund
63	coinbeast.com
64	Coinbits.App
65	swanbitcoin.com

Card Rarity
Common: 1 in 1990 - All others not listed below

Rare: 1 in 999 - Cards 1, 2, 5, 21, 22, 23, 24 & 25

Ultrarare: 1 in 500 - Cards 18, 19 & 20

Legendary: 1 in 100 - Cards 3, 4, 14, 15 & 17

Easter Egg: 1/21 - Cards 16 & 60
     AKA "The Lost Cards" - art work not approved in time for release, but some cards apparently made it into some packs eventually.
    
1/1: 15 total
     15 cards from the whole set have a no. 1/1 associated with it, not separate numbered cards to the set
     I could not find a list of the 15 1/1 cards. 1/1 Zimbabwe Dollar (card 23) was shown on their twitter.


Card Categories
Pacific Bitcoin: Cards 1 &2

Bitcoin: Cards 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 & 12

Blockchain: Card 13

Legendary Foil: Cards 14, 15 & 17

Ultrarare Foil: Cards  18, 19 & 20

Rare Foil: Cards 21, 22, 23, 24 & 25

Economics: Cards 26, 27, 28, 29 & 30

Influencers: Cards 31, 32 & 33

History: Cards 34, 35 & 36

Currency: Cards 37, 38 & 39

Government: Cards 40, 41, 42 & 43

Freedom: Cards 44, 45 & 46

Education: Cards 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54 & 55

Resources: Cards 56, 57, 58, 59, 61, 62, 63, 64 & 65

"The Lost Cards": Cards 16 & 60

Some examples of cards (front)

     

(Cards 7, 24, 19 & 11)

     

(Cards 31, 37, 42 & 57)

I hope people enjoy collecting these cards, I really like many of them. Please share any thoughts about the project or pictures of any rare cards you may pull in your hunt for a full 65 card set! Completing a full set will be challenging given some numbered cards are very limited (1/21 and 1/100), but the hunt is all a part of the fun. I can't wait to see what others pull from their packs.

Thanks for looking,
Geophphreigh

[MoparMiningLLC]

I tried to buy a pack or two and cannot remember why I did not complete the purchase but I did cancel it for some reason.

edit - I remember why, they dont take Bitcoin.

[CoinageMint]

Looks interesting, i might buy a pack or 2 just to see what they are like, but I can't afford to start another BTC card collection just yet 

Has anyone compared these to the Cardsmith product yet?

[geophphreigh]

They are interesting.
I have opened both packs and enjoy both series.

Personally I feel like the Cardsmiths are a tad bit better quality in the base cards.

The Cardsmiths numbered cards are very nice hologram/gemstone finishes, but were frequently warped/curved.
I only have one Numbered BTC Trading Cards numbered card (1/100) and it is very nice. Thicker, shiny, and flat. Stamped number x/100 on the back.

Of note, there is always a "rare" (blue rare, red ultrarare, legendary, 1/999 or 1/100 etc.) card in each pack of 10 BTC trading cards. So I guess this is nice to always get some kind of a "hit".

I definitely think it is worth picking up a pack or two, but like I said before, because of the numbering, completing a full set will be very challenging for the Orange Pill cards. The "base set" includes rare numbered cards. Cardsmiths has a base set and then rare/numbered cards of the base set image. Very different numbering systems.

I'll post some pics of my cards once I open some more packs! I hope others post theirs too.

Geo

[xSlyy]

I received the card packs today. I see in the OP that the Pacific Bitcoin themed card pack was only available at the conference... However, I ordered two base packs and for some reason I also received the PB themed pack as well, a nice little surprise I guess! Below I posted the rarest cards (#1, #5, #21) from the three packs I opened, but I also wanted to share some more in this album as I didn't want to messy the thread. https://postimg.cc/gallery/7qQXN25

In the 30 cards, my favorites by far are the Bitcoin themed cards (obviously) and the backs of the cards have a lot of great knowledge jam packed. The BTC theme cards really hit the important points. However, I am not a fan of the advertisement cards, I understand why, but in three packs opened I received six 'resource' cards. For reference, the thickness on the base cards are half as thick as a base card from Cardsmiths. And side by side the holos on the PB cards have less sheen.

I don't feel I'll invest in more packs, but all in all it's another novel collectible and another opportunity to orange pill more people! 

[JUPITYR]

Imitation is the highest form of flattery.   

[PreciousMetapsICT]

Without the added bonus of redemption cards - the hunt doesn’t seem near as fun as the cardsmiths cards. Will probably still buy a few but there’s nothing like pulling a redemption.

— I also wish there was an actual discount for buying a whole box (this goes for cardsmiths as well)

[geophphreigh]

I have opened a few more packs.

Here are my best pulls:
All common/base cards
2 of 2 Pacific Bitcoin Cards
All Blue "rare"
All Red "ultrarare"
3 of 5 "Legendary" (2 yellows)
No 1/1s
No Easter Egg "Lost Cards"

I am finding that completing a full set will be close to, if not nearly impossible due to the rarity of the Legendary, and Easter Egg cards.
Has anyone else besides xSlyy opened any of these packs?

Geo

[BTCOVERFIATS]

Wow, I ordered 2 boxes of these and 2 days later they sold out. So glad I was able to get my hands on them before series 1 was gone

[av8rjeff]

NOW I find out about these, AFTER they are sold out.  Sheez. 

Are there any other crypto-currency related trading cards out there???

[CoinageMint]

NOW I find out about these, AFTER they are sold out.  Sheez. 

Are there any other crypto-currency related trading cards out there???

You can still buy these
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5406560.0

Better looking cards imo, they have a good following here from a few dedicated members

[av8rjeff]

Anyone have any series 1 boxes or packs for sale? 

I haven't even seen these cards show up on eBay.  It's crickets on there, or maybe I'm not searching correctly.

[BTCOVERFIATS]

I have a box, unopened. I really don't want to sell it but everything sells for the right price. Feel free to DM

[StorageCold]

Anyone seen these for sale on any secondary markets?

[minerjones]

Anyone seen these for sale on any secondary markets?

Ebay has a bunch for sale:

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2380057.m570.l1313&_nkw=bitcoin+trading+card&_sacat=0

[BTCOVERFIATS]

Look how much the Max Keiser 1 of 100 #34 card is going for on Scarce.city: https://scarce.city/auctions/btc-trading-cards-max-keiser

My mind is blown

[geophphreigh]

Look how much the Max Keiser 1 of 100 #34 card is going for on Scarce.city: https://scarce.city/auctions/btc-trading-cards-max-keiser

My mind is blown

I love that the card is currently at 0.2BTC ~$5700 with 18 hours to go, but Max Keiser said in a tweet that if the auction goes over 5k then he will let the winner take him to lunch in Miami 2023. I suspect this has significant influence on the price currently.

Here is the tweet

Still wow.

If you want a card, I'll sell you Hal Finney 1/100 for $5000 and go to lunch with you also  .

Geo

[BTCOVERFIATS]

Look how much the Max Keiser 1 of 100 #34 card is going for on Scarce.city: https://scarce.city/auctions/btc-trading-cards-max-keiser

My mind is blown

I love that the card is currently at 0.2BTC ~$5700 with 18 hours to go, but Max Keiser said in a tweet that if the auction goes over 5k then he will let the winner take him to lunch in Miami 2023. I suspect this has significant influence on the price currently.

Here is the tweet

Still wow.

If you want a card, I'll sell you Hal Finney 1/100 for $5000 and go to lunch with you also  .

Geo

Interesting. I didn't see that tweet before I saw the auction. I have an unopened box of the first edition BTC Trading Cards Orange Pill in a Pack sitting on my desk right now. There could be a Max Keiser in there, there could be a Hal Finney, who knows. I just can't bring myself to open it yet. I kinda want to leave it sealed for the next 10-20 years and see where the BTC trading cards company goes

[Mrstacy]

I got an email on version 2 pre sale about fud. Perhaps someone more computer savvy will post here

[StorageCold]

Looks like Series 2 getting released next month.

Haven't seen any Series 1 packs or boxes for sale on ebay, just single cards.